Editing Nation of Islam (section)

== Accusations of prejudice ==
{{Main|Nation of Islam and antisemitism}}

Criticism of the Nation has come from both non-black and black individuals,{{sfn|McCutcheon|2013b|p=574}} amongst them African-American civil rights activists like the NAACP's [[Roy Wilkins]], who considers the NOI a [[hate group]].{{sfn|Curtis IV|2002|p=182}} The group has repeatedly been accused of stirring up racial hatred against whites,{{sfn|Barrett|2001|p=253}} as for instance in a 1993 speech at [[Kean College]], when the NOI representative [[Khalid Abdul Muhammad]] stated that [[White South Africans]] should be given 24 hours to leave their country, with any remaining after that point being killed.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=264}} Amongst the Nation's critics are the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], which accuses it of promoting black supremacism as well as anti-LGBT rhetoric.<ref name="Nation">{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Nation of Islam |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/nation-islam |access-date=11 July 2020 |publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]] |archive-date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011080634/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/nation-islam |url-status=live }}</ref>

The NOI has also repeatedly faced accusations of [[antisemitism]].{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=1996|1pp=232–233|2a1=Barrett|2y=2001|2p=253|3a1=Perry|3a2=Schweitzer|3y=2002|3pp=213-214}} In the 1980s, Farrakhan referred to [[Judaism]] as a "dirty religion"{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=1996|1p=253|2a1=Gibson|2y=2012|2p=95}} and described [[Adolf Hitler]] as a "very great man" who "raised Germany up from nothing".{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=252}} Farrakhan dismissed the claim that the Jews are [[Jews as the chosen people|God's Chosen People]] as "ridiculous", insisting that this role is taken by the black race.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|pp=258–259}} At his Kean College speech, Khalid Mohammad referred to the "Jew-nited Nations" in "Jew York City" and stated that the Jewish people deserved Hitler.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=264}} The NOI Health Minister Abdul Alim Muhammad accused Jewish doctors of injecting blacks with the [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] virus;<ref>[http://www.adl.org/focus_sheets/focus_islam.asp Nation of Islam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426194442/http://www.adl.org/focus_sheets/focus_islam.asp |date=2006-04-26 }}, Nation of Islam website; accessed December 7, 2014.</ref>{{sfn|Stein|2002|p=10}} in 2020 [[Ishmael Muhammad]] claimed that Jews were receiving different vaccines for [[COVID-19]] from other people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Nation of Islam official: COVID-19 vaccine part of a plot to kill off blacks |url=https://www.jns.org/senior-nation-of-islam-official-covid-19-vaccine-part-of-a-plot-to-kill-off-blacks/ |access-date=29 December 2020 |website=JNS |date=27 December 2020 |publisher=Jewish News Syndicate |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230070821/https://www.jns.org/senior-nation-of-islam-official-covid-19-vaccine-part-of-a-plot-to-kill-off-blacks/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991, the NOI published an anonymously authored book, ''[[The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews]]'', which claimed that Jews were disproportionately responsible for the Atlantic slave trade.{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=1996|1pp=260–261|2a1=Reid-Pharr|2y=1996|2pp=140–141|3a1=Knight|3y=2000|3p=163}}

Among those accusing the NOI of antisemitism has been the [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL),{{sfnm|1a1=Gibson|1y=2012|1p=97|2a1=Izadi|2a2=Hosseini|2a3=Mohammadi|2a4=Anjomeruz|2y=2020|2p=159}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nation of Islam |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/the-nation-of-islam |access-date=March 23, 2021 |website=Anti-Defamation League |archive-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402230801/https://www.adl.org/resources/profiles/the-nation-of-islam |url-status=live }}</ref> a Jewish organization that has placed the group under surveillance, lobbied against it, and attempted to block its enterprises.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=259}} Other Jewish groups have also been critical of the NOI; four Jewish organizations withdrew their sponsorship of the [[Parliament of World Religions]] when it invited Farrakhan to speak,{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=245}} while Jewish student groups have picketed Farrakhan's speeches on university campuses.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=259}} Far-right Jewish groups have gone further; the [[Jewish Defense League]] organized a 1985 "Death to Farrakhan" march, while the [[Jewish Defense Organization]] included Farrakhan on its kill list.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=269}}