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Black Muslims Parade their `Eid Finest on Twitter

Layla Abdullah-Poulos
27 June, 2017

NEW YORK – As part of `Eid 2017 celebrations, Black Muslims across the nation participated in #BlackOutEid. The Twitter hashtag went viral as Muslims posted pics of their `Eid fashion style.

Oldest Muslim Group in US

The annual hashtag was started because of the claimed consistent under-representation of Black American Muslims in the country’s dialogue about Muslims despite their comprising over 25 per cent of the American Muslim population, including African American Muslims who were the nation’s first Muslims.

Khaled Beydoun explains, “America’s first Muslims were slaves. Social scientists estimate that 15 to 30 percent of the Africans enslaved in the Antebellum South practiced Islam.”

African American Muslims took the opportunity to display their exceptional fashion sense, which often includes traditional American threads as well as some influence from immigrant Muslim cultures.

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Black Muslims Color Poppin’

Yellow and bright Spring colors was very popular among Muslims posting on #BlackOutEid. Many took advantage of the warm weather to don light materials, with pastels and rich bright colors being the rule of the day.

Black Muslims Parade their `Eid Finest on Twitter - About Islam

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Young Black Muslims did not miss the opportunity to share their most striking poses as they celebrated the end of long days of fasting and gathered with their fellow Muslims for prayer and festivities.


With #BlackOutEid, African American and Black Muslims show a resistance against cultural erasure and allow the world to appreciate their cultural uniqueness.