Nation Of Islam

 You see them on street corners of mostly African-American neighborhoods. Smartly dressed young men, Suit, tie, very clean-cut, selling either incense or a publication known as The Final Call. They are polite, approaching cars only when they stop for a traffic light.

 Many people buy their products, not realizing they are contributing to a "religion" that promotes "reverse" racism, Black supremacy, and a form of the Islamic sect. They are called "The Nation of Islam", a splinter group of the old "Black Muslims", headed by Louis Farrakhan, and based in Chicago.

 They were responsible for the "Million Man March" of October 16, 1995. In a November issue of The Final Call, A picture of the "Rev." Jesse Jackson, his son, and wife Jackie shows them attending and promoting this march. By official government estimates, 400,000 people attended the march, arriving from all over the country. Officials with the "Nation of Islam" say this figure is distorted, and that closer to one million actually were there. It really doesn't matter how many were in attendance, only the fact that most that were there have no idea what the "Nation Of Islam" really stands for.

The original Black Muslims began around 1930, when a self-proclaimed "prophet", Wallace D. Fard (Wali Farad) attracted 8,000 followers to his movement before mysteriously disappearing in 1934.

Fard was also known as "The Great Mahdi" or "The Savior".

 Fard's successor, Elijah Muhammad led the organization, which continued to grow significantly, until his death in 1975. Muhammad claimed to be the "prophet and apostle of Allah, and claimed that "God" had manifested Himself in Fard. He (Muhammad) preached an anti-integrationist message, and often spoke of the "human beast...the people or race known as the white".

 Malcom X, who was converted to Islam while in prison in the late '40's became it's most well-known minister. He split from the movement in 1964, and was assassinated 11 months later.

 The next leader of the organization was Muhammad's son, Warith Deen (or Wallace D.) Muhammad.

Warith proclaimed a "new sense of patriotism", and urged blacks to "identify with the land and flag". He advocated a closer tie with the world's Muslims, and did away with some of the more unorthodox beliefs and tenets that were obstacles for other Islamics.

 Farrakhan's group maintains the original "separatist convictions" and anti-Semitic feelings.

His movement is gaining momentum, and whether or not they admit it, is very "anti-white".

What The Muslims Believe

(Quoted from November 8, 1995 issue of "Final Call")

 We believe in the one God whose proper name is Allah

1. 2.We Believe in the Holy Qur'an and in the Scriptures of all the Prophets of God.
2. We Believe in the truth of the Bible, but we believe that it has been tampered with and must be reinterpreted so that mankind will not be snared by the falsehoods that have been added to it. (Emphasis mine)
3. We Believe in Allah's Prophets and the Scriptures they brought to the people.
4. We Believe in the resurrection of the dead - not in physical resurrection - but in mental resurrection. We believe that the so-called Negroes are most in need of mental resurrection; therefore, they will be resurrected first. (Emphasis mine)
5. We Believe in the judgement; we believe this first judgment will take place as God revealed, in America...
6. We Believe this is the time in history for the separation of he so-called Negroes and the so-called white Americans. We believe the Black man should be freed in name as well as in fact. By this we mean that he should be freed from the names imposed upon him by his former slave masters. Names which identified him as being the slave master's slave. We believe that if we are free indeed, we should go in our own people's names - the Black people of the Earth.
7. We Believe in justice for all, whether in God or not; we believe as others,that we are due equal justice as human beings. We believe in equality - as a nation - of equals. We do not believe that we are equal with our slave maters in the status of "freed slaves."
8. We Believe that the offer of integration is hypocritical and is made by those who are trying to deceive the Black peoples into believing that their 400-year-old open enemies of freedom, justice, and equality are, all of a sudden, their "friends" Furthermore, we believe that such deception is intended to prevent Black people from realizing that the time in history has arrived for the separation from the whites of this nation. If the White people are truthful about their professed friendship toward the so-called Negro, they can prove it by dividing up America with their slaves. (Emphasis mine) We do not believe that America will ever be able to furnish enough jobs for her own millions of unemployed, in addition to jobs for the 10,000,000 Black people as well.
9. We Believe that we who declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims, should not participate in wars which take the lives of humans. We do not believe this nation should force us to take part in such wars, for we have nothing to gain from it unless America agrees to give us the necessary territory wherein we may have something to fight for. (Emphasis mine)
10. We Believe our women should be respected and protected as the women of other nationalities are respected and protected.
11. We Believe that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July 1930; the long awaited "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahdi" of the Muslims. We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besides HIM there is no God and He will bring about a universal government of peace wherein we all can live in peace together.

 Scary isn't it? For more information as to what the Nation of Islam "wants", try to obtain an issue of their publication The Final Call. It will amaze you.

To get a further perspective of some of their ideas and tenets, following is a list by title of some of the audio and video tapes available by Minister Louis Farrakhan:

The Making of a God

Respect for woman-hood: Acquiring the Mind of God

Your Hand Must Produce God's Kingdom

God Offers Heaven While You Live

Unveiling The Jewish Strangle-Hold On The Masses Of The People

How Man Is Made The Supreme Being

The Need For Islam In America

The 1^st Law: Worship No God But Allah

And the list goes on.

Make no mistake....Allah of Islam is Not the God of the Bible. For more information see the article Islam: Enemy of the Jew and the Christian.

 If you wish to see a copy of some of the articles in this publication, I will be happy to copy some and mail them to you. Contact me at maranatha@oaktree.net

If you wish a complete copy and cannot find one locally, I will purchase one for you and mail it to your home. The usual "donation" to buy the publication off the street is $1.00, plus $2.00 for mailing. You should, however, be able to purchase a copy locally if you live in a medium to large town.

 We should pray for these mis-guided people, the black community that dives into this thing without realizing just what it stand for. I've talked with Black Christians that support Farrakhan and his movement, without knowing the details. They believe it's just another "organization for the betterment of man". Nothing could be further from the truth.

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