Muslims are NOT racist.

Candid: Maybe you and i both are fooled. I guess racism is one of those things that will always exist because of uneducated people. I guess this only happens in other countries. Even in usa, people are changing. Look at our president. He is half kenyan and he has so many supporters around the world. The muslims i know are not racist. My best friend is Lebanese and he isn't racist. Also, another friend from Filistine isn't racist! Only uneducated people are racists. The rest of us know that allah made us all different colors. It's one thing to say that "i dont like my complexion so ill bleach", but to say that one color is better and i will not marry because he or she is that color is ridiculous! We should take examples from our prophet Muhammad(saws) He had a feed slave who happened to have a dark skin color call the adhan for him. He also married him to a lighter arab woman to express the point that we are equal muslims

Islam is not racist, sexist, nationalist, or elitist� But people are� Otherwise, Allah  (swt) would not have to teach us in the Quran to rise above these differentiations.

If ALL Muslims practiced and lived by ALL of Quran�s lessons, we would not be in this messy world; we�d already be in the next world�

So, unfortunately, yes there are prejudiced Muslims. Furthermore, they have always existed. That is why we have had distinction between Mohajerin and Ansar, Arab and Ajam, Black and white�

The question is do we give up and give in or do we try to do better�

Hayfa wrote: Candid you say�that histprically they do not do systemic racist policies..� which may or may not be true as the world is vast and wide and whether they 'discrimiate' maynot be on the�books but knowing myself that there are Muslims who will not allow their children�to marry 'darker' skined people and also�who live here who fear and�put down black�people. I have hears it with my own ears.. � Just let me�ask.. how many Arabs, anywhere in Middle East would allow their children to marry a very�dark African man? Really be honest... � I agree it is NOT part of Islam. But it certainly does exist. �If you think that somehow someone is immune from bad idealogies soley because they are Muslim.. then these issues are never addressed. � i think if you ask Muslims who are African-American if there is racism you might get a different answer. No they would not say it is Islam that does this.

As Salamu Alaikum Hayfa,Sad but true,in regaurds to how we all kind of hold on to our ancestry,and culture.To some we are only Umma as far as Islam is concerned.The Holy Qur'an tells us to put that aside and that our Umma is one.I feel that we have too many widowed Man and Women in the world of all colors for there to be any kind of descrimination against marrages.I'm a Muslim who is of African American decent I know how it is.I love you all for Allah sake I'm not going to call out individual Races of people since we are suppose to be one we all have this problem.

Asalaamu alaikum: