Black Muslim

noun

: a member of a chiefly Black group that professes Islamic religious belief

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Everything and nothing seems to happen in the curiously inert action drama Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, which stars Mahershala Ali as a philosophical Black Muslim hitman trying to raise three children after the death of his wife. Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026 According to the lawsuit, university officials are accused of harassing Josiah Walker, a Black Muslim student, who participated in protests between 2023 and 2024 following the Israel-Hamas war. Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 23 May 2026 His words would become a Black Muslim legend that, passed from one generation to the next, sustained the separatist movement. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Black Muslim was in 1960

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“Black Muslim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Black%20Muslim. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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