May 28, 2012
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The Prophet’s teachings on racial equality
1 September 2010 / ,
From the very beginnings of the earliest Muslim community (ummah) in seventh century Arabia, racial equality was emphasized in Islamic teachings, even amidst a community that was used to notions of Arab vs. African superiority and that prized fair skin.
The first muezzin (caller to prayer) of the ummah was Bilal, a black African former slave whose freedom was purchased by a close friend of the Prophet, Abu Bakr. In his final message to the early Muslim ummah before his death, the Prophet Muhammad set aside a section of his words to re-emphasize the merit of all people based on piety alone: “All mankind is from Adam and Eve -- an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor has a non-Arab any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black, nor has a black any superiority over a white -- except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood.”
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