The Trouble With Farrakhan & the Nation of Islam: Another Message to the Black Man in America [Paperback]

Elreta Dodds (Author)

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Despite vicious attacks by Nation of Islam leaders on Christianity, the black church has barely responded. The result has been that the NOI has proved a bridge for African-Americans to move in large numbers toward Islam. In her self-published reply to Louis Farrakhan, Dodds does not mince words, calling the NOI leader "an antichrist and a false prophet steered by racist views...His spiritual father is Satan." To show that he "teaches false doctrine," she closely analyses in detail four of Farrakhan's notable speeches in 1995-96, including his address at the Million Man March. She is particulary upset at the way he tries to "convince unstudied Christians that Muslims and Christians worship the same God and that the Bible and the Koran basically say the same thing." Toward this end, she finds he again and again "takes biblical scripture and perverts it." She also points to many inconsistencies in Farrakhan's statements, his close ties to dictators like Mu'ammar al-Qadhd! hafi, and the unspeakable blasphemy of his likening himself to God. Whether Dodds is a lonely voice in the wilderness or the cutting edge of major black Christian response is yet to be seen. -- Book Review, Middle East Quarterly, December 1998

Product Details

• Paperback: 211 pages
• Publisher: Press Toward the Mark Pubns; 1st edition (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966039009
• ISBN-13: 978-0966039009
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,434,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Faulty Reserch, September 30, 2003

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Jimmy Quentin Trapp (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Trouble With Farrakhan & the Nation of Islam: Another Message to the Black Man in America (Paperback)

If you want to read a good text on the black Muslims, read C. Eric Lincolns "The Black Muslims in America" or Steven Tsoukalas "The Nation of Islam: Understanding the Black Muslims". In both of these books, the authors do not bash the Black Muslim,but bring a very detailed outline of what the Black Muslims believe and thier history. With Elreta Dodds, however, that is all she is doing. Chapter after chapter she's just takes apart the Black Muslims theology based on premises that have no business being in her critque of the NOI. At the back of the book, thier is a list of her sources, and the only book I can find that is a legitimate source got finding out about Black Muslim information is C. Eric Lincolns book. Dodds has written a book that comes from a closed minded CHristian perspective. Her mind set is "If it's not Christian, then it is not good" When writting a book such as she has, she should have been a little more sensative towards her research and to whom she is talking to.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, April 19, 2002

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TheHighlander (Richfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Trouble With Farrakhan & the Nation of Islam: Another Message to the Black Man in America (Paperback)

This was the first book that I have read on Minister Farrakhan. I have heard both positive and negative comments on his teachings and, although not a Muslim myself, wanted to learn more on the subject. The book initially absorbed me with the comparison of Christianity, The Nation of Islam and Orthodox Islam. I enjoyed reading the history of the three religions and how they differed. However, after the initial chapters reviewing the history aspect it seemed to me that Elreta Dodds did not present an objective view on her subject. It became obvious that the purpose of her book was to trash Minister Farrakhan based on his religious beliefs versus the authors. This book seemed to be a bit biased overall. The objectivity was thrown out the window and replaced with Elreta's personal views. Perhaps I bought the book expecting a different angle. The Minister's speeches are disected with an unrelenting pejorative tone. While I did gather a basic dislike of what he has been preaching I wish that this would not have been the first book that I read on the subject. It left me wondering if all the negative comments I have heard about the man may have, to some point, been overblown by those on the far opposite end of his teachings. For those that like unbiased facts and like to contemplate these facts on their own I do not recommend this book. For those that have their minds made up and would like to read comments of someone that thinks like they do, this is your book. I was a bit dissapointed.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elreta's evidence of Farakhan's deception, July 6, 2001

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Ovella Davis (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Trouble With Farrakhan & the Nation of Islam: Another Message to the Black Man in America (Paperback)

This book was indeed the best presentation of truth; not just from an apologetic view but from a cultural as well as a biblical view. The evidence is well researched and accurate. No true knowledge presented can ever be called dumb. (Such a poor choice of words for a book review...).

A must read to all who desire to know the truth about Farakhan,and the devices and deceptions that plague this generation. Its a well written book that proves how we perish for lack of knowledge.