community was called and it's called the nation of islam also called the last foundation of islam in the wilderness of north america we want to give you a history so you kind of understand its growth and development  some of the brief history of some of the things that have transpired a lot of times even in black history month you don't hear about the muslim pioneers you don't hear about those people who sacrifice those people who laid their lives down those people who were in the in the cold city of buffalo new york out there selling mama speaks newspaper out there you know selling whatever they could to help advance the cause of justice so most of them been in the united states of america since day one many of the slaves were muslims and we know this through the history when we know this through going through some of the records we know this even in some of the graveyards in the united states you can see some of the names that some of the people were able to keep and know that they were muslims and that they had a fighting spirit and of the spirit of freedom one of the things that has been left with us is that islam is freedom justice an equality and this is a universal concept it's not just something that was established in the nation islam though this is was was one of the things that were mentioned several times but that is that islam is freedom justice and equality these are the goals of islam it's just not to be dictatorial it's not to be have a dictatorship it's for the human spirit to be free so we look at the muslim world today and we  find that you know they talk about they want a muslim government they want to be under islamic law and so forth but if you look at their society is not really a true islamic society or under islamic law most of it's muhammad he had a very positive history and a very positive leadership he brought freedom justice and equality to the muslim community he was willing to work with other religious groups there's a great story that many people don't know when the muslims were first starting out their biggest thing was to get the idols i do worship out of mecca and out of the  either works or people were working with three hundred some odd gods and prophet muhammad was saying that you know we should go back to the worship of one god and he was persecuted for this for just wanting the community there and arabia to worship one g and for this he was prosecuted persecuted and his people were hunted down and killed and so forth and saw where there was a very generous christian king in the ethiopian reg move to to seek asylum and he gave them that asylum so the meccans were chasing these people they chased them all the way over to this part of ethiopia the moves of explain what they believe in and then there was a question about jesus and the meccans that they had to move on because there's a moment don't believe the jesus guy but they believe he's a prophet and as the story goes the king saw the sincerity of the muslims and their belief in the one god and their love for jesus and for jesus mother he drew a line in the sand and said the difference between you the muslims and the christian is no bigger than this line in the sand so these are important things to know that there were christians who thought of the goodness of the muslims and it's really a shame today that there is a segment of the muslim population that does not appreciate other religions and you hear  it so disheartening when you hear of muslims bombing mosques you know religious islamic institutions which makes no sense bombing churches and synagogues when it tells us in the koran in the book in the word of god that we should protect these places you should protect mosques you should protect the synagogue yes you should protect the synagogue protected churches because these places praise god and they also have the word of god so the actions that we see today that bosoms are doing they're far removed from what prophet muhammad peace be upon him the leader the first leader of the of what we call the muslims today the leader didn't do this thing if the leaders made alliances with muslims and jews in a part of me with christians and jews then that is what we should be doing the same thing to work with right minded people but we have gotten off the course and  either we don't know our religion or we have a as my mom would you say we got a bad understanding that religion this religion islam means peace the root word for is law is peace just like the root wor peace all these things are connected the soul wants peace the mind wants peace the body wants peace all these things want peace and we are peace loving people but if you look at it today you would think that we are not because some of the crew actions that a few do just like these few and that's what gets advertising gets all the headlines it was a sensational these three you give a bad image of muslims muslims are like any other people than they are perfect they have their nuts they're idiots they have their wise people et a very kind person he was persecuted for years and years his wife died because of hunger and disease and so forth and so and when muhammad came back to america with the army of i believe ten thousand strong everybody thought he's going to come in there for revenge but he did and he came back and said amnesty to everybody so this is the spirit this is the character of islam and i started martin luther king said words you should be judged by your care of the content of your character not the color of your skin and you can even broaden that or your religion or your race etc etc so we look at the beginnings of this and united states of america and if you show that picture for the  benjamin of how it started in our community the african american community now it started with a gentleman named fraud muhammad and he came to america in one nine hundred thirty this picture that you will see at the bottom you will see the what he taught elijah muhammad was that the koran was the only perfect book and this is something that has been passed on into our community that in the koran is the book for muhammad he sold a lot of things when he came to america he was in a detroit erika detroit area he sold silks scarves etc to the people there you know silk is you know you look at it it starts from a silk worm which is not a very pretty creature but it transforms and it becomes pretty an outstanding product he taught a particular brand of islam because he saw the condition of the african american people he saw the mistreatment the hanging the beating there was a language that angel food cake is white devil food cake is black or brown jesus is white serve jesus is white so his daddy got to be white the whole holy family that is a big problem is a big burden on society when you make man divine then you have all kinds of trouble and we've seen this throughout history you know people came they came with this image and put this image around the world and what happened right after they did that they took the people's land and resources it becomes a problem in the process and the solution is not to make god in any particular image or race or whatever because that's even against the bible and we know it's against the koran so in doing things like this as i said the society said the black is bad so he reversed it he said the white man is the devil the black man is reverse psychology so he uses type of language and he uses type of language and the nine hundred thirty can you imagine that 's when blacks were going to be in there he was able to draw people to this this particular philosophy this particular language and he used the language of the bible and the bible talks about moses and fairer and our people understood this because we've been oppressed the israelites were press we understood oppression and we were looking to get out we were looking to have the ritzy part now the physical city but to see within our elected he brought in a new language and one of the things he had to do he had to go back into the language of fraud muhammad and to explain that language and throughout the years he has elevated that language to put that language  to show that it was the terror that it was there was a metaphor he used all of these things but it was it was it was wise insight that for our muhammad use we know that for our m came from the region called pakistan and that he also visiting united states of america we talked about that he was the first couple in detroit michigan he also was in mexico and he's also has always talked about the mentally dead and he was trying to reach the minds of the people knowing that one day someone else would be able to give a clear explanation of that language let me go back and read a poem about the pioneers in one nine hundred thirty s because they as important they get recognition and all the things that they went through this is called the oral pioneers of the one nine hundred thirty s we have a story we would like to share with you now listen it is important it isn't important because the story is true we have heard about the struggles of frederick douglas harriet tubman dubois and dr they want to do even though it was during the great depression and jobs are few although they did not have much money they had a lot of unity they were sincere dedicated and they established a community their leader was called mr jedi ferrara he gave them a problem book and some is had to learn how to cook i only care for the children to be a good wife now the brothers had to learn to do the same they had to support the project to fail me also write the letter to receive the family name they also work in the mission as time went by the sisters were in the t class and the brothers the f o i was preparing them for a mighty flight to bring them out of luck darkness into the light they stuck together they walked for miles and miles and all kind of weather they walked from door to door of the muslim home just to get a pain sometimes they would get up sometimes sometimes they would get one sometimes not get any now over the years things begin to change they work to have a school and honorable name time went by some were shot beaten killed mutilated and some left lame in spite of all these hardships they never received any fame when their leaders and teachers were jailed they demonstrated in peace they wanted the officials to know they wanted their leaders rel being having it so we would have a place where we would have freedom justice and equality in the united states of america to have this religious established so that religion has gone through our communities gone through many where the people would know one another and that time is kind of that this is the time that they have religion or and also known as the day of judgment this is the time when the lights are on this is the time where when something happens in the world you can find out about it instantly so we're living in these times these are the best of times though you look at the economics you look at the social strife and everything but this is the this is the best of times because we can see things more clearly if we want to open our eyes so i wanted you to know about some of this great history that the history of the last foundation of islam in the wilderness of north america and the the great sacrifice that people can made you know a lot of times you hear about other communities islamic communities the united states that's very good and we salute them but we also let you know of this great history and how with the language of the ma'am deputy mohammad this cleric and clear mohammad has transformed has given us a new language where we can understand the koran better prophet muhammad better peace be upon the koran the psychology of the koran the the great scientific information in the cross and all these things upright we're not going to be perfect there's going to be many mistakes we made but this is the human being the human being in the garden was given a responsibility to take care of the garden and that is our our responsibility to take care of the garden and in doing that we take care of humanity so these pioneers forged the way they did have all the aspects of the of the religion they knew that the term a lot they knew the term muslim and they knew that the koran was the perfect book they might have only read it a couple times a month i've never read it but in their household it was at the top of the bookcase and they had a bookcase it was at the top to represent this knowledge this this knowledge that has has been light in the world in the the period of europe when it was dark it was the the renaissance that was the muslims who really ignited they don't understand it because the religion is one that should be more accommodating to people of all faiths so we look at the like i say we look at the language that for for our moment brought us very being white and so forth but you act like the devil and this was for for our mom even came with teaching this was one of the slaves said you look like god in the face meaning you know this picture of the why does that you always see as portrayed as god or th did that by clearing up the language making the language more palatable and making it work we could understand it and see in a great insight that debbie de fried had he said just like that slaves you know you claim to be god you claim to be this and that but your actions don't show it so we're at the point now that we can see the satirical playing with the symbolic language th uses and now it comes down to character doesn't just come down to what race you say you are what religion you say you are but it comes down to your character so there we as muslims we expect to see christian jews muslims and others in paradise or have it however you want to describe it and this book tells the muslims that the scriptures of the christians and the jews and of the muslims you know that we're growing we are one we believe in the same god there's not a muslim god is not a christian god not a jewish god there is one god there is one creator of this universe and it's up to us whatever we are tired of that we claim to try to live up to that claim and try to work together with others and the state wants us to be a part to satan wants us to hate each other satan wants us to blow up mosques churches synagogues etcetera etcetera but if we start to build build these alliances with other people other religious groups and all right minded people and make our contribution to society this is what will make us be successful so these are just some of the things you know it's been a blessing to be in this community throughout the years i've seen the  mom is bringing forth that will be coming out that we see a bigger picture we see a brighter picture we see humanity we see one god and we see one humanity so it is a great great honor and respect that we look at those pioneers in the one nine hundred thirty s who just had a little information what they want on faith they went on faith they didn't have all the information but they showed the spirit of a muslim they showed the spirit of a human being they showed the spirit of a pioneer and this is a great lesson that we can look at and we see and their actions and their deeds made it possible for us to be here because we were not to be here if they had not sacrifice so let's never say that these early pioneers were not believers because they didn't believe quote the way the rest of the muslim world believe you look at the muslim world they have the book and they still got problems so we have been blessed with the leadership of professor for  and and to appreciate those in the past from the past and to move forward and to have integrity to have good common sense and to work with right minded people is not about you know working with the nuts the stop competing with the food and compete with the wives and i think if we do that and use the language in the koran and see the science and the psychology of the  then we will be will be better off there's so much that we could add as muslims to the society and let's do it in a positive way you know every day we see the negative but it's time for us to come for the positive thing who have kept alive so today that we will have it in its proper form and that we will understand their religion so we thank you for tuning in and we hope that we were able to give you