Muslim Girls Training & General Civilization Class (MGT & GCC) is the all-female training program of the
Nation of Islam. It is often considered to be the counterpart for girls and women to the
Fruit of Islam
The Fruit of Islam (FOI) is the security and disciplinary wing of the Nation of Islam (NOI). It has also been described as its paramilitary wing. The Fruit of Islam wear distinctive blue, brown or white uniforms and caps and have units at all NOI ...
.
History
The Muslim Girls Training & General Civilization Class is one of the institutions established in 1933 by
Wallace Fard Muhammad
Wallace Dodd Fard, also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad or Master Fard Muhammad (; reportedly born February 26, – disappeared ), was the founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several alia ...
, founder of the
Nation of Islam. He also established the University of Islam schools and the
Fruit of Islam
The Fruit of Islam (FOI) is the security and disciplinary wing of the Nation of Islam (NOI). It has also been described as its paramilitary wing. The Fruit of Islam wear distinctive blue, brown or white uniforms and caps and have units at all NOI ...
in that year before vanishing in 1934. The classes were developed to teach domestic duties like cooking and nutrition, sewing, cleaning, housekeeping, child-rearing, religious instruction and the role of women in Muslim life and even personal hygiene and self-defense. Classes are generally held at least once a week.
[Edward E. Curtis, ''Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975'', University of North Carolina Press 2006, page 146]
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Nation of Islam
Women's religious organizations