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The Cults
Ron Williams
University of LifeRidgecrest Baptist Church
© 2007 Ron Williams
Nation of Islam
www.namb.net
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Nation of Islam
Official name:The Nation of Islam(NOI)
Leader: Louis Farrakhan
Headquarters: Chicago Start: 1978 with the teachings of
W. Fard
Current membership is estimatedto be 25000 to 10000. The recent
“million man march” drew several
thousand men
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Nation of Islam
Almost entirely African-American inthe U.S. They often focus againstthe Caucasian race and anti-Semitic
Anti-Christian Distinctive in dress (head coverings
for women and community-
oriented). Some NOI members wearthe traditional white cotton gown-like dress (men and women)
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NOI-Background
NOI was created by Wallace Fard(Wallace Fard Muhammad) whoclaimed to come from the Islamiccity of Mecca.
He established a mosque inDetroit in 1930.
He preached against the “slave-master’s religion”, that isChristianity
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NOI-Background
Fard mysteriously disappeared in 1934and was succeeded by ElijahMuhammad (Elijah Poole).
Malcolm Little became the NOI
spokesperson for Elijah Muhammadand changed his name to Malcolm X.
Malcolm X fell out of favor due toinappropriate remarks related toPresident Kennedy’s assassination andaccusing Muhammad of reportedsexual misconduct
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NOI-Background
Malcom X began the Muslim Mosque in1964 but was himself assasinated.
Warith Muhammad became the leaderof the NOI after his father Elijah
Muhammad died in 1975. He beganteaching that Fard was not Allah. Hetaught conventional Muslim beliefs andchanged its name to the World
Community of Islam and later American Muslim Mission. It eventuallydisbanded.
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NOI-Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan was originally anentertainer but joined the NOI. He leftthe NOI in 1978 because of doctrinalissues.
He formed a splinter group under theNOI banner and reestablished theteachings of Elijah Muhammad andalso restarted the movement’s security
force (Fruit of Islam)
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Chief Outlets Local mosques Speeches by Farrakhan
the newspaper, the Muslim Program
Message to the Blackman in America
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The Skinny...
Their teacings are not compatible withChristiantity as well as traditional Islam.
God is a man (Fard was Allah in physical form)
Fard was the Messiah for Christians and theMahdi of the Muslims
Blacks are gods and whites are demons
Christianity is the devil’s religion
Bible is corrupted
A giant spaceship follows Farrakhan where everhe goes
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Scripture Authority
Claims the Bible holds some value andthat Christ was actually a Muslim. Theyclaim the Bible was corrupted. They deny
most of its teaching. They stated the torah was Holy until the
Jews and Christians tampered with it.
Elijah Muhammad’s “Message to theBlackman in America” is the primarydocument for instruction.
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Scripture Authority
They also teach that the Koran wastampered with and therefore it is notauthoritative.
Our response: The Bible is the infallableword of God and it has been proven overand over as trustworthy.
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Who is God? NOI claims God is a man, “God is a man and we just
cannot make Him other than man” - MTTB, page 6 Fard was Allah in physical form- MTTB-page 17
The NOI continue to teach that Fard is Allah- who hasbeen missing since the 1930s.
The NOI believe that Christians worship an “invisiblespook somewhere in space”. MTTB page 5
Our response: God is spirit. Jesus was coequal with theFather and the Spirit. God had no creation, he has
always existed and is responsible for all creation.
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Who was Jesus?
Jesus is the false belief of the Christians. Hewas a prophet who was pointing to ElijahMuhammad. Jesus was not the God-man, notthe Messiah, not the means of our salvation
Our response: Jesus is the Alpha and theOmega, the Prince of Peace, WonderfulCounselor, Prince of Peace, Heavenly Father,
Wonderful Counselor, the Living Word. He was,is, and is to come. No other historical figurehas died and been resurrected to eternal life.He has proven himself to be true.
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Who is the Holy Spirit?
The deity of the Holy Spirit isdenied.
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How are we saved?
Strict adherence to the NOI beliefs.
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Who is Man?
Blacks are gods, whites are demons
Blacks are of the same race as God
The Black race was self-created. Black scientistscreated white man. MTTB-page 42
A black scientist created the moon. 66 trillion yearsago he attempted to blow up the earth, in doing so hesplit off the moon
Whites were created by Yakub about 6000 years ago.MTTB- page 51. The Bible clearly teaches that thewhite race is a race of devils (page 23) and wascreated to mislead Blacks
White race is only 6000 years old- bad scientist’s idea
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Who is Man?
Our response: All of mankind have been created byGod. All men were created in God’s image.
God wants all men to love one another- not toseparate themselves based on skin color or any other
factor God created all things through his son Jesus Christ
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The Resurrection
The NOI denies the phyiscal resurrection of thedead. Their doctrinal statement says, “We believein the resurrection of the dead--not in physicalresurrection-- but in mental resurrection,
therefore they will be resurrected first” Final call-7/16/96.
Even so, they apparently believe that ElijahMuhammad is still alive. The newspaper alwayscarries his picture and states, “He lives”
Our response:The Bible teaches physicalresurrection of the dead. There is a heaven and a
hell.
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Last Days
The NOI believes that a giant spacecraft- the MotherPlane- will carry out Allah’s judgement. Black scientistswill use the same bombs that tried to explode the
earth to destroy the white race- Final Call-7/16/96. Judgement will fall on Christianity and the white race
Christ was not a Christian but a muslim- MTTB page22.
Louis Farrakhan claims to have been aboard thespacecraft in a vision and met with Elijah Muhammad.He also claims the craft follows him when he travels
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Last Days Our response: God is not a spaceship. Christ will
return following the rapture. There will be Armageddon following a time of great tribulation
Believers will be rewarded for their lives at the
judgement seat of Christ Unbelievers will suffer physical and then eternal death
following judgement
God will reign with his children in a new heaven and
new earth
Sin will be no more, death will be destroyed
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Quotes from MTTB As we near the exhaustion of the Wisdom of this
world which has not been able to shed enough lighton our path in sear for that Supreme Wisdom to keepus from stumbling and falling, we now seek thewisdom of Allah, the Best Knower and Guide in thePerson of Master Fard Muhammad (to Whom bepraised forever). The reader will find that light in thisbook. E. Muhammad-Preface
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Quotes from MTTB The truth he teaches is too unpleasant to hear
He stirs up the masses of Negroes
Stopping his teaching would result in race riots
He is independent and receives no white financial resources
He teaches race solidarity
He sees what others cannot see He stops on too many toes
He teaches Negroes to love one another
He gives the Negroe leadership
He opens schools of his own to prepare young Negroes
He lifts up Negro women
He redeems the wino, prostitute, hoodlum and thief- MTTBpage xvii-xvix
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Quotes from MTTB Christians refer to God as a Mystery and a Spirit and divide Him
into thirds…one part Father, another part Son, and third part
they call Holy Ghost- which makes the three, one. This iscontrary to both nature and mathematics.- page 1
The origin of such teachings is… from the devils. Page 2
The so-called Negroes, “ lost-found members of the Asiatic
nation”, page 4
If Habakkuk saw God come or coming from the sons of Esau,then God must be a man and not a spook, page 7
The American so called Negroes are gravely decieved by their
slave-masters’ teaching of God and the true religion of God.,page 8
You must forget about ever seeing the return of Jesus. It is thesame as for looking for the return of Abraham, Moses, and
Muhammad, page 10
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Quotes from MTTB He pointed out a destructive-dreadful looking plane that is
made like a wheel in the sky today. ..it is a humanly built plant.
It is up there and can be seen twice a week; it is no secret.Ezekiel saw it a long time ago and was built for the purpose of destroying the present wold, page 17-18.
Surely, if the Father of two peoples, black and white, were the
same, the two would love each other because they are of thesame flesh and blood, page 24.
They must get away from the old slave teaching that Jesus.. Isstill still alive somewhere waiting and listening to their prayers,
page 26 Islam teaches an eternal heaven for the righteous, for hell is
not eternal. These (heaven and hell) are not necessary placesbut conditions. Page 76.
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Quotes from MTTB The Bible does not claim God to be its author. Where do we
find in the Bible that it was given to Moses by Jehovah under
such name as Bible or the BooK? Page 86.
The Bible is like a rattlesnake in the hands of my people, forthey do not understand it. Page 87
The Bible is not all holy, nor is it all the word of God! Page 89
If the present Bible is the direct Word of God, why isn’t Godspeaking rather than His prophet Moses. What a poison book-page 95
The white race are the people described as “beast” in the
Revelation of the Bible. -page 125
No already physically dead person will be in the hereafter; thatis slavery belief. The life hereafter is only a continuation of thepresent life. You will be flesh and blood.-age 304.
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Practices
Ritual cleaning before prayer
Obligatory prayer- 5 times per day
Abstinence from alcohol, gambling, other issues Promote education and self-reliance
Promote community
Promote womanhood Do not recognize the American flag-seen as a
sign of Christianity
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What makes it attractive? Sense of community
us versus them mentality
promotes clean living
teaches blacks are god, whites are devils, causesracial tension.
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Witnessing to NOI
Have a clear understanding of what membersof the NOI believe
Have a good understanding of what the Bibleteaches about creation, who God is, God’s planfor mankind, and why the Bible is true
Ask why they joined the NOI- listen for thereasons. It may be for social or racial reasons
The NOI are taught to distrust all whites and allChristians. It would be easier for an African-
American Christian to communicate with a NOI
member
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Witnessing to the NOI
Define all terms, remember they have a fardifferent idea about who God is than you.
Tell them about Jesus. Most will have heardabout Him but would not know who He reallyis.
They are taught to distrust all Christians, youmay have to repeatedly witness to them to geta breakthrough.