The Nation teaches that there has been a succession of mortal gods, each a black man named Allah, of whom Fard Muhammad is the most recent. It claims that the first Allah created the earliest humans, the Arabic-speaking, dark-skinned Tribe of Shabazz, whose members possessed inner divinity and from whom all people of color descend. It maintains that a scientist named Yakub then created the white race. The whites lacked inner divinity, and were intrinsically violent; they overthrew the Tribe of Shabazz and achieved global dominance. Setting itself against the white-dominated society of the United States, the NOI campaigns for the creation of an independent African-American nation state, and calls for African-Americans to be economically self-sufficient and separatist. A millenarian tradition, it maintains that Fard Muhammad will soon return aboard a spaceship, the "Mother Plane" or "Mother Ship", to wipe out the white race and establish a utopia. Members worship in buildings called mosques or temples. Practitioners are expected to live disciplined lives, adhering to strict dress codes, specific dietary requirements, and patriarchal gender roles.
the nation teaches that there has been a succession of mortal gods each a black man named allah of whom fard muhammad is the most recent it claims that the first allah created the earliest humans the arabic-speaking dark-skinned tribe of shabazz whose members possessed inner divinity and from whom all people of color descend it maintains that a scientist named yakub then created the white race the whites lacked inner divinity and were intrinsically violent; they overthrew the tribe of shabazz and achieved global dominance setting itself against the white-dominated society of the united states the noi campaigns for the creation of an independent african-american nation state and calls for african-americans to be economically self-sufficient and separatist a millenarian tradition it maintains that fard muhammad will soon return aboard a spaceship the "mother plane" or "mother ship" to wipe out the white race and establish a utopia members worship in buildings called mosques or temples practitioners are expected to live disciplined lives adhering to strict dress codes specific dietary requirements and patriarchal gender roles