Thread by @Fawad__Ahmed

On racial discrimination....
This is early 7th century AD; Muslim Armies, under their great leader Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed (RA) are poised at rolling up Persian empire from Iraq and Levant, winning battle after battle.
Meanwhile, Khalifa e Islam Hazrat Umar (RA), for ....1/5

..spiritual and temporal reasons decides to remove Hazrat Khalid from Command.
Hazrat Bilal (RA) is sent with Khalifa's instructions.
Sahaba gather in a congregation at Emessa. Hazrat Khalid, the greatest, undefeated General, a close relative of the Khalifa, a relative of..2/5

Aqqa e Do Alam (SAAWW), from an elite family of a high ranking tribe, kneels in front of Hazrat Bilal, an African ex Slave with no racial connections with any highborn Arab.
Bilal (RA) orders Khalid (RA) to be relieved of command and hands it over to Hazrat Abu Ubaida (RA)..3/5

Great Khalid (RA) seeks permission to continue fighting as a simple soldier of Islam. He is granted permission. He goes on playing a critical role in future battles including Yarmuk (against the Byzantines).
This was 7th century.
Thereafter, while the Africans were enslaved 4/5

..traded, persecuted and ridiculed by the so-called "civilized" world, in the Muslim nations they proudly rubbed shoulders with their brethren in faith from varying racial/ethnic backgrounds, proudly calling themselves "Aale Bilal".