Zakiyyah Muhammad
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It was the first publication to show how beautiful black people are. And in color? On the front page... ZAKIYYAH MUHAMMAD Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of th... MUHAMMAD Don't disappoint the world, MUHAMMAD Love of the world is the root of all evil MUHAMMAD Whoso hath left debt and children, let him come to me; I am their patron, I will discharge his debt ... MUHAMMAD O God, don't allow a sinner to do good to me as my mind may wish to love him MUHAMMAD The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr MUHAMMAD Poverty is my pride MUHAMMAD God enjoins you to treat women well, for they are your mothers, daughters, aunts MUHAMMAD We have been encouraged to take advantage of our freedom, and the media has taken the authorities at... MUHAMMAD That person is not a perfect Muslim who eateth his fill, and leaveth his neighbors hungry MUHAMMAD All actions are judged by the motive prompting them MUHAMMAD The greatest crimes are to associate another with God, to vex your father and mother, to murder your... MUHAMMAD Presidential sites are totally forbidden, ... It's a red line. Totally. MUHAMMAD The nearest to me are the abstinent, whoever they are, wherever they are MUHAMMAD Do you beat your own wife as you would a slave? That must you not do MUHAMMAD Verily your deeds will be brought back to you, as if you yourself were the creator of your own punis... MUHAMMAD Your smiling in your brother's face is charity; and your exhorting man to virtuous deeds is charity;... MUHAMMAD The most excellent jihad (struggle) is that for the conquest of self MUHAMMAD This world is a prison for the Faithful, but a Paradise for unbelievers MUHAMMAD I remember putting together mix tapes for my own imaginary radio station - WJAM - when I was a child... MUHAMMAD One hour's meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer MUHAMMAD When you lend, have the borrower sign a paper before witnesses MUHAMMAD No man is a true believer unless he desireth for his brother that which he desireth for himself MUHAMMAD Especially if you are well-to-do, see that no one goes hungry or naked MUHAMMAD Keep yourselves far from envy; it eateth up and taketh away good actions, like as fire eateth up and... MUHAMMAD He is the most perfect Muslim whose disposition is best; and the best of you are they who behave bes... MUHAMMAD Cursed is this world and cursed is all that is in this world, except the remembrance of God and that... MUHAMMAD Give the laborer his wage before his perspiration be dry MUHAMMAD The creation is as God's family; for its sustenance is from Him: therefore the most beloved unto God... MUHAMMAD Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first MUHAMMAD He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down; but he is strong who witholdeth himself from... 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MUHAMMAD HIJAZI MUHAMMAD YUNUS We have people who are based in their emotions and so they're hurt. It doesn't hurt me, a fool doesn... AGIN MUHAMMAD Always could get somebody's goat if you just talk about his mama, and that's basically what you have... AGIN MUHAMMAD Protesting is really similar to war. If you get the best lick in this time, then you've got to get y... AGIN MUHAMMAD I understand the reactions, but it's not for me to reduce myself to that level. AGIN MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD ALI MUHAMMAD ALI MUHAMMAD YUNUS MUHAMMAD ALI MUHAMMAD ALI MUHAMMAD YUNUS MUHAMMAD ALI MUHAMMAD ALI MUHAMMAD ALI Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your li... 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White people scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a black person, never been ev... 
White people scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a black person, never been ev... 
I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experien... 
I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a blac... 
Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of Bl... 
No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white gi... 
I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and peo... 
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I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay p... 
When I was growing up, basically the only black men on television were criminals or Flip Wilson dres... 
I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film. 
I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 ... 
For some kids who never even dreamed of going to college, they come to see the games and black footb... 
I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater. 
I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixt... 
Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike -- I would swap the whole damn zoo ... 
Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike -- I would swap the whole damn zoo... 
I never saw Frankenstein or King Kong or the Creature from the Black Lagoon as bad guys. They were t... 
In my experience, as a young black artist, you have to fulfill an archetype, or be a token - and I w... 
I like the way black looks. I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear ... 
Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate ... 
I think this is a good thing because it makes people aware of what's going on with black culture. A ... 
In some ways, I value specificity. I think that there's power in, once you know who your fan bas... 
The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many p... 
I am black or white, I'll never be grey in my life. 
With the Black Lives Matter movement, a lot of the focus is on the protest and dissent. I'm hopi... 
I saw an injured black cat. God knows, who has crossed her path. 
We who follow the Honorable Elijah Muhammad feel that when you try and pass integration laws here in... 
I'm offended that homosexuals will say that homosexuals deserve rights. Any man in America deserves ... 
I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all. 
Artists should be free to create what we want. I believe there's a special value in work that is... 
When I was young and beautiful, I never appeared on the cover of a magazine. 
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of ... 
I saw the world in black and white instead of the vibrant colours and shades I knew existed. 
When I graduated high school, nearly a half-million people subscribed to 'Popular Electronics... 
I'd like to make one thing very clear: Muhammad Ali loved people, and he had white friend as wel... 
Like many people who dress in black, the lump of coal was interested in becoming an artist. 
The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment b... 
Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, ea... 
I'm going to be a fashion icon in a minute. I'm not going to do it in a corny manner. I have... 
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other l... 
Being biracial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real... 
I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin... 
People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had. 
An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never... 
to expose the plight of black slaves in Sudan and Mauritania, where today tens of thousands of black... 
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. 
All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white. 
It's in my blood to be around people while I was training. 
I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon. 
Though the terror of the sea gives to none security, in the secret of the shell. Self preserving we ... 
While technology is important, it's what we do with it that truly matters. 
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists ... 
Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They... 