N.O. I.

Let’s hear something about the Nation of Islam from all you experts in here, I’ve googled myself out but am looking for what they stand for nowadays.

Do NOI members perform hajj and read namaz etc.? How do they get on with mainstream Muslims and do they still believe that Elijah Mohamed is divine in some way?

Do they still push the anti-white man agenda and which prominent black Muslims are members in the US? I know that geezer from the comedy show ‘the real McCoy’ Leo Chester now Leo Mohamed is a prominent member in the UK.

Anyway any info would be good; it’s not for a science project at school promise, just a curiosity and my eternal thirst for useless bits of knowledge.

Much obliged.

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come on I'm thirsting!

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Watch Malcolm X again....that may help:)

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What are their views on us brown people?

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Rajhan, Dunno that's intruiging too.

Kaleem, No no malcolm X is old skool, they are in constant flux, back then they could get away with more what with the civil rights movement and all.

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They single handedly kept bow ties in fashion for the entire 70's and 80's

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and marching never looked so cool, but are they the same outfit today as they were 10-20 years back?

Is elijah still alive is he re-incarnated, do they believe in re-incarnation, it's only when you start asking questions that you realise how little you actually know, how do I tie my shoe laces, is it possible to do it with one hand,? So much to learn, such little time!

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The thing about N.O.I is that they hung out with some foine white bitches

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But do they still do that now, and how fine were the bitches and where does elijah fit into all this?

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Why don't you become a member, gain inside info and expose them and their biitches for what they really are. You may even get a free bow tie out of it.

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'For what they really are, expose etc etc' .?!

I just want to know a bit more about them, but don't know any personally, plus I think you need to be black afro black to join, dunno that might have changed too?!!

I'd be no good at undercover investigative work anyhow fiddling about with hidden cameras and microphones in my underpants, sounds like fun to some but not me, I don't like my underpants being tampered with, well not for the NOI expose at least.

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Brothers and sisters..the N.O.I stands for the following

"waste not want more
love your neighbor
like you love his wife
two if by sea
4 by caddy, with leopard print upholstery
20 inch rims
and Big daddy pimps
hickory dickry dock
red fish blue fish
2000-zero zero party over..whoop we is outta time

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Is owning an oldsmobile Cutlass supreme '84 part of the deal b4 becoming a member?

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Well I must say I'm very dissapointed!

Let me break it down a bit, believe me I've googled!

  1. Have there been any attempts to bring the dudes to the mainstream? 2.Did any body or nation think there was a need I mean how divergent are they and if so why does it matter?
  2. Who is Elijah Mohamed and what does he represent to the average NOI member?
  3. Does the hatred of non-blacks still exist and does it extend to all non-blacks and how much does this have to do with the world today?
  4. Who is Farakhan and has he replaced Elijah and are they both considered divine?
  5. What proportion of Mulsims in the US are NOI members?
  6. Do they have links to other Muslim organisations?

Well that's for starters.

Honestly I give and give and give and this is the first thing I've asked of the big GS brain!

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tsk, thats why u should never ask others, be on the giving end
seriousily i havea no idea as much of enigma to me as to u

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What a bunch of blather.

If I didn't know Gupshup better .....

^ posts bordering on racism.

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1.Siraj Wahaj, Imam of new york mosque was a member of NOI before he entered Islam... he mentioned them in some of his lectures.. maybe if you look into that you;d get more info..
3. Elijah Muhammad was the leader of NOI, seen as (nauzobillah) god... "Even excellent weather was viewed as a blessing from Allah, with corollary credit due to 'The Honorable Elijah Muhammad'.(Malcolm X 'An autobiography)
5. Louis Farrakhan is the leader now.. Elijah Muhammad is considered divine still but he died in 1975.
7. Dont think so.. dont know that for a fact.

If you watch 'Ali' the story of Muhammad Ali...that'd give u bit of an idea about NOI...