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THE STAR & CRESCENTThe Online E-zine of the Nation of Islam London Study Group
Issue 30October 2017
HAPPY SAVIOURS’ DAY
THE HONOURABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD(7 October 1897 - )
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In the name of AllahThe Beneficent, The Merciful……
As salaam alaikumDear Reader
I pray you and your family (at home and abroad), are safe,well, and in the best of health and spirit. Welcome to theOctober 2017 issue (No. 30) of the Star & Crescent E-zine.
Every year, on 7 October 2017, the Nation of Islamworldwide, celebrates the birthday of The Most HonourableElijah Muhammad who is 120 years of age. We thank Allahfor sending The Honourable Elijah Muhammad to us. Wethank Him for the Message to the Blackman designed toraise us up from our current spiritual and mental condition.The Black man must now unite and do something positivefor himself. The time is short and there is much work to do.
Each day we awaken, we must thank Allah, the Most HighGod for our life. We must always be grateful to Him, theGiver of Life, that He allows us to live, see and experienceanother day. We cannot take our life or our time on thisearth for granted.
Earlier this year, the Honourable Minister Louis Farrakhanwarned us all to watch the weather. Throughout August andSeptember 2017, the world witnessed and experienced aseries of devastating hurricanes, floods, forest fires andearthquakes resulting in the loss of life, injuries and thedisplacement of millions of people from their homes. Warsin various regions around the world continues. Worldgovernments and economies are less stable than everbefore.
The Black man’s failure to unite with one another andaddress problems that directly affect Black people willresult in the continuing loss of life in the Black community.Many people throughout the world already see Blackpeople as the root problem for all of society’s ills, eventhough Black people are not aggressors (only tothemselves). In us, Allah (God) has deposited the solution.
Only Black unity can end the strife facing the whole worldtoday. No-one said Black unity would be easy. Unity issomething that Black people have never tried. Unity is aprinciple that is bigger than all of us. It is something that wehave to do, or we will all suffer the consequences ofremaining divided for generations to come.
We can all make a start by simply joining an organisationthat is doing something positive for Black people in thecommunity. What are we waiting for?
ContentsEditorial...............................................................................2
The Man of the Century: The Honourable Elijah Muhammad …………………………………………………...3
Minister Louis Farrakhan: The divine destruction of America: Can she avert it? ....….……………………...........7
Message to the Blackman by the Honourable Elijah Muhammad …...................................................................11
Black History 365..............................................................13
Report links fibroids, respiratory illness to toxic chemicals inmany Black Hair products ...………………………………..16
Ten ingredients to avoid putting on your hair……..……….17
What the Muslims want.....................................................22
What the Muslims believe........................................…..…23
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The Man of the Century: The Honorable Elijah MuhammadThe Nation of Islam began in 1930, following thecoming of Master Fard Muhammad in the city ofDetroit. The Nation of Islam is the most fascinating andprogressive Black institutions in America and theHonourable Elijah Muhammad is the most significantand misunderstood leader in the 20th century.
This article focuses on the life and works of the HonourableElijah Muhammad from 1950 to 1975. Elijah Muhammad(formerly named Elijah Poole) was born in Sandersville,Georgia in 1897. Master Fard Muhammad (Allah in Person)appointed him, Messenger of Allah, in 1934. “We believethat Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W FardMuhammad on July 4, 1930, the long awaited Messiah ofthe Christians and the Mahdi” of the Muslims”, according topoint 12 of “What the Muslims Believe.” His mission was togive life to a mentally dead people, the socalled AmericanNegro.
The 1950s for the Honourable Elijah Muhammad came onthe heels of the Great Depression of the 30s and WorldWar II of the 1940s. The Honourable Elijah Muhammadhad faced many trials and hardships in the early days.From 1935 to 1942, he fled the cities of Chicago andDetroit, running up and down the east coast of Americaevading two enemies. One enemy was the United Statesgovernment and the other, former Nation of Islam membersdisgruntled at his selection as Messenger of Allah. Theseformer Nation of Islam members, more popularly knownamongst the Muslims as “hypocrites” sought to take the lifeof the Honourable Elijah Muhammad, among them, one ofhis own blood brothers.
On 8 May 1942, the police arrested him in Washington DCon a false charge of draft evasion. At 45 years old,Muhammad exceeded the Armed Forces draft age of 44.
Master Fard Muhammad
He served 5 years in the Milan Michigan FederalPenitentiary. Later, he served another 11 months forteaching his children.
During the 1950s, the Honourable Elijah Muhammad beganto reap the benefits of the seeds planted in prison and hisjourneys throughout the east coast. Muhammad’s Templesof Islam began to spring up in Washington, Baltimore,Philadelphia, Boston, Hartford, New York, New Jersey,Cleveland, and San Diego to name a few. In 1957, hepublished an easy to read booklet, The Supreme Wisdom.
He continued to write his column, “Mr. MuhammadSpeaks,” in the Pittsburgh Courier and Chicago Crusadernewspapers while on the road. His teachings had takenroot in the lives of his followers. The Messenger’s programfor selfdevelopment and his economic blueprint had comeinto fruition. The opening of a variety of small businessessuch as dry cleaners, clothing shops, barbershops,restaurants, and bakeries demonstrated the faith and workof the followers.
Prior to 1959, the masses of Blacks in America viewed theMuslims as strange people in America. They dresseddifferently, lived clean lives, didn’t use tobacco or alcohol,and didn’t eat pork. That image changed following anaddress at the Uline Arena in Washington DC on 20 May1959. He returned to a city that the police arrested him 17years earlier.
The city provided him with a presidential escort downPennsylvania Avenue by the capital police, an honournever given to a Black man. In a thunderous andauthoritative voice, he delivered an electrifying speech to acapacity crowd of ten thousand Black men and women. Hechallenged the manhood of Black leadership in America.“Don’t demand a job! Demand some earth!” he exclaimed.
Alarmed by the growing number of Blacks attending Muslimrallies and conventions, the Nation of Islam became thevictim of an onslaught of attacks launched by thegovernment and the mainstream media. Many in the whitemedia began to label Muhammad and his followers ashateteachers. Leading the charge was journalist MikeWallace, hosting the television special “The Hate That Hate
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Produced.” Other programmes soon followed, such asspecials on News Magazine, and NBC’s “No WhitesAllowed.” Orthodox Muslims and Negroes received forumsfor the sole purpose of denouncing him.
Mike Wallace
In December of 1959, the Honourable Elijah Muhammadmade the pilgrimage to Mecca Arabia. Received with loveand admiration for his works, Muhammad travelledthroughout the Muslim World, visiting Pakistan, SaudiArabia, Sudan, and Egypt, where Egyptian President AbdelNasser offered to build the Messenger a palace, if he wouldmove to Egypt.
Abdel NasserFormer President of Egypt
It was in the country of Sudan where Muhammad receivedhis warmest reception. After speaking for only 15 minutesthrough an interpreter, the Sudanese people joyfilledfrenzy nearly crushed the 5 feet 7 inches and 135 poundsElijah to death, trying to shake his hand and hug him. Hedestroyed the lie that the Muslims in the East do not
recognise the Nation of Islam. “The common Muslim maynot recognize us, but the scholars and scientists of Islam,they recognise us,” Muhammad told Chicago journalist IrvKupcinet.
Muhammad Speaks newspaper30 July 1971
Returning to his headquarters in Chicago in 1960, theNation of Islam leader published the first edition of “MrMuhammad Speaks,” a weekly newspaper. In 1968, theNation of Islam purchased a massive fourstory, 60,000square foot building that served as the newspaper printingplant, cold storage, and tractortruck storage. In the sameyear, the Salaam Restaurant and Your Supermarketopened.
Salaam restaurantRebuilt in 1995
The Nation’s farms in Michigan, Georgia, and Alabamasupplied most of the products. The Muslim followers of theHonourable Elijah Muhammad flourished during the 1960s.But their success was not without persecution at the handsof armed local police officers most notably in the Louisiana
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and California mosques. In Los Angeles, a Muslim brother,Ronald T X was shot down in cold blood.
Muhammad University of Islam, Chicago
The influence of Muhammad could indirectly be seen andfelt outside the Nation of Islam as new Black radical andnationalist groups dissatisfied with the progress ofintegration began to form, advocating selfhelp and Blackpower. People from around the world found their way to thedoorsteps of Muhammad. Visitors from China, Pakistan,Saudi Arabia, and the continent of African came to see forthemselves the miracles being formed by the man fromSandersville, Georgia with a third grade education. The FBIin a document dated 7 January 1969, concluded that theNation of Islam was the personal fielder of ElijahMuhammad and that they should wait until he dies andthen infiltrate the Nation and change the philosophy.
Sister Christine X JohnsonDirector of the University of Islam
The world would witness the Nation of Islam reach it’s apexof glory and success during the 1970s. During this time, theHonourable Elijah Muhammad entered into international
trade with the government of Peru. Up to 3 million poundsof fish per month were imported and stored in the Nation’sstorage facilities. It was the Messenger’s plan and desire tofeed the masses good food at economical prices.
The Honourable Elijah Muhammad’s love for his peopleextended beyond his followers and he demonstrated this inhis hiring practices. Many nonMuslims managed Muslimventures and businesses. One such venture was theGuaranty Bank & Trust Co acquired in 1973 and managedby Oscar Williams. John Woodward became EditorinChiefof Muhammad Speaks Newspaper, and Christine Johnsonbecame the principal of the University of Islam. He alsoprovided financial support to numerous Black politicalcandidates he felt had the Black community’s interest atheart.
Muammar QaddafiFormer leader of Libya
His love and friendship with President Naseer of Egyptconvinced Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi to loan theHonourable Elijah Muhammad three million dollars topurchase a mosque on Chicago’s Southside at 7351 SouthStoney Island Avenue. Governors and Mayors of majorcities throughout the United States began to pay homage tothe Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Most notable, here in theCity of Chicago, Mayor Richard J Daley’s proclamation of1974 declaring 20th March, the Honourable ElijahMuhammad Day.
During his last sermon, the Honourable Elijah Muhammadurged his followers to respect those who respected them.He also stated that if we qualified ourselves and attemptedto do something for ourselves, the world would respect theBlack community. Stating that the white man was no longerhindering us as a people, he urged the Black Nation to “GetUp and Go to Work!”
At the time of his departure on 25 February 1975, the newsreports stated, the empire amassed by the HonourableElijah Muhammad estimated at $80 million dollars. Whilethe monetary value of the Messenger is significant, it ismore important to place him in the proper context in whichhe operated. The commission by Allah (God) to raise amentally dead people and bring them into the knowledge ofthemselves, God, and others was the prime directive. The
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monetary accomplishments were incidental. Provided withthe foundation, the acquisition of land, money, goodhomes, friendship, banks, hospitals, restaurants,international trade and commerce automatically followed.For the followers of the Honourable Elijah Muhammad, theybore witness to these and many other miracles.
Richard J DaleyFormer Mayor of Chicago
As many discuss the men and women of the Millennium, aname has not been mentioned that accomplished what theMessenger achieved singlehandedly with the knowledgehe received from whom he said was Allah (God) in Person.His belief and commitment to his God raised a mentallydead people. I humbly submit that my man for theMillennium and beyond is the Honourable ElijahMuhammad.
Source: http://www.croe.org Pictures: http://www.finalcall.com http://rjd.library.uic.edu http://www.magcloud.com http://noiwc.org http://www.panoramio.com
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Minister Louis Farrakhan
The divine destruction ofAmerica: Can she avert it?
[Editor's Note: The following text is excerpted from aspeech delivered by the Honourable Louis Farrakhan, 9June 1996 at Mosque Maryam in Chicago.]
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
I have chosen as a subject today, “The Divine Destructionof America: Can She Avert It?” America is the greatestnation on earth and the greatest nation in the last 6,000years. But America and her people, which includes you,face divine destruction. The question is, ‘Can she avert it?’
In the Holy Qur'an, the 7th Surah, or chapter, in the 34thverse, it reads, “And every nation has a term so when itsterm comes, they cannot remain behind the least while, norcan they precede it.” If every nation has a term, doesAmerica have a term? If so, what is the term? A term is atime or period to which something lasts. It is a period oftime to which limits have been set, conditions orstipulations limiting what is proposed to be granted or done.If every nation has a time to which some limits have beenset, what time is it for America and what limits have beenset for her?
In the book of Revelations, the 13th chapter, the 18thverse, it reads, “Here is wisdom. Let him that hathunderstanding count [or calculate] the number of the beast,for it is a number of a man, and his number is six hundredthreescore and six.” Some translations say it is the numberof a man, 666. The word calculate is trying to teach us thatwe must ascertain the beast and the man by mathematicalmethods.
The Honourable Elijah Muhammad is a principal helper inthis calculation. Most of us, as Black people in America,have not understood the Honourable Elijah Muhammad,nor have we understood his value to us to get throughwhat's about to come down on America. Either ElijahMuhammad is a man from God or he is not. If he is not,then you can dismiss me and what I have to say. But I don't
think you can dismiss me and if you cannot dismiss thestudent, then you certainly cannot dismiss the teacher.
If white folk created or made a world that is unjust — lies,murder and stealing are at the root of this world — then thisworld can have no permanence in God's universe of truth.So there would come a time when this world would bejudged and destroyed. The Bible and Holy Qur'an say thisworld was doomed for destruction from its inception.
Both the Bible and the Holy Qur'an speak of judgment andthe hour and the day — the Day of Judgment and the Hourof Doom. In the hour you have 60 minutes. In the minuteyou have 60 seconds. So the man whose hour has come isthe man of six. The scriptures say no man knoweth thehour but the Father.
That means the hour of total destruction. This book (Bible)takes you right up through the judgment. This book(Qur'an) takes you right up through the judgment, but forthe guidance of the Hereafter, where there is no term limitset, there must be an everlasting gospel that will bepreached on the other side of the destruction of this world.So a new book is coming.
Hurricane Irma
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Allah says in the Holy Qur'an that He is the Master of theDay of Judgment. Why should there even be a judgment?When you get a judgment it means a judge has rendered adecision. Judgment (according to the dictionary) is theability to judge, to make a decision or form an opinionobjectively, authoritatively and wisely, especially in mattersaffecting action, good sense, discretion, misfortuneregarded as afflicted by divine sentence is also a judgment,also the last judgment, the final trial of all mankind, both theliving and the dead, at the end of the world.
When we're talking about judgment, in this case we'retalking about God forming a decision that comes downagainst America and against this world. God has sent downHis decision. His intention is the total destruction ofAmerica. The question is, is America good and by whatstandard? If America has exceeded the limits, thensomebody has to make God's decision known. Publish thedecision. There is no appeal, but there is a way to get outfrom it. It's very narrow, it's very limited, but you can avoidit.
Forest fires along the Florida/Georgia state border May 2017
What is your position, Black man, in this judgment?Whether you know it or not, you are the reason why God isjudging America. Even as it was in ancient Egypt, it wasPharaoh's mistreatment of the Children of Israel thatcaused God's appearance and His judgment. It was theHebrews in Babylon, their presence and their mistreatmentthat caused God's judgment of Babylon. It is yourmistreatment at the hands of white people that has causedGod to send down His judgment on America.
The Book of Revelation talks about a mystery Babylon.There was an ancient Babylon that we know about, butJohn the Revelator was talking about a mystery Babylon.According to the English interpretation, the word mysterymeans unknown, uncertain, obscure, concealed, a secret,something locked up, something that has not been orcannot be explained. In theology, it is a supposed truth orfact of great religious importance which is beyond humancomprehension. In order to understand the mysterious one,we have to know something about the known in Babylon.
In ancient times Babylon, under the kings Nebuchadnezzarand Belshazzar, was a great city of idol worship and evil.She was the queen of evil, rich and well fortified. MysteryBabylon refers to a future city or a future people. No city or
people answers the description of a mystery Babylon betterthan the cities and the people of America.
King Nebuchadnezzar
How is God going to destroy America? What instrument isHe going to use? Whenever God gets ready to destroy anypeople He sends that people a warner, and the warner isalways raised from among the oppressed. That's God'spattern. If America is going down, and she is, who are theoppressed? It's either the Native American or you (Blacks).
You have suffered worse than the Native Americanbecause the Native American can still speak some of hislanguage, he knows something of his history. But you havebeen totally destroyed. And that's why God is angry withAmerica. You may forgive her but I don't know that Godever will. She is going to have to do something real big toget out from under what's coming. I intend to make thisknown very clearly to America.
Look at the warner that comes to Babylon. He tells hispeople to come out of her (Babylon) that they be notpartakers of her sins and of her plagues, for her sins havereached unto heaven. He's saying don't integrate with her.Come out of her way of thinking. Come out of her name.Come out of her false worship and come into a righteouscode of conduct that will allow you and me to escape whatGod has purposed for her. Now the question is have youheard the warner?
Nuclear missiles
The Honourable Elijah Muhammad said America is apreserved area. No foreign nation will destroy America lestthey get the credit. God will do it Himself. He said Americais number one on God's list to be destroyed. He talkedabout the 4 beasts: America, England, Germany and Italy.These are 4 white nations that have acted with greatwickedness against the darker people of the world. He says
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the more you fight against Elijah, the more God makesperfect through me. Elijah Muhammad said, we will makethe truth so plain that a fool will find it hard to err.
He said that he wants every no good disbeliever off theface of the earth. He said after this, America will never riseto be an independent nation again. She won't have thepower that she had last year, meaning that every year fromthen her power would be diminished. He said America isgone, her money is gone. There is no more silver, no moregold, after a while she may ask for copper. Right now themoney has no value.
Decline of the dollar
This (dollar) used to be a silver certificate that said pay thebearer on demand one dollar in silver. You can't get silverfor it anymore, you can't get gold for it, it is the wealth of thecountry (gross national product) that is holding up thedollar. Elijah Muhammad said soon you will see moneypiled and burning in the streets. There will be anothermedium of exchange not coming from this country.
He said America will continue to fight. He mentionedVietnam and other areas of Asia. But the last fight, he said,will be in East Germany, and there she (America) will bedestroyed. You think East Germany and West Germanyhave united. They broke the wall down, but they are notunited. East Germany has been 40 years under thecommunists and West Germany has been under Americanand Western democracy.
These are like apples and oranges, and it is very difficult toproduce the integration. When the power of the SovietUnion was broken, many of you that were in the armedforces in Europe were called back to America. You don'thave jobs, but soon they are going to ask you to go back toEurope. The Messenger said that you would go away in thethousands and you will return in the tens. And when youreturn, there will be no such thing as an Americangovernment.
He said that all of America's possessions will be taken oneby one, and all of her fortifications will be destroyed. Hergreat armies poured into Asia and Europe will not return.He said France will emerge, that France won't be withEngland and America. He said that England is going to trickAmerica into war. He said White America will be destroyedmercilessly, that not even her own (white) brother or sisterwill show mercy on her. He said, it's not 40 years away, it's
not 40 months away. He said preparation is being made totake her right now.
Snow storms
The war is building and the 4 great judgments that God isgoing to use are rain, hail, snow and earthquakes. If youlook at the weather, you already know that something isgoing on. When it rains, it's unusual rain that comes downin torrents. It is interfering with the foundation of thehouses, tearing up the streets and the roads, upsetting therailroad tracks.
Tsunami
The final thing is the destruction. The Honourable ElijahMuhammad told us of a giant Mother Plane that is madelike the universe, spheres within spheres. White people callthem unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Ezekiel, in the OldTestament, saw a wheel that looked like a cloud by day,but a pillar of fire by night. The Honourable ElijahMuhammad said that that wheel was built on the island ofNippon, which is now called Japan, by some of the originalscientists. It took $15 billion dollars in gold at that time tobuild it.
Ezekiel’s wheel
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It is made of the toughest steel. America does not yet knowthe composition of the steel used to make an instrumentlike it. It is a circular plane, and the Bible says that it nevermakes turns. Because of its circular nature it can stop andtravel in all directions at speeds of thousands of miles perhour. He said there are 1,500 small wheels in this MotherWheel, which is a half mile byahalfmile. This MotherWheel is like a small human built planet. Each one of thesesmall planes carry three bombs.
The Honourable Elijah Muhammad said these planes wereused to set up mountains on the earth. The Qur'an says itlike this. We have raised mountains on the earth lest itconvulse with you. How do you raise a mountain, and whatis the purpose of a mountain? Have you ever tried tobalance a tyre? You use weights to keep the tyre balanced.That's how the earth is balanced, with mountain ranges.
The Honourable Elijah Muhammad said that we have atype of bomb that, when it strikes the earth a drill on it istimed to go into the earth and explode at the height thatyou wish the mountain to be. If you wish to take themountain up a mile, you time the drill to go a mile in andthen explode. The bombs these planes have are timed togo one mile down and bring up a mountain one mile high,but it will destroy everything within a 50 square mile radius.The white man writes in his above top secret memos aboutthe UFOs. He sees them around his military installationslike they are spying.
Earthquakes in Mexico
That Mother Wheel is a dreadful looking thing. White folksare making movies now to make these planes look likefiction, but it is based on something real. The HonourableElijah Muhammad said that the Mother Plane is sopowerful, that with sound reverberating in the atmosphere,just with a sound, she can crumble buildings. And the finalact of destruction will be that Allah will make a wall out ofthe atmosphere over and around North America. You willsee it, but you won't be able to penetrate it. He said Allah(God) will cut a shortage in gravity and a fire will start from13layers up and burn down, burning the atmosphere.When it gets to the earth, it will burn everything. It will burnfor 310 years and take 690 years to cool off.
The Book of Revelation says, And the Kings of the earthwho have committed fornication with her, shall lament forher when they shall see the smoke of her burning. This fireis for us. It's prepared from men and stones. Stonesrepresent the hardhearted people of this wicked world andfor men who refuse to change and come to God.
You are in the valley of decision. What are you going todo? Are you going to clean up your lives? I'm not askingyou if you want to join me. You can if you want to. But ifyou are in the church, you better make the church rightbecause Judgment is going to begin at the socalled houseof God. Wherever you are, you are going to have to clean itup. Whatever we are doing that we know is wrong, we muststraighten it out. But if you don't it's on you.
I hope and pray that I have made the message clear.Thank you fore reading these few words.As Salaam Alaikum.
Source: http://www.finalcall.com Pictures: http://nibirumail.org http://listverse.com https://voxukraine.org http://www.thesleuthjournal.com http://listverse.com
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Message to the Blackman
Protect and elevate your woman
Allah, Himself has said that we cannot return to our landuntil we have a thorough knowledge of our own selves. Thefirst step is the control and the protection of our ownwoman. There is no nation on earth that has less respectfor and as little control of their woman as we so-calledNegroes here in America. Even animals and beasts, thefowls of the air, have more love and respect for theirfemales than have the so-called Negroes of America.
Our women are allowed to walk or ride the streets all nightlong, with any strange men they desire. They are allowedto frequent the any tavern or dance hall they like, wheneverthey like.They are allowed to fill our homes with childrenother than our own.Children that are often fathered by thevery devil himself. Then, when the devil decides to marryher, the so-called press and Negro magazines will make itfront page news. The daily press will not print a so-calledNegro man marrying into their race, but you seem to think itis an honour to your own nation when your daughter goesover to your enemies, the devils.
Our women have been and are still being used by the devilwhite race, ever since we were first brought here to theseStates as slaves. They cannot go without being winked at,whistled at, yelled at, slapped, patted, kicked and drivenaround in the streets by your devil enemies right under yournose. Yet you do nothing about it, nor do you even protest.
You cannot control or protect your women as long as youare in the white race’s false religion called Christianity. Thisreligion of theirs gives you no desire or power to resistthem. The only way and place to solve this problem is inthe Religion of Islam.
It is a pleasure to Allah to defend us from our enemies. Inthe religion of Christianity the white race has had usworshipping and praying to something that actually did noteven exist. Islam will not only elevate your women but willalso give you the power to control and protect them. Weprotect ours against all their enemies.
We protect our farms by pulling up our weeds and grass bythe roots, by killing animals and birds, and by poisoninginsects that destroy our crops in order that we may produce
a good crop. How much more valuable are our women,who are our fields through whom we produce our nation.
The white race does not want us to destroy their race byinter-marrying with them. They will even kill you to protecttheir women. Can you blame them? No, blame your foolishself for not having enough respect for your own self andyour own nation to do likewise. Stop our women from tryingto look like them. By bleaching, powdering, ironing andcolouring their hair; painting their lips, cheeks, eyebrows;wearing shorts; going half-nude in public places; goingswimming with them and lying on beaches with men.
Have private pools for your women and guard them from allmen. Stop them from going into bars and taverns andsitting with men and strangers. Stop them sitting in thoseplaces with anyone. Stop them from using uncleanlanguage in public (and at home), from smoking and drugaddiction habits.
Nothing but Islam will make you a respectable people. WeMuslims are your example, living here in your midst. Thereis no delinquency in Islam. Are you with us to put ourpeople on top of the world?
The so-called Negromust do something
for himselfIn unity, we can accomplish much. Think of the 20 million ofyour and my kind putting one dollar a year aside forourselves in a national treasury toward the day of want.Look at the millions that we could build up for ourselveswithin a few years. Suppose all of you who are wealthywould spend your wealth to build up a better and moreeconomic system among your own people. It would domuch to aid our people. Do not put your wealth in thetaverns and gambling houses and on race horses andother sports. Then, you would not be so easy to push overwhen the day of want arrive.
There is no need for us, millions through the country,spending our money for the joy and happiness of others. Asa result, as soon as they throw us out of a job we are backat their doors begging for bread and soup. How manyclothing shops do we operate in the country? Very few! Yet,all of us wear clothes. Who made our clothes for us? Whosold them to us? We have thousands of grocery stores, butwhat about our naked bodies? Should we not have morestores to sell our people clothes? Should we not sell ourpeople everything they want or need?
But no, we give all the money out of our pockets to theslave-master. We are satisfied in doing so. There aremillions of us. We do not have enough factories to weaveclothes for our people here in America. Think over that.Where is our shoe factory? Where are our cattle that weare skinning to make shoes for our people? These aresmall things, but we want equality with a nation that isdoing these things.
We boast that we should be recognised as equals. Let usmake ourselves equals. We cannot be equal with themaster until we own what the master owns. We cannot beequal with the master until we have the freedom the masterenjoys. We cannot be equal with the master until we have
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the education the master has. Then we can say “Master,recognise us as your equal.”
Today, you are begging the master, the slave-masters’children for what? You are begging them for a job. You arebegging for complete recognition as their equals. Let us behonest with ourselves. According to history, we cannot findwhere the master made his slave his equal until the slavemade himself worthy of equality.
I am with you to go on top. We cannot go on top withweight that is hanging on us. We cannot charge the whiteman with all our faults. We are supposed to be, accordingto his own teachings, free. We are supposed to be,according to his own teachings, free. We are supposed tohave been freed from him approximately 100 years ago.Have we exercised that freedom? We must answer that wehave not availed ourselves of that freedom which he sayshe gave us, why should we think hard of him about the wayhe treats us? This may be a little hard to swallow.
Our fathers, in the days they were set free by the slave-master, had no knowledge of how to go for self. Today, youare educated. You claim that you have equal education.Then why don’t you take a walk? Before we can be justifiedin accusing the other man, let us examine ourselves first. Ido not say that our fathers are the ones to blame for theirignorance, and neither are you. Neither they nor you are atfault. The root of the cause can be placed back into thelaps of the slave-masters.
When the slave-masters say we are free and continue tosay that we are free, should we not take a free step? Wecharge the slave-masters’ children with mistreating us.Suppose you tell a man that he is free. “Get out of ourhouse and go into your own house.” but the freed slavesays, “No, no, I’ll work for you. I’ll serve you as a servant ifyou allow me to remain in your house.” The man of thehouse tells you, “I will not give you a new suit this year. I’llnot pay you today for any work. Go home and sit down.”Why should you say that man is not treating you right? Whysay to that man, “I have to have a job the same as you.”Has he offered the door to you?
If the slave-master did not mean that you and I were free,we should have them admit it. You remain as a free slaveto your slave-master. You demand that he recognise you ashis equal. You are making yourself look small in the eyes ofthe world. If every so-called Negro were fired, what wouldyou do? Would you unite and go to Washington anddemand that the government give you a job? You would befoolish enough to do that! If they beat you by thethousands, what right have you to say that he should notlash you? You have made yourself his slave.
You continue to preach a doctrine of remaining with theslave-master. You are still called by your slave-masters’names. By rights, by international rights, you belong to thewhite man of America. He knows that. You have nevergotten out of the shackles of slavery. You are still in them.You are still in authority over your wife as long as she goesin your name, regardless of her separating herself fromyou. If she has not gotten a legal divorce and freed herselffrom your name, you are still in authority over her by law.Likewise, you are still under authority of the chains of yourslave-masters. You have not tried to free yourself fromthem. You have not exercised the freedom that they claimto have given you.
Today is the day of decision. We have lived here more than400 years. That, you know according to prophecy, is theprediction of our staying among the people. That time hasexpired. The time is up. The decision is being made foryour departure and mine. It is most important to GodAlmighty, Whose proper name is Allah, that I speak to youaccording to the time that we are living in now. Today, youare standing facing face to face with the alternative ofaccepting your ownor forever being erased from the earthas a people.
No one is trying to make you see this importance but yourown. Why do you not see? You are blindly looking towardthe slave-master to tell you this. How can the master tellthe slave, “Look, slave, your day has arrived. You should sitin the seat of authority.” We cannot beg for jobs anymore.We cannot build a future on a job that was given to us bythe slave-master 400 years ago. The day has arrived. Hehas no more work for us to do.
He is not willing to tell us that. The time has arrived whendeep within his own heart he desires that you go out andfind a job for yourself. He will forever be burdened. Theburden will get greater and greater as long as he tries tocarry you and me. It is time for a separation of the two –Black and white. Allah, God, is calling for a separation!
Message to the Blackman by the Honourable Elijah Muhammad
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Black History 3651 October 1939 – Dr George Carruthers, engineer, inventor and astrophysicist, born.
1 October 1940 – Charles Drew named supervisor of the"Plasma for Great Britain" project.
Nat Turner
2 October 1800 – Nat Turner, leader of America's greatestever slave revolution, born.
2 October 1935 – Robert H Lawrence, astronaut, born.
3 October 1956 – Nat King Cole is the first Black performerto host his own TV show.
4 October 1864 First Black daily newspaper, The NewOrleans Tribune, founded.
5 October 1872 – Booker T Washington enters HamptonInstitute, Virginia.
5 October 1928 – James Forman, civil rights activist, born.
5 October 1929 – Autherine Lucy foster, the first Blackstudent admitted to the University of Alabama, amid whiteprotest, born.
6 October 1917 Political activist and freedom fighterFannie Lou Hamer born.
7 October 1821 – William Sill, freedom fighter (with theUnderground Railroad), born (1821 – 1902).
The Honourable Elijah Muhammad
7 October 1897 – The Honourable Elijah Muhammad,leader of the Nation of Islam, born.
Minister Louis Farrakhan at Madison Square Garden
7 October 1985 – The first October Saviours’ Day is addedto the Nation of Islam’s calendar. “Power! At Last, Forever!”was held at Madison Square Gardens in New York City.Minister Louis Farrakhan announced that Saviours’ Daywould also be celebrated on the birthday of the HonourableElijah Muhammad.
8 October 1941 – Rev. Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville,South Carolina.
9 October 1888 – O B Clare patents Trestle.
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10 October 1899 Isaac R Johnson patents bicycle frame.
11 October 1865 – Paul Bogle led 200 Black people toMorant Bay, Jamaica protesting an arrest. The group wasfired on outside the court house. Riots ensued killing 18people. British troops pursued Bogle killing 800 people inthe process.
11 October 1887 – A Miles patents the elevator (lift)
11 October 1887 – Granville T Woods patents telephonesystem and apparatus.
12 October 1904 Physician, author, educator WMontague Cobb born.
Martin de Porres
13 October 1579 – Martin de Porres, the first Black saint(the patron saint of interracial harmony) in the RomanCatholic Church, born.
14 October 1919 – The Honourable Marcus Garvey is shotin a failed assassination attempt by George Tyler.
14 October 1964 Aged 35, Martin Luther King, Jr is theyoungest man ever to win Nobel Peace Prize.
15 October 1991 – Clarence Thomas confirmed as anassociate justice of the US Supreme Court.
Million Man MarchWashington DC 1995
16 October 1995 – Million Man March held in Washington,DC.
17 October 1806 – Emperor of Haiti JeanJacquesDessaline who served as General under ToussaintL'Overture's command is killed in office during a revolt.
17 October 1888 Capital Savings Bank of Washington,DC, first bank for Black people, organized.
18 October 1926 – Chuck Berry, musician, born.
19 October 1943 – Paul Robeson opens in Othello at theShubert Theatre in New York City. The show runs for 296consecutive performances.
Maurice Bishop
19 October 1983 – Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister ofGrenada, murdered in a coup.
20 October 1898 The first Black American ownedinsurance company, North Carolina Mutual Life InsuranceCompany, founded.
21 October 1917 Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pioneer of"bebop" jazz, born.
22 October 1953 Clarence S Green is the first BlackAmerican certified in neurological surgery.
24 October 1980 US District Judge Patrick Higginbothamrules that Republic National is guilty of discriminationagainst Black Americans and white women.
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Rosa Parks
24 October 2005 – Rosa Parks, Civil Rights founder andactivist, dies.
25 October 1983 – US invasion of Grenada (after a coupled by Bernard Coard where Prime Minister Maurice Bishopand 17 people were killed at Fort Rupert in Downtown, StGeorge on 19 October 1983).
26 October 1911 Mahalia Jackson gospel singer, born.
27 October 1954 Benjamin O Davis Jr is the first BlackAmerican General in US Air Force.
28 October 1917 – Ellis Clarke, President of Trinidad &Tobago, born.
28 October 1981 Edward M McIntyre is elected the firstBlack American mayor of Augusta, Georgia.
29 October 1889 – John Standard patents an oil stove.
29 October 1949 Alonzo G Moron is the first BlackAmerican president of Hampton Institute, Virginia.
Imam Warith Deen Muhammad
30 October 1933 – Imam Warith Deen Muhammad born(1933 2008).
30 October 1979 Richard Arrington elected first BlackAmerican mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
31 October 1896 Actress, singer Ethel Waters born.
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Report Links Fibroids, RespiratoryIllnesses To Toxic Chemicals In
Many Black Hair Products
By Charing Ball
Not feeling well? Well, according to a recently releasedreport, it might be some of the chemicals in your hair careproducts that are making you sick.
The 60page report entitled Natural Evolutions: One HairStory was released by Black Women for Wellness (BWW),a Los Angeles based advocacy and research groupdedicated to the health and wellbeing of Black women.
You can read the report in its entirety at: http://clutchmagonline.com/2016/03/newreportlinksfibroidsrespiratoryillnessestoxicchemicalsblackhairproducts/
But to summarize, it is the result of 5 years of research,which included “literature reviews, focus groups, datacollection and interviews with Black American beautyprofessionals to determine chemical exposure andcorrelating health status, of hair care products directed atBlack women.”
And as noted in the report’s introduction, “Each year, Blackwomen spend about $9 billion dollars on beauty productsalone, twice as much as any other ethnic group. By 2017,the Black hair care industry is estimated to reach $500billion, taking into the account the changing nature of themarket and the increase in online sales. However, many of
the products marketed to and used by Black women arerarely researched for toxic health consequences. In therare cases that they are, Black hair products are found tobe some of the most toxic beauty products on the market.”
While the report did not focus on any specific products,researchers did provide a list of ingredients includingfragrance, DMDM hydantoin (an antimicrobialformaldehyde releaser preservative), linaloolmethylparaben and propylparaben, which were found inover 50 products used or recommended by hair carestylists. Moreover, “Several of these compounds have beenfound to disrupt the endocrine system, among other healtheffects. DMDM hydantoin has been found to be a skintoxicant and allergen, as well as a formaldehydereleasingagent.”
Female endocrine system
Chief among the health concerns associated with thechemicals used in many of our hair care products is uterinefibroids. And, according to the report, a recent studypublished in the American Journal of Epidemiology hasfound a link between the use of hair relaxers and thecondition that is estimated to affect 80% of Black womenover their lifetime. The report also highlights otherreproductive developmental issues associated withchemicals in our hair care products, including infertility andspontaneous miscarriages.
And as the report notes, “Girls who reported using chemicalhair oils and hair perms were 1.4 times more likely toexperience early puberty after adjusting for race, ethnicity,and year of birth. In addition, other studies have linkedearly puberty to hair detangler use by Black girls. In one ofthe studies Black American girls as young as 2 years oldstarted showing signs of puberty after using productscontaining animal placenta found in many detanglers andconditioners.”
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In addition to reproductive concerns, the report also linksformaldehyde, ammonia, and bleaching agents – allchemicals that are commonly found in our hair careproducts – to respiratory disorders.
More specifically, “A study conducted in 2007 with 344women in Nigeria found that respiratory symptoms weremore common among hairdressers as compared to thecommunity at large. Frequent sneezing, coughing, andchest tightness were found in the hair stylists. In addition,the mean pulmonary function test (FEV1, FVC, andFEV1/FVC) was lower in hairdressers, with no relation toduration of employment in the industry. In short, a beautyprofessional’s ability to breathe deeply is compromisedonce entering the profession.”
According to the report, Black hair care professionals (whoare exposed to higher levels of chemicals than the generalpublic), are most at risk of developing health problems. Aspart of its research, BWW interviewed Los Angeles basedhair professionals between 2011 and 2014 and found that:
• 65% of them use permanent straighteners orlye/nolye relaxers;
• 63% used permanent waves and texturizers; and
• 60% used hair dyes, all of which containchemicals that have been linked to carcinogenicmaterials, respiratory problems and allergies andreproductive issues.
In fact, as the study notes, “Of the stylists we talked to,over 100 health issues were reported. The most commonhealth issues were headaches, dizziness, and chemical
burns. About 9% of the women stylists surveyed had healthissues directly related to reproductive health.”
As far as solutions, the report said that more education andawareness, as well as easytoread labels, would help to“mitigate risk factors.”
The report also called for more federal oversight. Morespecifically, “Creating and enforcing policies andregulations that use the precautionary principle whenevaluating chemical safety, is an important step inmitigating the risk of toxic exposure to the public as well aswith workers. In addition, a system is needed that canregulate and remove chemicals from personal care, hairand cleaning products that have a proven health risk in atimely and effective manner.
Having policies looking at labeling products of concern aswell as maintaining an awareness of the need for strongerregulations on labeling and testing of products would allowconsumers to make more informed choices about theproducts they wish to buy.”
And yet, the only environmentally just issues anyone wantsto talk about are polar bears floating on ice caps.
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10 INGREDIENTS TO AVOIDPUTTING ON YOUR HAIR!
Most of the commercially available hair care productstoday use harmful, potentially carcinogenicingredients. In the interest of good napptural health, I listbelow, what are in my opinion, the 10 worst commonlyfound product ingredients thngs you can put on your hair(and body). Check the list of ingredients on your hairproducts. The more of a particular ingredient you have in aproduct, the closer it is to the top of the list of ingredientson the bottle:
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1. ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL: This is a solvent anddenaturant (poisonous substance that changes anothersubstances natural qualities). Isopropyl alcohol is found inhair colour rinses, body rubs, hand lotions, aftershavelotions, fragrances and many other cosmetics. Thispetroleumderived substance is also used in antifreezeand as a solvent in shellac. Napptural hair reacts verybadly to isoalcohol and this ingredient should be avoidedat ALL costs. It will dry your hair out and break it off.According to A Consumer’s Dictionary of CosmeticIngredients, inhalation or ingestion of the vapour maycause headaches, flushing, dizziness, mental depression,nausea, vomiting, narcosis and even coma.
2. MINERAL OIL & PETROLATUM: The best baby oil ismade from almonds. But the oil which being sold as babyoil is 100% mineral oil. Mineral oil is a derivative of crudeoil (petroleum) that is used industrially as a cutting fluidand lubricating oil. This commonly used petroleumingredient coats the skin and hair just like plastic wrap.The skin’s natural barrier is disrupted as this plastic coatinginhibits its ability to breathe and absorb the NaturalMoisture Factor (moisture and nutrition).
The skin’s ability to release toxins and wastes is impossiblethrough this “plastic wrap,” which can promote acne andother disorders. It further hinders normal skinrespiration/transpiration by keeping oxygen out. Thisprocess slows down skin function and normal cell
development causing the skin to prematurely age. Holdingin large a mounts of moisture in the skin can “flood” thebiology and may result in immature, unhealthy, sensitiveskin that dries out easily.
Petrolatum A petroleumbased grease that is usedindustrially as a grease component. Petrolatum exhibitsmany of the same potentially harmful properties as mineraloil. Honestly, this stuff belongs in your engine, not on yourhair. Regardless of “Well, my Grandma used vaseline onher hair and it grew,” the bottom line is this stuff is bad. Itwas bad for Grandma and it is bad for you. Period.
Polyethylene glycol
3. PEG: This is an abbreviation for polyethylene glycol thatis used in making cleansers to dissolve oil and grease aswell as thicken products. Because of their effectiveness,PEG’s are often used in caustic spray on oven cleanersand yet are found in many personal care products. PEG’scontribute to stripping the Natural Moisture Factor, leavingthe immune system vulnerable. They are also potentiallycarcinogenic.
Propylene glycol Antifreeze
4. PROPYLENE GLYCOL (PG): As a “surfactant” orwetting agent and solvent, this ingredient is actually theactive component in antifreeze. There is no difference
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between the PG used in industry and the PG used inpersonal care products. It is used in industry to break downprotein and cellular structure (what the skin is made of) yetis found in most forms of makeup, hair products, lotions,aftershave, deodorants, mouthwashes and toothpaste.
It is also used in food processing. Because of its ability toquickly penetrate the skin, the EPA requires workers towear protective gloves, clothing and goggles when workingwith this toxic substance. The Material Safety Data Sheetswarn against skin contact, as PG has systemicconsequences such as brain, liver and kidneyabnormalities. Consumers are not protected nor is therea warning label on products such as stick deodorants,where the concentration is greater than that in mostindustrial applications.
5. SODIUM LAURYL SUFATE (SLS) & SODIUMLAURETH SULFATE (SLES): SLS is used in testinglaboratories as the standard ingredient to irritate skin. Usedas detergents and surfactants, these closely relatedcompounds are found in car wash soaps, garage floorcleaners and engine degreasers. Yet both SLS and SLESare used more widely as one of the major ingredients incosmetics, toothpaste, hair conditioner and about 90% ofall shampoos and products that foam.
They are used in personalcare products because they arecheap. A small amount generates a large amount of foam,and when salt is added it thicken to give the illusion ofbeing thick and concentrated. (SOME OF THENITROSATING AGENTS ARE: SLS, SLES, DEA, TEA,MEA). Shampooing the hair with a product contaminatedwith these substances can lead to its absorption into thebody at levels much higher than eating nitritecontaminatedfoods.
Mark Fearer in an article, ‘Dangerous Beauty,’ says, “…intests, animals that were exposed to SLS experienced eyedamage, along with depression, laboured breathing,diarrhea, severe skin irritation and corrosion and death.”
According to the American College of Toxicology statesboth SLS and SLES can cause malformation in children’seyes. Other research has indicated SLS may be damagingto the immune system, especially within the skin. Skinlayers may separate and inflame due to its proteindenaturing properties. It is possibly the most dangerousingredient in personal care products. Research has shownthat SLS when combined with other chemicals can betransformed into nitrosamines, a potent class ofcarcinogens, which causes the body to absorb nitrates athigher levels than eating nitrate contaminated food.“
According to the American College of Toxicity report, "SLSstays in the body for up to 5 days…” Other studies haveindicated that SLS easily penetrates through the skin andenters and maintains residual levels in the heart, the liver,the lungs and the brain. This poses serious questionsregarding its potential health threat through its use inshampoos, cleansers and toothpaste.“
Studies show its danger potential to be great when used inpersonalcare products. Toxicity A serious problem withthese chemicals is that they may be contaminated withNDELA (Nnitrosodiethanolamine), one of the nitrosaminesand a potent carcinogen, according to a 1978 US Food andDrug Administration report.
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) SLES is the alcohol form(ethoxylated) of SLS. It is slightly less irritating than SLS,but may be more drying. Both SLS and SLES can enter theblood stream. They may cause potentially carcinogenicformations of nitrates and dioxins to form in shampoos andcleansers by reacting with other product ingredients. Largeamounts of nitrates may enter the blood system from justone shampooing. Contains ether.
6. CHLORINE: According to Doris J Rapp, MD, author of IsThis your Child’s World? exposure to chlorine in tapwater, showers, swimming pools, laundry products,cleaning agents, food processing, sewage systems andmany others, can effect health by contributing to asthma,hay fever, anemia, bronchitis, circulatory collapse,confusion, delirium diabetes, dizziness, irritation of the eye,mouth, nose throat, lung, skin and stomach, heart disease,
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high blood pressure and nausea. It is also a possible causeof cancer. Even though you will not see Chlorine onpersonal care product labels, it is important for you to beaware of the need to protect your skin when bathing andwashing your hair.
7. DEA (diethanolamine) MEA (momoethnanolamine)TEA (triethanolamine): DEA and MEA are usual listed onthe ingredients label in conjunction with the compoundbeing neutralized. Thus look for names like Cocamide DEAor MES, Lauramide DEA, etc. These are hormonedisrupting chemicals and are known to form cancercausing nitrates and nitrosamines. . These are commonlyfound in most personal care products that foam, includingbubble baths, body washes, shampoos, soaps and facialcleansers.
On the show, CBS This Morning, Roberta Baskin revealedthat a recent government report shows DEA and MEA arereadily absorbed in the skin. Dr. Samuel Epstein, Professorof Environmental Health at the University of Illinois said"repeated skin applications of DEAbased detergentsresulted in a major increase in the incidence of two cancers liver and kidney cancers.” John Bailey, who oversees thecosmetic division for the FDA said the new study isespecial important since “the risk equation changessignificantly for children."
8. FD & C Colour PIGMENTS: Many colour pigmentscause skin sensitivity and irritation. Absorption of certaincolours can cause depletion of oxygen in the body andeven death according to A Consumer’s dictionary ofCosmetic Ingredients. Debra Lynn Dadd says in HomeSafe Home: "Colours that can be used in foods, drug, andcosmetics are made from coal tar.
Dr Samuel Epstein, Professor of Environmental Health
at the University of Illinois
There is a great deal of controversy about their use,because animal studies have shown almost all of them tobe carcinogenic.”
Debra Lynn Dadd
9. FRAGRANCE: Fragrance is present in most deodorantsshampoos, sunscreens, skin care, body care and babyproducts. Many of the compounds in fragrance arecarcinogenic or otherwise toxic. “Fragrance on a label canindicate the presence of up to 4,000 separate ingredients.Most or all of them are synthetic. Symptoms reported to theUS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have includedheadaches, dizziness, rashes, skin discoloration, violentcoughing and vomiting, and allergic skin irritation. Clinicalobservation by medical doctors have shown that exposureto fragrances can affect the central nervous system,causing depression, hyperactivity, irritability, inability tocope, and other behavioral changes,” (Home Safe Home).
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For better health try purchasing unscented products and forfragrance, adding a natural essential oil.
10. IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA and DMDM HYDANTOIN:These are just 2 of the many preservatives that releaseformaldehyde (formaldehydedonors). According to theMayo clinic, formaldehyde can irritate the respiratorysystem, cause skin reactions and trigger heart palpitations.Exposure to formaldehyde may cause joint pain, allergies,depression, headaches, chest pains, ear infections,Chronic fatigue, dizziness and loss of sleep. It can alsoaggravate coughs and colds and trigger asthma. Seriousside effects include weakening of the immune system andcancer. Nearly all brands of skin, body and hair care,antiperspirants and nail polish found in stores containformaldehydereleasing ingredients.
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“DON’T MESS WITH THE ‘FRO!”
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Nation of IslamLondon Study Group (LSG) meetingsEvery 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.'
Brothers and Sisters are invited to join our family in ourstudy circles and at our regular weekly meetings, held atthe following venues:
For further information about the Nation of Islam London Study Group
meetings contact: 07584 976969
Email: [email protected]: www.londonstudygroup19.org
YouTube channel: The Nation of Islam London Study Group
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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