amer@antaries.eng.sun.com ("N. Amer Siddiqee") (04/06/90)
In article <5932@accuvax.nwu.edu>, solovay-andrew@YALE.EDU (Andrew M. Solovay) writes: >>> >>> >>> I am a Jewish Yale student. About a month ago, Dr. Abdul Alim >>> Mohammed, a spokesman of the Nation of Islam, spoke at Yale. I found >>> a few things he said disturbing. All right, I found *many* things he >>> said disturbing, but a few things in particular stood out. >>> Mr. Solovay - Although I am not familiar with Dr. A. A. Mohammed's particular background, I am somewhat familiar with the history/beliefs of the Nation of Islam. Let me say first of all that the Nation of Islam is not, in any way, considered to be a muslim group. On the contrary, many of their beliefs are directly opposed to the teachings of Islam. Perhaps the most stark example of this, as you correctly point out, is their notion that God took human form - that of Dr. Fard, back in the 1920's. >>> Dr. Mohammed said in his speach that the Elijah Mohammed founded the >>> Nation of Islam after receiving a direct revelation from God. He said Secondly, they believe that Elijah Mohammed was a prophet. This again, is a concept that directly opposes the teachings of Islam. True Muslims believe that Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be With Him), born in the 6th Century A.D., was the last Prophet that would be sent. This concept is clearly stated many times in the Holy Qur'an. The idea of a 20th century prophet is heretical to Islam. >>> that God had taken on human form, and wandered about teaching black >>> peope about their true heritage. The man who would become Elija