Editing Nation of Islam (section)

===White rule===

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| source = Louis Farrakhan’s views on white people being the devil{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=148}}
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In the Nation's teachings, the ruling Allah permitted the white race to rule the Earth for 6000 years,{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=1996|1pp=59, 148|2a1=Tinaz|2y=1996|2p=197|3a1=Acevado|3a2=Ordner|3a3=Thompson|3y=2010|3p=139}} a period ending in 1914.{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=1996|1pp=59, 16|2a1=Fishman|2a2=Soage|2y=2013|2p=63|3a1=Curtis IV|3y=2016|3p=16}} It claims that the ruling Allahs allowed this so that black people would discover humanity's inner potential for evil and learn how to defeat it, thus enabling them to realize their inner divine capacity and become gods.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=150}}

The NOI claims that over 6000 years ago the whites began to dominate the world,{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=152}} using treacherous tactics that the Nation calls "tricknology".{{sfn|Potorti|2017|p=69}} As part of this, the whites enslaved the Tribe of Shabazz, shipping many of them to the Americas through the Atlantic slave trade.{{sfn|Curtis IV|2016|p=16}} The NOI claims that most enslaved blacks forgot their true names, their Arabic language, and their Muslim identity, instead embracing Christianity,{{sfn|Curtis IV|2016|p=16}} which the Nation labels "white man's religion".{{sfnm|1a1=Tinaz|1y=2006|1p=160|2a1=Acevado|2a2=Ordner|2a3=Thompson|2y=2010|2p=140|3a1=Colley|3y=2014|3p=400}} The group deems Christianity a tool of white supremacy used to subjugate black people,{{sfnm|1a1=Barnett|1y=2006|1p=882|2a1=Soumahoro|2y=2007|2p=46|3a1=Finley|3y=2022|3pp=34, 44}} and expresses the belief that the oppressed (African Americans) and the oppressors (European Americans) cannot share the same god.{{sfn|Soumahoro|2007|p=39}} The Nation claims that in their enslaved state, black people have lost their morality by engaging in sinful behaviour such as fornication and drinking alcohol,{{sfn|Curtis IV|2016|p=16}} something encouraged by the whites.{{sfn|Potorti|2017|p=69}} In making this argument, the NOI equates the United States with the city of [[Babylon]] as presented in the Bible.{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=1996|1p=60|2a1=Soumahoro|2y=2007|2p=41}}

The Nation thus understands the modern subjugation of African Americans as part of an ancient white conspiracy.{{sfn|Soumahoro|2007|p=41}} The group interprets many of the problems facing African Americans in this light; Farrakhan for instance claimed that the white establishment encouraged a black gang culture to provide an excuse for the police killing of black youths,{{sfn|Gardell|1996|pp=286–287}} that they flooded black-majority areas with drugs,{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=301}} and that they created [[AIDS]] to exterminate black people.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|pp=325–327}} The Nation is also openly critical of U.S. aggression towards countries with non-white and Muslim majorities,{{sfn|Izadi|Hosseini|Mohammadi|Anjomeruz|2020|p=151}} and in keeping with its ethos has adopted an [[Anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]] position regarding Israel.{{sfn|Izadi|Hosseini|Mohammadi|Anjomeruz|2020|pp=141, 148}}