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From: araja@m2.csc.ti.com (Ali Raja)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: ET Joins with Minister Louis Farrakhan to defeat the "White Menace"
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Date: 15 Jan 90 20:28:23 GMT
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In article  <6609@wpi.wpi.edu> steve%revolver@gatech.edu writes:
>Minister Louis Farrakhan is the head of the American Black Muslim movement
>known as the "Nation of Islam."

I've heard of this sect of people.  It is my understanding that they
are an offshoot from Islam that has incorporated a great deal of other
teachings; the philosophy being to provide American Blacks with a 
religion that would serve as an alternative to the religion practised
by white people.  I have heard that it is mostly a reaction to rascism
more than having anything to do with Islam itself.  Would anyone more
learned then myself in this subject care to shed light on this matter?

I am interested because the name of Islam is being used here..