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Road Map • • History Beliefs Evaluation of the Nation of Islam Summary ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Road Map • History ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

History W. D. Fard ©Copyright H. C. Felder • Fard is the founder of the NOI • Fard suddenly and mysteriously appeared among the blacks in Detroit in the summer of 1930 • Fard was a traveling salesman of raincoats and silks • Fard claimed to be from Mecca as a messenger of Allah to blacks www. Giving. Answer. org

History • W. D. Fard - According to the NOI, Fard was half black and half white which allowed him to easily blend in with whites - According to criminal records, he was classified as white, born in Portland OR in 1891 to Hawaiian immigrants - Fard disappeared as suddenly as he appeared and no one knows what happened to him - He is considered by NOI to be Allah in person, God in the flesh ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

History Elijah Muhammad ©Copyright H. C. Felder • Elijah Muhammad was handpicked by W. D. Fard to lead the NOI • He was born Elijah Poole October 7, 1897 in Sandersville GA • His parents were sharecroppers who where oppressed by whites • As a youth, he witnesses a number of atrocities on blacks at the hands of whites www. Giving. Answer. org

History • Elijah Muhammad - Violating the tenants of NOI, Muhammad had sexual relations with a number of women. Some became pregnant and filed paternity suits - By 1975 there were 76 mosques - The Honorable Elijah Muhammad died February 25 th 1975 from congestive heart failure ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

History Malcolm X ©Copyright H. C. Felder • Malcolm X was handpicked by Elijah Muhammad to lead the NOI • Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19 th in Omaha NE • Malcolm's father was a traveling Baptist preacher www. Giving. Answer. org

History • Malcolm X - Malcolm also witnesses violence on blacks by whites » His father was killed in a street car accident that Malcolm believes was a murder by whites » 4 of his 6 brothers died violent deaths, 3 at the hands of white men - Malcolm also saw the hypocrisy of those professing to be Christian - While in jail for burglary, Malcolm had a vision of who he would later realize was W. D. Fard ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

History • Malcolm X - Once released from prison, Malcolm joined the NOI and became the chief spokesperson and apologist - Malcolm became aware that the teaching of NOI conflicted with those of orthodox Islam - Malcolm also became aware of the sexual misconduct of Elijah Muhammad - In 1964, Malcolm left the NOI and converted to Sunni Islam ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

History • Malcolm X - Malcolm started speaking out against Elijah Muhammad - His house was bombed and his life was threaten for speaking against Muhammad - Malcolm was murdered on February 21, 1965 - The murders where members of the NOI and were convicted of the murder ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

History Louis Farrakhan ©Copyright H. C. Felder • Louis Farrakhan was born Louis Eugene Walcott in 1933 • As a youth, he was active in the Christian church but had questions. But because he didn't get any answers , he became disillusioned with the church • Farrakhan was discipled by Malcolm www. Giving. Answer. org

History • Louis Farrakhan - In 1967 Muhammad made Farrakhan the national spokesman for the NOI - When Elijah Muhammad died, Elijah's son Wallace Deen Muhammad was named the leader of the NOI - Wallace renamed NOI to the “World Community of Islam” - Wallace started moving the organization toward orthodox Islam ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

History • Louis Farrakhan - In 1977, Farrakhan broke with Wallace and re -established the NOI - Louis Farrakhan continues to lead the NOI - Louis Farrakhan has never separated himself from any of the teachings of Elijah Muhammad ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Road Map • • History Beliefs ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Beliefs The Bible is Corrupt ©Copyright H. C. Felder • The Bible is used by white people to dominate blacks • However, the Bible still has plenty of truth if properly understood • The Bible can only be properly understood as properly interpreted through Elijah Muhammad since his interpretation was given to him by "the Lord of the World [Fard]" (Tsoukalas 2001, 104) • Muhammad's interpretation of Scripture pays no attention to word studies, historical background, or context www. Giving. Answer. org

Beliefs • God - God is a finite being. He is a black man » Since we are made in the image of God, He must be a man - He created himself out of nothing » He created himself out of a total darkness and out of a single atom » Since he came from darkness, he himself is dark (Muhammad, Our Saviour has Arrived 1974, 52) - There are many gods » There is a string of succession of gods, each living for around 100 -200 years ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Beliefs W. D. Fard ©Copyright H. C. Felder • The current God is W. D. Fard • "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. " (Nation of Islam 2011) www. Giving. Answer. org

Beliefs • Man - Black man » Blacks are the original race, created directly by God himself » The black man did not have a sin nature » Our current sinfulness is the result of the influence of the white race ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Beliefs • Man - White man » The white race was created by a black scientist named Yakub 6, 600 years ago • He only allowed light skinned blacks to marry light skinned blacks • Dark skinned babies were killed • Lying and murdering were bred into their nature as newborns • After a number of generations, the white race was born • Adam and Eve are the first parents of the white race ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Beliefs Jesus ©Copyright H. C. Felder • Jesus was a prophet and only a man-a black man • Jesus was neither Christ nor God • Jesus died and stayed dead www. Giving. Answer. org

Beliefs After Life ©Copyright H. C. Felder • Allah, will destroy the white race and restore the world back to blacks • There is no resurrection, once you are dead, you are dead forever • W. D. Fard is waiting for the fullness of time to unleash his wrath upon the white race www. Giving. Answer. org

Beliefs Mother Plane • When the time comes, the attack will be launched by the "Mother Plane" which orbits the earth and is what people refer to as a UFO - This is a 1/2 mile by 1/2 mile space ship - It contains 1, 500 smaller bombers - Each bomber is capable of carrying 3 bombs that can plunge into the earth a mile deep before exploding ©Copyright H. C. Felder • Each blast will kill people within a 50 miles radius • include Uncle Toms www. Giving. Answer. org (includes black Christians)

Beliefs • After Life - Mother Plane » Blacks will be lead to safety by telepathy » The target will be the U. S. and England » Those targeted will also include Uncle Toms (includes black Christians) » When the war is over the word will be restored to its original condition before the white race was created » The hereafter is a continuation of the present life of flesh and blood • There will be no sin or sickness and we will live in the presence of Fard and Elijah Muhammad ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Road Map • • • History Beliefs Evaluation of the Nation of Islam ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Evaluation • Against orthodox Islam - Islam considers it blasphemy to call any man Allah in the flesh - The Yakub myth can be found nowhere in the Qur'an or any text of Islam - Islam accepts all races ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Evaluation • Against orthodox Christianity - Racism » The NOI confuses Christians with Christianity • To understand Christianity look at its leader Christ, not those who claim to be his followers yet go directly against his teachings » Christianity is a religion for all races • The first convert was an Ethiopian (Acts 8: 26 -28) • Whites are actually in the minority of Christians world wide » Slavery was ended in a large part due to white Christian abolitionist such as William Wilberforce ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Evaluation • Against orthodox Christianity - The Bible » The NOI gives no evidence to justify their view that the Bible is corrupt » We have an unbroken chain of manuscripts dating to the first century » The NOI leaders often quote from the Bible when it suits their purpose • In Elijah's Muhammad's book Message to Blackman in America , the index list more than 220 Bible verses » The interpretations given by Elijah Muhammad cannot be objectively verified • Muhammad claims that his interpretations come from Allah (Fard). Why should we acceptwww. Giving. Answer. org that as evidence? ©Copyright H. C. Felder

Evaluation • Against orthodox Christianity - God » God has always existed » God created everything out of nothing » Self creation is impossible • He would have to exist and not exist at the same time • It cannot explain where the matter came from that he used to create himself • A finite God needs a creator • Even if God created himself out of a single atom, something beyond man must have created the atom » God is spirit ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Evaluation • Against orthodox Christianity - God » A finite God has significant limitations and is not worthy of worship • Cannot be omnipresent since limited to a body • Cannot be omniscient since he can't be in all places at the same time • Cannot be eternal since he has a beginning and an end » Examples from the Bible that give God human characteristics are figures of speech » Fard cannot possibly be God • NOI's own documentation says that Fard had parents indicating he had recent beginning and couldn't have created the universe ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Evaluation • Against orthodox Christianity - Man » All men come from Adam and Eve » No where does the Bible teach the inferiority of other ethnic groups ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Evaluation • Against orthodox Christianity - Jesus » Jesus alone is the Christ » He was the only Christ from the beginning » Jesus claimed to be the only Christ ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Evaluation • Against orthodox Christianity - The afterlife » There will be people from every ethnic group in heaven ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Road Map • • History Beliefs Evaluation of the Nation of Islam Summary ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Summary • NOI is based on a racists world view born out of a time of racial injustice • NOI teaches a false and heretical doctrine with regard to - The nature of man The divinity of Jesus The nature of God Salvation and the afterlife • NOI offers a false salvation to a false God ©Copyright H. C. Felder www. Giving. Answer. org

Bibliography • Muhammad, Elijah. Message to the Blackman in America. Phoenix: Secretarius MEMPS Ministries, 1965. • —. Our Saviour has Arrived. Chicago: Elijah Muhammad, 1974. • Nation of Islam. 2011. http: //noi. org/about_beliefs_and_wants. sht ml (accessed 7 28, 2011). • Tsoukalas, Steven. The Nation of Islam: Understanding the 'Black Muslims'. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2001. www. Giving. Answer. org ©Copyright H. C. Felder

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