“African Americans were really the pioneers in establishing and maintaining and institutionalizing Pittsburgh’s Muslims,” said Sarahjameela Martin, president of the Muslim Women’s Association of Pittsburgh. “It’s not often talked about.” (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource) The Black founders of Pittsburgh’s first mosque ‘didn’t have anything,’ writer Sarahjameela Martin said. Still, they laid the groundwork for Islam’s … Continued

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