Nation of Islam Looks to UFOs to Save the World

Nation of Islam Looks to UFOs to Save the World: "It isn't often you hear about entire religious groups seriously interested in unidentified flying objects. But UFOs are what the Nation of Islam, led by the controversial Minister Louis Farrakhan, considers among its core beliefs.

The Nation of Islam was founded in 1930 in Detroit by a former clothing salesman, Wallace Dodd Fard (Muhammad later added to his name), a minister whose followers believed was the personification of God on Earth. His student and successor, Elijah Poole (who later became Elijah Muhammad), referred to Fard as a spokesman of God or Allah.

NOI followers believe they originate from a lost nation of African descent who were captured and exploited into slavery by white oppressors referred to as 'devils.' It fell to the hands of Fard and then Poole to lead African-Americans into a new self-awareness and self-independence...."