COURSE IT STARTED
at first from the press. But we do not get indignant about being called Black
for that is what we are.
BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, MESSENGER OF ALLAH
Reprinted from the February 21, 1969 edition of MUHAMMAD SPEAKS NEWSPAPER
SURE, WE ARE BLACK MUSLIMS! As white people call themselves white
Christians, we are Black Muslims! OF
COURSE IT STARTED
at first from the press. But we do not get indignant about being called Black
for that is what we are.
WE WERE BLACK IN THE VERY BEGINNING of the Creation of the Father, who was Black. Black is what we prefer to be called. There is no white scholar or scientist of history and religion that will dare say otherwise.
WHY SHOULD YOU FEEL OFFENDED when you are called a Black Muslim? The white people are not offended if you call them white Christians.
IT IS DUE TO THE FACT that the so-called American Negro has been mocked by the white slave-master, after the white slave-master, attracted them with the power of unalike. He attracted the slave so much so, that he desired to be white instead of his own nature color, Black, in which he was created. White is a made color and not a created color.
THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO ENSLAVED our fathers had an unrestained hand and power over the Black slave. They could beat and force the slave to believe, answer to and obey anything they taught the Black slave without hindrance for we had no teachers among our slave-parents. The poor slave had no help here or there for centuries. I should say until today, on The Coming of Our God and Saviour, In the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, To Whom Praises are Due forever.
BUT I SAY, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, be happy that you are Black, It is the first color,original of man,in the sun. It is honorable,durable and lasting. It is not easy to be changed even under climatic conditions.
ALLAH (GOD) is the Father of the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth. His Color is Black. It is the best and purest of all colors. It is Superior over All.
IT IS TRUE WE ARE BLACK MUSLIM. Our very Nation is Black People. Our Creator was a Black God.
SO DO NOT BE ASHAMED TO ACCEPT YOUR OWN BLACK SELF. It is an honorable color. IT IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST.
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