and welcome to the show my name is ninth sharif and we have a special show today the topic of this show is called the making of the community so i would like to open up with god's name the merciful benefactor the most a redeemer my goal here is to give you a glimpse and the beginning of the very peculiar but transformational community here in the united states of america i'm talking about the community known as the nation of  islam or the last foundation in the wilderness of north america we have a lot of ground to cover the beginning of how this movement start and how it transformed so you should know that the early pioneers of the  you from a book entitled a step in the right direction it gives you a good background of what we're talking about here and we're really talking about the pioneers who helped establish the religion of islam here in united states of the many sacrifices and this is talking about one of the pioneer sisters one of the many sacrifices that she made in the stabbing the religion here in america and in detroit which one stands out more in her mind in her life and we're talking about sister clare mohammed the wife of  she was one of the pioneers in the early nation of islam and other words she was arrested for putting her children for not putting her children into the public schools the muslim pioneers were perched in jail for not putting their children in the public schools the muslim pioneers would homeschool or have their children go to the muslim schools for their education the muslim pioneers played a part or were  catalysts for starting homeschooling in the united states of america and the one nine hundred thirty s i repeat the muslim pioneers played a part or a catalyst for starting homeschooling in the united states and the  pioneers in the one nine hundred thirty s we have a story we would like to share with you now listen is important because the story is true we have heard about the struggles of frederick douglass harriet tubman dubois and 's stuck together and they won too even though it was during the great depressions and jobs were few although they did not have much money they had a lot of unity and they were sincere and dedicated and the leader teacher and brother he taught them how to always love one another and care for each other they had to learn how to pray to allah fast read and write the sisters had to learn how to cook ironing care for their children and be a good wife now the brothers had to learn to do the same they had to support and protect their family also write their letter to receive the family name they all worked in the mission and as time went by the sisters were in the  was preparing for them a mighty flight to bring them out of the darkness into the light they stuck together they walked for miles and miles in all kind of weather they walked from door to door of the muslim homes just to get a penny sometimes they would get some one spark me sometimes they would get one sometimes they would not get any now over the years things begin to change they work to have a school and ar time went by some were shot beaten killed and mutilated and some left lane in spite of all these hardship they never received anything when their leaders and teachers were jailed they demonstrated in peace they  officials to know they wanted their leaders release but they did not lose heart they did not let anything keep them apart the pioneers fought back their oppression and in the tory years and allow them to be victorious there is no doubt about it they have paid a great price some have even paid with their own life the pioneers of the one nine hundred thirty s have certainly paid some do as a result of their sacrifice we have masted and the sister clar time back to go visit the very first temple that was established in detroit and we saw some pictures of these fantastic pioneers moving on the honorable elijah muhammad would sometimes say to us i am not so much teaching you the religion i am clean you the one coming after me i will teach you the religion i'm only scratching the surface he will carry you further other famous scenes of the arnold some of this good earth we can call our own elevate and protect your women no nation can rise above its women where there are no decent women then there are no decent men she is the mother of civilization another one of his sayings a school of our own unite with your own love self and kind do for self do nothing to want to no one that you would not have done unto yourself treat everybody right even treat the devil right be yourself a righteous muslim like to read something else from this book a step in the right direction some were even killed they gave their lives for what they believed in it spite of all these hardships the pioneers who were interviewed were still strong in faith obedience to a law is there is still their first priority constructive things from the pioneers that would be can conducive as we strive to make the world a better place to live as believing muslims we cannot just say what prophet muhammad peace be upon him or fourteen hundred years ago say that we must also do what he and his followers do if we are to be successful now the pioneers are kind sincere honest dedicated and they love one  and in intention and outwardly and word as well as indeed we know that the pioneers that we interviewed character actions and deeds are in accordance with the holy qur'an even though some of them did not know very much leader mohamed made the following statement regarding the honorable pioneers of the 's in the eyes of the sociologists in the eyes of the historians in the eyes of anybody with insight into the nature and behav man knowing our history under slavery then our history under the late or nobody lives or mohammed and now our history in the light of ours lol if they knew it and see it they will say no these are no ordinary people these are no average people so this gives us an insight into those early pioneers of the one nine hundred thirty s and the things that they had to go through i would like to continue and the topic our topic is the making of a community betrayed michigan is where it all started in our community known as a nation of islam reports war that the founder debbie de farrar was a very kind and friendly man to the people he saw the condition of the african american people and came up with a ploy to eventually change their condition it has been said that for our bahamas sold silk and other items to the people just you know still comes from a not so pretty creature the silk or but through transformation the end result is a beautiful creation but it went through several changes before  moving on but hopefully tying this together the true story of the garden the holy koran speaks of the garden the tree of good and evil this garden is more of a son of the internal life of man and it's an internal garden garden within the spirit and the soul the definition of a garden is a fertile well cultivated region in hebrew the word male comes from the same word as soil the arch deceiver came upon adam and his mate tricked him adam slipped out of the garden the deceiver had a slick argument he told him god didn't mean you would really die but your eyes would become open a law made adam a curious creature this argument appealed to adam and adam slipped unconsciously adam users oma not god's creation god told the arch deceiver adam and the angels sit down as one group one ignorant ones the imps prophet muhammad said we have a jinn and angel resides in these two things resides in both of us the human being the jinn nature is our uncontrolled passions our fiery nature and we also have an angelic nature compassionate and caring these are all aspects of the human being let us move on if we look at genesis chapter t fifteen adam is told to address the garden now remember garden is a fertile well cultivated region and again in hebrew man comes from the same word as now a garment as we know as a about your jinn and he said make your muslim we have the capacity to make our gin most so we're talking about making a community we as a community have been so blessed first was someone who saw the pitiful condition of the african american people in the one nine hundred thirty s professor farrar mohammed brought us terms like muslim law for our bahamas also you symbolic terms in his plan because most of the black folks knew or heard something of the bible throughout their lives so he used  the only perfect book he taught the arnell be allies or mohammad for three and a half years the first temple was established in detroit the second temple was established in chicago and the third and up above on the mantle is a picture of fraud muhammad and for mohammed is holding the koran and this shows you the transformation of language in the nation of islam started with professor fr from what is known as pakistan professor farrar came with a philosophy to raise up a people with a certain methodology that it visually would lead them to the correct perspective history month we are missing a major part of our history when we do not include the african american muslim pioneer moderate voice of or they'll say where is a moderate voice of islam he has been in our midst but you choose not to cover or highlight him because he is not quote since people look emirs all over the world but we but we have had a muslim leader in our midst here in america here in the african american community coming from that peculiar community the last found nation more it's like when you turn the windshield wipers on in your car and the defroster you can see better through the glass which can look out into the world with better vision likewise with inside you can look inside the world through a microscope you ma'am w mohammed has brought commonsense tolerance understanding respect to this community and the common person when the honorable elijah muhammad passed away  the muhammad was the elected leader he lived in the mansion or call the national house for a little while he said he didn't need to live in the mansion remember how mitt or wallace dean mama could have had a lot of money personally a big mansion  there arise out of you are people part of me let their arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good and joni what is right in forbidden what is wrong they are the ones to attain facility so to the means great happiness bliss for in a pleasing state there is a saying of prophet muhammad peace be upon him where he says the weight of good character there is nothing which weighs more heavily in the balance on the day of judgment than good character what did martin luther king say judge by the content of your character not by the color of your skin this would be for christians christ like for muslims this would be muslim nature both the same christ like  nature the same who is a muslim a muslim is anyone who stands a muslims anyone who submits to the will of god everyone is born a muslim their environment makes them otherwise how does one become a conscious muslim to become a conscious muslim is to make a public declaration that there is no god but allah or the one god and mohammad is the mes there is a position in in the muslim prayer and in that position which is called god hears whoever praise him and we say god hears whoever praises him it did not say juice the christians and the muslim said who ever praises him god hears whoever praises him there's another position in the muslim prayer called it means a law brought me up from my knees while in that position by law and we say glory is for my lord the mightiest so when you put your hand on your knees what you used when you were a little baby before you became a toddler at the sky above them how we made in a door in it and there are no flaws in it it is not the sky that the weatherman six it is the sky that the prophets chick and the ones who have been blessed with understanding of god's word they have been blessed by god with understanding of his word it is talking about th that they sky symbolically is represented to hit the head of the leaders of the world there is much more to cover and we'll get that in part two but what we wanted to impress upon you of how this they've just a glimpse of how this religion was established here in the united states of america by pioneers from the african american community and you know if the christian pioneers of the african american community caught him you know the muslim pioneers of the african amir community caught him so this is the end of part two and if god blesses us we'll do another part so the key players of this we talk about  research to research into these fantastic pioneers of the nation of islam the last foundation islam the winners in north america and how it has transformed into community american muslim society