₦airaland Forum

abibio2001:
I dey laff o. Where did u people learn your Naija politics from I would repeat it again and again,

Those places in the North where PDP won, did they field an Ijawman?? or a Christian?? The National assembly elections in the North was a Northern Muslim against another Northern Muslim. If you think the Average almajiri in the North would vote an Ijaw Christian over his fellow Northern Muslim, then you must be thinking with your spinal cord. Its just like thinking an average Christian Niger deltan or his Christian Ibo brother would vote Buhari over GEJ. Ethnicity/Religion are major determinants in Naija politics.

Well said.
I think PDP supporters are celebrating too early. You should know that even in PDP rallies in the North, when Jonathan shouts Nigeria!!!, the response is always "Sai Buhari!!!". In many places PDP fielded exceptionally popular candidates like Farouk Lawal or Muhammad Ali Ndume. The question to be asked is whether PDP has an exceptionally popular presidential candidate. Let's wait till sarturday.

I think the topic shoukd be PDP routes CPC. Think of it, for example when you ask people of southern Borno why they voted for PDP, they tell you that they voted fir Muhammad Ali Ndume who just happened to be running on the PDP platform. I believe next saturday most people will vote for Buhari and not the CPC. In the Borno governorship race, people are all ready to vote for Mohammed Goni who is also running on the PDP platform. The point is that, it's too early to predict PDP victory in the presidential polls giving that in places like Kano even PDP candidates identify themselves with Buhari and some even have pictures alongside Buhari's picture on their campaign posters.

ayusman16:
CPC is a regional party while ACN is gradually evolving to a national party. For now PDP is only national party>

Correct. But the CPC's region has more voters than the rest of the regions combined. I think PDP was a national party but not anymore.

Based on the election results announced at polling units across the North-East, PDP only lead in places where they have exceptionally popular candidates like Hon. Ali Ndume in Borno South senatorial zone. In Borno Central it's CPC all the way. I heard that in Bauchi town, PDP did not lead in a single polling unit whereas CPC leads with a wide margin in all the polling units. In Gombe state, the CPC lead is even greater whereas PDP is losing everywhere. In Yobe, it's ANPP that seems to be taking the day while Adamawa is basically shared between ACN and LP. I have not gotten any news about Taraba yet.

This trend falsifies the claim by PDP supporters that the North-East is a PDP territory.

There were two bomb blast in Maiduguri, one at a polling unit and another at a collation center. There are also reports of a fire incident at the Maiduguri International Hotel. But all that did not weaken the resolve of the masses to cast and protect their votes. The people of Borno Central have overwhelmingly denied the state governor the senatorial seat of that zone. There are polling units in my area where the governor's ANPP got 25 votes in contrast with CPC's 223 and PDP's 158. In other polling units, the governor gets as low as 5 votes where CPC got 234. There are also some neighbourhoods in Maiduguri where the governors party didn't get a single vote.

I think the idea of staying back to protect your votes is working as far as the North-East is concerned.

ha! ha! so in 50 years time we'll hear and the new president of the U.S.A Abdul Salim Al-Detroit LOL!

I Like That
Though It will be Abdul Salam Al-Detroiti

ejunkie:
[size=15pt]http://buharistoleouridea.com/index.php[/size]


Amazing that Buhari and Bakare with their banner of honesty and integrity will do this to hardworking Nigerian youth. Disgusting really.

They may have a case there but I am worried about some things.

1-The domain name "buharistoleouridea.com" is registered today the 31st of march 2011.
2-It will sound more genuine (at least to me) if it is cpcstoleouridea.com.

I am not reaching conclusions here but there is every possibility that this is a political move.  It will be nice if bluelabs have tried to prove on the site that they actually own the intellectual property to the song just like they did to the CPC campaign team.

pc guru:
Actually Mono can.

Yeah you are right, but how many shared hosting providers will give you Mono? Besides most ASP/ASP.NET advocates are people stuck on MS technologies and will hardly bother to go through the trouble of configuring mod_mono on apache.

maclatunji:
It is funny how time bleaks-out history. I have read some of the OP's links and they contain useful information. However, it is incorrect to say that Yoruba's descended from Mecca, as the popular myth says. If black people descended from that region at all it would have been far back from the time of Noah.

I am happy you took time to read some of the links. One thing you need to know is that as late as the 1800s it is considered very rare to see a white Arab.
Generally Arabs are classified into 3 main types and only one of those types represent the white Arabs of today. Interestingly they are called Arab-al-Musta'riba meaning "The Arabized Arabs". That tells you that they were originally non-Arabs.

From the available literature and authorities, historians have broadly divided Arabs into three classes according to their different great ancestors. They are:

The original Black Arabs who were supposedly punished by destruction and deluge because, as legend has it in the book of Quran, they disobeyed their Prophets and flouted God’s instructions; they were: Ad, Thamud, Tasam, Jadeis, Imru.

The classical Black Arabs, who are believed to have descended from Yaarub ibn Yashjub ibn Ghatan and thus called Ghataniyun. They had lived in the Yemen; they included a number of tribes and sub-tribes, two of which became historically prominent viz., Himyar and Kahlan (al’arab al’ariba).

The Arabized Arabs: These tribes immigrated into Arabia from different sections of central Asia. Many of them intermarried with the desert dwelling nomadic blemmyes – the Bejas (original Bedouin Arabs) and the Somali, Kenyan and Ethiopian tribes of Africa. Their mix -blood children who adopted a mingled form of their parents cultures are known as the Arabized Arabs (al ‘arab al musta ‘riba).

http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-original-black-african-arabs-of-arabia-part-1-ogu-eji-ofo-annu/

Listen to what a certain past historian said in his book.

1872 – “Mr. Baldwin draws a marked distinction between the modern Mahomedan Semitic population of Arabia and their great Cushite, Hamite, or Ethiopian predecessors. The former, he says, ‘are comparatively modern in Arabia,’ they have ‘appropriated the reputation of the old race,’ and have unduly occupied the chief attention of modern scholars.” Traditions Superstitions and Folklore, Charles Hardwick , Manchester A. Ireland and Company, 1872

Despite .NET being my first option in most software projects, I think ASP.NET just cannot compete with PHP. How do you expect me to compile a web project each time I run it in the development process? Beside, it's almost impossible to host ASP/ASP.NET on Linux servers. So going for ASP.NET to me is like buying a superb car that cannot be driven on highways.

ezeagu:
The original Israelites looked like mixed race people.

If the Hebrews are what you mean by the original Israelites then they are not mixed raced or white but Blacks.

Another link about how the race of Jesus and the Hebrews was eventually changed to White.

http://www.realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/Jesus/Jesus.htm

please try and go through it. There are some quite interesting fact there.

Andre Uweh:
@The poster, it's a pity you have been a nairalander for over 4 years yet you do not know that a cultural section exist.
Perhaps, the mods will transfer this thread of yours to the apropriate section.

That is why we have moderators, to correct such mistakes/ignorance. It's a pity you couldn't suggest that to the moderators but direct it at me. I am not a moderator. The mistake has been made and I have no power to correct it now.

@Eze_Uche, you didn't even visit the links I gave you. I agree with you that the original human beings are from Africa. But migration of human beings is a continuous thing and doesn't have to be in one direction.

Ancient Arabs describe themselves as Black. Listen to what some of them said

Kinky Hair is the kind of hair mist Arabs have

Ibn Mandour

Shuraik El-Qadi said there are seven things which are odd. Amongst the seven things was "A fair skinned Arab".
He also said that

A Fair Skinned Arab is something inconcievable or unthinkable

However unlike you, I do not believe in evolution because you may be surprised to learn that it can not be proved scientifically. But you can do the reading at http://www.newgeology.us/presentation32.html

EzeUche_:


When Africans stop trying to say we descend from a Semitic group.  We should be saying they descended from us, because Africans are the original man. We did not descend anyone!  

But the Original Semites are not white. The Arabs we are talking about are not the light skinned people today claiming to be Arabs.
The following links will help give you an idea

http://realhistoryww.com/
http://savethetruearabs..com/

This is from a book "The Unknown Arabs: Clear And Definitive Proof Of The Dark Complexion Of The Original Arabs And The Arab Origin Of The So-Called African Americans" by Tariq Berry pages 122-123

The Yoruba Tribe, with it's many branches such as the Oyo, Egba, Egbado, Ijebu, Ekiti, Ondo, Akoko, Ikale, Ijesha, Yagba, Jumu, Aworo, Ife, Aja and Mahi is an Arab tribe that entered the area called Africa from Arabia many years ago. Some say they are from Mecca and from the tribe of Quraish. Others say that they descended from Ya'rub the son of Qahtan from Yemen; hence the name Yoruba.

Frank Willet says; "Clapperton has recorded Sultan Bello's account of the Arabian origin of the Yoruba.",

, The Encyclopedia Britannica says "Another important linguistic group consist of the Yoruba-speaking peoples who, like the Hausa and Fulani, have ancient connection with the Middle East"

If you are still wondering why the Yorubas are black and the Arabs light skinned, then you need to learn of the skin color of the original Arabs.
Start from http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/True_Negros/Assorted/Paintings.htm

DISCLAIMER: I am neither a historian nor a Yoruba but has a keen interest on true history that is often hidden away from us (the public)

All the GEJ supporters here surprise me. They like to believe that people will vote for GEJ. Jonathan was in Maiduguri before Buhari, he couldn't gather 1/4 of the crowd that came for BB's rally. People didn't care that Goodluck/Sambo were in town. The only people you see lining the streets were policemen. But when BB came this sunday, it took them two hours from the airport to the Ramat Square (Venue of the rally) because of the crowd of supporters. Schools along the road to the venue were unable to control their students from coming out to join the crowds. Some schools have locked their gates but the students climbed the fence and waved at the convoy.

For those who say people came out on orders of the district heads, I only shake my head and laugh. The traditional rulers are with the state governor who is an ANPP member hell bent on seeing that BB rally flopped.

The spirit of the day wasn't that of a political rally but a revolution.

As a software developer, I've always wondered why there are almost no famous black people in computer and ICT field. Was it that black people were never interested in that field or were they denied opportunities during the early days of the computers.
Actually none of the above was the case. Actually some black people have made their mark in the IT field but are just never celebrated.

One very good example is Mark Dean, a vice president at IBM. Mark Dean literally invented the personal computer as we know it. He is the architect of the personal computer and holds three of the the original nine patents that all PCs are based upon.

Without Dean's work, people like Bill Gates and Michael Dell will never be where they are today. But yet, the 20th anniversary of the personal computer was celebrated without anybody mentioning his name.

Dr Mark Dean later made history again by leading the team that created the first 1-gigahertz processor chip.

Dr Dean made my past assumption that black people never participated in the computer revolution wrong. In fact it is not wrong to say that he brought about the revolution itself.

http://a-ig..com/2011/03/black-pc-inventor.html

I don't know if you mean using HTML/javascript, because am pretty sure that with Silverlight 4 you can access your web camera, printer and play game online with game controller (while running in full trust). Even the coming HTML 5 will let you do some of those as well.

@Syma, my original post was made back in 2007. That's ages ago in the IT world. A lot have changed from 2007 to 2011. But think of it, even if you use Silverlight or Flash, your users' browsers don't support them out of the box. They each need to install plug-ins to use peripheral devices. I am not sure but I think HTML5 will change that all.

Depends on who's paying the bills.

SAP is still web-based and millions are still paid to access it.
Basecamp is a milliondollar app and is web-based.
peoplesoft applications are web-based and is also a million dollar app.
finacle (used by many nigerian banks) is web-based and also million-dollar app.
Jira atlassian,
Microsoft sharepoint(web based and used by any company worth its salt)

wake and smell the flowers people. If you are not skilled enough to architect a proper web application say so.

Just say you are content with writing applications for clinics and schools and not interested in going after the real big spenders in IT worldwide (the banks, energy, telecoms and transport companies). Can you actually imagine an airline installing applications all over the place instead of running a centralized website? makes little sense(no offense intended. sorry).

@Kodewrita, is that then a proof that web apps are replacing standalone apps. Why point at very big companies and ignoring the mass market.

BetaThings:
I hope you realise that based on what you have posted, the whiteman would be justified in killing all blacks. What have blacks contributed to the advancement of knowledge compared to the whites. Remember you are browsing the INTERNET, maybe on a MOBILE PHONE, posting PHOTOS etc

I am really tired of seeing and hearing black people condemning themselves out of ignorance. I think the white man has done so much damage to some black people that they think blacks have not and cannot contribute anything to the advancement of knowledge. Just for starters I am going to list some black inventions for you hear maybe it will give you some self esteem. Note that I am going out of my way to post it, because I have once heard Seun say something similar;

1 Traffic lights
2 Vacuum Cleaner
3 Refrigerated trucks
4 Street sweepers
5 Gas Mask
6 Automatic railroad car coupler
7 Automatic lubrication system for locomotive engines.

I deliberately omitted the names of the inventors so that you can do a little work and look them up.

The first ever woman in the United States to become a millionaire is also a black woman called Madam C J Walker.
The first successful open heart surgery in the world was carried out by a black man.

So please stop saying that black people have not contributed anything to knowledge.

The Egyptians themselves say it

check out the video here

why don't you buy your domain and hosting from Nigerian webhosts where you can pay in Naira.

Try alireta.com or aimtechng.com (these are the two I can remember for now)

Their servers are hosted in Data centers outside Nigeria so you won't have a problem due to power disruptions.

Youngichou:
well Ok i agree, i agree You can even charge your Client[b] 900000000m[/b] just to develop just A page website. Hmmmmm nigerians just will never seize to amaze me.

Yes you can, and somebody else can charge 15K. It is up to the client to make a choice. But I am not going to take away your rights to charge.
Please let us understand what open source software represent. OSS do not necessarily have to free.

RedHat charges money for their enterprise Linux distribution despite GNU/Linux being open source. They are only exercising their rights to charge money for the software. People buy their products because they have proven that it is worth buying. The same goes for the web developer in question, she can charge 180k if she can prove it is worth it.

lactemps:
You get something FREE with FREE Community to give FREE advice and HELP, and you turn around (ONLY in NIGERIA) and charge for it,  WHAT A MENTALITY.

This mentality is one of the REASONS Poverty will NEVER be eradicated from our Land.

Those people that gave it to you for free also gave you the right to charge money for it. So why are we attacking her for exercising that right. If you really want to help the original poster then show him the available alternatives and let him decide.

Youngichou:
come on my friend dont be so silly. She does not have any right to charge at that rate. If you think she really needs to charge at that save then i need you to answer the following questions.
1. IS SHE INSTALLING a MySQL database into the server?
2. Is she going to use the so called GpL LICENSED MYSQL or an Oracle.
3. What kind of make is her MySql that cost so much.
4. Is she going to work on the Sql.

You might think that 180k is outrageous for MySQL that comes as part of a hosting plan, but that doesn't take away her rights to charge for that amount. If you think it's unreasonable then simply go get a different developer. It's an open market out there. Besides just because somebody uses open source tools to develop a solution for you doesn't mean that person shouldn't charge for it. That is why the license made it clear that you can charge for it.

lactemps:
Even after all these explanations, we still get this argument!!!
Waoooooooooooo MySql comes FREE with your webhost, and if your webhost charges you for it, then change HOSt period.

All these "Experts" should not start shelling wrong info around.

I just think that if the "Open Source" guys were Nigerians, no one would ever get anything (HELP Included) free.

@OP Forum Software like SMF, phpbb3 etc are FREE Open Source with Great Community to answer all your queries and even help you out in case of problems with modification of your forums. and even security of your forum. All you have to do is either research more on forum software or pay a "Competent" developer to do the job for you.

BUT NEVER pay anyone that charges you separately for a component that comes with your MAIN package.

Do a googling of most things you want 2 learn.

I still maintain that she has the right to charge 180K for MySQL database. It doesn't matter if it comes free with the webhosting plan. That is why I explained that the GPL open source license allows you to either charge for the software covered or give it out for free. She chose to charge for it and the webhost chose to give it out for free. Considering the fact that MySQL comes as part of the hosting package, it is not entirely free but is charged as part of the hosting fee.

@OP MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS). RDBMS is a software that allows you to store data in a structured manner and allows for efficient search/retrival, updating and insertion of records. And Yes you need a database to get the site running.

I think there is nothing wrong for charging 180K for MySql. If we consider that MySql is not always free but operate on a dual license. One non-free license for commercial use and GPL for non-commercial use. Even if she use the free license (GPL), the GPL license allows you to charge money for the any software covered by the license. You only have to transfer all the rights you have under the GPL to the purchaser i.e the purchaser can either sell it or give it out for free.

collins465:
Gbam! had it been the owners of mozila firefox started with OS, maybe mozila will not be as popular as it is now. look at skype and all other web (softwares) that has something to do with internet and network, they usually become popular and well known easily.

Actually Mozilla's firefox is a desktop application. The browser is a desktop application that let's you browse the web. You don't run a browser in a browser but on a desktop.

I am also born left handed and still do everything except eating with my left hand. My Mom taught me to hold the spoon with the right and that's all. Nobody forced me to do anything else with the right. But at some point during my primary education, there was an attempt to force me write with my right hand but my parents intervened. I believe that attempt now has a lasting effect on me cos I still despise school. My parents taught me to eat with my right because I come from an area where it is culturally and religiously wrong to eat with the left. Unlike writing It has not been very difficult to learn to eat with the right, you do not need much accuracy to reach your mouth with the right.

strangleyo:
And we have millions of Nigerians willing to die for an Arab religion.

What a pity indeed.

At least the white British, after all the dirt they did, actually ended slavery globally. This was directly attributed to the evangelist movement across England and the USA in the 17th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism


The Arabs resisted. The Arabs enslave blacks, even today, they are called "domestic servants".

However the ultimate servitude is mental, they have you pray 6 times a day towards the world Arab capital Mecca. They have you waste your life savings by visiting it, for some empty pilgrimage, so they can treat you like a sub human. Read stories of Nigerians being mistreated in Saudi.

Simply unacceptable.

What a pity indeed. In this day and age people still don't know the difference between Arabic and Islam.
But you can direct your Islamphobia to the following people

* Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) - former NFL player[3]
    * Abel Xavier - former Portuguese professional footballer converted to Islam with his new name Faisal.[4]
    * Abu Tammam - 9th century Arab poet born to Christian parents.[5]
    * Abu Usamah - American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK.Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.[6]
    * Adam Gadahn (born Adam Pearlman) - al-Qaeda English language spokesman. Homeschooled Christian.[7]
    * Addas - Companion of the prophet Muhammad during his time. One of the earliest Christian convert to Islam.
    * Adi ibn Hatim - Companion of the prophet Muhammad during his time.
    * Ahmad Rashād - Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver.[8][9]
    * Ahmed Santos - Filipino, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative converted from Catholicism[10][11][12]
    * Ahmad Thomson - British barrister and writer and also a member of the Murabitun movement.[13]
    * Akhenaton - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.[14]
    * Alexander Litvinenko - former FSB officer converted to Islam on his deathbed.[15][16]
    * Alexander Russell Webb - Former Presbyterian.[17] American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.[18][19]
    * André Carson - former Baptist,[20] second Muslim to serve the United States Congress.[21]
    * Art Blakey - American Jazz musician[22]
    * Aukai Collins - fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book[23]
    * Anthony Mundine - former Australian rugby league player for the St George Illawarra Dragons and now a boxer

B

    * Benjamin Chavis - controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam.
    * Bernard Hopkins - American boxer[24]
    * Betty Shabazz - wife of Malcolm X; former Methodist.[25]
    * Bilal Philips - Islamic scholar and author[26]
    * Bruno Metsu - French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[27]
    * Bryant Neal Vinas - participated in and supported al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S., and helped al-Qaeda plan a bomb attack on the LIRR[28]

C

    * Colleen LaRose - American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes
    * Chris Eubank - British boxer[29]
    * Claude Alexandre de Bonneval or Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa is 18th century French nobleman.[30]
    * Count Cassius- Visigothic aristocrat who founded the Banu Qasi dynasty of Muladi rulers.[31]

D

    * Daniel Maldonado - American Islamist convicted in the United States on charges of training with al-Qaida in East Africa. Raised Catholic.[32]
    * Daniel Streich - former member of the right-wing party, Swiss People's Party
    * Danny Thompson - English double bass player converted from Catholicism.[33]
    * Danny Williams - British boxer[34]
    * David Belfield - American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident.[35]
    * David Benjamin Keldani, a former Catholic priest.
    * Dave Chappelle - comedian and television star [36]
    * Dawud Wharnsby-Ali (David Wharnsby) - Canadian singer/poet.[37][38]

E

    * Elsa Kazi - German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and one of the greatest poets of her time.
    * Éric Abidal (changed his name to Bilal) - French football player, currently playing for FC Barcelona, converted to Islam after marriage.[39]
    * Everlast - Rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain, converted From Catholicism.[40]

F

    * Franck Ribéry- a French football player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal.[41]

G

    * Gabriele Torsello - Italian freelance photojournalist based in London who was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.[42]
    * Gauhar Jaan-British-Indian Singer.[43]
    * George XI of Kartli - Saffavid commander.[44]
    * Germaine Lindsay - one of the suicide terrorists in the 7 July 2005 London bombings[45][46][47] in which 52 people were murdered.

H

    * Hamza Yusuf - American convert from Greek Orthodox; head of the Zaytuna Institute.[48]
    * Hedley Churchward - English painter[49]

I

    * Ian Dallas - Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi — Sufi shaykh of Scottish origins.[50]
    * Ibrahim Muteferrika (original name not known) - From Unitarian Christianity, an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.[51]
    * Ilie II Rareş - prince of Moldavia.[52]
    * Ingrid Mattson - Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006) converted From Catholicism.[53]
    * Isabelle Eberhardt - from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer[54]
    * Ivan Aguéli (Johan Agelii) - famous Swedish painter.[55][56]
    * Iyasu V - Ethiopian emperor.[57]

J

    * C. Jack Ellis - Mayor of Macon, Georgia[58]
    * Jacques-Francois Menou - French general under Napoleon I of France.[59]
    * James Yee - previously Lutheran[60] and former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.[61]
    * Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - former member of The Jackson 5.[62]
    * Jerôme Courtailler - one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists[45][63][64]
    * Joe Tex - soul singer and recording artist.[65]
    * Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss traveller and orientalist.[citation needed]
    * St. John Philby - Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence operative; converted from Anglicanism.[66]
    * John Walker Lindh - the "American Taliban" converted From Catholicism[67][68]
    * John Whitehead - an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.[69]
    * John Nelson - first recorded Englishman to become a Muslim.[70]
    * Joseph Thomas - Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, currently pending retrial.[71][72]
    * Judar Pasha - conqueror of the Songhai Empire.[73]

K

    * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) - retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer[74]
    * Keith Ellison - American, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress, converted From Catholicism[75]
    * Kevin Barrett - university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.[76]
    * Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan.
    * Khalid Yasin - Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh currently residing in Australia.[77]
    * Knud Holmboe - Danish journalist and explorer converted From Catholicism.[78]
    * Köse Mihal - a Byzantine renegade, he accompanied Osman al-Ghazi in his ascent to power and converted to Islam.[79][80]
    * Kumba Ialá - a Guinea-Bissau politician who converted in 2008.

L

    * Dolores "LaLa" Brooks - American musician.[81]
    * Loon - American hip hop and rap artist [82]
    * Lee Hughes - professional association football player, currently playing for Notts County F.C. [83]

M

    * Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) - retired basketball player[84]
    * Marmaduke Pickthall - famous translator of the Quran.[85]
    * Mario Scialoja - Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.[86]
    * Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) - former boxer, converted From Catholicism.[87]
    * Matthew Yusuf Smith, also known as Yusuf and Indigo Jo, author of the award winning blog[88] Indigo Jo Blogs, where he muses about life and courts controversy[89]
    * Michael Muhammad Knight - American novelist, writer, and journalist.[90]
    * Mike Tyson - Is an American boxer to Sunni[91]
    * Mihnea Turcitul - was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[92]
    * Mohammad Yousuf - Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year, converted From Catholicism.[93]
    * Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983)[94]
    * Mohammed Zakariya - an American master of Arabic calligraphy, best known for his work on the popular Eid U.S. postage stamp.[95]
    * Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (Philip Barker) - professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.[96]
    * Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay), from Baptist[97][98] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam.[99] famous boxer.
    * Muhammed al-Ahari born January 6, 1965 as Ray Allen Rudder is an American essayist, scholar and writer on the topics of American Islam, Black Nationalist groups, heterodox Islamic groups and modern occultism
    * Murad Wilfred Hofmann - NATO official, converted From Catholicism[100]

N

    * Nicolas Anelka - French football player[101]
    * Nuh Ha Mim Keller - from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sunni Islam, Islamic scholar.[102]
    * Nuh ibn Zbigniew - from Catholicism to Islam, Islamic writer and speaker

O

    * Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III in Natchez, Mississippi[1] on 12 January 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer
    * Omar Bongo - Gabonese, President of Gabon.[103]
    * Omar Hammami - American-born member of the Somali Islamist paramilitary group al-Shabaab. Known by the nom de guerre Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki.[104]
    * Omar Pasha - Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.[105]

P

    * Peter Murphy - vocalist of the goth/rock group Bauhaus, converted from Catholicism.[106]
    * Pierre Vogel - German Islamic preacher and former professional Boxer.
    * Poncke Princen - Dutch soldier, later human rights activist, converted From Catholicism.[107]
    * Preacher Moss - Former Baptist,[108] American comedian and comedy writer.[109]

R

    * Radu cel Frumos - was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia, converted From Catholicism.[110]
    * René Guénon - French Author in the field of metaphysics, converted From Catholicism.[111][112]
    * Richard Colvin Reid - shoe bomber (convicted terrorist) [113]
    * Richard Thompson - British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.[114]
    * Robert D. Crane is the former adviser to the late President Richard Nixon, and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the U.S. National Security Council.[115]
    * Robin Padilla - Filipino actor.[116]
    * Roger Garaudy - French philosopher, converted From Catholicism.[117]
    * Ronald Bell or Khalis Bayyan (born 1 November 1951, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American singer, composer and saxophonist
    * Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley - British soldier and peer.[118]
    * Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Later reverted to Catholicism.[119]
    * Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood - British author, converted from Protestantism.[120]
    * Ryan G. Anderson - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda[121][122]
    * Ryan Harris- football player for the Denver Broncos [123]

S

    * Salman the Persian A convert from Christianity[124] who was previously Zoroastrian. In search for truth, he traveled to Syria to follow Christianity. Upon the death of his teachers, he was directed to head to Arabia, where he was told the final prophet will rise. He later converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's first companions. Is said to have been called by Muhammad as one of the Ahlul Bayt though there was no genealogical relationship.
    * Sana al-Sayegh, dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah has accused its political rival Hamas of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies.[125]
    * Sarah Joseph - commentator on women's issues and founder of emel magazine, converted From Catholicism.[126]
    * Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface" - American rapper[127]
    * Sheila Musaji - founder of The American Muslim magazine.[128]
    * Silma Ihram - formerly a born again Baptist who is an Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance, and Author.[129]
    * Siraj Wahaj - Former Baptist.[130] African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.[131]
    * Snoop Dogg - Rapper, Joined Nation Of Islam.[132]
    * Suhaib Webb - American Islamic activist and speaker.[133]
    * Suleiman Pasha - French-born Egyptian commander.[134]

T

    * T. B. Irving - An American scholar, author and translator
    * Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean) - originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings[135]
    * Tawana Brawley (changed her name to Maryam Muhammad) - African American woman noted for claiming to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined to be a fabrication by a grand jury. Later in life she converted to Islam.[136][137][138]
    * Tekuder - Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.[139]
    * Thomas J. Abercrombie - photographer[140]
    * Timothy Winter - prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer in Islamic studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.[141]
    * Torquato Cardilli - Italian ambassador, converted From Catholicism.[142]

V

    * Vincenzo Luvineri - American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, converted From Catholicism.[143]

W

    * Wadih el-Hage born to a Maronite Christian family in Sidon, Lebanon, a former al-Qaeda member.[citation needed]
    * William Abdullah Quilliam - 19th century British poet, ambassador and journalist.[144]
    * Willie Brigitte - French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.[145]

Y

    * Yahiya Emerick - American Muslim scholar, President of the Islamic Foundation of North America, converted from Protestantism.[146]
    * Yasin Abu Bakr (Lennox Philip) - of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of 9 March 2006[147]
    * Yusuf Estes - Former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from Protestantism.[148]
    * Yvonne Ridley - British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.[149][150]

Z

    * Zaid Shakir - American Muslim convert former Baptist, speaker, intellectual, author, and resident scholar of Zaytuna Institute in the United States.[151][152]
    * Zağanos Pasha - one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councillor, protector, for the sultan.[153]

[edit] From Judaism

    * Abdullah ibn Salam - 7th century sahabi said to have been a rabbi of aristocratic stock.[154]
    * Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi - influential 12th century physicist, philosopher, and scientist who wrote a critique of Aristotelian philosophy and Aristotelian physics.[155]
    * Ibn Yahyā al-Maghribī al-Samaw'al was an 12th century Arab Muslim mathematician and astronomer of Jewish descent.[156] His father was a Jewish Rabbi from Morocco, but al-Samawʾal converted to Islam.[157]
    * Jacob Querido - 17th century successor of the self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah Sabbatai Zevi.[158]
    * Leila Mourad - Egyptian singer and actress who rose to fame in the 1940s and 1950s.[159]
    * Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss) - Viennese journalist who visited the Hijaz in the 1930s. Later, after WWII, he became Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations.[160] Also translated the Qur'an into English and wrote several books on Islam. His son Talal Asad is an anthropologist at the City University of New York
    * Rashid-al-Din Hamadani - 13th century Persian physician[161]
    * Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey (Yale Singer) - a pioneer in the development of Islamic culture in the United States.[162]
    * Tali Fahima - Israeli left-wing activist, convicted of aiding Palestinian fighters. Converted to Islam in Umm al-Fahm in June 2010.[163]
    * Yaqub ibn Killis - 10th century Egyptian vizier under the Fatimids.[164]

[edit] From Dharmic religions
[edit] From Buddhism

    * Daniel Moore - poet [165]
    * The Barmakid family - originally the guardians of the great Buddhist shrine near Balkh, upon conversion they became "the greatest family" in the early Abbasid caliphate.[166]
    * Mahmud Ghazan - seventh ruler of the Ilkhanate.[167]
    * Muhammad Khodabandeh - eighth Ilkhaid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316.[168]
    * Mubarak Shah - head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1252–1260, March–September 1266).[169]
    * Tarmashirin - Khan of the Chagatai Khanate following Duwa Timur.[170]
    * Hussein Ye - An Islamic scholar of Chinese descent whose lectures are frequently aired on Peace TV.[171]

[edit] From Hinduism

    * Murshid Quli Khan - the Mughal governor of Bengal.[172]
    * Malik Kafur - Indian military general.[173]
    * Malik Maqbul - Prime Minister or Wazir of the Delhi Sultanate,[174] during the reign of Feroz Shah Tughlaq.
    * Abdul Wahid Pedersen - Danish cleric.[175]
    * Rama Varma Kulashekhara - Purportedly the first Indian king to accept Islam[176][177]
    * Muhammed Yusuf Khan - Born Maruthanayagam Pillai, he converted to Islam[178] and later served as Commandant for the British East India Company troops.
    * Divya Bharti - Indian actress who converted on marriage to producer Sajid Nadiadwala
    * Sahaj Ram Sapru - the grandfather of the British-Indian Muslim Philosopher, Sir Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, who was an official in Kashmir during the administration of the Afghan Governor Azim Khan.[179]
    * Kamala Suraiyya (formerly Kamala Das) - Anglo-Malayalam writer[180]

    * Kabir Suman- Modern Bengali singer & songwriter officially converted to Islam from Hinduism in 2000.[181]
    * Tansen - Notable musician and poet.[182][183]
    * A.R. Rahman (stands for Allah Rakha Rahman) - Modern South Indian singer ,songwriter & Oscar winner officially converted to Islam from Hinduism.[184]
    * Kamala Surayya - a.k.a. Madhavikutty (Malayalam: മാധവിക്കുട്ടി) (31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009) She was born in a conservative Hindu Nair (Nallappattu) family having Royal anscestry who was an Indian writer who openly and honestly discussed and wrote about the sexual desires of Indian women, which made her an iconoclast of her generation. She officially converted to Islam from Hinduism.[185]
    * Steven Vikash Chand - Arrested in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests[186]

    * Dhiren Barot - Born in India to a Hindu family, Barot was later sentenced to 40 years in prison in the United Kingdom for conspiracy to murder. Barot admitted to plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund headquarters, and the World Bank, amongst other targets.

[edit] From Sikhism

    * Ubaidullah Sindhi - religious leader and political activist.[187]

[edit] Other
[edit] From Paganism
See also: List of Sahaba

    * Berke - grandson of Genghis Khan and leader of the Golden Horde who was the first Mongol ruler to establish Islam in a Mongol state.[188]
    * David Myatt - from Paganism, former Neo-Nazi-activist[189]
    * Negudar - Mongol general and noyan[190]
    * Nogai Khan - Mongol general and great-grandson of Genghis Khan.[191]
    * Samori Ture - founder of the Wassoulou Empire who resisted French rule in West Africa.[192][193]
    * Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan - 9th century Uyghur ruler who was one of the first Turks to convert to Islam.[194]
    * Tuda Mengu - Mongol leader of the Golden Horde[195]
    * Tughlugh Timur - the Khan of Moghulistan.[196]

[edit] From Zoroastrianism

    * Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa - author and translator of Kalīla wa Dimna from Middle Persian.[197]
    * Naubakht - Pahlavi translator of the Abassid court.[198]
    * Fadl ibn Sahl - Persian vizier of the Abassid era.[199]
    * Rattanbai Petit - second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan
    * Saman Khuda - founder of the Samanid dynasty, one of the first native Persian dynasties in the Middle East and Central Asia after the collapse of the Sassanids.[200]

[edit] From Atheism

    * Zhang Chengzhi - contemporary Hui Chinese author; raised as an atheist.[201]
    * Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - British musician and singer (had a nominally Christian upbringing, but never was a believer)[202]
    * Martin Lings - a widely acclaimed British scholar. He was raised as a Protestant, became an atheist, and later converted to Islam.[203]
    * Mos Def - American rapper and actor.[204]
    * Nursultan Nazarbayev - The incumbent President of Kazakhstan. Formerly held atheistic views during the Soviet era.[205]

[edit] Undetermined former religion

    * Abd al Malik - birth name Régis Fayette-Mikano — French rapper of Congolese origins.[206]
    * Abd al Haqq Kielan - Swedish cleric.[207]
    * Abdul Alim Musa - Muslim activist and director of Masjid Al-Islam in Washington, D.C.[208]
    * Abdul Waheed (Don Stewart-Whyte) - accused of participating in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.[209][210]
    * Abdullah Ibrahim - South African Jazz musician.[211]
    * Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist.[212]
    * Philippe Fragione - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.[213]
    * Ali Shaheed Muhammad - member of A Tribe Called Quest.[214]
    * Alys Faiz - human rights and peace activist;[215] converted at the time of her marriage to Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.[216]
    * Amir Butler- author, engineer and Islamic activist.[217]
    * Anthony Mundine - Australian Boxer, Former 2 time Super Middleweight Champion.[218]
    * Apisai Tora - Fijian politician.[219]

B

    * B.G. Knocc Out - American west coast rapper.[220]
    * Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan - born Yvette Blanche Labrousse, Miss France 1930, wife of Aga Khan III.[221]
    * Bob Denard - French mercenary.[222]
    * Brandon Mayfield - American attorney-at-law, was erroneously linked to the 2004 Madrid train bombings.[223]
    * Busta Rhymes - American rapper, songwriter and actor

C

    * Charles Brooks, Jr. - converted while serving a sentence for murder; first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.[224]
    * Ilich Ramírez Sánchez - aka "Carlos the Jackal", convicted murderer and terrorist, currently in prison in France.[225]
    * Celestino Caballero - Boxer, Current Super Bantamweight Champion.[226]
    * Charles John Pelham (Abdul Mateen)- 8th Earl of Yarborough.[227]
    * Christian Ganczarski- Head of "al Qaeda in Europe".[228]
    * Christopher de Bellaigue - journalist and author
    * Christopher Paul (aka Paul Kenyatta Laws aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta) - American citizen, alleged member of al-Qaeda.[229][230]
    * Colleen LaRose - alleged intended assassin of Danish cartoonist Lars Vilks.[231]
    * Craig Hodges - former NBA player.[232]

D

    * David Hicks - convicted Australian terrorist.[233]
    * Derrick Shareef- charged in a plot to set off four hand grenades in garbage cans 22 December at the CherryVale Mall in Rockford, Illinois during the Christmas rush.[234]
    * Divine Styler - American hip-hop musician.[235]
    * Dwight Muhammad Qawi - Former boxing world Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion.[236]

E

    * Edoardo Agnelli - eldest son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat.
    * Everlast - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter.[237]

F

    * Frithjof Schuon - metaphysician, poet, painter, philosopher (in the original and Platonic sense of this term), and a leading figure of the perennialist school.[238]

G

    * Gary Legenhausen - American philosopher and writer.[239]
    * Ghostface Killah - member of the Wu-Tang Clan.[240]
    * Gigi Gryce - American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.[241]
    * Gustave-Henri Jossot - French caricaturist, illustrator and Orientalist painter.[242]

H

    * Hasan Akbar (born Mark Fidel Kools) - American sentenced to death for the murder of two fellow soldiers during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.[243]
    * H. Rap Brown - civil rights activisit.[244]

I

    * Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) - Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).[245]
    * Ibrahim Savant - one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom.[246]
    * Idris Muhammad - American jazz musician.[247]
    * Isabelle Eberhardt - explorer and writer.[248]

J

    * Jack Roche - convicted of involvement in an al-Qaeda plot to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra.[249]
    * Jan Janszoon - Dutch pirate.[250]
    * Jason Walters - of the Netherlands, member of the Hofstad Network, convicted on charges of terrorism.[251]
    * Jeff Fort - former Chicago gang leader, co-founder of the Black P. Stones gang, and founder of its El Rukn faction. He was convicted in 1987 of conspiring with Libya to perform acts of domestic terrorism.[252][253]
    * Jeffrey Mark Deskovic - served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence.[254]
    * Jemima Goldsmith daughter of the billionaire Sir James, who was married to Imran Khan
    * John Allen Muhammad - convicted serial killer, known as the Beltway Sniper.[255][256]
    * John Ward - (changed name to Yusuf Reis) British corsair and pirate.[257]
    * Johann von Leers - advisor to Muhammad Naguib known for his anti-Semitic polemics.[258][259][260]
    * José Padilla - the respondent in Rumsfeld v. Padilla currently on trial as an alleged al-Qaida operative, converted while in prison for aggravated assault.[261]
    * Juan Carlos Gomez - Former Cruiserweight Boxing Champion.[262]

K

    * Kérim Chatty- Swedish bodybuilding stuntman who was once suspected of attempted hijacking. The preliminary inquiry was dropped.[263]
    * Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint Al Hassan of Jordan.[264]

L

    * Larry Johnson - retired American professional basketball player.[265]
    * Lim Yew Hock - Singapore’s second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959.[266]

M

    * MC Ren - American rapper and hip-hop producer.[267]
    * Malcolm X - American to Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam, African-American civil rights leader.[268]
    * Malik ul Salih - established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai.[269]
    * Maryam Jameelah - formerly Margret Marcus. Author of many books covering several subjects, including Modernism, Sociology, History, Jihad, Theology and Technology.[270]
    * Maurice Béjart - French choreographer.[271]
    * Mike Tyson (Malik Abdul Aziz) - former heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Converted while in prison after being convicted of rape.[272][273]
    * Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador.[274]
    * Michael Wolfe - American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation.[275][276]
    * Michael X - civil rights activist in the United Kingdom [277]

N

    * Nahshid Sulaiman - alternative hip hop artist.[278]
    * Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi (born Lex Hixon) - syncretist, Sufi convert, and co-founder of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order in the United States.[279]

O

    * Omar Ong Yoke Lin - (1917–2010) Malaysian politician, former government minister and founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association.[280]
    * Baron omar Rolf von Ehrenfels - Austrian anthropologist and orientalist.[281]

P

    * Philippe Grenier - (1865–1944) French doctor, first Muslim MP in France.[282]

Q

    * Q-Tip - North American hip-hop emcee, actor, and hip hop producer who was the leader of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest.[283]

R

    * Rakan Ben Williams - suspected member of Al-Qaeda terrorist.[284]
    * Robert "Kool" Bell - musician.[285]
    * Robert D. Crane - former Presidential advisor and ambassador.[286]
    * Ronald Bell - musician.[287]
    * Rory McLeod - British snooker player.

S

    * Sahib Shihab - jazz saxophonist and flautist.[288]
    * Stephen Schwartz - American journalist, columnist, and author.[289]
    * Susanne Osthoff - German archaeologist who had worked in Iraq since 1991 and had been taken captive there for three weeks.[290]

T

    * Thomas J. Abercrombie -Famous photographer and writer for National Geographic Magazine http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/06/AR2006040602187.html
    * Tiara Jacquelina - Malaysian actress.[291]
    * Titus Burckhardt - Swiss writer and scholar.[292]

U

    * Umar Islam - one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom.[246]

V

    * Vladimir Khodov - leader of the Beslan school hostage crisis- converted in prison.[293]

W

    * Walt Hazzard - former NBA player.[294]

Y

    * Yusuf Chambers - U.K. based Da'ee of international fame. Yusuf Chambers is a young preacher from London, has greatly involved himself in many organizations in U.K. and outside like Peace TV, Islam Channel, Al-Jumuah magazine, Unity TV etc.
    * Yusef Lateef - American Jazz musician.[295]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam

PhysicsQED:
IG, are there any books, written by any professional scholars, or any more comprehensive sources about the black semites of the middles east, rather than just a blog/website? I've long been interested in the stories I had read about the original inhabitants of many parts of the middle east being blacks, but have not found much information to validate them.

You can start from Tariq Berry's book; "The Unknown Arabs". I gave a link to his site and blog because all his claims are backed by references.
The problem with working on such topics is that the works hardly ever  get published. You see, we live in a racist world and proving anything against conventional wisdom either gets you shut off or even eliminated. For example G. M. James got killed after his work "The Stolen Legacy" which proves  the black origin of Greek civilization. And when Ivan Van Sertima proved that black people were in America long before Columbus, his works were banned from publishing in Journals. So he and some other black intellectuals started the Journal of African Civilizations.

The last time I checked Amazon.com for Tariq Berry's book, it was out of stock.

The website for the Journal Of African Civilization can be found at http://www.journalofafricancivilizations.com/

The following is an article on black Arabs which you may find useful
http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-original-black-african-arabs-of-arabia-part-1-ogu-eji-ofo-annu/

I believe many Arabs so much hate black people because just like any other racist group they are Afraid of the day black people will rediscover their worth and stop feeling inferior to other races. But their biggest fear might be the fact that one day the world will discover that the purest and noblest Arabs may be Black skinned like us. A few quotations about the pure black Arabs;

"I am Miskeen, for those who know me. My color is dark, the color of the Arabs."

-Miskeen Al Darimi Arab poet of the 7th century AD

"Lank hair is the kind of hair that most non-Arab Persians and Romans have while kinky hair is the kind of hair that most Arabs have"
-Ibn Mandour 13th century AD, From the book "Lisan-Al-Arab"

And you should know that Lisan-Al-Arab is the most authoritative book on the Arabic language.

You can get more of such information from Tariq Berry's book "The Unknown Arabs"

cap28:
, some quotations about black africans from some great arab minds such as  Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Sena and Osama Bin Laden:

Ibn Khaldun sees the blacks as “characterized by levity and excitability and great emotionalism” and [says] that “they are everywhere described as s.tu.pid” . . .

al-Dimashqi had the following to say: “The Equator is inhabited by communities of blacks who may be numbered among the savage beasts. Their complexion and hair are burnt and they are physically and morally abnormal. Their brains almost boil from the sun's heat.”


Ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadhani follows the same line of reasoning. To him . . . the zanj [black Africans]. . .are “overdone until they are burned so that the child comes out between black, murky, malodorous, stinking, and crinkly-haired, with uneven limbs, deficient minds, and depraved passions” . . .” 


Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406CE) added that blacks are “only humans who are closer to dumb animals than to rational beings.” . . . 

Even such luminaries as Ibn Sina considered blacks to be “people who are by their very nature slaves.” 


“All African women are p.rostitute.s, and the whole race of African men are abeed [slave] stock. Your people are like rats plaguing the earth” –Osama Bin Laden

Darfur should be a lesson to all so called african muslims - when the chips are down the arabs do not regard them as their equals let alone their brothers.  A word is enough for the wise.

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/chinweizu/arab-colonialism-series-usafrica-the-arab-agenda.html

I think everybody agreed that Arabs are racist, so all those quotations will not come as a surprise. The disagreement here is about Berbers being Arab. Berbers are not Arabs as has been shown before but you keep coming back to the point that Arabs hate black Africans, which is no news to anybody. We've known that for centuries.
What you may not know is that all of those racist Arabs you quoted have never traveled to sub-saharan Africa. They have never seen things for themselves and just like you they only rely on hearsay. Compare their statements with that of Ibn Batutta who has travelled extensively across the world.

"We ,  traveled by sea to the city of Kulwa [Kilwa in East Africa], Most of its people are Zunuj, extremely black, The city of Kulwa is amongst the most beautiful of cities and most elegantly built,  Their uppermost virtue is religion and righteousness and they are Shafi'i in rite."

Ibn Battuta, A.D. 1331

"Among [the Malli blacks'] good qualities is the small amount of injustice amongst them, for of all people they are the furthest from it, "

Ibn Battuta, 14th century

"[The people of Mombasa in East Africa] are a religious people, trustworthy and righteous. Their mosques are made of wood, expertly built."

Ibn Battuta, A.D. 1331

"I met the qadi of Malli,  he is a black, has been on a pilgrimage, and is a noble person with good qualities of character,  I met the interpreter Dugha, a noble black and a leader of theirs,  They performed their duty towards me [as a guest] most perfectly; may God bless and reward them for their good deeds!"

Ibn Battuta, 14th century

I know very much about Arab racism towards black Africans people. What you may not know is that there are black skinned Arabs who actually are the original pure Arabs but the light skinned Arabs dislike them as much as they dislike black Africans. If you have followed the link to Tariq Berry's website which I posted before, you would have gotten a clearer picture of that. I am posting it again here maybe you can get to read it now.

http://savethetruearabs.com/
http://savethetruearabs..com/

cap28:
Funny how  you missed out on the fact that the northern sudanese (arab controlled ) have been at war with the south (christian africans ) for over 50 years and are now only agreeing to hold a referendum to decide whether FULL autonomy should be granted to the south.  The referendum is due to take place in January 2011.

And what has that got to do with Darfur ? You are confusing the Darfuris with the Southern Sudanis. You said you read books written by Southern Sudanese and not Darfuris.