Growing Up Without A Father, I Had To Find My Own Way- Brother Muwakkil- Reformation Through The Faith of Islam

written by Michael Brown

Brother Muwakkil Alimin from Macon GA (Bibb Co) born & raised by three women (mom, grandma & great grandma) He has found Islam and been doing well.

After prison reform, Brother Alimin tells his story of 26 yrs inside.  January of 93 Alimin just turned 17 and caught a murder charge. He explains how one second can destroy parts of your life.

He explains growing up without a father presence, you can easily get caught up in the drugs, violence and whatever the streets have to destroy young men.  Brother Alimin said he was blessed to have served his time in prison giving him a second chance at life rather than be dead.

Alimin struggled with schooling, fights, in & out of various projects & different schools, but as Macon got worse, his years became that of prison life.  Alimin explains the extent of his male influence was remembering his grandad on his father's side being a preacher and he had some seeds of GOD planted around 10 or 11; but it wasn't long enough to make a difference in his teen years.

Alimin grew up in a broken home, not understanding what created the break from each party.  Alimin explains how he saw his dad once in prison and was given a bible and once he got out, his grandad passed.

Brother Muwakkil noticed how family was important even to those who were locked in. He saw the jealousy of inmates when they would see others family show and their's didn't.  

Alimin at 16 saw drug dealing like the way out of poverty.  He saw the older guys teaching the street style of growing as a man.  You start feeling your ego & an animalistic behavior; dog eat dog world, protect what you made says Brother Alimin.  He says the life on the inside pulls you into one click or another; it's hard not to.

Brother Muwakkil says you have to adopt a higher power to survive on the inside; this is where his foundation helped him find that in Islam.  He began reading a lot of Islamic literature and became accountable under Alah’s principles, standards & brotherhood.  He saw muslims in numbers through each institution he was in.

Brother Muwakkil Speaks on Voices of The Village Podcast