Re: And speaking of asinine: "Cherokee indians were really muslims?"

http://www.islam101.com/history/cherokee.htm

My name is Mahir Abdal-Razzaaq El and I am a Cherokee Blackfoot
American Indian who is Muslim. I am known as Eagle Sun Walker. I serve
as a Pipe Carrier Warrior for the Northeastern Band of Cherokee
Indians in New York City.

There are other Muslims in our group. For the most part, not many
people are aware of the Native American contact with Islam that began
over one thousand years ago by some of the early Muslim travelers who
visited us. Some of these Muslim travelers ended up living among our
people.

For most Muslims and non-Muslims of today, this type of information is
unknown and has never been mentioned in any of the history books.
There are many documents, treaties, legislation and resolutions that
were passed between 1600s and 1800s that show that Muslims were in
fact here and were very active in the comunities in which they lived.
Treaties such as Peace and Friendship that was signed on the Delaware
River in the year 1787 bear the signatures of Abdel-Khak and Muhammad
Ibn Abdullah. This treaty details our continued right to exist as a
community in the areas of commerce, maritime shipping, current form of
government at that time which was in accordance with Islam. According
to a federal court case from the Continental Congress, we help put the
breath of life in to the newly framed constitution. All of the
documents are presently in the National Archives as well as the
Library of Congress.

If you have access to records in the state of South Carolina, read the
Moors Sundry Act of 1790. In a future article, Inshallah, I will go in
to more details about the various tribes, their languages; in which
some are influenced by Arabic, Persian, Hebrew words. Almost all of
the tribes vocabulary include the word Allah. The traditional dress
code for Indian women includes the kimah and long dresses. For men,
standard fare is turbans and long tops that come down to the knees. If
you were to look at any of the old books on Cherokee clothing up until
the time of 1832, you will see the men wearing turbans and the women
wearing long head coverings. The last Cherokee chief who had a Muslim
name was Ramadhan Ibn Wati of the Cherokees in 1866.

On Sep 11, 7:43 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I know some Cherokee's who would strongly disagree! STRONGLY!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p9KYgOd4Eg&feature=relmfu
>
> These 5th century Haji idiots think we're as stupid as THEY ARE!****

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