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THE STAR & CRESCENT The Online E-zine of the Nation of Islam London Study Group Issue 28 August 2017 AFRIKAN REPARATIONS MARCH THE MARCH FOR REPARATIONS FROM WINDRUSH SQUARE, BRIXTON TO PARLIAMENT SQUARE TUESDAY 1 AUGUST 2017 The Star & Crescent E-zine                                                                                                            August 2017: Issue 28 thestarandcrescent19.wordpress.com                                                                                                                          1

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THE STAR & CRESCENTThe Online E-zine of the Nation of Islam London Study Group

Issue 28August 2017

AFRIKAN REPARATIONS MARCH

THE MARCH FOR REPARATIONS FROM WINDRUSH SQUARE, BRIXTON

TO PARLIAMENT SQUARE

TUESDAY 1 AUGUST 2017

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In the name of AllahThe Beneficent, The Merciful……

As salaam alaikum – Peace be unto you!

Dear Reader

Welcome to issue 28 of the Star & Crescent E-zine. Wepray these words find you in the best of health and spirit.Happy 2nd Birthday Star & Crescent E-zine.

On Tuesday 1 August the Black Community are beingmobilised to take part in the Afrikan Reparations March.When Black people unite around a cause bigger than anyindividual, can their demands for freedom, justice andequality have weight and substance. Unity can give Blackpeople the strength and recognition needed to repel thedaily attacks from our open enemies, by way of their socialand economic injustices.

Reparations is not only about marching one day a yearthrough the streets of London. It is so much more than that.Reparations is an ongoing process. Throughout the yearthere is much work going on in the UK and worldwide. Themarch on 1 August is a reminder that Reparations must beat the forefront of the hearts and minds of oppressedpeople. To present our petition to the UK governmentcharging them with genocide, and to galvanise Blackpeople into action. We must all play our part and show theworld how united we are by showing our strength innumbers on 1 August.

We all have a responsibility to spread the campaign amongfamily, friends and colleagues. You can help support theReparations movment by attending the march, making adonation, attending the meetings held in your areathroughout the year. Black people are the only ones whocan save themselves. Our open enemies prove to useveryday that they do not love us, nor can they help us.The Honourable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that wemust ‘do for self.’

We call on all Brothers and Sisters, young and old,Christian, and Muslim, Pan-Afrikanist and Rastafari,professionals and our street organisers to take part, toswell our numbers on the day of the march and to continuethe campaign in your neighbourhoods with your family andfriends during the year.

As we grow in numbers we must become organised anddisciplined. We can only achieve this when we are workingtogether for our own future.

ContentsEditorial...............................................................................2

Minister Louis Farrakhan: Message from a united community Iftar: A problem in the west only Allah can solve……………………………………………………...........3

Afrikan Reparations March………………............................7

Message to the Blackman by the Honourable Elijah Muhammad …...................................................................10

Black History 365..............................................................11

Health benefits of onions...................................................13

What the Muslims want.....................................................16

What the Muslims believe..............................................…17

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Minister Louis Farrakhan

Message From A UnitedCommunity Iftar: A Problem In The

West Only Allah Could SolveThe following article contains edited remarks delivered20   June   2017   at   Muhammad   University   of   Islamfollowing prayers and an “Iftar,” breaking of the fast ofRamadan.  Over  800  men,  women  and  children   fromdiverse   communities   and   schools   of   thought   in   theChicago   gathered   on   the   grounds   of   the   NationalCentre,   international   headquarters   of   the   Nation   ofIslam at the invitation of the Honourable Minister LouisFarrakhan for  an evening of  worship,  fellowship andcultural   exchange   commemorating   the   revelation   ofthe   Islamic  book   of  scripture   —  the   Holy  Qur’an   toProphet   Muhammad   (Peace   Be   Upon   Him).   Theevening was observed as the Night of Power, one ofthe special last 10 nights during the month of fastingand prayer.)

As­Salaam Alaikum. In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent,the   Merciful,   we   give   Him   praise   and   thanks   for   HisProphets and Messengers and the scriptures which theybrought. As Muslims, we make no distinction among Allah’sservants. We thank Allah for each of them, and we thankAllah for what they have done for the human family. We arethe last to receive though Prophet Muhammad, Peace beupon   him,   gave   Islam   to   the   world   through   this   book,Qur’an.

Yet,   the Western Hemisphere was not  discovered and  itgrew up in a rebellious kind of way that’s contrary to thelaw of God and the law of Islam.

So   we   were   brought   out   of   Africa,   many   of   us   wereMuslims, but we were denied the right to know our history,our language, our culture, our religion and our God. And Ithank Allah for the early Muslims who came here and triedto teach us Islam, but they did not understand the conditionthat 310 years of chattel slavery had produced in us and150   years   of   living   under   Jim   Crow   segregation   andinjustice. So we have been made into a people that have aproblem that only Allah could solve for us. And just as Allahhas   been  merciful   to  every   nation,  as   the  Qur’an   says,

“every   nation   has   received   a   messenger.”   But   here   wewere in America, in the bowels of a beast deprived and thatis why we thank Allah, we know Allah, the Originator of theHeavens and the Earth who has no partners. He is one,indivisible but Allah cares for  this human  family,  and wehave been the lost members of our people so we wouldn’tbe here today if Allah had not intervened in our affairs.

The Honourable Elijah Muhammad

Somebody came after us. He was an Arab but he broughtus a book. He found Elijah Muhammad. He gave him anArabic Qur’an and he said, “Read.” But Elijah Muhammadsaid, as Prophet Muhammad said 1,400 years ago, “I can’tread.”

He didn’t know how to. He said “read.” He said it 3 times.Finally,   he   gave   Elijah   Muhammad   the   MaulanaMuhammad Ali translation of the Holy Qur’an, and he likedthat translation more than the Yusef Ali translation becausethis Muhammad Ali translation always uses the name Allahrather than God.

What Elijah Muhammad was attempting to do was to putAllah  in our consciousness and he has done that.  And Iwanted   to   say   to   this   wonderful   gathering   of   wonderfulMuslims  from all  over Chicago and different parts of   theworld, I want to personally thank you for the honour thatyou gave to us tonight to be here at our invitation. Becauseof  my   illness,  unfortunately,   I  grieve  because   I  can’t  doRamadan like I want to do Ramadan. So this is my effort atredemption.

I want to thank all of you who cooked. I want to thank theNile Restaurant. I want to thank everybody who served. Iwant   to   thank   Imam   Sultan   Rahman   Muhammad   andBrother Minister Ishmael Muhammad and all of the staff forarranging to bring all of our family together to celebrate theLife   of   Prophet   Muhammad,   Peace   Be   Upon   Him,   andthank Allah for him, through whom this mighty book wasrevealed.

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Imam Sultan Rahman Muhammad

If   there were no Prophet Muhammad, then we might nothave had this Qur’an. So now that we have this Qur’an, weneeded a teacher. We needed a teacher that understoodour   condition.   We   have   never   been   racist   but   we   havesuffered under white people and we cannot deny that theyhave   not   been   our   friends.   They   have   been   our   worstenemy. That doesn’t mean all of them but their work on ushas been the work of Shaitan (the Devil).

Student Minister Ishmael Muhammad

So  I  had  a  few  things  I  wanted  to  say.  Our  world   is   indifficulty, but right on this stage there are Muslims that havehad disagreements with the Nation of Islam. But we havenever   shed   the   blood   of   one   another   even   though   ourdifferences were real. Our disagreements were real but thelove that Allah put in our hearts would not permit us to shedthe blood of a fellow Believer, even though we thought wewere on a different path, but the root of us would not allowus   to   shed   each   other’s   blood.   That   is   why   the   HolyProphet, Peace Be Upon Him, said “that the light of Islamwould rise in the West and shine back toward the East.”We are your example today.

What kind of an example is this. Black, Brown, Red, Yellowand White all together as a family? Islam will prove that it isthe only religion that can bring every member of the humanfamily into oneness. So the light that shined from the Eastto the West is going out, but the light in the West is growingbrighter   and   brighter   and   fuller.   We   will   cause   aresurrection  of   true   Islam,  not  people  who  pray  but  areunmindful   of   what   they   say.   Not   people   who   have   anoutward   show   of   Islam   but   what   Islam   really   is   is   not

demonstrated in their hearts and the way we deal with oneanother.

And let me say this about Elijah Muhammad today. He toldme,   and   some   of   you   heard   him,   that   Master   FardMuhammad gave him 104 books to study, and the best ofthose books he said was this one, The Holy Qur’an. Heargued with many scholars. They brought many books. Heonly brought one, The Holy Qur’an. This is the book with allthe best  arguments.  This   is   the book  that  will   settle   theproblems that human beings are suffering from today. ButSatan has come into the straight path of God as he said hewould do — and he’s caused practically the whole Muslimworld to deviate from the prophet, deviate from his Sunnah,deviate from this book. 

President Donald Trump’s recent state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Scholars take the Qur’an and put it behind their backs. Howcan you lead the people when this book is the light and youput it behind your back? Satan — well I don’t want to put itjust like that but — Mr Donald Trump visited our Holy Land.He never saw such splendor. I know he’s a man that loveswealth but he could forget it. When he landed in Riyadh,and some of us have had the pleasure of landing in Riyadh,the airport is beyond your wildest imagination. And to be inthe palace, which we were blessed to be in that palace inRiyadh, with the King Abdullah, not King Fahd.

Mecca   is   now   spending,   Arabia   is   spending   over   $100billion   on   war   material   and   building   a   centre   in   Meccaagainst extremism. We went there to Mecca and we said tothe scholars, “We need to build here a Centre for ConflictResolution.” Why would we allow Mr Trump to come intoour Holy Land and get all of the Sunni Believers togetheragainst   the   Shi’ite?   War   was   dripping   from   his   lips,deception  and deceit,  and  we  treated  him  like  God hadcome to Arabia.

Now, the clouds of war are gathering over our Holy Land.War   materials   that   America   supplies   are   being   usedagainst the Houthi in Yemen. Qatar, which we had visited,rich and powerful, feeding ISIS and feeding Al­Qaida withmoney.   That   world   today   is   no   example   for   us.   Meccaneeds to be warned but who will do it?

I   stood   in   Medina   at   the   grave   of   the   Holy   ProphetMuhammad,   and   with   tears   running   down   my   eyes,   I

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begged Allah, “Give me a double portion of the spirit thatyou  gave   to  your  servant,  Prophet  Muhammad,   that  wemay complete his work in the Western Hemisphere.” We’renot out here taking money. Our work is the resurrection ofour people and the dissemination of the faith. What kind ofMuslims are we if we pray in the masjid, and fast, and walkby the ignorant and leave them in their ignorance? We arethe ones that have to wake the people up with Islam.

In this Qur’an, after we read in Surah 2 about “fasting,” thenext thing we read is “fighting in the defence of Islam.” Ihave to say this. The Holy Prophet, Peace Be Upon Him,and the early   followers went   through what  we are goingthrough right now. When he said, “La­ila­ha il­lal­lah,” theQuraish   did   not   like   that.   So   the   early   Muslims   werepersecuted. Some were killed for saying Allah­u­Akbar. Sowe stand on them. Many Muslims died so we could havethe right to say: As­Salaam Alaikum. So we can’t take thatgreeting for just a word that we say to each other that hasno meaning.

The companions of   the Prophet,   the early  Sahaba,   theirlife, their death, their blood, their tears are wrapped up inthe greeting words. That’s why we have a Qur’an to look attoday because men died and women dressed like men tofight. They were not cowardly women and they would killany of the soldiers who turned their back and fled. That’sour   history.   Our   masjids   are   under   attack.   Our   Sisterswearing their hijab and some evil people snatch it from theirheads   and   attack   them   and   kill   them.   What   is   ourresponse?  Who will  we  appeal   to   for   the  dignity  of   ourMuslim Sisters? If the appeal can’t touch us as men, thenwe lay down our lives for our women and girls who are boldenough and brave enough to put a hijab on or a headpieceon and walk the streets of America.

Now, I’m going to say some things that may appear radicalbut we have to wake up. We must defend the houses ofworship. If it’s a synagogue and somebody wants to writeor put a swastika on it, what is our duty as Muslims? No,not to kill them. No, we don’t kill them. That’s a teachablemoment.   It   just   depends   on   what   book   you’re   going   toteach them out of.

There were some of the helpers of the Prophet in Medinaand one of the new converts urinated in the mosque. Andthey   ran   and   told   the   Prophet   that   savage   over   hereurinated  in the mosque. The Companions were so angrythey wanted to move on him and give him a good whipping.The Prophet said,  oh, brother,   just  take some water andwash it down and teach him the respect of the masjid andhe’ll do better. We are the teachers today. All of you. All ofus.  We have to  teach civilization to a savage world. Wehave to represent higher civilization to a world that is goingmad.

Allah  says   in   the  Qur’an,   “And  fight   in   the  way  of  Allahagainst those who fight against you but be not aggressive.Surely Allah loves not the aggressors.”  Oh, but this nextAyat (Verse) is tough. Allah says, “And kill them whereveryou find them.” Now, you know there are some that want toretranslate the Qur’an now. “And drive them out from wherethey   drove   you   out   and   persecution   is   worse   than

slaughter. And fight not with  them at  the sacred mosqueuntil they fight you in it. So if they fight you in it, slay them.”That’s the Qur’an.

Now, you that want a milk­toast Qur’an. You want a Qur’anthat you can pacify your enemies with? Then change thatand   say,   “And   love   them   wherever   you   find   them.   Andinvite them in after they drove you out.” See, we’ve becomerevisionists because we want friendship with an enemy ofGod. And so I said, “boy, this is a tough scripture right afterRamadan.”

Ramadan is a fast that we may guard against evil but theseare peaceful people. The Muslims in America are some ofthe  finest citizens  that America has. You bother nobody.You go to your masjid, you say your prayers, you look afteryour families.  You go to your profession and you add toAmerica. But today the climate is such that all you have todo is wear a kufi  or  wear a hijab, put on your robe, “ahthat’s one of them.” One of the Sisters said but I’m going totake my hijab off because it seems like when I put  it on,they attack me so I’m going to take mine off so they don’trecognize   that   I’m a  Muslim.  My dear  Sisters,  you  keepyour hijab on.

My dear Sisters, be the strong Muslim women that you are.But to the men, to the men. Somebody snatches a MuslimSister’s hijab off, what should we do, pray? Come on now.You said your prayers. It’s time then to let the world knowhow we respect our women and their righteousness. Whenthe   persecution   was   heaviest   in   Arabia,   it   forced   theMuslims   to   take   up  arms.   Otherwise,   Islam  would  havebeen crushed and we wouldn’t be here today unless Allahpleased and came another way. 

But   Prophet   Muhammad   and   those   with   him   wereBelievers.   They   put   their   complete   trust   in   Allah.   ElijahMuhammad said to me before he left us, he said, “I cannotpromise you that you won’t get a hickey on your head. Icannot promise you won’t end up in jail. I cannot promiseyou that some of us will not lose our lives. But the one thingthat I can promise you is. Victory.”

Allah did not make us Muslims for us to be unsuccessful.Allah did not make us Muslims for us to cow down in frontof tyranny. Every masjid now should be awake and alert.When it’s time for prayer, some watch while others pray.Isn’t that what the Holy Prophet said? Now come on. Someput   their  weapons  down  for  prayer  but  others kept   theirweapons. I’m not saying you should go get weapons. 

Your   greatest   weapon   is   your   faith.   We   have   never   asstudents  and  followers  of   the  Elijah  Muhammad put  ourtrust   in   carnal   weapons.   And   the   police   attacked   ourmosques, not once, not twice, several times. But what didwe do? We fought them in the Name of Allah. Some of usdied. Some of  them died. But  in  the end,  Islam must beestablished in America.

I think every masjid should have women and girls, and menand   boys,   learning   the   art   of   self­defence.   You’re   notattacking  anybody,   you’re  not  bothering  anybody,   you’renot bullying anybody but when they come, we must givethem what they are looking for. That’s on my heart to tell

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you. I grieve seeing what’s happening to our Muslims. See,most of you that are from the other side, when you come toAmerica, you set up your masjids in the white communities.You don’t want  to come near us and you know they tellyou, “Leave those Black people alone. Those Black peopleare   savages.   Stay   away   from   them.”   And   you   are   soanxious to obey them.

So you go find your lily white community, put up your prettymosque and you think that they’re going to  like that. Butthose that have sense, they came in the Black community.Let me tell you something, Brothers and Sisters, in SurahAl­Abasa,   a   blind   man   was   tapping   his   way   up   to   theProphet and he was having a conversation with a highlylearned and highly placed man. And he (the Prophet) wasgoing to town with him.

And the blind man kept tapping his way up and disturbedthe   Prophet,   and   he   frowned.   That’s   the   name   of   thechapter, “He frowned.” Prophet Muhammad frowned on theblind man but God frowned on him. You waste your timewith people who don’t want to believe and here’s a peoplein the mud who want to rise and you’ve got knowledge andyou won’t bring it to us. How do you think Allah will judgeyou on the day of judgement?

I thank Allah for you and what you’ve done for Islam. Andwhat Allah through you has done for so many. I thank all ofyou for the good work that you do. Some of it not praisedbut it’s worthy of praise. But if you would continue to do thegood that you do but reach out to the white people whereyou live and try to convert them, yeah right. The Prophettried a  long time to  convert   them.  I   think he was a  littlebroken hearted. They didn’t want Islam. But we love Islamand many of us have died fighting for Islam.

I don’t want you to take this as a spanking or somethinglike   that.   I   just   feel   that   if   we   don’t   do   better,   thechastisement of Allah will overtake us all. And you can’t saybecause you make your 5 prayers that you’re not going tobe chastised by Allah when you can walk by a drug addictand leave them. Walk by a prostitute and say nothing. Walkby our people that are killing each other in the streets anddon’t try to stop this madness, and then you think that Allahis   going   to   be   pleased   with   us?   That’s   not   the   way   ofProphet  Muhammad (PBUH).  So stop  using  his  name  ifwe’re going to shield that good name with unclean religion,religion that does nothing.

Ramadan Mubarak! I thank you from the depth of my heartand I want all my family here to know I love you, and we’renot through because during the Eid celebration we’re goingto clean out all the homeless shelters and feed all of them.Maybe Allah will say, “Farrakhan, you really grieve over notbeing able to fast.” I do because it’s nothing more beautifulthan Muslims observing the fast of Ramadan.

I close with this. We were in Mecca during the last 10 daysof Ramadan. You ready for this? Two million Muslims werein   Al­Haram   at   the   Ka’abah   and   surrounding   area   andwhen the prayers we said, “Allah­u­Akbar,” and we’re goingdown for sajdah, you just hear two million knees, umpf. Youtalk about a religion that’s so majestic. I saw two old men

when I made hajj holding each other’s hands. We were onour   way   to   Muzdalifah   to   stone   Shaitan.   What   anexperience that was. I got so carried away, this is the truth,my voice was so loud it scared the people around me whenI said ‘ALLAH­U­AKBAR!’ 

When I would throw my stones but the real stone throwersare those of us who cast truth at falsehood until we knockout its brains. That’s who you are.

Don’t   feel  bad  about   the  militant  side  of   Islam.   Islam  ispeace. It  is. But after you have fought and overcome theopposition,   Islam is peace. Thank you all   for coming outtonight.   Let   us   give   our   guests,   our   family,   a   standingovation and  let   them know  that we  love  them. Let  themknow that if we see somebody tearing off our Sister’s hijab,that’s the day we die.

Source: http://www.finalcall.com  Pictures: http://www.finalcall.com http://www.blacktruth.net http://www.nbcnews.com 

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INTERNATIONAL CALL TO PARTICIPATEIN THE 1ST AUGUST 2017

EMANCIPATION REPARATIONS MARCH

On Tuesday  1st  August  2017,   from 9  am,   thousands  ofpeople   will   converging   on   London's   streets   in   Europe’sbiggest   Afrikan   Reparations   March,   marching   fromWindrush Square, Brixton  in South London  to   the PrimeMinisters official residence of 10 Downing Street. In this the4th consecutive year of the march taking place, there to benumerous simultaneous marches and/or other reparationsactions   in   various  countries   in  Afrika,   the  Americas,   theCaribbean and Europe. 

This year the movement will be continuing with the theme‘Education is Part of Preparation for Reparations’ as part ofthe mobilisation and consciousness raising of Black peopletowards playing their part in efforts to enforce the stoppingof the Maangamizi and secure reparatory justice.

The aims of the March are as follows:

1.   To   draw   attention   to   Afrikan   peoples’   globaldetermination   to   not   let   the   British   State   and   otherperpetrators get away with the crimes of the Maangamizi(Afrikan   hellacaust   of   chattel,   colonial   and   neo­colonialenslavement).

2. To raise consciousness about the fact that all the attackson us, in both individual and collective instances, amount toGenocide/Ecocide   in  Maangamizi  continuity  necessitatingreparations.

3.  To   increase  awareness  of   the  necessity   to   ‘Stop   theMaangamizi’   and   its   current   manifestations   such   asausterity,   attempts   to   recolonise   Afrika,   mentacide   anddeaths in police, psychiatric and prison custody.

4. To demonstrate Afrikan peoples’ strength, capacity anddetermination   to   speak   to   and   challenge   establishmentpower   with   our   growing   grassroots   power   to   effect   andsecure reparations (reparatory justice) on our own terms.

5. To showcase Afrikan people’s grassroots  initiatives forreparations.

The 1st of August has been chosen as the day of thereparations   march   because   it   is   the   officiallyrecognised “Emancipation Day,” marking the passing

of The Slavery Abolition Act in the British Empire on 1August 1833. 

Further, the significance of 1st August 1833 is that it is thedate   that  after  all   the  years  of   resistance by  chattelisedAfrikans,   torn  away   from  the  Motherland,  Britain  and   itsfellow   European   enslavers   of   Afrikan   people   werecompelled to recognise that they could no longer continueto  enslave  us  without  severe  consequences.   It   thereforerepresents a symbolic day recognising our refusal to acceptenslavement,   in  every  manner,   including   its  present  daymanifestations.

We, the illustrious Sons and Daughters of Afrika, have tomobilise ourselves in a united front and effort to engage inthe   galvanising   of   our   people   in   a   collective   ‘show   ofstrength’  and demonstration of  our  principled operationalunity on the cause of holistic reparations for Afrikans bothat   home   and   abroad.   Come   with   friends   and   family   ormarch with general Afrikan public and our allies.

If you are outside of the UKWe invite you to also organise a solidarity march on the 1stAugust 2016. If you are not able to organise a march weinvite   you   to   organise   some   other   type   of   solidarityreparations   action,   activity   or   event   such   as   a   LibationCeremony,   Rally,   Reparations   Radiothon   #ConversationReparations  or   reparatory   justice  occupations  of  specificplaces with connections to the Maangamizi in the past orthe present.

If   you   would   like   to   know   more   about   how   you   canparticipate within the UK or internationally by amplifyng thevoices of  Afrikan heritage reparatory   justice communitiesworldwide contact:

Telephone or text: 07922 035446Email: info@reparationsm   arch.   org Facebook pages: ‘Themarch August’ and ‘The Afrikan Emancipation Day reparations March’

Twitter: @stopmaangamizi Websites: www.Reparationsmarch.org                  www.stopthemaangamizi.com 

Instagram: The March UKCrowdfund: www.GofundMe.com/themarchuk Petition: www.change.org/p/stopthemaangamizi 

Source: https://stopthemaangamizi.com Pictures: https://stopthemaangamizi.com

After The MarchThe Afrikan Emancipation Day Reparations March is NOTthe entire Reparations Movement so we need to developcomplimentary reparatory justice strategies in your owngroups, organisations and networks.

The March is a vehicle for mass mobilisation and educationas part of our self repair and people’s power andcommunity capacity building activities to effect and securea participatory, holistic and transformative reparatory justiceprocess as part of an on-going parliamentary and extra-parliamentary strategy of enforcing accountability and

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redress for the Maangamizi in partnership with the ‘Stopthe Maangamizi: We Charge Genocide/Ecocide’Campaign.

We are therefore encouraged to continue mobilising andself-organising to secure the reparatory justice change weare organising to bring about.

Here are some suggestions how.

1. Engage in discussions with the ‘Stop the Maangamizi’Team on how best to support the Campaign.

2. Establish a family/community group study circle whichdocuments the impact of the Maangamizi in your lives inpreparation for the reparations Commission of inquiry.

3. Lobby MPs to take action on addressing the Maangamizias it impacts you and your family/community.

4. Join a local or regional Reparations March OutreachTeam.

5. Help to build the 9 Blocs/special interest groups of theMarch. They are:

a) Mwakalenkonso – Ancestors Blocb) Pamoja – Family Blocc) Ujamaa – Global Afrikan Family Blocd) Fihankra – Repatriation Bloce) Imani – Interfaith Blocf) Kuumba – Artists Blocg) Sankofasuafo – Students Bloch) Ubuntu – Non-Afrikan Allies BlocI) Ujima – Trade Union Bloc

6. Make a special financial contribution to the Marchorganisation and campaigning costs.

7. Add a specific reparations objective to yourorganisation’s aims and work on its implementation.

Schedule:9 am: Windrush Square Rally UK & International Solidarity messages12 noon: March to Parliament (Maangamizi Crime Scene)3 pm: 3 minutes silence to our Ancestors3.15 pm: The debate at Parliament Square3.45 pm: Delivery of “We Charge Genocide/Ecocide Petition”6 pm: Edutainment at Brixton Windrush Square. 9 pm: Finish

WHAT IS REPARATIONS?

Professor Chinweizu Ibekwe

“Education is part of the Preparation for Reparations”

Let me begin by noting that Reparations is not just aboutmoney: it is not even mostly about money; in fact, money isnot even 1% (one percent) of what Reparations is about.

Reparations is mostly about making repairs, self-maderepairs on ourselves: mental repairs, psychological repairs,cultural repairs, organisational repairs, social repairs,institutional repairs, technological repairs, economicrepairs, political repairs, educational repairs, repairs ofevery type that we need in order to recreate sustainableBlack societies.

For the sad truth is that five centuries of holocaust hasmade our societies brittle and non-viable. And as the greatMarcus Garvey warned over 50 years ago, if we continueas we are, we are heading for extinction.

More important than any monies to be received, morefundamental than any lands to be recovered, is theopportunity the Reparations campaign offers us for therehabilitation of Black people, by Black people, for Blackpeople; opportunities for the rehabilitation of our minds, ourmaterial condition, our collective reputation, our cultures,our memories, our self respect, our religious, our politicaltraditions and our family institutions; but first and foremostfor the rehabilitation of our minds.

Let me repeat that the most important aspect of Reparationis not the money the campaign may or may not bring; themost important part of Reparation is our self-repair; thechange it will bring about in our understanding of ourhistory, of ourselves, and of our destiny; the chance it willbring about in our place in the world.

Source: Professor Chinweizu Ibekwe, Reparations anda New Global Order: A Comparative Overview – 1993.Picture: https://afrospear.com

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Message to the Blackman

The Honourable Elijah Muhammad

Who is the Original man?The above question is now answered from the mouth ofAllah to us, the so-called Negroes, for the first time sinceour straying away from our own nation.

The secret of who is god and who is the devil has been amystery to the average one of mankind, to be revealed inall of its clearness to one who is so ignorant that he knowsnot even himself – born blind, deaf and dumb in thewilderness of North America.

All praise is due to the Great Mahdi, who was to come andhas come, the sole master of the worlds. I ask myself attimes, “What can I do to repay Allah (the Great Mahdi, FardMuhammad) for his coming, wisdom, knowledge andunderstanding?”

Most of us have been born in the southern part of thiswilderness of sin, where the members of the white race(man of sin) has always manifested himself to us (the so-called negroes), should have known that he was really theevil one by the way he treated us. Yet, we were made sodumb that we could not recognize him.

The truth of him is now being told and taught throughoutthe world, to his anger and sorrow. He is losing no timetrying to hinder the truth of the above question, who is theoriginal man?

He is setting watchers and listeners around me and myfollowers to see if he can find some other charge to putagainst us to satisfy his anger of the truth that we preachfrom the mouth of Allah, who is with us in person.

The original man, Allah has declared, is none other thanthe Black man. The Black man is the first and the last,maker and owner of the universe. From him came allbrown, yellow, red and white people. By using a specialmethod of birth control law the black man was able toproduce the white race.

The true knowledge of the black and white mankind shouldbe enough to awaken the so-called Negroes and put themon their feet and on the road to self-independence. Yet,they are so afraid of the slave-masters that they even love

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them to their destruction and wish that the bearer of truthwould not tell the truth even if he knows it.

The time has arrived when it must be told the world over.There are millions who do not know who is the originalman. Why should this question be put before the worldtoday? Because it is the time of judgment between theBlack and white and the knowledge of the rightful owners ofthe earth.

Allah is pointing out to the nations of earth their rightfulplaces, and this judgment will bring an end to war over it.Now it is so easy to recognise the original man, the realowner of the earth, by the history of the two (Black andwhite). We have an unending past history of the Blacknation and a limited one of the white race.

We find that history teaches that the earth was populatedby the Black nation ever since it was created, but thehistory of the white race does not take us beyond 6,000years.

Everywhere the white race has gone on our planet theyhave either found the original man or a sign that he hadbeen there previously. Allah is proving to the world of Blackmen that the white race actually does not own any part ofour planet.

The Bible and Holy Qur’an bears witness to the above, ifyou were able to understand it. The holy Qur’an, the beautyof Scriptures, repeatedly challenges the white race to pointout the part of the heavens and the earth they created.

It further teaches that they are not even their own creators.We created white man from a small life germ, the softpronoun “we” used nearly throughout the holy qur’anmakes the knowledge of the original man much clearer andmore intelligent of how the white race’s creation took place.

In the bible, referring to their creation, we have US(Genesis Ch 1:26) creating, or rather making, the race; theUS and WE used show beyond a shadow of a doubt thatthey came from another people.

A knowledge of the white race removes once and for alltimes the mistakes that would be made in dealing withthem. My followers and I can and are getting along withthem in a more understandable way than ever because weknow them.

You cannot blame one for the way he or she was born, forthey had nothing to do with that. Can we say to them whydon’t you do righteousness when nature did not giverighteousness to them? Or say to them, why are you sucha wicked devil? Who is responsible, the made or hismaker? Yet weare not excused for following and practisinghis evil or accepting him for a righteous guide just becausehe is not his maker.

A good name is better than gold

One of the first and most important truths that must beestablished in this day is our identity. This is what our God,Whose Proper Name is Allah, is guiding me to point out toyou, my people, who are members of the Lost and foundNation in North America. You, my people, who have beenrobbed of your complete identity for over 400 years. Is it not

time for you toknow who you areafter 400 years ofsubmission to the white slave-masters of america and theirfalse religion of Christianity?

Our true God is not like the “Spook God” of Christianitywho demands death for our salvation and redemption. Heis offering us Freedom, Liberty and the Pursuit ofHappiness on this earth while we live. First, you must begiven the names of your forefathers, whose names are themost Holy and Righteous Names of Allah. Again, I repeat,that restoring to you your identity is one of the first andmost important truths to be established by God, Himself.

All nations of the earth are recognised by the name bywhich they are called. By stating one’s name, one is able toassociate an entire order of a particular civilisation simplyby name alone. For example, if you take the name LUChin, we know immediately that this is a chinese name,whose land or origin is China, a country that operates onan independent basis and is recognised throughout theworld as a nation and whose people demand respect.

We know this and more of the name “Lu Chin.” If we searchamong the peoples and nations of the earth, we willdiscover that this is an established truth from country tocountry and from continent to continent.

It is only when we come to America and learn the namesthat our people are now going by that we discoverthat awhole nation of 20,000,000 black people are going by thenames of white people. How can a so-called Negro say thathis name is “Sam Jones,” a white man’s name with roots ineurope, when “Sam Jones” (Black Man) comes from Africaor Asia?

My poor blind, deaf and dumb people are going by thewrong names and until you accept the truth of your trueidentity and accept the names of your people and nationwe will never be respected because of this alone. This isone of the reasons Almighty Allah has come among us, thatis to give us His Names, the Most Holy and RighteousNames of the Planet Earth.

It is Allah who gave me my name, “Muhammad.” from thisname, alone, our open enemies (the white race) know thatthe True and Living god has come into our midst and isdoing a Divine Work among the so-called Negroes ofAmerica. The white man knows that Islam was our religion,our civilisation and our way of life before he made us blind,deaf and dumb to this knowledge.

It has never been the white man’s intention to restore to usthis knowledge. Now that he sees his formerly dead ex-slaves returning to their own religion (Islam) andworshipping their own God (Allah) and awakening to thetruth of their true identity, he knows that God alone isbringing this change about.

The white race knows and admits that it is only a matter oftime when all the truth will be accepted by our people (tohis deepest regret). I warn you, my people, discard yourformer slave-master’s names and be willing and ready toaccept one of Allah’s Pure and Righteous Names that HeAlone will give our people from His Own Mouth! A goodname is, indeed, better than gold. I am naught but a warnerand a Messenger to you, my people, not self-sent but sentdirectly from Almighty God (Allah). From Message to the Blackman in America by theHonourable Elijah Muhammad

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Black History 3651 August 1879 – Mary Eliza Mahoney graduates from theNew England Hospital for Women and Children, becomingthe first Black professional nurse in America.

James Baldwin

2 August 1924 – James Baldwin, author of Go Tell It OnThe Mountain, The Fire Next Time, and Another Country,born.

3 August 1800  – Gabriel Prosser leads slave uprising inRichmond, Virginia.

4 August 1810 – Abolitionist Robert Purvis, born.

4 August 1990  – Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks to themiami black community to “Stop the killing.”

5 August 1962 – Nelson Mandela, South African freedomfighter, imprisoned. He was not released until 1990.

6 August 1867  – Actor Ira Aldridge dies and is buried inLodz, Poland.

6 August 1977 – Sir Alexander Bustamante, Jamaica's firstPrime Minister, dies aged 94.

7 August 1894 ­ Joseph Lee patents kneading machine.

Matthew Henson

8 August 1865 ­ Polar explorer Matthew Henson, born.

9 August 1936 – Jesse Owens wins fourth gold medal atSummer Olympics in Berlin.

10 August 1989 – General Colin Powell is chairman of theUS Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first Black American to hold thepost.

11 August 1921 – Alex Haley, author of Roots, born.

12   August   1977  –   Steve   Biko,   leader   of   the   BlackConsciousness Movement in South Africa, arrested.

Baltimore Afro­American newspaper

13   August   1892  –   First   issue   of   the   Baltimore   Afro­American newspaper, published.  

13 August 1981  ­ The Reagan Administration undertakesits review of 30 federal regulations, including rules of civilrights to prevent job discrimination.

14   August   1989  ­   The   North   Carolina   Black   RepertoryCompany hosts the first National Black Theatre Festival inWinston­Salem, North Carolina.

Granville T Woods

15   August   1888  –   Granville   T   Woods   patentselectromechanical brake.

16 August 1922 ­ Author Louis E Lomax born.

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17 August 1849 – Lawyer­activist Archibald Henry Grimké,who   challenged   the   segregation   policies   of   PresidentWoodrow Wilson, born.

The Honourable Marcus Garvey

17   August   1887  –   The   Honourable   Marcus   Garvey,founder  of   the Universal  Negro Improvement  Association(UNIA), born.

17 August 1994  – The Final Call  Newspaper reaches arecord breaking 500,000 copies. 

18 August 1859 –  Harriet Wilson's Our Nig is first novelpublished by a black writer.

19 August 1791  – Benjamin Banneker publishes his firstalmanac.

19 August 1954 – Dr Ralph J Bunche is undersecretary ofthe United Nations.

20   August   1993  –   Dr   David   Satcher   is   director   of   theCentres for Disease Control.

21   August   1831   –  Nat   Turner   leads   slave   revolt   inSouthampton County, Virginia.

21 August 1994 – Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks at ‘TheSecond  National  Black  Summit’   about   the  NAACP  firingReverend Dr Ben Chavis.  

22   August   1843  –   Henry   Highland   Garnett   calls   for   ageneral strike by slaves.

Carter G Woodson

23 August 1926 –  Carter G Woodson, historian, author,inaugurated Negro History Week and later produced of theNegro History Bulletin.

24 August 1950  ­ Judge Edith Sampson is the first BlackUS delegate to the United Nations.

25   August   1908   –  US   National   Association   ofColouredNurses founded.

26 August 1920 – 19 th Amendment to the US Constitutionratified, giving women the right to vote.

27   August   1935  –   Mary   McLeod   Bethune   founds   theNational Council of Negro Women.

28   August   1888  –   Granville   T   Woods   patents   railwaytelegraphy.

28 August 1993 – Minister Louis Farrakhan addresses theParliament   of   World’s   Religions   conference   in   ChicagoUSA. Several Jewish leaders protest and withdraw from theevent. 

29 August 1920 – Saxophonist Charlie 'Bird' Parker born.

30 August 1983 – Lieutenant Colonel Guion S Bluford Jr isthe first Black American astronaut in space.

31 August 1836 – Henry Blair patents cotton planter.

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Health benefits of onion

The Health Benefits of Onions (Yellow and White)

Just   like   their  actual  structure,  onions  have   layers  uponlayers   of   amazing   health   benefits.   These   are   the   mostcommon such effects, virtually present in all the onions youwill   find on  the market,   regardless of   their   type or color.Some   of   them   will   impress   you,   some   of   them   willdownright  surprise  you,  and most  will  definitely  motivateyou to eat more onions.

1. Onions are very rich in anti­oxidantsPhytochemicals, or phytonutrients, are natural substanceswhich are found within fresh fruit and vegetables and whichmake   them   so   healthy.   Some   of   them   also   have   anti­oxidant effects, just like the phyto­nutrients in onions. Youwill be surprised to know, but onions are actually the mostantioxidant rich food you can find. 

That’s right, it’s not lemons, or blueberries, or parsley, orany   of   the   other   superfoods   advertised   as   the   ultimatesource   of   antioxidants.   It   was   onions   all   along!   Also,   afunny fact. One of the reasons for this super­abundance ofanti­oxidants is the presence of sulphuric compounds, thesame which give onions their slightly unpleasant smell.

2. Onions contain powerful cancer­fighting substancesThe   anti­oxidants   mentioned   above   obviously   help   fightcancer   and   all   sorts   of   tumors,   but   one   substance   inparticular   has   extra   anti­carcinogenic   properties.   Thiscompound is called quercetin, and it is a flavonoid presentin onions, liked by numerous studies with plenty of healthyeffects (including the prevention of cardio­vascular disease,Parkinson’s and so on). Still, the most remarkable effect ofquercetin is its ability to fight cancer, and if you needed onemore incentive to consume more onions, this  is the best

you can find. The anti­cancer properties of  quercetin areamong the most desirable and important of all the healthbenefits of onions.

3.   Onions   encourage   the   production   of   goodcholesterol (HDL). This wonderful effect on onions is onlyenjoyed if you eat them raw, so keep this in mind beforeadjusting your diet. An easy way to help raise your levels ofgood cholesterol   (and   thus  lower  your   levels  of   the  badone)  is to have them sliced on top of your dishes. If youalso squeeze a little lemon juice over them to take awaytheir potency, it’s all for the better, health­wise.

4.   Onions   protect   your   stomach   from   ulcers   andgastritis. Few things help demolish free radicals as well asonions, and together with their healing substances (moreon the healing power of onion juice below) they can protectyour stomach from ulcers and wounds. Onions also preventgastritis from developing on the long term, and help keepyour   stomach’s   inner   lining   healthy   and   with   balancedacidity levels.

5. Onions regulate blood sugar, preventing diabetesAnother precious substance present in onions – chromium– is to thank for a better and steadier regulation of bloodsugar. This has a positive effect in maintaining the body’snatural   sensitivity   to   insulin   and   preventing   diabetes,regulating the appetite and also preventing obesity.

6. Onions reduce inflammation and fight infectionsThe flavonoids and compounds that make onions smell andtaste pungent (when raw) are also responsible for reducing

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inflammation,   both   locally,   and   throughout   the   body   ingeneral. As you probably know, inflammation is responsiblefor your body developing all sorts of diseases, in time, sofoods that reduce it (such as green tea, or raw almonds)are very often added to  a healthy dish precisely   for   thispurpose. The other health benefits of onions are thereforemade   that   much   more   potent   by   their   anti­inflammatoryeffect.

7.  Onions  improve  the efficiency of  vitamin C withinyour body. Onions contain high amounts of vitamin C, but,more importantly, they improve and tweak the way vitaminC gets activated and works inside your body. This makesonions helpful not only for the well­functioning of vitamin Cprovided by themselves there, but also for the vitamin Cbrought on by other foods in your diet. This is good for yourentire immune system, skin and tissue elasticity, as well asyour   general   energy   levels   and   vitality.   Studies   on   thehealth benefits of onions proved that the vitamin C presentin these vegetables is much more important within the bodythan the vitamin C derived from other sources, theoreticallyricher (like citrus fruit).

8. Onions improve bone density for post­menopausalwomen.  This beneficial effect comes not only through theonions’   own   calcium   content,   but   also   due   to   theirflavonoids which help the calcium you take find its way tothe places in the body where it’s needed most. The healthbenefits   of   onions   therefore   include   ostheoporosisprevention.

The Health Benefits of Red OnionsAs mentioned above,  red onions share all   the wonderfulhealth   benefits   and   nutritional   value   of   the   yellow   (andwhite) onions presented above, with a few extra perks.

These extra perks are:

9. Red onions further reduce bad cholesterolThe flavonoids which give red onions their red pigmentationare also extremely valuable to your health by its wonderfuleffects   on   reducing   bad   cholesterol   and   stimulating   theproduction   of   the   good   one.   Studies   have   shown   thatincreasing   the   consumption   of   quercetin   (the   mainflavonoid   compound   in   onions)   will   also   relive   bloodpressure,   reducing  the  risk  of  stroke and coronary heartdisease.

10. Red onions are a rich source of iron, calcium andother precious minerals.  The humble red onion may beone   of   nature’s   richest   sources   of   calcium,   iron,manganese, magnesium, potassium, along with vitamins C,K, and B­6. These precious substances are  rarely  foundtogether   in   nature,   so   take   advantage   of   red   onions’nutritious components as often as you can. No list of thehealth   benefits   of   onions   could   be   complete   withoutmentioning this powerful vitamin cocktail which is essentialfor  a  healthy bone density  and a healthy cycle  of  bloodformation and circulation.

11. Red onions alleviate asthma, allergies and arthritisOne   health   effect   particular   to   red   onions   (which   isn’tnoticeably   present   in   yellow   onions)   is   their   ability   toimprove the state of  people  troubled by asthma,  arthritisand allergies. This is due to their general anti­inflammatoryproperties (shred with other types of onions as well),  butalso due to onionin A, a compound which suppresses theactivity   of   the   immune   cells   which   trigger   the   abovementioned diseases.

The Health Benefits of Green OnionsSpring onions, with their lovely green and white parts, arecarriers of the same health benefits present in other typesof  onions,  and  also  a   few  extras.  Here  are   the  main  3health benefits of onions which are reserved for the greenones in particular.

12. The green parts of spring onions are loaded withvitamin   A.  A   green   onion   stalk   contains   about   24micrograms of  vitamin  A,  which   is   the  equivalent  of   2.6percent of a man’s daily need of vitamin A and 3.4 percentof  a  woman’s  daily  need  of   this   vitamin.  That’s  a  huge

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amount for just one little stalk. Next time you feel like youshould add more vitamin A to your diet, just remember thatcarrots aren’t the only option.

13. Green onions are a rich source of fibreFibre has plenty of health benefits for your overall digestivesystem, and for regulating the blood sugar levels and thusmaintaining your cardiovascular health as well. The healthbenefits   of   onions   include   the   benefits   of   fibre­richvegetables in general, therefore.

14. Green onions are also a rich source of copperCopper is a rare and precious mineral, which you won’t beable   to   find   in   many   other   vegetable   sources.   Takeadvantage of spring onions when they’re in season to loadup on copper. Your capillaries and several of your organs(pancreas, liver) will have nothing than to benefit from it.

15. Their particular vitamin cocktail can prevent DNA and cell damage. The substances present in green onionshave been proven to inhibit the production of xanthine oxidase, an enzyme that produces the free radicals which end up harming cells and their DNA. Eating green onions regularly can help keep your body healthier and younger, by maintaining the cells in their original state for longer. That is one of the most amazing health benefits of onions, present especially in their green form.

Healthy Ways to Consume OnionsIf   you’re  wondering  how you  should   consume onions   inorder to make the most out of their health benefits, we havea few suggestions popular among various nutrition hubs.We won’t actually reproduce here a bunch of recipes, sinceyou can find those on the multitude of culinary websites outthere, but provide you with a few tips instead:

• Raw   onions   do   have   a   higher   concentration   ofbeneficial   substances   than   cooked   ones,obviously. But the difference becomes significantmore in the matter of antioxidants, and it’s safe tosay   that   all   the   other   health   benefits   presentedabove will be available for cooked onions as well. 

• A simple way to add more onions to almost everydish, without fretting about recipes and such, is todo this: slice the onions, put them in a bowl with asqueeze of lemon juice and let them marinate for5­10   minutes.   Also   add   salt   and   perhaps   alsopepper or fresh herbs (to taste). The lemon juicewill   take  away some of   their  pungent   taste  andsmell, while keeping the antioxidant properties ofthe flavonoids intact. After they marinated for a bit,feel free to just add them on top of any savory dishyou may be having. Do this at  least once a dayand your health will visibly improve.

For   a   cup   of   immunity   boosting,   anti­inflammatorygoodness, try onion juice. It sounds as if it may not tastevery   good,   but   with   the   right   additions   and   extraingredients,   it  can be quite  yummy. Look  for onion  juicerecipes online and you will discover a pleasant variety ofsuggestions.   Traditional   wisdom   prescribed   onion   andhoney juice as a cure for the flu, but based on all the healthbenefits of onions described above, you should know thatits restorative powers go way beyond a simple flu cure. 

• Add ingredients which complement and boost thenutritional substances present in onions. The bestchoices would be garlic (for its similar properties),as  well  as  onion  seeds   (they’re  black  and   tiny,about   the size of  sesame,  and can be found  inhealth food stores).

• For a cup of immunity boosting, anti­inflammatorygoodness,  try onion  juice. It  sounds as  if   it  maynot   taste very good,  but  with   the right  additionsand extra ingredients, it can be quite yummy. Lookfor onion juice recipes online and you will discovera   pleasant   variety   of   suggestions.   Traditionalwisdom prescribed  onion  and  honey   juice  as  acure   for   the   flu,   but   based   on   all   the   healthbenefits  of  onions  described  above,  you  shouldknow that its restorative powers go way beyond asimple flu cure. 

• Add ingredients which complement and boost the nutritional substances present in onions. The best choices would be garlic (for its similar properties), as well as onion seeds (they’re black and tiny, about the size of sesame, and can be found in health food stores).

Source: https://homeremedyshop.com 

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Nation of IslamLondon Study Group (LSG) meetings

Every  week Brothers  and Sisters  of   the  Nation of   Islammeet and engage in a course of study prepared by MinisterLouis  Farrakhan called  'Self   Improvement – The Basisfor Community Development.' 

For further information contact: 07779 334635 

Every Friday from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm.Every Sunday from 4 pm to 6 pm.

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The Honourable Elijah Muhammad

What the Muslims want 1. We want freedom. We want a full and completefreedom.

2. We want justice. Equal justice under the law. We wantjustice applied equally to all, regardless of creed or class orcolour.

3. We want equality of opportunity. We want equalmembership in society with the best in civilized society.

4. We want our people in America whose parents orgrandparents were descendants from slaves, to be allowedto establish a separate state or territory of their own–eitheron this continent or elsewhere. We believe that our formerslave masters are obligated to provide such land and thatthe area must be fertile and minerally rich. We believe thatour former slave masters are obligated to maintain andsupply our needs in this separate territory for the next 20 to25 years – until we are able to produce and supply our ownneeds. Since we cannot get along with them in peace andequality, after giving them 400 years of our sweat andblood and receiving in return some of the worst treatmenthuman beings have ever experienced, we believe ourcontributions to this land and the suffering forced upon usby white America, justifies our demand for completeseparation in a state or territory of our own.

5. We want freedom for all Believers of Islam now held infederal prisons. We want freedom for all Black men andwomen now under death sentence in innumerable prisonsin the North as well as the South. We want every Blackman and woman to have the freedom to accept or rejectbeing separated from the slave master’s children andestablish a land of their own. We know that the above planfor the solution of the Black and white conflict is the bestand only answer to the problem between two people.

6. We want an immediate end to the police brutality andmob attacks against the so-called Negro throughout theUnited States. We believe that the Federal governmentshould intercede to see that Black men and women tried inwhite courts receive justice in accordance with the laws ofthe land–or allow us to build a new nation for ourselves,dedicated to justice, freedom and liberty.

7. As long as we are not allowed to establish a state orterritory of our own, we demand not only equal justiceunder the laws of the United States, but equal employment

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opportunities–NOW! We do not believe that after 400 yearsof free or nearly free labour, sweat and blood, which hashelped America become rich and powerful, so manythousands of Black people should have to subsist on reliefor charity or live in poor houses.

8. We want the government of the United States to exemptour people from ALL taxation as long as we are deprived ofequal justice under the laws of the land.

9. We want equal education–but separate schools up to 16for boys and 18 for girls on the condition that the girls besent to women’s colleges and universities. We want allBlack children educated, taught and trained by their ownteachers. Under such schooling system we believe we willmake a better nation of people. The United Statesgovernment should provide, free, all necessary text booksand equipment, schools and college buildings. The Muslimteachers shall be left free to teach and train their people inthe way of righteousness, decency and self respect.

10. We believe that intermarriage or race mixing should beprohibited. We want the religion of Islam taught withouthindrance or suppression.

Master W Fard Muhammad

What The Muslims Believe1. WE BELIEVE In the One God whose proper Name isAllah.

2. WE BELIEVE in the Holy Qur’an and in the Scriptures ofall the Prophets of God.

3. WE BELIEVE in the truth of the Bible, but we believethat it has been tampered with and must be reinterpretedso that mankind will not be snared by the falsehoods thathave been added to it.

4. WE BELIEVE in Allah’s Prophets and the Scriptures theybrought to the people.

5. WE BELIEVE in the the resurrection of the dead–not inphysical resurrection–but in mental resurrection. Webelieve that the so-called Negroes are most in need ofmental resurrection; therefore they will be resurrected first.Furthermore, we believe we are the people of God’schoice, as it has been written, that God would choose therejected and the despised. We can find no other personsfitting this description in these last days more that the so-

called Negroes in America. We believe in the resurrectionof the righteous.

6. WE BELIEVE in the judgment; we believe this firstjudgment will take place as God revealed, in America…

7. WE BELIEVE this is the time in history for the separationof the so-called Negroes and the so-called whiteAmericans. We believe the Black man should be freed inname as well as in fact. By this we mean that he should befreed from the names imposed upon him by his formerslave masters. Names which identified him as being theslave master’s slave. We believe that if we are free indeed,we should go in our own people’s names–the Black peopleof the Earth.

8. WE BELIEVE in justice for all, whether in God or not; webelieve as others, that we are due equal justice as humanbeings. We believe in equality–as a nation–of equals. Wedo not believe that we are equal with our slave masters inthe status of “freed slaves.” We recognize and respectAmerican citizens as independent peoples and we respecttheir laws which govern this nation.

9. WE BELIEVE that the offer of integration is hypocriticaland is made by those who are trying to deceive the Blackpeoples into believing that their 400-year-old open enemiesof freedom, justice and equality are, all of a sudden, their“friends.” Furthermore, we believe that such deception isintended to prevent Black people from realizing that thetime in history has arrived for the separation from thewhites of this nation. If the white people are truthful abouttheir professed friendship toward the so-called Negro, theycan prove it by dividing up America with their slaves. We donot believe that America will ever be able to furnish enoughjobs for her own millions of unemployed, in addition to jobsfor the 20,000,000 black people as well.

10. WE BELIEVE that we who declare ourselves to berighteous Muslims, should not participate in wars whichtake the lives of humans. We do not believe this nationshould force us to take part in such wars, for we havenothing to gain from it unless America agrees to give us thenecessary territory wherein we may have something to fightfor.

11. WE BELIEVE our women should be respected andprotected as the women of other nationalities are respectedand protected.

12. WE BELIEVE that Allah (God) appeared in the Personof Master W Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long-awaited“Messiah” of the Christians and the “Mahdi” of the Muslims.We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besidesHIM there is no god and He will bring about a universalgovernment of peace wherein we all can live in peacetogether. Source: http://www.noi.org

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