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The adoption of the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard by Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam has been treated in the press with a mixture of scorn and incredulity. But members of the Nation of Islam have made tremendous personal sacrifices (and the Church of Scientology has cut st…

The purpose of this study is to locate the “African” personality within the geographic and socio-religious domains of American society. Working on the assumption that, although Christian philosophy has traditionally exercised the greatest influences on the way blacks have constr…

This study argues that there are three major themes which emerge from a critical analysis of the early life and leadership of Elijah Muhammad. The first of these motifs is his centrality to the historical evolution of black nationalism and Islam as a counter-religion among Afric…

The Nation of Islam's relationship to Islam has followed a unique path from its inception as a black separatist movement to its integration into the worldwide Islamic community, as well as into its own American community. The pilgrimage has not been an easy one, but it follows t…