What is Nation of Islam?
[[File:Noi flag 2.svg|right|thumb|Nation of Islam flag]]{{multiple image | align = right | image1 = Malcolm X NYWTS 2a.jpg | width1 = 160 | caption1 = | image2 = Muhammad Ali NYWTS.jpg | width2 = 175 | caption2 = | footer = During the early 1960s, [[Malcolm X]] (left) and [[Muhammad Ali]] (right) helped raise the profile of the Nation. }} The '''Nation of Islam''' is a [[Black nationalism|Black nationalist]] [[Religion|religious]] [[Cult|movement]]. ==History== The Nation of Islam (NOI) was founded in [[Detroit, Michigan]], in 1930 by Master Farad Muhammad and re-founded in 1977 under the leadership of [[Louis Farrakhan]]. The original group founded in the 1930s changed its name to American Society of Muslims, which rejected many of its original beliefs, including black [[separatism]]. NOI's main [[Task|goal]] is to bring back the [[Spirituality|spiritual]], [[mind|mental]], [[society|social]] and [[economy|economic]] condition of [[African Americans|Black people]] in the [[United States]]. Since 1981, the group has been led by [[Louis Farrakhan]]. [[Malcolm X]] was also a member until March 8, 1964, a year before his [[assassination]].<ref> * {{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=2 Men Convicted of Killing Malcolm X Will Be Exonerated After Decades |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/nyregion/malcolm-x-killing-exonerated.html |last1=Southall |first1=Ashley |last2=Bromwich |first2=Jonah E. |date=November 17, 2021 |access-date=February 23, 2025 |quote=Updated June 22, 2023}} * {{cite news |work=[[BBC News]] |title='He meant a great deal to me and my people': How the assassination of Malcolm X shook the US 60 years ago |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20250214-how-the-killing-of-malcolm-x-shook-the-us |last=McKevitt |first=Greg |date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 23, 2025}} * {{cite news |work=USA Today |title=Remembering the legacy of Malcom X, 60 years after his assassination |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/02/20/malcolm-x-legacy-as