Dr. Fatimah Jackson: Searching for a Meaningful African American Muslim Discourse

Описание: Content Chapters:
0:0:0 Opening Salaam (Imam Zaid Shakir)
0:0:55 Poem: Mother After the Death (Rasheeda Plenty)
0:05:20 Speaker Introduction (Imam Zaid Shakir)
0:12:50 Bismillah (Dr. Fatimah Jackson)
0:14:40 Black History Month for the Muslim
0:19:10 The Two Blindness's in Islam
0:22:08 Sustainability in Modern Times
0:30:14 Muslims in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
0:37:00 Developing Authentic Islam I: What Does It Take
0:47:57 Developing Authentic Islam II: What We Don't Need
0:53:57 Developing Authentic Islam III: Why is it Important
0:58:01 Closing
01:01:25 Post Lecture Interview (Dr. Fatimah Jackson/Imam Zaid Shakir)

Comments, Question and Answers

01:01:35 – Question/Answer: Do you have advice for African American parents who wish to encourage their children who may or may not come from a strong academic background to go out and engage the world positively?
01:06:17 – Question/Answer: As you look back over your life, what have you accomplished that you think has been (in your idea most pleasing to Allah SWT?
01:09:33 – Comment: As a child I saw my dad watch Muhammad Ali and he was excited to see his success as a Muslim…It has always been the African Americans at the forefront of pushing change and its good to see the push still happening.
01:14:19 – Question/Answer: Being an outwardly practicing sister, what is your advice on portraying yourself as a Muslimah in the academic world and retaining a strong sense of identity?
01:19:28 – Question/Answer: I hear you refer to Allah as "He" and growing up I had problems identifying God as in a patriarchal sense how all of the Abrahamic faiths do. What do you think about that?
01:29:45– Question/Answer: You speak on rigid literalism. It seems that rigid literalism in the African American community is a pushback towards authority, is that what you think. And two, what is your advice in dealing with rigid literalism as they move forward beyond this institution?
01:35:35 – Question/Answer: Being around a lot people in the engineering field, the cool thing to believe in is Athiesm. How do you stay resolute in a non or anti Islamic environment and whats your stance on questioning things within Islam as it has been told to not question things in religion?
01:42:15 – Question/Answer: What advice would you give to Arab/Middle East/Southeast Asian Muslims about the importance of reaching outside their own communities to indigenous African American communities?
01:46:06 – Question/Answer: In speaking on the genomes holding markers of trauma from things like slavery and its effects, did you experience any "Post Traumatic Slave Disorder"? If not, do you have any advice for anybody experiencing any of those things?
01:49:58 – Question/Answer: Can you help us with the linkage of saying Racism is shirk?
01:54:51 – Question/Answer: What would you say to an Atheist to help them believe?
02:03:16 – Comment: I see a lot of African American youth in Prison and I think of a line of poetry from Imam Ali (RAA), "Youth is a form of insanity and its only cure is
old age". I just wanted to say that I have learned from working in the prison system that you cannot imprison the soul that Allah ta'3la has given us…
02:11:07 – Question/Answer: You mentioned that we are in a powerful position, we just have to act, what was your intention and vision? And in regards to you be a Muslim leader what are some challenges you faced professionally and personally?
0:22:00 Gift Presentation/Closing Dua (Imam Zaid Shakir/Dr. Abdullah Ali)

Between Racial Chauvinism and Counterproductive Universalism: Searching for a Meaningful African American Muslim Discourse
Featuring Dr. Fatimah Jackson, hosted by Zaid Shakir

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