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Black People Need Islam with Bilal Stroud

·1 hr 3 min·6 clips
Siddiqui wrestled Bilal to the ground, declaring he would become a Muslim despite his resistance.
Bilal Stroud shares his conversion story from Christianity to Islam, influenced by Public Enemy and Malcolm X, and discusses his mission to uplift Black American Muslims through Street Corner Dawah. He critiques the community's neglect of local struggles and advocates for economic self-reliance and separation to heal from generational trauma.

As heard by us

A plainspoken conversation about Black American Muslim life, memory, and community change.

This episode follows Black American Muslims through lived history rather than theory, with the host and Bilal Stroud keeping the focus on mosque growth, conversion patterns in the 1990s, and how the community in Atlanta has shifted.

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You want a Black American Muslim conversation with Bilal Stroud, rooted in Atlanta experience and community change.

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