Mi3rdEye Photography Staff Brother Michael Muhammad and baby King Zaire .
8 THE WHISPER
THE SOULTOWN • CONNECTING OUR CULTURE TO OUR COMMUNITY
Historical conte
The made for television pres tion of Alex Haley ’ s Root one of the most mo scenes in cinema ; strong African ma simple white carrying a child swaddling to isolated area onl unwrap the child hold him up , extended to the sky offering the child to a d In a strong , rich and res ing tone , the man decl “ Kunta Kinte . Behold only thing greater yourself .” Presumably , the n conveyed is that African ritual of a f bringing his child this world with a he respect for his Creator fear of none other . For practitioners of Islam it the traditional “ Sunni ”
Nation of Islam , there are four at the time of birth of a newborn :
• Adhan , or all to prayer
• Tasmiya , naming ceremony
• Aqeekah , shaving and weighing newborn ’ s and an amount of gold or silver equal to the w of hair is donated to charity and
• Khitan , the circumcision of a male child .
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