Racism is a fact that is present around the world. While both the international and the domestic laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race or color, nonetheless, instances of such discrimination are a day to day happening. Islam from its very beginning attacked racism and racist tendencies. Quran came out and said that mankind was made into different races and tribes so that people may know each other, meaning thereby, to associate and marry with each other. We have the example of Bilal, the black man whom the Holy Prophet (pbuh) made his moazzin, the prayer caller, instead of the Arabs. Further, we see that the Holy Prophet (pbuh) said that a white man has no superiority over a black man nor a black man any superiority over a white man, except in his piety and also that whoever practices racial discrimination or it is exercised for him has taken off the collar of belief from his neck. It means that a person who has racist tendencies is not a believer and will not be treated like one on the day of judgment. Thus, Islam from its very first attacked racial discrimination and advocated the equality amongst all men.
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