Harlan’s draft opinion included a fascinating, extended exegesis on the teachings of the Nation of Islam. According to those teachings, Harlan wrote, in the beginning all people were black, but the white race was later created at the instigation of an evil deity named Yakub, and was given 6000 years – a period that ended in 1914 – to rule the other races. The day of judgment of the ruling white race was expected to occur in the mid-1960s, and would consist of a battle of Armageddon, a physical war not between the races, but between Allah and the white race – a struggle in which Muslims would not participate physically – ending in Allah’s destruction of the white race and the establishment of earthly paradise for Muslims.
First time I've heard of that.
First time I’ve heard of that. ................. Is that like saying there are only two kinds of people in the world, those who are German and those who are not?
Just an hour ago, the featured speaker at Ali’s Jehosaphat Shahadahdah or whatever went after whitey (not mentioning Yakub’s direct name, of course) for a solid 15 minutes. Pure, undistilled NOI bs. If they crank that up tomorrow at the big show, wow, it’ll be Wellstone gone mau mau...
About 10 or more years ago, I read The Autobiography of Malcolm X. In the sections in which he described joining the Nation of Islam, he went into great deal about the racial BS that the NOI believes. This was after Malcolm had parted ways with them. He was actually apologetic to admit having believed such crap.
At one point, Malcolm gives the impression that Ali (he called him Muhammad Clay in the book) had second thoughts about the NOI and Elijah Muhammad, but that he (Ali) feared speaking up about it. Considering that Malcolm was assassinated by NOI members, I don't blame him.