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Anti-Blackness in Maliki Fiqh?
Although Islam teaches racial equality, anti-black sentiment does exist in some Arab-Muslim literature and Islamic law (fiqh) texts by traditional scholars.
Although Islam teaches racial equality, anti-black sentiment does exist in some Arab-Muslim literature and Islamic law (fiqh) texts by traditional scholars.
“Fiqh gives the right to wife to reject a husband due to prior or recent flaws…such as blindness, balding, and black skin unconditionally.” – Moroccan scholar Muhammad al-Ta’wil (d. 2015), author of 'There Is No Male-Preference in Islamic Law'
“The aesthetic judgment that jet black skin is a defect appeared to be a common notion among Malikis of North and Northeast Africa and Andalus (Islamic Spain) where we can confidently assume were populations with predominately light and pale white skin color.
