it s pretty complicated. if only i could think of a comparable analogy for christian, catholic, methodist and lutheran friends. forget it. the thing about the muslim community is there s not actually a muslim community, like, in case the fact that there isn t peace in the middle east is any indication, not all of us like each other. yeah. a whole lot. yeah. and you recently came out of the closet being a bisexual. yeah. zara s openness, honesty, and bravery, is why so many people relate to her on the podcast. to me, and the rest of her friends, she s a progressive social justice activist living her version of what it is to be a good muslim but to some strict orthodox believers, those things plus the fact she s bisexual and married to an atheist make her a bad muslim. so, looking ahead, like maybe, like, don t say so much about my muslimness. okay. is that what s going to happen under the new era of america where we sort of like
baseball cap. i had an x shirt. i think it was a bootlegged x shirt, sorry, spike lee, got it from the street. that was some of our biggest pop culture icons of black america or muslims. there s more african-american muslims in america than others. but the majority of arab americans are christians. in fact, today, 63% of america s arab population is christian. with the largest demographic being catholic. i want to make sure everybody hears that. 63% of arabs in america are christian. so stop assuming you can leave your co-worker, ahmed, off your christmas card list. some have the biggest cross. they make sure they re repping that cross. oh, they re going to rep that cross. they don t want to be confused. got crosses like rappers. minus the ice. what do you think are the biggest challenges right now? white supremacy? many people think of white supremacy as the kkk and hoods and neo-nazis and far right
spike lee s movie, malcolm x with denzel, it popularized islam in the black community. we were rocking the malcolm x baseball cap. i had an x shirt. i think it was a bootlegged x shirt, sorry spike lee, got it from the street. that was some of our biggest pop culture icons of black america or muslims. there s more african-american muslims in america than others. but the majority of arab americans are christians. in fact, today, 63% of america s arab population is christian. with the largest demographic being catholic. i want to make sure everybody hears that. 63% of arabs in america are christian. so stop assuming you can leave your co-worker, ahmed, off your christmas card list. some have the biggest cross. they make sure they re repping that cross. oh, they re going to rep that cross. they don t want to be confused.
in fact, today, 63% of america s arab population is christian. with the largest demographic being catholic. i want to make sure everybody hears that. 63% of arabs in america are christian. so stop assuming you can leave your co-worker, ahmed, off your christmas card list. some have the biggest cross. they make sure they re they don t want to be confused. got crosses like rappers. minus the ice. what do you think are the biggest challenges right now? white supremacy. many people think of white supremacy as the kkk and hoods and neonazis and far right armed militia groups, but white supremacy is centering whiteness and devaluing that which is not
i thought there was two. i thought there was sunni and shia, no, and black muslim 72. yep. despite what the two bills would have you believe, islam is not just one thing. most muslims fall into the schools of sunni and shia. and a lot more are wishing to pronounce. not to mention the fact sunnis and shias branch off and each have their own interpretations of the koran. it s pretty complicated. if only i could think of a comparable analogy for christian, catholic, methodist and lutheran friends. forget it. the thing about the muslim community is there s not actually a muslim community, like, in case the fact that there isn t peace in the middle east is any indication, not all of us like each other. yeah. a whole lot. yeah. and you recently came out of the closet being a bisexual. yeah. openness, honesty and bravery is why so many people relate to her on the podcast. to me, and the rest of her friends, she s a progressive social justice activist living her version of