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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters: [QB] Arwa [QUOTE] The Jihad of 1831–1832: The Misunderstood Baptist Rebellion in Jamaica http://layncal.blogspot.com/2006/07/misunderstood-baptist-rebellion-in.html Also, one of Cedric J. Robinson's masterpiece books, mentions, that there were many other rebellions in the new world; in the Caribbean, Brazil, lead by slaves from Africa--already in the first generations from Atlantic Slave trade. [/QUOTE]Thanks Arwa for alerting us to the article on Jamaican Muslims. Over the years I have written a number of articles on Muslims in the Caribbean but I found little information on the Muslims in Jamiaca--most Caribbean Muslims formerly lived in Trinidad. The idea that Muslims were among the Baptists of Jamaica is not out the question as some of the posters here would have us imagine. For example, there were many Muslims in Cuba. As in Brazil many Yoruba Muslims worshiped with traditional Muslim religious worshippers. According to R Reclus, Olorum, among the Cubans was called obata, became Obata Allah, due to Muslim influences( see: F. Ortiz, Hampa Afro-Cubana, los Negros Bruyos (1909). [b]Most researchers accept a Muslim presence in Brazil because of the numerous Arabic documents found among Male jihadists after the 1835 Jihad in Bahia (see: Winters,Clyde Ahmad, "Islam in Early North and South America", Al-Ittihad, (November 1977a); C. A Winters, A survey of Islam and the African Diaspora, Pan-African Journal,8(4)(1975):425-434; C.A. Winters, The Muslims of Rio de Janeiro, The Search: Journal for Arab & Isalimic Studies, 3(1) (1982):27-48; C.A. Winters, The Afro-Barzialian concept of jihad and the 1835 Slave Revolt, AfroDiaspora, 4, (1984) 87-94; & C.A. Winters, A chronology of Islam in Afro-America, al-'Ilm, (Rabi'al-Akhir 1405/January 1985) pp.112-122.)[/b] Below is a short chronology of Muslims and Islam in the Caribbean : 1492 African Muslims from Granada and Guinea landed in the New World with Coulumbus 1500-Berbers , Wolofs and Mandingoes sold as slaves in Mexico. 1503-Spanish report runaway slaves/Maroons spreading Islam among the slaves 1516-17-Ferdinand 'the Catholic', allowed Muslims to openly worship Islam in the New World. 1518-Ferdinand was relieved of his duites by Cardinal Cisnetes,because he allowed "Hebrews and Muslims" to openly hold their rites. 1518-African Muslims and non -Muslims begin to form Maroon communities in Haiti. 1532-Wolof Muslims lead slave rebellion among Carib Indians. 1532-Wolof barred from Puerto Rico for spreading jihad. 1550-Spanish began to buy slaves from areas they beleived were free of Muslims. 1500's- Luis Solan a mulato and Lepe de la Pen, a Moor from Guadalajua were convicted of spreading Islam in Cuzco. 1533-Spanish ban Wolof in West Indies. 1537-Muslims from Africa and Spain stage a rebellion/jihad in Mexico 1539-King of Spain bans the sons and grandsons of Jews and Moors burned at the stake in the West Indies and Mexico. 1543-Charles V ratified the decree and ordered the expulsion of all KNOWN Muslims from New Spain. 1548-Muslims maroons stage rebellion in Honduras. 1565-Wolofs were ordered out of Chile for spreading Islam. 1578- Muslims from Philippines are reported spreading Islam among Indians in Mexico. 1578-Berbers and Moriscos (Muslims) were barred from Mexico. 1578- Muslims from Garanada are reported teaching Islam among Mexican Indians. 1600's Muslim slaves were being sold in Buenos Aires and Venezuela, where they are reported to have been workers in the Cocorole mines. 1620-Spanish begin importing Mandigoes as slaves. 1620-Spanish begin to torture Mandingo slaves because they refuse to accept Christianity. 1753-1757-Machandal a Muslim maroon from Senegal leds a jihad in Haiti. 1700"s- Arabi, the Muslim led Bush Blacks in Surinam. 1800's- Muslims reported living in Jamaica,Santo Domingo, Venezuela, Trinidad, Haiti, and Brazil. 1814-Muslim recaptives forced to serve in Royal Navy. 1811-1831-Mandingo Society actively liberates fellow Muslim slaves from bondage in Trinidad. 1836- Muslim members of the 3rd West India Regiment and their families are returned to Africa by the British. 1836-Supreme Imam of Trinidad Jonas Bath died 1910-There were 100,000 Muslims living in Brazil. Arwa I hope this information can help you see the tremendous role of Black Muslims in the New World.It is sad that many researchers fail to check the early literature wriiten about Blacks in the West Indians written in Spanish, English and French. If they read this literature they would be pleasently surprised to learn the role of Muslims in the liberation movements of America. Some people believe that African Muslims have always been led blindly, by Arab Muslims, this was not true until the 1980's when the Saudis began to spend money supporting Muslims in Africa who were radicalized by Wahabbism and Hanafi clerics from Egypt and Pakistan. . [/QB][/QUOTE]
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