Ieasha Prime – Proto Islamic Movements through Self Determination Islam and the Black American

			Now 1918. Was a very famous year
in New York City. Not only is that
		

			time known for Sheik Daoud Faisal,
but it's also known for another
		

			famous individual that also has a
Muslim movement, and his name is
		

			Noble Drew Ali. Hi
		

			and no modru Ali actually took
another slant on Islam. He looked
		

			at it as an opportunity of self
determination for black Americans,
		

			and so when he would teach Islam,
it would always be through that
		

			perspective, his movement lasts
until today, known as the Moore's
		

			Science Temple. Now, if we were to
move out of New York and into
		

			Midwest America in Detroit, but
coming into 1930s we find a man by
		

			the name of Fard Muhammad. And
Fard Muhammad was actually
		

			initially known as a door to door
salesman. He would sell oils,
		

			incense, particular fabrics and
even prayer cloths going door to
		

			door, teaching people what he knew
of Islam, he would actually
		

			attract one very famous follower
by the name of Elijah Muhammad.
		

			Elijah Muhammad would go on to
lead one of the largest movements
		

			of African American Muslims known
to date, and that is the Nation of
		

			Islam. The Nation of Islam would
go on to have more than 10,000
		

			followers in Detroit alone. It
would spread out of Detroit and
		

			reach almost every state in
America. They not only moved from
		

			having small what they can at that
time considered temples, later to
		

			become Muhammad's mosque, but the
Nation of Islam would always be
		

			known for black nationalism and
its self determination movement.
		

			It's due for self or else, and
this do for self movement would
		

			actually cause not only African
Americans to stand up straight and
		

			to take pride in their race, but
would also allow them to become
		

			business owners, land owners, they
would come together and open up
		

			large businesses, whether it was
grocery stores, restaurants or
		

			even dry cleaners. The nation
would also use their collective
		

			resources to have what would be
considered one of the largest
		

			import operations to date, where
they were actually shipping in
		

			whiting fish that will be sold
into their restaurants, they begin
		

			to own massive amount of lands
where they would actually have
		

			their own farms for growing their
food. Elijah Muhammad would have a
		

			wonderful son by the name of worth
Dean Mohammed. Worth Dean Mohammed
		

			would go on, actually, to study at
Al Azhar University. He also had
		

			two other extremely famous
students, Malcolm X and Muhammad
		

			Ali, all three of these great men
would go on to lead millions into
		

			the fold of Islam with their
charisma, with their poetry, with
		

			their strong voice and their
unapologetic Courage to be Muslim,
		

			you