wikipedia | In 1977, Louis Farrakhan
rejected Warith Deen Mohammed's leadership and re-established the
Nation of Islam on the original model. He took over the Nation of
Islam's headquarter Temple, Mosque Maryam (Mosque #2), which is located in Chicago. Its official newspaper is The Final Call.
The Nation of Islam does not publish its membership numbers; in 2007,
the core membership was estimated between 20,000 and 50,000, but their
following was believed to be larger.[9]
Most of the members are in the United States, but there are minority
communities in other countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom,
France, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago.
Since 2010, under Farrakhan, members have been strongly encouraged to study Dianetics, and the Nation currently claims it has trained 1055 Auditors.[10]
Written lessons from 1930 to 1934 were passed from W. Fard Muhammad
to his student, Elijah Muhammad. These were collected and entitled The Supreme Wisdom.
The Nation of Islam continues to teach its followers that the present
world society is segmented into three distinct categories. They teach
that from a general perspective, 85% of the population are the "deaf,
dumb and blind" masses of the people who "are easily led in the wrong
direction and hard to lead in the right direction". Those 85% of the
masses are said to be manipulated by 10% of the people. Those 10% rich
"slave-makers" are said to manipulate the 85% masses of the people
through ignorance, the skillful use of religious doctrine, and the mass
media.
The third group is referred to as the 5% "poor righteous teachers" of
the people of the world, who know the truth of the manipulation of the
85% masses of the people by the 10%. The 5% "righteous teachers" are at
constant struggle and war with the 10% to reach and "free the minds" of
the masses of the people.[28]
