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The New Organizing Institute (NOI) was a progressive grassroots organization located in Washington, D.C., until it dissolved in 2015. Founded in 2005 by Judith Freeman and Zack Exley , the non-profit organization was responsible for training many of the Democratic Party's digital organizers. [ 1 ]
The NOI became a foil for the civil rights movement, which presented the group as evidence for the harmful effect that poor race relations were having in the U.S. [299] In 1962, Los Angeles police raided one of the Nation's temples; one member was killed and seven injured, attracting national press attention. [300]
All men registered in the Nation of Islam as members are by default a part of the FOI. All Nation of Islam mosques have a branch of the FOI headed by a local captain who is appointed by the local minister. While NOI does not release membership figures, estimates made in 2007 for total membership in the NOI range from 30,000 to 50,000. [5]
Mosque Maryam, also known as Muhammad Mosque #2 or Temple #2, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam, located in Chicago, Illinois.It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood. [1]
The United Nation of Islam (UNOI) is a black American new religious movement based in Kansas City, Kansas.It was founded in 1978 as an offshoot of the Nation of Islam by Royall Jenkins, who continued to be the group's leader until he died in September 2021 of complications resulting from COVID-19.
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a black nationalist religious group founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. While it identifies itself as promoting a form of Islam, its beliefs differ considerably from mainstream Islamic traditions. Scholars of religion characterize it as a new religious movement. It operates as a ...
Ishmael Muhammad (born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1964) [1] is an American member of the Nation of Islam, and son of Elijah Muhammad and Tynnetta Muhammad.He is the Nation of Islam national assistant minister to Louis Farrakhan.
The original newspaper of The Nation of Islam was called The Final Call to Islam and was published by Nation of Islam Leader Messenger Elijah Muhammad in the 1930s. This small newspaper evolved into Muhammad Speaks in the 1960s and attracted a circulation of 900,000 per week, with monthly circulation of 2.5 million. [4]