Islam For The American So-Called Negroes (Part 4)

"And the Jews and the Christians say: 'We are the sons of Allah and his beloved ones.' Say: "Why does He chastise you for your faults?" ( Holy Quran 5:18.)

THE ABOVE sayings of the white race have deceived the so-called Negroes in America 100 per cent, and many black people throughout the earth. Christian whites claiming nearness to Allah (God) and making Jesus a member of their wicked race and even ascribe Sonship.

How have they been so successful in deceiving the whole world of dark mankind? Why do they kill the prophets of Allah? They even seek to take my life because I teach the truth of Allah which gives life to my people whom they have killed mentally.

MY PEOPLE, because of the prosperity the Christians have enjoyed think that the white race is the beloved people of Allah, therefore they think their religion Christianity is right. This is due to their lack of knowledge. They are given a great time of prosperity as never before witnessed by that race.

But that doesn't mean that they are the beloved of Allah. The prosperity will be followed by destruction. My poor black people were blinded and dumb and think they have no place in the Divine Family, but this is a sad mistake. Wake up! Today you have been chosen to be placed on top.

Islam is the religion of peace and security. You should accept it by the thousands. If the white people are the beloved of Allah, why aren't they good people? Why aren't they living the life of Jesus, whom they claim to be following?

They say Jesus taught them love, where is their love? Allah says: "We excited among them enmity and hatred to the day of resurrection: And Allah will inform them of what they did". (Holy Quran 5:14)

This is a manifest truth. They are being informed of what they did. The white race is not at peace with each other. Can we seek peace among such evil sinful and bloodthirsty people? They hate you so much that they dislike seeing you live in peace in their midst.

ISLAM IS the religion of peace and security; Why not Islam? Come down off the cross and get under the Crescent of Islam which will give you freedom, justice and equality. We are a nation in a nation. Do we want respect as others? First, respect self and others will you.

Protect your women as other nations do. Take your women at any price, out of the arms of the slavemasters' children and all men. Put a stop to this freedom of your women mixing with whom they please, regardless of the cost. Why do your women want their enemies? Give back to them everything you have received and accept your own and be yourself.

I am sorry that you did not visit our convention on the 24th through the 26th of last month. We enjoyed a wonderful time; the greatest and best of all. Converts began to pour into the Temples of Islam since the public learned in those three days of our convention. That will never be forgotten by those who visited it.

BETWEEN TWO and three thousand people attended throughout the convention. Including two thousand Muslim delegates of my followers from every state in the Union. There was no smoking, drinking, weapons or disputes among them. A true example of brotherhood and peace as never witnessed before among persons who have been said to be the worse of mankind. It was a wonderful sight of unity to behold and which was due to Allah and Islam, the religion of peace.

Let the white race think well, if they would leave us to go to our God and religion of Islam and stop trying to hinder us by their threats of persecution, they would be doing themselves and their country a great favor, if they but knew.

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Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Courier. March 16, 1957

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad