Nation of Islam

Uyiosa Osayande
Ms. Muhammad
English 9 honors
meet 21, 2012
The Nation of Islam was founded in Detroit, lolly in July, 1930 by W. D. Fard Muhammad (18771934). The N.O.I. teaches that W. Fard Muhammad is both the Messiah of Christianity and the Mahdi of Islam. Within matchless year, he had approximately 25,000 followers who knew him as Prophet W.D. Fard, at Mosque of Islam #1. Fards assistant minister Elijah Muhammad succeeded him as head of the movement in 1934. Muhammad slowly built up the membership of the Black Muslims finished recruitment in the notewar decades. His program called for the establishment of a separate nation for black Americans and the adoption of a faith based on the worship of Allah and on the belief that blacks be his chosen people.
During this time the Nation of Islam attracted Malcolm Little. While in prison for robbery from 1946 to 1952, Little joined the Nation of Islam. He was influenced by his brother, Reginald, who had become a member in Detroit. Little give up smoking, gambling and eating pork, in keeping with the Nations practices and dietary restrictions. He spent long hours reading books in the prison library, yet memorizing a dictionary. He also sharpened his oratory skills by participating in debate classes.



Following Nation tradition, he replaced his surname, Little, with an X, a custom among Nation of Islam followers who considered their surnames to have been compel by white slaveholders after their African names were taken from them.
Malcolm X rose rapidly to become the minister of capital of Massachusetts Temple No. 11, which he founded; he was later rewarded with the post of minister of Temple No. 7. Elijah Muhammad named Malcolm X the National vocalization of the Nation of Islam, his second in rank. Under Malcolm Xs lieutenancy, the Nation claimed a membership of 500,000. Malcolm X left the Nation in March 1964 and in the next month founded Muslim Mosque, Inc., claiming, I never left the Nation of Islam of my own free will....If you want to pee a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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