Thinkerman Posted January 7, 2003 Salam Calayakum Well am assuming that this will be news to most nomads. It certainly was to me. I got this via my personal mail from america and decided to share it with you guys. It's always gr8 to here such stories. And i would just like to ask if any other such stories of Muslims from (for want of a better expression) distan places exist, then Nomads post them and enlighten us all. well anyway enjoy reading nomads Native American Muslims The Message, July 1996 My name is Mahir Abdal-Razzaaq El and I am a Cherokee Blackfoot American Indian who is Muslim. I am known as Eagle Sun Walker. I serve as a Pipe Carrier Warrior for the Northeastern Band of Cherokee Indians in New York City. There are other Muslims in our group. For the most part, not many people are aware of the Native American contact with Islam that began over one thousand years ago by some of the early Muslim travelers who visited us. Some of these Muslim travelers ended up living among our people. For most Muslims and non-Muslims of today, this type of information is unknown and has never been mentioned in any of the history books. There are many documents, treaties, legislation and resolutions that were passed between 1600s and 1800s that show that Muslims were in fact here and were very active in the comunities in which they lived. Treaties such as Peace and Friendship that was signed on the Delaware River in the year 1787 bear the signatures of Abdel-Khak and Muhammad Ibn Abdullah. This treaty detailes our continued right to exist as a community in the areas of commerce, maritime shipping, current form of government at that time which was in accordance with Islam. According to a federal court case from the Continental Congress, we help put the breath of life in to the newly framed constitution. All of the documents are presently in the National Archives as well as the Library of Congress. If you have access to records in the state of South Carolina, read the Moors Sundry Act of 1790. In a future article, Inshallah, I will go in to more details about the various tribes, their languages; in which some are influenced by Arabic, Persian, Hebrew words. Almost all of the tribes vocabulary include the word Allah. The traditional dress code for Indian women includes the kimah and long dresses. For men, standard fare is turbans and long tops that come down to the knees. If you were to look at any of the old books on Cherokee clothing up until the time of 1832, you will see the men wearing turbans and the women wearing long head coverings. The last Cherokee chief who had a Muslim name was Ramadhan Ibn Wati of the Cherokees in 1866. Cities across the United States and Canada bear names that are of Indian and Islamic derivation. Have you ever wondered what the name Tallahassee means? It means that He Allah will deliver you sometime in the future. What a Fantastic story, Not Fiction, but more heart warming and uplifting than any i have seen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sensual_Healing Posted January 17, 2003 Salaam alakum' Interesting, i wasn't aware of this'n certainly this is new to me,,,,,,,,, Waw Masha'allah, But i remember my father telling me 'bout this story,'bout a mother'n a daughter, Liveing in one of tha islands, near Papua New Guinea, Just of New zealand'n Australia where two Nasheeds went to,'n found out. Upon those people there were, muslims By name' 50 hundredof them' Yes they lived like Kufaar even worser maybe!! But tha womens mother dies'n her mother requested to be burried next to her father' n tha father was a well known sheikh. Amazing huh?? he Practised' But Sadly his daughter didn't. so they had no knowledge of Islam what so'ever!! Unbelieveable' insha'allah i'll get tha article off my father ma'salamah Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
