Being Muslim on Turtle Island

<p>In this episode our host, Dr. Su&rsquo;ad Abdul Khabeer talks with Siddeeqah Sharif Fichman an Afro-Native Muslim and community advocate and Hazel G&oacute;mez, a faith-based community organizer, about&nbsp;<strong data-stringify-type="bold">Being Muslim on Turtle Island</strong>. This deep discussion digs into questions such as&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type="italic">What would make a Muslim a settler or indigenous to North America? How might settler thinking shape how we live as Muslims today? What are the responsibilities of Muslims, as a whole, to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas?</em>&nbsp;</p> <p>During the conversation, Hazel reads the poem &ldquo;Child of the Americas&rdquo;<strong data-stringify-type="bold">&nbsp;</strong>by Aurora Levins Morales (shared below) and Siddeqah introduces us to the song &ldquo;Bilalian Man&rdquo; by Sister Khalifah Abdul Rahman.* To the question,&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type="italic">if Black Islam had a theme song what would it be?</em>&nbsp;Hazel chose &ldquo;<a class="c-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTYBuLJuGBY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTYBuLJuGBY" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Allah</a>&rdquo; by Khalil Ismail and Siddeeqah chose &ldquo;Bilalian Man&rdquo; as her Black Muslim theme song. The song excerpt in the episode is sung by Siddeeqah&rsquo;s mother, Sister Sabreen Sharif.</p> <p>For more information see&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="http://sapelosquare.com/onthesquare" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="http://sapelosquare.com/onthesquare" data-sk="tooltip_parent">sapelosquare.com/onthesquare</a></p>