It was a blistering hot day right in the middle of the Mauritanian Sahara desert, and my friends and I...
It’s a warm evening in the small Senegalese village of Medina Baye. Night prayers have just been completed, and the...
Mustafa Briggs: Due to the Global Pandemic, I’ve decided to preview my latest lecture online, and I know this is...
For most people, the history of Islam in America starts with Malcolm X and the Civil Rights Movement, but how many of us know about the Muslim travellers and explorers who came here before Columbus? Or the enslaved West African princes and scholars who left behind diaries and treatises in perfect literary Arabic? Or the brave Muslim warriors who fought for freedom in South America and the Caribbean before the abolition of slavery?
The history of Islam in Africa is almost as old as Islam itself, stretching back to the 7th century. Below,...
In Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam, aside from Black history in the Qur’an and the Black Companions of the...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town of Gunjur lies just an hour away from...
When talking about the history and legacy of Islam in West Africa, many people are now discovering the vast scholarly...
Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam, is a presentation and lecture series delivered by Mustafa Briggs that aims to explore and uncover the deep rooted relationship between Islam and Black History. From Black Prophets and prominent figures in the Qur'an, to the unknown black Sahaba and scholars of the early generations, the history of Islam in Africa, and the legacy of contemporary African Islamic scholarship and its role in the International Relations of the Muslim World.
