Saturday, April 26, 2008

two different models of inclusion

It is an interesting coincidence that these stories came out within a few days of each other. Together they show how the Nation of Islam and the ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed are both seeking to be more inclusive, but in very different ways:

Nation of Islam group reaches out to Latinos
Muslim leader urges shift from black theology

2 comments:

sondjata said...

Black theology as limiting? What has he been smoking?

Abdul-Halim V. said...

um, I wouldn't put it quite that way but I would also have contrasting view. I'm also a bit surprised by the comment. I would have thought he allow for a certain amount of race-consciousness in theology. After all, even after he reeformed and remade the Nation of Islam, he certainly engaged in a lot of race-rconsciousness talk himself.