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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

2 years

Honored to be invited to present my book to my president HE Adama Barrow

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

11 months

Alhamdulilah an amazing meeting ❤️

Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim, CON

@ProfIsaPantami

11 months

@ProfIsaPantami welcomes, our respected brother, Mustafa Briggs @MustafaBriggs in Abuja. He is the author of a well-celebrated book, "Beyond Bilal."

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Proud to announce my Black Muslim History Series Coming soon to:

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

2 years

The Muslim World League rebuilding bridges with my teachers in Senegal ❤️

رابطة العالم الإسلامي

@MWLOrg

2 years

استقبل معالي الأمين العام، رئيس هيئة علماء المسلمين، الشيخ د. #محمد_العيسى، بمقرّ الرابطة في مكة المكرمة، سماحة رئيس الاتحاد الإسلامي الأفريقي العلّامة محمد الماحي بن الشيخ إبراهيم نياس. وبحث الجانبان سبل تعاون الرابطة والاتحاد الذي يتبعه أكثر من مِئة مليون مسلم في أفريقيا.

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Check out the second video ! Enslaved Muslim scholars of the Caribbean

ilmfeed

@IlmFeed

5 years

Enslaved Muslim Scholars of the Caribbean Watch now:

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

They hate to see it, but God loves to see it, and that’s why he made it happen.

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Alhamdulilah, in celebration of Black History Month, I’m glad to announce my collaboration with ilmfeed on the Black Muslim History series, where I highlight some significant and mostly unknown aspects of black…

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

When you rely/depend on people, you give them the opportunity to disrespect you.

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

No @muftimenk IS THE GOAT. FIRST SHAYKH WITH HIS OWN CARTOON. THIS IS HISTORY B

Mufti Menk

@muftimenk

4 years

The moon was sighted in Mozambique so we will be having Eid Sunday 24th May 2020 in Zimbabwe too Alhamdulillah. #EidMubarak #EidUlFitr from Mufti Menk, Omar and Hana! ♥️

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

3 years

10 people, in no particular order who have influenced me the most 1. My Grandma 2. Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse 3. Shaykh Hassan Cisse 4. Imam Ghazzali 5. Ibn Ataillah 6. Chinua Achebe 7. Alex Haley 8. Abdullah Hakim Quick 9. Benjamin Zephaniah 10. Will Smith

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

3 years

Black History Month 2022 Beyond Bilal: The Book Launch 15 Hudson Yards NYC

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

It’s been an incredible journey seeing where Beyond Bilal has gone from 2017 until now, and finally what you have all been asking me about and waiting for is about to arrive inshallah. Contact me for the pre-order 📥

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

I feel you my brother

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@MomodouTaal Ahmad Bamba called out racism and anti-blackness he faced in his own time too, which he had to highlight due to the anti-blackness prevalent in the attitudes and works of “scholars” historically and in his time.

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Look out for some interesting content for @IlmFeed soon

Rafiq

@RafiqIbnJubair

5 years

It was a pleasure hosting @MustafaBriggs today for the #IlmFeedPodcast . It was truly an insightful and educational podcast and I can't wait to share it with you all.

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

Join us inshallah !

Open Iftar

@OpenIftar

4 years

We’re excited to announce the first guest speakers for our Sunnah Fast Iftars✨ @MustafaBriggs & @AyoOlatunji8 will be discussing #BlackLivesMatter , social justice & community action! Join us on Monday & register now:

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

One of my most personal and in depth interviews to date

ilmfeed

@IlmFeed

5 years

Out now: EP 041 - Black History in Islam, Before Malcolm X, African Prophets - Mustafa Briggs Watch now: Also available on most popular podcast apps.

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

Thanks for the support !

Sadiq

@SadiqDorasat

4 years

In slightly positive light, I watched an amazing podcast episode about the history of Black people within Islam. @MustafaBriggs is a pleasure to listen to with amazing insight. Huge thank you to @IlmFeed and @shabbirhsn for producing this. Please please just watch this clip.

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Tomorrow I will be teaching one of the masterpieces of Shaykh Ahmad Bamba, the Senegalese scholar and freedom fighter at @RumisCave , don’t miss it !

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

My Grand-Uncle Horace Reginald Monday, former Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia and Gambian Ambassador to the UK and his wife Aunty Admyre. Both descendants of Jojor Jow (Diodio Chimere-Diaw) #Gambia #Senegal #GambianHistory

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Looking at some of these toes and toenails in tarawih like ‘Just throw away the whole foot bruh’ #RamadanChronicles

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@MomodouTaal The fact that he had to warn people to not reject his works because he was black and that blackness does not entail stupidity and bad understand (statements we find echoed in the works of many scholars and historians such as Ibn Khaldun and the likes) is telling of the situation

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

I don’t know how some of y’all have the energy for twitter, I’ve only been on here properly for a day and I’m already tired 😂

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Everybody loves you when everybody loves you.

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

I wish I could tweet voice notes because I really don’t have the energy to type 😂

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

6 years

Beautiful review of my final day of Beyond Bilal at Cambridge University by a PhD student there

Halimatou Hima

@halimahima

6 years

Encountering the self as a Black Muslim African Woman in Cambridge via @halimahima - Thank you, @MustafaBriggs

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

These are the kind of tweets and mentalities that make @MomodouTaal and I do what we do (albeit in different ways)

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

Join us today on this special day inshallah !!

Ramadan Tent Project

@RamadanTent

4 years

We're excited to announce the incredible speaker lineup for our next #SunnahFast on the day of #Arafah Join us with @muftimenk , @SarahIJoseph , @MustafaBriggs and Dr Amra Bone on 🗓️ Thursday 30th July 7pm 🚨 support us :

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@ruqaiya_h

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Check out my article on the Female Islamic Scholars, Saints and Social Activists of Senegal 🇸🇳

Sacred Footsteps

@SFootsteps

5 years

@MustafaBriggs on the living tradition of female saints and scholarship in #Senegal ✨

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Twitter makes y’all really brave huh ? I’m seeing people coming for @MomodouTaal on here with energy that I KNOW they would never have in real life 😂

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

What do y’all think about Beyond Bilal or Before Malcolm in Parliament 🤔

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@kkhat_

5 years

@MustafaBriggs @LSEnews @ZayZee00 @ParliReach @MeralyMeraly @DecoloniseQMUL IA! Making a valiant effort. If you want to do a stand alone 'Beyond Bilal' or 'America before Malcolm' at Parliament please let me know! We can make it happen, @ZayZee00 & I are on the Committee for Race, ethnicity & cultural heritage! We have been on this idea for ages!

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

1 year

Very interesting thread !

The Cultural Tutor

@culturaltutor

1 year

This 600 year old painting has a hidden secret. It might seem like an ordinary Renaissance work of art, but look closer — the halo around Mary's head has an inscription written in Arabic. What does it say? Well, that's where it gets interesting...

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

I’m doing a Q&A session session on Friday at 6pm. Ask me about West African history, History of Islam in Americas and Female scholarship in Islamic traditions. Submit your questions below…

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

6 years

I thought I had energy for twitter but I was wrong 😂

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

7 years

EID MUBARAK PEOPLE #BlackOutEid #BlackBoyJoy @MomodouTaal @MustafaBriggs

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@MomodouTaal LET ME COME AND PLUG MY REVOLUTIONARY LECTURE ‘BEYOND BILAL by Mustafa Briggs’ here also

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

@RafiqIbnJubair @PlugSheeg @MohamedWrites I did a black history series for them 🤷🏿‍♂️

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Issa thread y’all

Momodou ✊🏿

@MomodouTaal

5 years

[Thread] Muslim Twitter reveals the deep issues we have when trying to address anti-blackness within muslim communities. There are few camps: (contd)

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

Please donate and make the most of this blessed day !

Ramadan Tent Project

@RamadanTent

4 years

On this blessed day of #Arafah every £1 raised will be matched by a generous private donor💫 Help sustain RTP & support us at May Allah accept your fasting, duas, sadaqa & good deeds on this blessed day 🙏🏾

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@MomodouTaal LET ME COME AND PLUG MY REVOLUTIONARY LECTURE ‘BEYOND BILAL by Mustafa Briggs’ here

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

3 years

I feel like adding Young Spray and DVS to the list too 😂😂😂

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@MomodouTaal I wanna send some of these guys location and tell them to post up 😂

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

هم وجال و نحن وجال

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

3 years

So proud of my brother @ibraheemleone !!!!

🧵Ibraheem

@ibraheemleone

3 years

My NFT collection Homecoming is now live. You can find the 20 pieces listed at 0.1 Eth on Opensea: Read about about why this collection is important to me on Mirror:

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5 years

@DandiaAsad @MomodouTaal @Margari_Aziza Hit the website or email us at info @spiritofsenegal .com

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@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@MomodouTaal come and see something

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

3 years

Jump on !!! #IslamAndBlackness

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

A Level results day advice. I failed my A levels first time round and re-took them. Then I didn’t get the results I needed to get into my uni of choice the second time. 1/4 #alevelresults2019

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

I ended up graduating from my clearing choice. Getting accepted onto a masters programme at my original uni of choice. And now I’ve given lectures at Oxford, Cambridge, Yale and Harvard (by the end of this year I would have done Harvard twice.) 2/4

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

@BBCR4Sunday My apologies I hardly use twitter, I’ve followed

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

2 months

@UmarQadmiri West Africa already has a Shaykh al-Islam. His name is Shaykh Sharif Ibrahim Saleh al-Husseini, the Mufti of Nigeria

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

3 years

to grab the book !

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@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@TWJuwayni @MomodouTaal

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@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@AceDexter_I I am. My father is from Mbiaya, Akwa Ibom (where his grandfather Okon was the Chief) and my mother is Gambian

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

4 years

I’m ready when you are !

Umarfaruk

@UmarfarukSadik

4 years

This episode really opened my mind in a different way! Alhamdulillah I believe every masjid/community here up north who have little to none insight on the black Muslims. Need to host @MustafaBriggs and his classes ‘Beyond Bilal’ & ‘Before Malcom’ We need to educate our people!

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

At the time when I was doing my A levels I had just come out of years in Foster Care and was living in a youth hostel. Now I get to travel the world doing what I love. Life is tough sometimes but the night is always darkest before the dawn 3/4

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

Laajilaaaa @MomodouTaal come and see something

Bishop Talbert Swan

@TalbertSwan

5 years

If Malcolm X were alive he’d call you a buck dancing, no account, sycophantic, disgraceful, white supremacy apologist. Where do these people come from?

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

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5 years

@muhammadnur10 @MomodouTaal @salyounas @DawudWalid @DrShadeeElmasry I’m well aware of the amazing work Sidi @DawudWalid is doing he’s one of my role models and inspirations. It was more aimed to those retweeting the tweet without that context

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

3 years

#IslamAndBlackness

Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

3 years

to grab the book !

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

So don’t beat yourself up. You never know where you will end up. No situation is permanent and positivity can open any door. 4/4

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

2 years

Make sure y’all vote for my brother @ibraheemleone by liking !!!

🧵Ibraheem

@ibraheemleone

2 years

@vizmesh @Space776 @june_redthread [Sunrise Song] This is the first teaser of my upcoming body of work that drops next month. A still from a moment etched in my heart that will be put in its entirety on the blockchain. 📍: My Father’s Village, Sierra Leone Vote: FRM #642

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

1 year

Alhamdulilah I hope you all enjoy it !

Aysha Mbarak Al-Alawy

@3ashou

1 year

@MSalimu @MustafaBriggs Oh he did 🥰🥰🥰🥰 we will send him our reviews after reading… @MustafaBriggs thanks and u have fans in Tanzania 🇹🇿♥️

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

@MomodouTaal 👀 spill the tea

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5 years

@absatou @IlmFeed Glad you enjoyed it !!!

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5 years

@Shoomz @LSEnews @ZayZee00 @ParliReach @MeralyMeraly Come to the one tomorrow inshallah at Queen Mary with @DecoloniseQMUL

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

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3 years

@Ramadan_Prayers Yea just place an order at

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

@MustafaBriggs

5 years

I remember results day. I was emotionally shattered and thought my life was a failure. If only I knew then how life would end up.

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@MustafaBriggs

6 years

@YaxminaZ 🙂

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5 years

@kemo_bojang @bkchatgambia @MomodouTaal Lol mo hew ci jamano

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2 years

@MomodouTaal If you miss Cairo and want to come back just say that 😭😂

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

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4 months

@itsmubaraknur Thank you ! I have previously been put in contact with him but nothing really came of it. Inshallah next time maybe with your recommendation something might happen

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5 years

@absatou @IlmFeed If I get booked there I will inshallah!

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6 years

@ruqaiya_h Thank you for coming though ♥️

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5 years

@MomodouTaal 😂😂😂

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3 years

@returnofmoi @AshaariML

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@MustafaBriggs

5 years

And if Y’all weren’t trying to play footsie with me during salah it would have never reached this stage.

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6 years

@sophinamm @raza_hamzah @WalaaQuisay Check my reading list

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5 years

@BenjChilcote @SFootsteps Thank you bro ! Glad you enjoyed it !

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

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6 months

@UKinEgypt None of the links work and the number diverts me to someone in the Uk when I need to speak to the consulate or embassy in Egypt. I have an emergency and my embassy has not been able to help or support me in the slightest and I am severely disappointed

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

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1 year

@ms_petite_j Did you tag the right Mustafa ? Lol

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5 years

@CheikhTijaan 😂😂😂😂

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5 years

@Saf981 @MomodouTaal In Bradford ?

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5 years

@MalikiClique @ZabAkbar @tanzimmy @MomodouTaal Don’t tag me in these anymore please I’m tapping out. I’m just here for the news and the memes not the arguments 😴

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4 years

@moicestjibril Appreciate that my bro !

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1 year

@kemo_bojang @theonly1acre And we love you for it !

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@ajindey Ndeysaan glad you liked it

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2 years

@alhaji77 Thank you my brother I appreciate your support and feedback 🙏🏿

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1 year

@tekun_ @MomodouTaal

Beyond Bilal: Black History In Islam

After a widely successful tour across the globe, Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam finds its way to your bookshelf. Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam is the breakthrough and pioneering lecture...

www.amazon.com

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@OneNiine @SPARENO1BOOST

Beyond Bilal: Black History In Islam

After a widely successful tour across the globe, Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam finds its way to your bookshelf. Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam is the breakthrough and pioneering lecture...

www.amazon.co.uk

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@Dr_AliyuTilde @RayTilde Translation please 🙏🏿

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3 years

@imAmmaar Bismillah

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4 years

@MetroBank_Help I’ve inboxed then latest number please call me as soon as you can. This is very frustrating and disappointing, I’ve trying to get my card unblocked here for 3 hours now

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Mustafa Okon-Briggs

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6 years

GOALS !!!

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6 years

@basedukhti Glad you enjoyed it !!!

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@khadijaabawajy Thank you so much for the support and I hope you found the book beneficial ! BarakAllah fikuna 🙏🏿

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5 years

@NourZac Yes ! Alhamdulilah

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1 year

@kemo_bojang YES YES YES

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