Professor Watchlist

Abul Malik Ryan is the Assistant Director of Religious Diversity and Pastoral Care at Depaul University in Chicago, Illinois.

 

Identity Politics 

Ryan has routinely posted on his Twitter account that America a white supremacist nation.

As reported by Breitbart News, Abdul-Malik Ryan has also quoted convicted cop killer, H. Rap Brown, also known as Jamil Al-Amin, stating that,

 

Riots and Violence

Writing in his personal blog, Ryan praises Islamic terrorists and openly calls for jihad. In a now-deleted post, he praised Anwar al-Awlaki, leader of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, as an articulate and “fearless” speaker. Al-Awlaki was the mastermind behind the Fort Hood Shooting and the attempted Christmas Day bombing attack of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 to Detroit, Michigan.

In the same post, Ryan also praised what he described as the “Mujahideen,” or Islamic soldiers fighting American soldiers in Iraq, stating that they were bringing an “Islamic revival” that would establish and the Islamic State.

In 2008, Ryan posted a “nasheed” sung by Islamic jihadists and fundamentalists. Nasheeds are religious Capellas that are popular in the Muslim world. In this nasheed, the singers chant a call to war.

According to the website, Muslim Matters, Ryan converted to Islam in 1994 accrediting heavy influence from Malcolm X. Malcolm X was the former representative for the Nation of Islam and a prominent black nationalist.

 

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Last Updated – Spring, 2021