Introduction to a Study of Government: Civic Engagement & 10 Community Ministries

This book does much justice to the early founders of the Nation of Islam in North America. It contains several pictures of those pioneers and followers of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad including his family members and Ministers of the 1930’s and 1940’s. You shall read how Master Fard Muhammad (Teacher of Elijah Muhammad) established nine laborers under Himself to govern the Nation of Islam during the early 1930’s. This rudimentary beginning was the underpinning upon which a whole new world would evolve because it was rooted in a universal principle.
You will see in this book that we include definitions of certain critical words to help the reader comprehend the concept of terms such as government, civics and ministry to show how it relates to the contents and context of our objective. By this we mean, one of the most intriguing questions from the past to the present about the Nation of Islam is: Why do members of the Nation of Islam refer to their structure as a NATION? So as to get one to comprehend, the definition given for the word “Nation” is: A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture or language inhabiting a particular country or territory. Thus, the Nation of Islam—descendants of America’s Trans-Atlantic slave trade has been established in the western hemisphere as a government.
In conclusion, this book serves as a syllabus and work booklet full of questions to be answered by the reader. It is our objective that all descendants of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade complete this booklet. Then begin moving toward the direction of self-governance as a Nation within a nation (America) employing the 10 Ministries presented by the Nation of Islam in the West.