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The world lost both Bob Marley, the King of Reggae, and Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, under questionable circumstances, to say the least. This definitive work puts the pieces together in a convincing way demonstrating that there is much more to the story of the deaths of both cultural icons.

The Black man loves his weed. Few potheads, however, are aware of the fact that marijuana was covertly weaponized against Black people. Cannabis was one of the earliest drugs investigated by the Central Intelligence Agency as part of its Project MK-ULTRA (1953-1973) which sought to "gain control over human behavior through covert use of chemical and biological materials." Black people were the frequent targets and guinea pigs for this Project. An enhanced form of marijuana was created by the Agency as a psychochemical weapon to be used during covert operations against targeted persons or groups. Much of the marijuana that hit the streets in the 1970s and 1980s was flown into the country from Latin America by CIA assets. It thus came through Agency hands before it fell into potheads’ hands. This is the story of the Weaponization of Weed, the Weaponization of Hip Hop and the Scientific Assault on Black America.

The God of the monotheistic (’one God’) religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - is usually perceived in one of two ways: (1) as a formless spirit or (2) as a white man (see for example the image from the Biblioteca Aposotolica Vaticana which graces the front-jacket of Bernhard Lang’s recent book, The Hebrew God: Portrait of an Ancient Deity: the image is of God the creator as a white-bearded, purple-robed, white male). But these conceptions of God, Dr. Wesley Muhammad demonstrates, are not rooted in the primary texts-Bible and Qu’ran-but instead stem from ideas and sensitivities of a later period and a foreign cultural-intellectual orientation (Hellenism or Greek philosophy).

In contrast, the God of the Semitic monotheistic tradition, that tradition from which sprung the Bible and Qur’an, is neither formless nor white: he is a man-immortal, supremely holy, and possessing a black body. This is the same black God that we encounter in the religious literature throughout the ancient Near East. The black body of God was the focus of the ancient mysteries, for example in New Kingdom Egypt and Vedic India, and was at the center of the esoteric tradition of theTemple in Jerusalem. One of the priests of this Temple and custodians of the secret of this Black God was the priest responsible for the editing of the Torah (the so-called Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch of the Old Testament) The Truth of God is a History-of-Religions study based on a critical examination of the primary texts of scripture (Bible, Qur’an, Sunnah) in Hebrew, Greek and Arabic, as well as the critical scholarship in the secondary literature: English, German and French.

This multi-lingual literacy has enabled Dr. Wesley Muhammad to answer the question, ’Who is God?’ from the scriptural perspective with a depth not heretofore seen in writing. Dr. Wesley Muhammad has also drawn extensively from the religious texts, in translation, of the ancient Near East and India. With these primary and secondary sources he has been able to demonstrate that:

(1) According to a widespread ancient Near and Far Eastern tradition, as evidenced in Egyptian, Sumerian/Babylonian, and Indic sources, God the creator was a black god, with a black body. The answers to such questions as: how did this body develop, of what substance was this body made, and why was this body black, were the focus of the mysteries in these nations.
(2) The Creator God of Ancient Israel was this same Black God, and those responsible for forming the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) were devotees of this Black God.
(3) The Black God of ancient Near Eastern and Semitic monotheistic traditions was a self-created black man-god, whose physical (though not spiritual) beginnings were from an atom hidden in a primordial darkness. The Hebrew of Genesis I specifies that this was a triple-darkness in which this atom was hidden and from which Elohim (God) emerged.
(4) According to the Hebrew Bible and Arabic Qur’an the original black man, in his original state, was God on earth.
(5) The Bible and the Qur’an/Sunnah, when allowed to speak their own languages (Hebrew, Greek and Arabic) affirm that God is a transcendent man, not a transcendent, formless spirit.
(6) The God of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Qur’an is this same Black God of the ancient Near East and ancient Israel.

The claim of modern Muslim theologians that God has no form and could never be a man is based on later theological developments away from the Qur’an and Sunnah, developments inspired by the introduction of Greek philosophic ideas into Islam.

Did the Honorable Elijah Muhammad teach true Islam or was he simply a powerful social reformer who spun an interpretation of Islam that was religiously blasphemous? Dr. Wesley Muhammad, an Islamic scholar with a Doctorate in Islamic Studies, brings a wealth of information from the Classical Arabic/Islamic tradition to this discussion. He sheds light on the criteria that should be used to assess the Islamicity of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s teachings.

Dr. Wesley demonstrates that the original Arabic context of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, as well as the Arabic Sunni orthodoxy of the 8th-9th centuries, differed from the later de-Arabized orthodoxy that currently dominates discussions of God in Islam. When evaluated based on this de-Arabized Islam, the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad may appear radically divergent and un-Islamic. However, when viewed through the lens of the Arabic Qur’an, Sunnah, and the Arabic Sunni Tradition, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s teachings align with the teachings that came through Prophet Muhammad.

This newly revised 2nd edition of Dr. Wesley’s work also includes an intense academic dialogue between scholars from the respective religious communities of Minister Louis Farrakhan (Nation of Islam) and Imam W.D. Mohammed (Mosque Cares), engaging in a discussion on this controversial subject matter.

Is Islam a Religion of the Black Man as suggested by Elijah Muhammad? Or is it a slave religion originated by white Arabs and imposed on Black People? Dr. Wesley Muhammad addresses this question with scholarship in his latest work. He brings together a tremendous amount of research to demonstrate that:

• Ancient Black Arabia, the matrix of Islam, is a root of civilization and an integral component of the Global African Civilization paradigm.
• The veneration of Allah as the supreme God predates the Arabian prophet Muhammad by millennia.
• The oldest records indicate that Blacks or Africans in Arabia were the originators of this veneration.
• And much more.

Renowned Africentric Scholar Wayne B. Chandler, author of Ancient Future, commends Dr. Wesley Muhammad’s work, stating:

I began going through it and I must say I was really impressed with your work and historical insights. More times than not, much of what has come on the heels of the work we did with Ivan Van Sertima has been no more than a regurgitation of our ideas, directions, and story lines. I applaud you in creating a written work which is fresh and inspiring. I am enjoying the read. Peace & Blessings.

With this scholarly perspective, Dr. Wesley Muhammad sheds light on the origins of Islam and its relationship to the Black Man, challenging prevalent narratives and providing a nuanced understanding of its historical context.