You get heard when you speak. While whites cannot become members, the mosque does welcome visible-minority groups. Mr. Muhammad said the mosque has Chinese, Korean, and Hispanic members. The Nation of Islam believes that the black man was the original man on the Earth and that all the other races followed. The white man came last.
Charity starts at home.
However, the membership is composed of people who set up study groups in different parts of Toronto and Kitchener, Ont. He says there are other groups in Ottawa and Montreal. While Mr. Muhammad is a minister, he is not yet allowed to perform rites such as marriages. He said that his supporters are looking into how he can get the authority to do so in Canada. Mr. Muhammad, who came to Canada from Buffalo, says he was performing marriages in the United States.