The Mahdi Times May 2014 Issue | Page 82

and Tribes so that we may know each other. To deny your nationality may then be a sin against Allah (swt) as you are denying an aspect of the identity he created you in, the identity you are to be known by! As the Prophet and Imams (s.a.w.a) have told us, to know Allah you must know yourself! Asia to the Americas, and as they were the first to land on America, (they had the entire globe mapped when European’s were afraid of falling off the edge of a FLAT earth, lol) they named it after themselves - the Moor land - Al-Morocco, which eventually became known as America. One more example of a famous Moor is a composer whose title was Toven Bey. He proudly paid tribute to his Moorish identity and is world renowned for his contribution to classical music. While we in the west have been kept ignorant of our identity and the great personalities that share our Moorish identity, the Europeans themselves know who we are and our history better than us . We speak of this composer all the time without realizing he is a Moor of African descent, and to keep us in the dark they have reversed his title and presented him to us by the name Beethoven! The ancient traditions of the so-called First Nations say that they met black people when they 1st journeyed here. The present day Nation of Morocco was only founded in the 1950's and adopted the flag of the original Moorish empire which traditions say goes back 10,000 years! The Moors are famous for going into Europe from Africa into Spain and civilizing/Islaming the European who lived in caves, hadn't discovered the joys of regular bathing, hadn't realized the health benefits of keeping livestock separate and out of the living quarters, or learned complex mathematics and sciences. The story does not stop there. The Moorish empire stretched from the East Enough for now. Watch the documentary "Hidden Colors". I plan to play it at the Billal Centre soon and I have copies if anyone wants one. I realize that this message is a bit all over the place as I have presented many points in a bit of a rambling nature, but it is meant to expose these facts to those who have not yet been exposed to them so they may have a decent base with which to start their own research. Do your homework! Who knows what hidden truths you will discover! Salaam.