Elijah Muhammad, Other Muslims, and Islam

Was Elijah Muhammad a Muslim? Can the Nation of Islam be considered part of the larger Islamic tradition? These questions vex scholars and Muslims alike. A broad definition of Islam might begin with the Five Principles of Islam: belief in Allah, angels, prophets, scriptures, and judgment day. Obviou...

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1. Verfasser:	Berg, Herbert
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	Was Elijah Muhammad a Muslim? Can the Nation of Islam be considered part of the larger Islamic tradition? These questions vex scholars and Muslims alike. A broad definition of Islam might begin with the Five Principles of Islam: belief in Allah, angels, prophets, scriptures, and judgment day. Obviously, Elijah Muhammad’s teachings are at variance with several of these principles as traditionally defined. Not surprisingly, therefore, many Muslims have objected to some of the more prominent features of Elijah Muhammad’s formulation of Islam. They rightly ask, if the assertions that Fard Muhammad was “Allah in person,” that Elijah Muhammad was Fard