Ieasha Prime – The Quran in Chains Islam and the Black American

The next section that we cover as it relates to African Americans

and Islam

is a darker, more painful history. It's called the Quran in chains.

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Yes, what we find is that there are a multitude of those who had

strong Islamic knowledge, even who were who followed of Quran, who

arrived at the shores of America, but not as a Voyager, not as

someone who's seeking an adventure, but actually in chains,

someone who's forced on the shores of America through the horrific

act of the transatlantic slave trade. When they arrive, many of

them, there are documented accounts that says well over 30,

even some into 60% said that many of them were Muslim. And in those

Muslims, you will find the likes of Omar ibn Said, Abdul Rahman Ibn

Soro, who is also known as the prince among slaves. You will find

Yaro Mahmoud and multiple, multiple other accounts, accounts

that you can also find in the book by Sylvian Jof and the servants of

Allah. You will find their stories, for example, with Omar

ibn Saeed, where he was not only someone who was a practicing

Muslim, but someone who was also well versed in several West

African languages, well versed in English and well versed in Arabic.

As a matter of fact, when those who owned him asked him to write

the Lord's Prayer, it's known that he actually wrote Suratul Nasr and

in other parts of his writings, you will also find where he wrote

poetry praising the Prophet Anahi salatu wassalam till the end of

his life, it was known that Abdul Rahman Ibn Soro, who was known as

the prince of monk slaves, was also someone who not only was

quickly recognized for his level of intelligence, his command of

multiple languages, but also because he had been a military

leader in his own country, that he also was known for being a leader

on the plantation. And so when his when the slave masters of that

plantation, began to recognize his intelligence. Of course, he became

very valuable to them, and so, of course, they would use him for

their own benefit, for their own gain. But eventually, when they

read, he tried to write a letter back home to his family, and he

asked someone to deliver it for him. When they realized that this

letter was in Arabic, they immediately thought that he was

from amongst the Moors. Eventually, they petitioned the

Moroccan government on his behalf, and he was eventually returned

back to West Africa. Yarrow Mahmoud lived in Georgetown right

now. What is we live here in Washington, DC. He was actually

known to be have a bank account and to actually be a stakeholder

in one of the banks here in DC, there are many, many accounts of

those who came in, who came in chains to the shores of America as

Muslims, and who began to spread Islam. But not only did they

spread Islam, they also spread the spirit of freedom. And with the

spirit of freedom comes the fire of rebellion against oppression.

And that's exactly what happened in the next story. We have a story

by the man of the name Imam makandal. And Imam makandal was

actually not only was he a great religious student, but he was also

a great religious teacher, and many of his students began to

disappear, having been kidnapped and sold into America. So he

eventually Imam makan Dao had himself sold into slavery in order

to find out what had happened to his brothers and sisters? Where

had those walking Qurans disappeared to and so he ended up

in Haiti. But while he was in Haiti, he began, of course, to do

what, to teach Islam. He began to, just as he had done on the shores

of West Africa, he began to teach the Quran, he began to teach

Hadith, but also he began to teach them that they were not the slaves

of any man, but in fact, that they were the servants of Allah taala,

and as a result, they had the birthright to be free this Imam

maqandal would be the one who would be the teacher.

Of Imam bukman, who would become the leaders of the maroon movement

in Haiti, and also the teacher of Toussaint lo overture, who would

eventually lead to the Haitian Revolution. This spread across not

only the Caribbean, but it began to spread into South America. It

began to spread into the Americas that more and more Muslims were

becoming known for that spirit of freedom, and therefore their

resistance against oppression. In 1760 they decided to pass a bill

that they would make it illegal for slaves to act, for slaves

imported into America to be of the Muslim faith. Why they were not

easy to encapture and they would not remain in slavery in peace.

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