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Five Percent
The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE) or the Five Percenters, is a Black nationalist movement influenced by Islam that was founded in 1964 in the Harlem section of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, by Allah the Father, who was previously known as Clarence 13X and, before that, Clarence Edward Smith. Members of the group call themselves Allah's Five Percenters, which reflects the concept that ten percent of the people in the world are elites and their agents, who know the truth of existence and opt to keep eighty-five percent of the world in ignorance and under their controlling thumb; the remaining five percent are those who know the truth and are determined to enlighten the eighty-five percent. The Nation of Gods and Earths teaches the belief that Black people are the original people of the planet Earth and are therefore the fathers ("Gods") and mothers ("Earths") of civilization. The Nation teaches that Supreme Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakeel Allah
Wakeel Allah is an American author, and a member of the Nation of Islam. He is best known for his books ''In the Name of Allah: A History of Clarence 13X and the Five Percenters Vol. 1'', and his subsequent book ''In the Name of Allah: A History of Clarence 13X and the Five Percenters Vol. 2''. Life Wakeel Allah was born and raised in Plainfield, NJ, and joined the Five-Percent Nation as a freshman at Plainfield High School. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta and became a prominent advocate of Five Percenter and Nation of Islam teachings and was responsible for recruiting distinguished members to both movements. Wakeel Allah and Dr. Wesley Muhammad founded the organization known as the Allah Team, which is a society of Islamic educators, activists, artists, and cultural influencers. Wakeel Allah is also a member of the Nation of Islam under the leadership of Minister Louis Farrakhan. Career Wakeel Allah has been viewed as a premiere historian of the Five Percent Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |