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Podcast: The Mad Mamluks
Episode: [BBUK] EP 25: Africa's Ignored Islamic history | Shaykh Mohamed Yaffa
Description: In this special episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast in collaboration with West Canada's 'United Islam Awareness Week' (UIAW), Dilly Hussain speaks with Shaykh Mohamed Yaffa. #BloodBrothersPodcast #ShaykhMohamedYaffa #BlackHistoryMonth Shaykh Yaffa explains the daily challenges of being black, Muslim and immigrant in Canada at a time of heightened racism and Islamophobia. He also shares his thoughts on the ignored Islamic history of Africa and anti-black racism which began during the Abbasid Caliphate. Topics of discussion also include Shaykh Yaffa's experience while studying in Pakistan and the forced conversion of African slaves to Christianity by European colonialists. Please support us...