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and edification of Arabs and their culture. Al Islam, according to many advocates of Afrocentricity is not an indigenous African religion and therefore African people should reject it. [i.e. John Hendrik Clarke, Chancellor Williams, Dr Ben Youchannon] WHAT FOOLISHNESS!!! WHAT HYPOCRISY!!! Nothing could be further from the truth. Aside from the fact that The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) his family (a.s), and many of his companions were pure black Arabs of African origin, the basic principles of Islam do in fact have their roots among the ancient Africans i.e. The unity of The Creator, Worship, Life after death, Moral [community] laws, Polygamy, Fasting, Showing respect [not worship] to our ancestors, Male and Female circumcision, Judgement day to name a few. The Quran came and confirmed some of these ancient practices. Because Islam [The peaceful submission to The One Creator] was and is THE religion, culture and spiritual expression of all times, taking on various forms at different times, locations, tribes, languages and environments, while fundamentally remaining the same essence. The Quran as revealed to the blessed Muhammad (s.a.w) is the completion [final revelation] of ALL those spiritual expressions. Yet the average Pan Africanist is so engulfed in their zealousness for countering the Eurocentric deception of Africa and it's peoples [particularly Egypt], that very little if any, research is done on equally countering the historical and ongoing deception of Islam, Arabs and Africans. The Kaffers [disbeliveers and enemies of Al Islam] conceal the truth and are constantly engaged in mass deception. The increasing incidence by those who accuse pale Arabs of enslaving Africans, must be in response to the fact that reversions to Islam is highest amongst the African communities in America and Europe. In other words, the Kaffir's devious strategy of enslaving Africans, taking them away from Islam and Arabic [one of the literate languages of their enslaved ancestors] has FAILED and is FAILING, after 500 years of trying. And what a spectacular failure!