... the idea of empowerment. African Americans of the day felt oppressed and disenfranchised. What Elijah Muhammad offered was a belief system that was based entirely on the self-sufficiency ... ability to mobilize the downtrodden black American because it is not specifically tailored to his or her plight. Whether Elijah Muhammad had any intent to replace his unusual belief system with orthodox Islam is ...

by Gary DeMar, Dec 01, 2009 There’s a scene in the film Malcolm X when Malcolm Little (later to take the name Malcolm X, X standing for his unknown African heritage[1]) is in prison and is introduced to the philosophy of the “Honorable Elijah Muhammad” and the Nation of Islam (N.O.I.) by a fellow prisoner named

... quot;What's the science, Earth?" and "Peace, queen!" The patriarchy, not so much. I had my dad buy me a Qu'ran for Kwanzaa. I quoted the Honorable Minister Elijah Muhammad's book "The Supreme Wisdom" in essays, partially as an intimidation tactic against my teachers who were trying to brainwash me ...