The Nation of Islam and Elijah's message to the blackman in America
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2015
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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This dissertation presents a comparison between the nation of Islam as an organization and the basic standards of Islam as religion. This comparison stands at the level of ideologies and principles. In order to achieve that, it examines the different views of the Nation of Islam through one particular book of Elijah Muhammad that is Message to the Blackman in America (1965). This dissertation aimed at knowing the difference between this organization and the well-known principles of Islam. Many scholars argue that the ideologies of this organization are not compatible with the conventional frame of Islam as a religion. In other words, elijah, the leader used a this organization as a cover for his personal interests. Hence, this dissertation attempts to investigate this particular point. More, it aimes at erasing the opaque questions which surround this topic. There is however a particular focus on the ideas of Elijah considering that he calls for certain issues which profoundly differ from the ones of the traditional Islam. The final analysis comes to prove that in spite of the wide influence of this organization and Elijah, it cannot be considered as a reliable reference to the traditional Islam.
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Islam : nationalisme, Black muslims : history