The Nation of Islam: Are They Islamic?

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This paper examines the Nation of Islam as a social movement and tests whether its traditions and roots are really found in traditional Islam.

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"The presence of God (Allah) is another and maybe the most critical difference between the Nation of Islam and traditional Muslims. The Nation of Islam was founded in the 1930's by a man named W. Fard Muhammad. Fard Muhammad believed he was sent to wake "the black nation to the full range of the black man's possibilities in a world temporarily dominated by the blue eyed devils."(5) It is the Nation of Islam who has since said, "We Believe that Allah appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long awaited "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahdi" of the Muslims."(6) Fard Muhammad taught that the African American culture was unique and separate from that of "the Caucasian devils."(7)

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