Thursday, April 23, 2009

Arab racism against darker skinned Muslims

Tarek Fatah spoke at the Durban II conference about the racism he detects in Arab society. A quote from his valuable speech:
The mistreatment of Black Muslims by those who feel they are superior because of their lighter skin colour has been historical. Only in the Middle East can one get away by addressing a Black man as “Ya Abdi”, which translates to the horrible words, “Oh you slave”.
HERE the whole story.

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