As for this article then its a joke. it offers a sensational look at teh revert community, focus on the multiple marriages not on the struggles to free themselves of Shirk and Bida’h or the plkaythings of that such as drugs or their struggles to forge ahead with masjids and schools with their own har earned cash.

Polygany for the press offers the chance to accuse even those who choose Life in the after Life of being nothing more than chasing women/men types. The Kuffar even accuse teh beloved prophet sallahu alayhis wassallam of being a sensualist. Thats why they bring up the issue of polygany with revets as if to show that all the people who chose Life after death and not punishment didn’t do so out of knowing that what they were raised upon ( christainity in most cases) is wrong. They try to use it to say that really they just players in a new grament.

Lies. Polygany is a part of Islam and those reverts who have wholly submitted to Allah and become Muslims may or may not practise it as a solution for themselves.
period.

“Many black men are accoustomed to ‘having’ many women” …

Who are these women that the black men are ‘having’? I think the same goes for some black women. It is not uncommon (in Philadelphia, near where I live) to see converted AA sisters who have a history of having been divorced and remarried multiple times. Some as many times as the brothers. Sometimes it is not the brother’s fault.

Just hate to see the AA brothers get ALL the bad press.

Sister Brooke: I know of two Arab women who converted Caucasian brothers to marry them. It does not go well for either of them. It’s like “What else do you want? Oh, you want me to pray, etc.?” Don’t even want to know how they met these men. My husband and I went to an Eid dinner at one of their homes. My husband had to lead the salaat while the husband sat in the kitchen talking. Very sad. The sister also feels very sad, believe me. What will she tell her daughter, who she is raising as Muslim, Alhamdulillah, when she gets older and asks why daddy doesn’t pray? I say dua that Allah (swt) will bring these brothers to the Straight Path. After all, He did bring them to Islam, albeit through a strange door. Allah (swt) is so powerful and can increase the imaan of whomever He pleases.

It is true that some love the juicy details of a convert’s pre-Islamic life. And even their Muslim life if they are new to Islam and naive enough to tell. To make a long story short, I started attending a masjid in a new town after my husband and I were separated, many years ago. At the time, I really didn’t know any better, being a new Muslim and all. So I “shared” with my sisters … ALL my marital woes. I was in so much pain. I was looking for the comfort and support I was used to in my former life. Girls … they were on the edge of their seats!!!

Oh okay. Well, you know, I dont know about the convert sisters, because many Ive met were indeed pretty chaste before Islam. But for the revert men, especially the minorities who are more apt to polygyny than white Muslim, I think the brother hit the mark on the head. Many black men are accoustomed to “having” many women. Indeed I said “having” not supporting. And I definitely think this is the main reason why they enter Islam and automatically feel entitled to polygyny, regardless of their status.

Umm Adam, c’mon now girl. You know an old school playa who enters Islam from the correctional institute usuallay will have no problems finding 2, 3 or even four wives in a five year span. My cousin has a saying, game doesn’t change, it gets repackaged. May Allah help our families.

Ummu Rahma, I believe this is the statement that she was questioning if it was offensive or not.

I think it is. For some reason some black think less of minority women, especially black women. In essence he’s stating that black women ought to be happy with half of husband because we can’t do any better.

That is, assuming this is the same Mohammed Shaikh in the DC area.