Johari Abdul-Malik

Abdul-Malik was raised as an Anglican by his African American parents in Brooklyn, New York, until "at confirmation the teachings of the Ten Commandments exposed the inherent contradiction of western Christianity."

[7] Abdul-Malik spoke as a panelist at the American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice's March 8, 2002 press conference, criticizing Israel's policy towards Palestine.

[5] He was also a panelist at a gathering that voiced its concerned of the murder charge that faced former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later the militant Justice Minister of the Black Panther Party Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown).

[8] Abdul-Malik publicly denounced a series of U.S. government raids of various northern Virginia Muslims' homes and offices in March 2002 that were launched in part to find evidence against Palestinian civil rights activist Sami Al-Arian.

He said: "It's important that there's an American at the mosque to speak with media, to defend Islam who can talk about the rights of Muslims.

[1] Following the federal charges against a Dar Al-Hijrah worshiper Ahmed Omar Abu Ali for plotting with members of Al Qaeda to assassinate President George W. Bush, after Abu Ali was imprisoned by Saudi officials for 20 months without charges under allegations of torture and later extradited to the United States, Abdul-Malik stated to the press in February 2005 that, "our whole community is under siege...they see it as a civil rights case" in response to escalating federal law enforcement investigations within the Northern Virginia Muslim community.

After the July 2005 London bombings that killed 55 people, a 30-second public service TV spot was run called "Not in the Name of Islam," featuring Abdul-Malik and two American Muslim women.

As Muslims, we want to state clearly that those who commit acts of terror in the name of Islam are betraying the teachings of the Koran and the Prophet Mohammed.

[14]In a press conference on July 25, 2005, Abdul-Malik said, "People who would go out and kill anyone, of any religion, from any country, of any age, for no reason other than the fact they are angry, isolated and upset is against God by whatever name you call [him]."

"[4] In January 2008, Abdul-Malik was trying to establish a nationwide movement of Muslim men to lobby for the new interpretation of Chapter 4, Verse 34 of the Koran.

I am a black American, and I know that "denial" is the explanation of those who cannot explain what they see or hear, especially if they belong to a minority group and are not used to the US way of life.