Wednesday, 27 May 2009

A to Z of the Nation Of Islam

A is for Allah
B is for Blackman (Message To The.., key text)
C is for Cassius Clay (former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali)
D is for Du Bois, W.E.B (one of the founding fathers of Pan-Africanism)
E is for Elijah Muhammad (‘Messenger of Allah’, deceased leader of NOI)
F is for Farrakhan, Louis (current leader of NOI)
G is for God (Creator, Gomah Oz Dubar)
H is for Hip Hop (music and culture based around rap)
I is for Islam (Muslim religion)
J is for Jowers, Clarence (son of Clarence 13X, leader of splinter movement)
K is for King, Martin Luther (black civil rights leader)
L is for Lost/Found Nation Of Islam (splinter movement claiming orthodoxy, Silas Muhammad)
M is for Muhammad, Wallace D (‘Allah in person’ founder of NOI)
N is for Nation of Gods and Earths (‘Five Percenters, founded by Clarence 13X)
O is for OAAU (organisation of Afro-American unity founded by Malcolm X)
P is for Public Enemy (black nationalist rap group)
Q is for the Holy Quran
R is for Ramadan (fasting tenet of faith during 9th lunar month of Muslim calendar)
S is for Supreme Teaching (NOI lessons and doctrine)
T is for Temple (NOI meeting place)
U is for UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association founded by Marcus Garvey)
V is for vegetables (almost all good to eat, NOI dietary laws)
W is for Washington, Booker T (educator, author, black leader)
X is for Malcolm X (assasinated former spokesman of NOI, black nationalist leader)
Y is for Yakub (scientist who created ‘a race of devils’)
Z is for Zig Zag Zig (upliftment from knowledge, wisdom and understanding)

by Raymond Enisuoh

Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan See:http://www.myspace.com/louisfarrakhan
Supreme Teacher See:http://www.myspace.com/supremeteacher

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