Elijah Muhammad

Herbert Berg trained at the University of Toronto's Centre for the Study of Religion. He is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and is the Director of the International Studies program.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Main Persons and Technical TermsChronology INTRODUCTION 1 ISLAM AND AFRICAN AMERICANSAfrican American Muslim slaves and African American religionAhmadis and the Moorish Science TempleWali Fard MuhammadWallace D. FordDetroit’s Allah 2 ELIJAH POOLERacism in the SouthRacism in the NorthThe Nation of Islam 3 THE APOSTLE OF ALLAHA decade of persecution, preaching and prisonTwo decades of successA decade of decline 4 BLACK ISLAMThe rise and fall of the white raceThe five principles of IslamAllah and AllahsBlack angels and white devilsBlack prophetsGlorious, poisonous, and future booksThe Last Day and the Fall of America The five pillars of IslamShahadaSalatSawmZakatHajjDietary regulations 5 WHAT MUSLIMS BELIEVE AND WHAT MUSLIMS WANTDo for self: economic self-sufficiencyA land of our own: separation, not integrationProtect your women!Be yourself! Black pride 6 THE TEXTUAL SOURCES OF ISLAMThe SiraThe SunnaThe Qur’an 7 OTHER MUSLIMSHypocritesAmerican Muslim opposition“Copper-colored” brothersWhite MuslimsIslamic trajectoriesWarith Deen MohammedLouis Farrakhan CONCLUSION: THE LEGACIES Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

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