Brilliant programme I caught by accident yesterday night on Iqra TV. The programme should of actually been called racism amongst muslims, as Islam has clear stance against racism.
The most interesting thing was a sheik called Abu Hanifa who was a guest on the topical discussion. The brother travelled far and wide in order to seek knowledge and was telling some of the stories of racism he experienced in Muslim countries. The sheikh was Nigerian and Mansha'Allah he gave a great qutbah on Islams stance against racism.
Some of his interesting and shocking stories were for example when he was sitting listening to a kutbah by a sheikh in Yemen or another Arab country. The kutbah was about marriage and the sheikh was encouraging the group to ensure that deen should be the most important factor when selecting a spouse. The sheikh went onto to say that one should even forgo looks and instead choose deen and mannerism, even if the lady is black but is still a pious muslimah. This was obviously shocking because the sheikh was equating black with ugly, even though his intentions were obviously good. This could be because of ignorance as opposed to racism, but I personally feel this sentiment is deeply embedded in the culture of many muslim countries.
Another shocking story is a story he heard that he was narrating. He talked about how a mixed race brother travelled to Yemen and met with a renowned scholar of hadith. The sheikh asked the brother if he was married, the brother replied yes and the sheikh went on to ask him where his wife was from. The brother then replied Nigeria, when the sheikh began to giggle and reply how do you find a nigerian lady attractive.
Obviously these stories could be one off cases. But the panel of three black muslim brothers all shared multiple stories of racism that they faced in an Islamic setting from other muslims not returning salam to as bad as being refused an arab or somali lady for marriage merely for their skin colour. The funny thing was the white brother in the panel said he has never ever faced any racism of this sort. Coincidence or racism?
We do not even need to look far for racism. Just recall that topic from yesterday when many of the guys on these boards were racially insulting the nigerian guy marrying the somali lady, based on a simple picture. Little could they know that they groom could of even been muslim.
Sad issue that affects muslims but is rarely ever discussed in the open.
I think racist views are more common amongst the older generations. 
