Islam, Submission With No Peace Pt. 2

Islamic Heretics & False Christs

Elijah (Pool) Muhammad who many yet claim was responsible for the dissapearance of Master Fard and the assassination of Malcom X after Malcom X visited Mecca and expanded his teachings and views of Islam to match more traditional views found within the Quran in 1964. Believe me there is a complete apologetic against such notions and I am uninterested in teh details and besides that isn't the focus of this article or this blog. (At least not yet)

There is a great history of charismatic leaders within the Nation of Islam. The successor of Master Fard Muhammad was

In this article, we won't go into a chronological history of events within this movement, however we will make an attempt to understand it's appeal to many witin the African American culture and community. As noted in Hip-Hop, Idolatry & The Church Pt. 1, Islamic teachings and belief systems have had a specific effect and influence on many black artists and entertainers. With the conversion of popular social figures to Islam, such as former NAACP President Dr. Benjamin Chavis, and other popular black icons, as we will see later in this post, the NOI's influence cannot be understated, simply written off or devalued.

A Cult Is What A Cult Does

The NOI is a highly organized group. The followers are disciplined and believe in many positive and ethically right social and political moralities. On most days within many black communities, all one needs to do is drive down the street within the black community to engage a NOI Muslim distributing incence and their magazine "The Final Call". It doesn't matter how hot or how cold it is. Similar to the Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons, these gentlemen and sometimes women, will work all day to spread their version of truth which is usually no more than the teachings and doctrine of one of the NOI's Ministers or former leaders. One thing is certain, IF you can allow the Lord to use you to penetrate the shell of a NOI follower and he/she is convicted of their sins and repents, you will most likely have and inpeccable Christian believer and faithful servan of the Lord. So it is well worth the effort to know the truth and reach out to this lost group.

Structure & Beliefs

The Minister sits atop the NOI with a host and regiment of body guards and ministry adjuncts to insure that the messenger is protected and the message preserved. The Nation's flag is designed under the Turkish variation or influence and adds the letters J- Justice, F- Freedom, E- Equality and I- Islam to the four corners.

The following are the Nation Of Islam's Official Beliefs:

1. WE BELIEVE In the One God whose proper Name is Allah.

2. WE BELIEVE in the Holy Qur'an and in the Scriptures of all the Prophets of God.

3. WE BELIEVE in the truth of the Bible, but we believe that it has been tampered with and must be reinterpreted so that humankind will not be snared by the falsehoods that have been added to it.

[May I interrupt? Now isn't that convenient. They are the only one's who caught the tampering and the interpolations of scripture (the bible), but don't worry they have a record to help correct us. That record came along over 500 years after the bible was already established and its tenets set forth...well go figure!]

4. WE BELIEVE in Allah's Prophets and the Scriptures they brought to the people.

5. WE BELIEVE in the resurrection of the dead—not in physical resurrection—but in mental resurrection. We believe that the so-called Negroes are most in need of mental resurrection; therefore they will be resurrected first. Furthermore, we believe we are the people of God's choice, as it has been written, that God would choose the rejected and the despised. We can find no other persons fitting this description in these last days more than the so-called Negroes in America. We believe in the resurrection of the righteous.

[Excuse me again, so resurrection is certainly NOT physical, it's only mental and poor black folk, they are so mentally incapable, they need to get to the FRONT of the line and go first. In their zeal to be racist against the white man, the NOI displays the utmost racism against their own people, by calling black folk "negroes most in need of mental resurrection"...What a way to go NOI...what a way to go!]

6. WE BELIEVE in the judgment; we believe this first judgment will take place as God revealed, in America.

7. WE BELIEVE this is the time in history for the separation of the so-called Negroes and the so-called white Americans. We believe the Blackman should be freed in name as well as in fact. By this we mean that he should be freed from the names imposed upon him by his former slave masters. Names that identified him as being the slave master's slave. We believe that if we are free indeed, we should go in our own people's names—the black people of the Earth.

8. WE BELIEVE in justice for all, whether in God or not; we believe as others, that we are due equal justice as human beings. We believe in equality—as a nation—of equals. We do not believe that we are equal with our slave masters in the status of freed slaves. We recognize and respect American citizens as independent peoples and we respect their laws that govern this nation.

9. WE BELIEVE that the offer of integration is hypocritical and is made by those who are trying to deceive the Black peoples into believing that their 400-year-old open enemies of freedom, justice, and equality are, all of a sudden, their friends. Furthermore, we believe that such deception is intended to prevent Black people from realizing that the time in history has arrived for the separation from the whites of this nation. If the white people are truthful about their professed friendship toward the so-called Negro, they can prove it by dividing up America with their slaves. We do not believe that America will ever be able to furnish enough jobs for her own millions of unemployed in addition to jobs for the 20 million Black people as well.

[One more time if you don't mind. It seems that the NOI was especially interested in starting their own country and establishing the wolrds largest employment agency. All this because they knew and know nothing about forgiveness. This is why the message of Christ on the cross is so powerful and without apology. None of the Islamic prophets know forgiveness, they only know war. by the way, NOBODY but NOBODY before let's say 500 AD was a Muslim. Abraham was certainly not one and neither was it a religious system until Muhammad came along.]

10. WE BELIEVE that we who declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims should not participate in wars that take the lives of humans. We do not believe this nation should force us to take part in such wars, for we have nothing to gain from it unless America agrees to give us the necessary territory wherein we may have something to fight for.

11. WE BELIEVE our women should be respected and protected as the women of other nationalities are respected and protected.

12. 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.

13. We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besides HIM there is no god, and He will bring about a universal government of peace wherein we all can live in peace together.

Simply put, they are heretical even by their own standards. If Master Fard "appeared as" God then who is Allah and where was he at? This group would have to adopt some form of dualism to even believe what they describe because they do not ascribe to one God existing as two persons, but they do make the exception and say that he "appeared" as a man. This is utterly confusing and nonsense. Something that you would expect from a "hustler" arrested in California frustrated in Detroit, and slick enough to come up with an idea by which he can con people even if but for a moment.

The Appeal

One would wonder with the out right confusion of the NOI, what would make it attractive? Let a former NOI member, now Christian explain:

"It was a thing that made us feel good about ourselves; it was a black identity thing. It gave us something we did not have it gave us boldness and strength"..."Not everything I learned in the Nation was bad. There was a resoect for women among them, there was more sisterhood and brotherhood and discipline in the Nation" [Testimony of Ms. Fahemah Sharrieff Inside Islam by Reza F. Safa Charisma House Books 1996 pg.59]

Ms. Sharrieff goes on to say that even though things appeared so good and right there was no power to keep her from the alchohol and drugs that overtook her and ruined her life. Self discipline was not the answer and she didn't find true freedom until she met Jesus at a church service Aug. 8th, 1988. I'm convinced it's better to be free no matter what the color of skin!

A false sense of accepting and belonging is what draws many into the NOI, only to find a "form of godliness" but no true power. The sad part is that the church was supposed to be the vessel that accepted the masses of individuals but has failed to do little more than pacify itself at the altar of its own ego.

Antisemitic?

Does the NOI join traditional Islam in it's hatered for Jews? Be careful because there is an excuse and obfuscation for everything. According to Timothy Ministries Theological Dictionary.com there are a whole host of issues with this group not to mention their antisemitism which they deny although their former spokesmen did say this:

"I called them [Jews] bloodsuckers. I'm not going to change that. Our lessons talk about the bloodsuckers of the poor in the Supreme Wisdom of the Nation of Islam. It's that old no-good Jew, that old imposter Jew, that old hooked-nose, bagel-eating, lox-eating, Johnny-come-lately perpetrating a fraud, just crawled out of the caves and hills of Europe, so-called damn Jew. . . and I feel everything I'm saying up here is kosher."(NOI Minister and former Spokesperson, Khalid Abdul Muhammed in Baltimore, MD, February 19, 1994)

Minister Farrakhan himself has been no better claiming that the "pretending" Jews were responsible for America's problems and they they had deceived the nation into first of all believing that they are real Jews and secondly into obeying their false message and blinding the truth of Allah which was given by Moses, Abraham, and Jesus all of who Islam respect as great prophets of God.

The Star Factor

Although they have seduced many of America's most popular athletes such as Lou Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)(who especially claimed Belief #10) Then there is strong and growing suspicion that the NOI had more to do with the demise of Michael Jackson and the dissapearance of significant sums of money, than anyone originally knew. In the July 2009 Commerative Edition Of Hip Hop Weekly Magazine Mr. Leonard Muhammad stated that he was appointed by Minister Farrakahn at Michael's request to handle Michael's affairs. The problem is that many of his staff and the NOI security were still around even after they had been released and were no longer needed. In fact Mr. Muhammad said this:

"Tom (Mesereau-Attorney during the child molestation trial)felt that that was not the image that he wanted to go to trial with. That he would prefere that Michael did not give that advantage, as how he saw it, to the prosecuting team. So we agreed to graciously exit So that it would give Michael the best possible chance of beating that case. Upon my leaving when Mesereau came on board most of our security people did remain and some of the nannies and teachers that were involved, they were not as high profile as I was, so they weren't focused on, so thankfully many of them were able to stay around Michael for quite a while after that and really until he passed away..." [Hip Hop Weekly Special Commemorative Edition 7/2009 Leonard Muhammad Broken Silence by Dasun Allah pg. 63]

One things is abundantly clear. There is no greater obfuscation of truth at any level than is found in The Nation Of Islam. This group is not theologically rooted in the Quran so theological discussions don't carry much weight within conversations as many adherants don't read the Quran with much understanding or context. However, they do purchase videos and receive sattellite broadcasts of their false christ whenever they can hear him speak. To their credit many NOI Ministers are interested in the condition of the community and are willing to organize to get things done but to their SHAME they do this eagerly especially if it means thwarting what they call the "white devils" whenever possible.

Mt. 24:23-24 ~ "23-Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24-For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."

Conclusion:

The Nation Of Islam as well as other more traditional Ismalic groups need a saviour. Unfortunately for them their proclaimed greatest prophet Muhammad couldn't guarantee that his own sins were forgiven salvation following or adhering to the tenets of Islam. When asked about remission of sins the best answer that a Muslim can give is "Only God knows" or "God is merciful". In Christ we had a MUCH better hope that is both sure and steadfast. In the final segment we will look at a biblical rebuttal and apologetic to some of the questions and assertions of Islam. The saints must know that the weapons that we use in our warefare are much more poignant and sharp than the Quran or Islam will ever be.

All I know is what can wash away my sin? NOTHING but the blood of Jesus!

Blessed!

Even cultic religions have their heretics. For the Nation Of Islam their heresy is all wrapped up in the teaching that the Christian Messiah and the Islamic Khalifa, (Allah's agent on earth) came in the person of Master Wallace Fard Muhammed(1877 -1934-or sometime ~ Actually he is said to be on the mothership flying above-???). The Nation Of Islam is considered by traditional Islam to be a heretical group because of they believe that Allah took human form appearing as a man. As stated in "Islam, Submission With No Peace Pt. 1" this sort of teaching is known as Shirk, and is the highest or deepest blasphemy within Islam according to the Quran. Of course the Quran is of very little importance to the Nation Of Islam as they simply serve and obey the new messiah and self proclaimed "christ" they call Minister Louis Farrakahn.(pictured above)