Black Power movement successors use Sharia law to fund bail
A Chicago Muslim group inspired by veteran Black Power activists solicits money to empty jails based on religious obligation.
TL;DR
- Believers Bail Out, a Chicago Muslim group, aims to empty jails.
- The organization is inspired by veteran Black Power activists.
- They solicit money based on religious obligation.
- The group claims to have freed 300 Muslims from detention since 2018, using $2.4 million.
- Financial support comes from Muslim and left-wing groups focused on criminal justice reform and opposing ICE.
- Believers Bail Out coordinates with a network of bail funds active during the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots.