Happy Independence Day!

By FinalCall.com News | Last updated: Jul 8, 2014 - 7:57:33 PM

CHICAGO—The Fourth of July was a special day for the Nation of Islam as it marked the 84th anniversary of the founding of the Nation and the first Friday Juma’ah congregation prayer service for Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting and prayer.

During congregational prayer service July 4 at Mosque Maryam, Imam Sultan Rahman Muhammad, resident imam, talked about the coming of the Great Mahdi prophesied to come out of the linage of Muhammad, the Holy Prophet of Islam, and the Mahdi’s appearance in North America. Student Minister Ishmael Muhammad noted the historic and joyous nature of the day, which marks the coming of Master Fard Muhammad, the Great Mahdi prophesied in Islam and the Messiah of the Christians. This mighty one started teaching in Detroit in 1930 and was the teacher of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

“Whose independence? Since 1776 you, Black man, have been worshipping the 4th of July along with the real author of the 4th of July ... (the White man) as a day of Independence for themselves,” wrote Mr. Muhammad in his groundbreaking book, “The Fall of America” in 1973.

“They wrote the Declaration of Independence for themselves. The White man did not put anything in the Declaration of Independence for the benefit of the Black Man, who was the servitude slave of the White man at that time. The joy which the Black slave experienced on these holidays of the White man was due to the Black man getting rest from his labor and the days which the White man had set aside for celebration. That is all the Black slave was rejoicing over ... that he did not have to work that day,” he continued.

“But, you are free now; and you do not need this for an excuse for your worship of the 4th of July. There is no further need for us to worship the gaining of the White man’s independence. Let us take a look again at our own Black independence and how it came on this same day of the 4th of July ... at the Coming of
Allah (God) Who came in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom praises are due forever, on July 4, 1930. The significance of His coming to us, on the Independence Day of the White man, is very great. It is their day of great rejoicing. … Allah (God) came to give justice and freedom to us and to make us equal members in the society of the new powerful, strong, and wise people of the earth. Ever since that day, the 4th of July, 1930, has meant the doom of American domination over the Black man of America and the Black people of the earth. Ever since that day, America has been falling.

“America’s fall is not imminent ... it is now going on. America refused to break her fall when she could have broken her fall, as the Bible teaches us. Babylon could have been healed, but she was not (Je. 51:9). She did not do anything to warrant such forgiveness.”

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