Nation of Islam
Date Submitted: 07/29/2003 12:25:54
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 17 pages (4802 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 17 pages (4802 words)
Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam is a figure as current as
today's headlines, but the movement of which he is a nominal spokesman has a
continuous history of over sixty years in this country. The Nation of Islam
(NOI), as it is officially known, came to the attention of the general public
in the 1960s as the 'Black Muslims.' (1) It is well-known for its doctrine
that the White Man is a …
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…and 5000, according to the Detroit police. Cf. Beymon, p. 7.
9. The expressions 'knowledge of self' and 'know thyself' are found throughout
the NOI teachings. Cf. George G.M. James, Stolen Lagacy (Newport News, Va.:
UB &USCS, 1954), pp. 3, 88, 92 and Anonymous, Egyptian Mysteries: An Account
of an Initiation (York Beach, Me.: Samueal Weiser, 1991), p. 43.
10. Muhammad, Message, pp. 110-21.
11. Elijah Muhammad, Our Savior Has Arrived (Newport News, Va.: UB & USCS,
1974), p. 13.
12. Lincoln, p. 75.
13. India's ambassador to Mongolia
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