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The Five Percenter Universal Flag (Seven, Sun, Moon, and Star).

The Nation of Gods and Earths, commonly known as the Five-Percent Nation, the Five-Percent Nation of Islam, or the Five Percenters was founded in Harlem in 1964 by Clarence 13X, known to his young disciples as Allah (the Arabic term for God) or the Father. The Nation of Gods and Earths angered religious and political leaders, who viewed the group as an offshoot of the Nation of Islam (NOI), which was already viewed by traditional Muslims as heretical. This came with the Nation having stated its predicted coming and its goal of seeking freedom, justice, and equality from economic, political, social, educational, and religious injustices in the United States and the world over. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File links UniversalFlag. ... Image File history File links UniversalFlag. ... This article is about the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. ... Clarence 13X, deified as Allah by the Nation of Gods and Earths. ... This article is about the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and social/political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with the self-proclaimed goal of resurrecting the spiritual, mental, social, economic condition of the black man and woman of America and belief that God will bring... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... For other uses, see Freedom. ... This article is about the concept of justice. ... Equal Rights redirects here. ... Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [okos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules hence household management) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. ... Politics is the process by which decisions are made within groups. ... Social refers to human society or its organization. ... Religious is a term with both a technical definition and folk use. ... For other uses, see World (disambiguation). ...

Founding

Clarence 13X on an undated photograph.

The group was founded by Clarence 13X (née Clarence Jowars Smith), who was credited with originating the teachings that formed the foundations of the Five-Percenter movement.^[1] Clarence 13X was a Korean War veteran who served as a Private First Class between October 1952 and October 1954, receiving a Bronze Service Star, Korean Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, and a United Nations Service Medal, and served until 1960 in the United States Army Reserve.^[2][3] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1190x1464, 1235 KB) Summary http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1190x1464, 1235 KB) Summary http://www. ... Clarence 13X, deified as Allah by the Nation of Gods and Earths. ... Belligerents United Nations: Republic of Korea Australia Belgium Canada Colombia Ethiopia France Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Philippines South Africa Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Naval Support and Military Servicing/Repairs: Japan Medical staff: Denmark Italy Norway India Sweden DPR Korea PR China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung... US Military In the U.S. Army, Private First Class is the third lowest enlisted rank, just above Private and below Corporal or Specialist. ... The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service. ... The Korean Service Medal is a decoration of the United States military and was created in November 1950 by order of President Harry Truman. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The United Nations Service Medal is an international military decoration which was established by the United Nations on December 12, 1950. ... The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. ...

Clarence 13X was also a member of the Nation of Islam and attended NOI Temple Number Seven in Harlem, New York, where Malcolm X was a minister from 1960 to 1963. Multiple stories exist as to why Clarence 13X left Nation of Islam, some have Clarence refusing to give up gambling; others have him questioning the unique divinity of Wallace Fard Muhammad, whom the NOI believed was the True and Living God, or questioning his position due to the fact that Fard was part Caucasian. The story, regardless of version, states that Clarence was then disciplined by the NOI and excommunicated in 1963. This expulsion (this "expulsion" is also questioned because it is also said that Clarence left on his own free will along with two others who agreed with Clarence's questioning^{[citation needed]}) by the NOI led Clarence 13X to shed his Black Muslim name, and adopt the name Allah, proclaiming himself to be God (an echo of the 1930's black preacher Father Divine). He then began to teach others his views based on his own interpretation of NOI teachings. He found success beginning in late 1964 with the disenfranchised youth on the streets of Harlem.^{[2][1][4][5][6]} Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York City) was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ... For other uses, see Divinity (disambiguation) and Divine (disambiguation). ... Wallace Fard Muhammad (born circa 1891 – year of death unknown) was a preacher and founder of Faradian Islam, the Black-nationalist movement called the Nation of Islam (NOI), establishing its first mosque in Detroit, Michigan. ... Look up Caucasian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Excommunication is religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ... The phrase black Muslim is a term used mostly in the United States. ... Father Divine (c. ...

Teachings

Basis

The members of the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE) view themselves (men of their Nation) as their own God (both individually and collectively the Original Man).^[1] Five Percenters sometimes refer to themselves as scientists, implying their search for knowledge and proof, and not beliefs in theories.^[7] A scientist, in the broadest sense, refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices and traditions that are linked to schools of thought or philosophy. ...

The teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths are passed on through oral tradition, much like the griots of west Africa. The advancement of a Five Percenter is based on his or her memorization, recitation, comprehension, and practical application of the Supreme Mathematics and the Supreme Alphabet—lessons written by Clarence 13X—and also the 120 Lessons, sometimes referred to as degrees, a revised version of the Supreme Wisdom lessons of the NOI, originally written by Wallace Fard Muhammad and Elijah Muhammad.^[2][5][8] Griots, pronounced greeohs, are wordsmiths of West Africa who use poetry, proverbs, and rhythm to teach villagers about their history. ... The Supreme Mathematics, in the teachings the Nation of Gods and Earths, is a system of understanding numbers alongside concepts that are used along with the Supreme Alphabet as tools to unlocking the keys to reality and the universe. ... The Supreme Alphabet is, in the Nation of Gods and Earths, a system of interpreting text and finding deeper meaning in the original 120 Questions written by Elijah Muhammad and Wallace Fard Muhammad by assigning actual meanings to the letters of the Roman alphabet. ... Wallace Fard Muhammad (born circa 1891 – year of death unknown) was a preacher and founder of Faradian Islam, the Black-nationalist movement called the Nation of Islam (NOI), establishing its first mosque in Detroit, Michigan. ... Elijah Muhammad Elijah Muhammad (October 7, 1897 - February 25, 1975) is notable for his leadership of the Black Muslims and the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975. ...

Origin of Five-Percent title

Five Percenters also teach that Black people specifically, and the entire world population more generally, can be divided into three groups:

• The 85%, easily led in the wrong direction hard to be led in the right direction, who are the humble masses, mentally deaf, dumb, and blind to the truth about themselves and the world in which they live.
• The 10%, who understand much of the truth but use it to their advantage to keep the 85% under their control through religion, politics, entertainment, economics, and other methods.
• The 5%, who are the enlightened divine beings, having repossessed knowledge of the truth regarding the foundations of life and of oneself, and seek to punitively liberate the 85% through education.

The percentages presented, according to most Five Percenters, are not meant to be exact but are instead meant to represent the public, the religious and political rulers, and the few truly enlightened people on earth, respectively. The numbers used point out common traits to identify the members of these three groups and can be fully understood using the language of Supreme Mathematics.^{[2][1][4][7][8][6]} This article is about the visual condition. ... Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy, François Lemoyne, 1737 For other uses, see Truth (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... This article is about life in general. ... The Supreme Mathematics, in the teachings the Nation of Gods and Earths, is a system of understanding numbers alongside concepts that are used along with the Supreme Alphabet as tools to unlocking the keys to reality and the universe. ...

Supreme Mathematics

Main article: Supreme Mathematics

The Supreme Mathematics, in the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths, is a system of understanding numbers alongside concepts that are used along with the Supreme Alphabet.^[8][5] Despite its name, the Supreme Mathematics is not actually a system of mathematics. It instead is a variety of numerology specific to the theology and philosophy of the the Nation of Gods and Earths.^[2][1] The Supreme Mathematics, in the teachings the Nation of Gods and Earths, is a system of understanding numbers alongside concepts that are used along with the Supreme Alphabet as tools to unlocking the keys to reality and the universe. ... For other uses, see Number (disambiguation). ... For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... Look up numerology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ...

1. Knowledge 2. Wisdom 3. Understanding 4. Culture or Freedom 5. Power or Refinement 6. Equality 7. God 8. Build or Destroy 9. Born 0. Cipher

Supreme Alphabet

Main article: Supreme Alphabet

In the Nation of Gods and Earths, the Supreme Alphabet is a system of interpreting text and finding deeper meaning in the original muslim lessons or question and answers written by Elijah Muhammad and Wallace Fard Muhammad by assigning actual meanings to the letters of the Roman alphabet. It was developed by Clarence 13X, Allah, after splitting from the Nation of Islam, after which he developed his Supreme Understanding.^[2][1][5][8] The Supreme Alphabet is, in the Nation of Gods and Earths, a system of interpreting text and finding deeper meaning in the original 120 Questions written by Elijah Muhammad and Wallace Fard Muhammad by assigning actual meanings to the letters of the Roman alphabet. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...

Universal Flag

The Nation of Gods and Earths’ Universal Flag is the group's official trademark, which consists of a sun, moon, star, and the number seven. According to its doctrine, it represents the Original Family as the following: “(TM)” redirects here. ...

• 7 – The number held sacred in many ancient and modern traditions. In Supreme Mathematics, the number 7 represents Allah (God).
• Sun – Another symbol of the male, the Truth, and the Light. The points around the sun symbolize the expanding universe.
• Moon – The crescent moon symbolizes wisdom and women.
• Star – The five-pointed star symbolizes knowledge and children as the beginning of a new sun.

The eight-pointed star represents the NGE Lessons of Self-Awareness: Allah is the Arabic language word for God. ... Sol redirects here. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... This article is about the astronomical object. ...

• 1. The Supreme Mathematics
• 2. The Supreme Alphabet
• 3. 1-10
• 4. 1–36
• 5. 1-14
• 6. 1–40
• 7. Actual Facts
• 8. Solar Facts

It is said that if one knows 120, then one knows the above degrees.

Influence and interactions

City Hall

The Allah School in Mecca on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in New York

The Five Percenters established a headquarters in the Harlem section of Manhattan. The Allah School in Mecca, previously known as Allah's Street Academy, was founded in 1966 through the Urban League with the help of the Republican mayor of New York, John Lindsay, and his assistant, Barry Gottehrer. The agreement reached between Clarence and the Urban League was a payment of one dollar a day. The school's location of 2122 7th Avenue was perceived to be lucky: in the Supreme Mathematics, the number seven represents God, to which the digits of the address 2122 are the sum. The first programs instituted in the school contained 10 to 30 kids, state certified teachers, and three street workers. Graduates of the street academy would transfer to an academy of transition and then on to college preparatory school. Clarence disagreed with the program originally instituted at the Urban League, and so the curriculum was later turned over to him to manage, while the daily programs switched to math, English, and self defense.^[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the American politician. ... The Supreme Mathematics, in the teachings the Nation of Gods and Earths, is a system of understanding numbers alongside concepts that are used along with the Supreme Alphabet as tools to unlocking the keys to reality and the universe. ... Incorrect shortening of Mathematics. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For the legal usage, see Right of self-defense. ...

There is another academy, the Allah School in Medina, located in Brooklyn. This article is about the New York City borough, or Kings County, New York. ...

Conflicts

The schism between Clarence and the NOI led to numerous confrontations. The murder of Clarence in 1969 remains unsolved, but it has been blamed on a number of different culprits ranging from the FBI and the New York Police Department to the Nation of Islam. The murder was a blow to the movement, but according to the direct orders of Clarence before his departure, some of Clarence's earliest disciples, a group of nine men who were called the First Nine Born carried on the teachings, and an acting leadership role was assumed by his good friend, Justice. In the years to follow, the Five Percenters gained a varied reputation, from being known as outstanding members of and contributors to their communities who at one time, quelled a potential rebellion when Martin Luther King was assasinated to being called an unruly group of Black teenage thugs—even categorized as a gang by some.^[2][4] Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The New York City Police Department (NYPD) , the largest police department in the United States, has primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ... The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and social/political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with the self-proclaimed goal of resurrecting the spiritual, mental, social, economic condition of the black man and woman of America and belief that God will bring... Martin Luther King redirects here. ...

Hip hop

From the early 1980s to today, many Five Percenters are found among the American East Coast, West Coast, and Midwest, in cities such as New York City, Trenton, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, especially among the hip hop scene. Hip hop artists such as Rakim, Wu-Tang Clan, Brand Nubian, Busta Rhymes, Hell Razah, Erykah Badu, Nas, Prodigy, Jus Allah, Poor Righteous Teachers, Gang Starr, J-Live, AZ, and many others had success spreading the theology of the Five Percenters. This spread, in part, uses the language of Supreme Mathematics, which represents universal law and order, and the Supreme Alphabet, which represents universal principles of life, ostensibly to forge solidarity with the inner-city youth through a common language.^[8] The main theme of the Five-Percenter doctrine that can be heard on hip hop records is the teaching that the Original Blackman is God, the Original Blackwoman is the planet Earth, and through the inner esoteric powers of the Gods and Earths, the youth can transform and possess its true potential, which seems to overthrow the overbearing oligarchy by becoming just rulers of themselves. Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... 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The Supreme Mathematics, in the teachings the Nation of Gods and Earths, is a system of understanding numbers alongside concepts that are used along with the Supreme Alphabet as tools to unlocking the keys to reality and the universe. ... The Supreme Alphabet is, in the Nation of Gods and Earths, a system of interpreting text and finding deeper meaning in the original 120 Questions written by Elijah Muhammad and Wallace Fard Muhammad by assigning actual meanings to the letters of the Roman alphabet. ... Etymology Esoteric is an adjective originating during Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from esôtero, the comparative form of esô: within. It is a word meaning anything that is inner and occult, a latinate word meaning hidden (from which... In physics, a potential may refer to the scalar potential or to the vector potential. ... 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Many terms that originated as Five-Percenter jargon have been adopted into the hip hop slang as well. For example, the term "G" in hip hop originally was short for the Five-Percenter greeting of "God", which, through its spread to the West Coast and the rise of gangsta rap, it eventually evolved into "gangsta", a stretch from its origin. Other popular terms such as "word is bond", while having significantly older roots than the Five Percenters, were believed to have gained prominence through its use of the term, referring back to the Nation of Islam and the NGE's shared 120 Degrees.^[2] For the glossary of hacker slang, see Jargon File. ... Hip hop is a subculture, which is said to have begun with the work of DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and Afrika Bambaattaa. ... For the Ice T album, see Gangsta Rap (album). ...

Comparison to mainstream Islam

While the Nation of Gods and Earths uses terms that are similar to those used by traditional Muslims, the Five Percenters and traditional Muslims have very little in common. Authors have labeled the Five Percenters as an Islamic group because of its origins from within the Nation of Islam, the terms it uses, and because of its practice of not eating pork. However, it does not follow the restrictive laws of the NOI nor does it follow traditional Islamic teachings based on the laws written in the Qur'an or prophet Muhammad's Sunnah. The Five-Percent rebuttal to this has been that it is not a religious movement, and that as self-proclaimed gods themselves, the only one they must submit to is "self". In traditional Islam, this is considered a heretical, blasphemous concept and a violation of the most basic Islamic tenets, since it is considered a grave sin to associate any human being or object with God. The official stance of the Five Percenters is that they are not Muslims, nor are they bound to any religious laws. There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and social/political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with the self-proclaimed goal of resurrecting the spiritual, mental, social, economic condition of the black man and woman of America and belief that God will bring... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Shariah (Arabic: transliteration: ) is the body of Islamic religious law. ... The Qur’ān [1] (Arabic: , literally the recitation; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Koran, or Al-Quran) is the central religious text of Islam. ... Muhammad in a new genre of Islamic calligraphy started in the 17th century by Hafiz Osman. ... Sunnah(t) () literally means “trodden path”, and therefore, the sunnah of the prophet means “the way of the prophet”. Terminologically, the word ‘Sunnah’ in Sunni Islam means those religious actions that were instituted by Muhammad(PBUH) during the 23 years of his ministry and which Muslims initially received through consensus... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

Furthermore, the Five Percenters, in referring to themselves as Supreme Beings, point out that most, if not all, ancient scriptures allude to the anthropomorphic qualities of the gods of different religions, and that religious teachings over time have strayed away from this concept. The Five Percenters use ancient teachings that predate monotheistic religions to verify their deity status. Another defense for not adhering to modern day religion is their claim that the teachings of all major prophets have been distorted over time, whether by translation into new languages or by intentional tampering. This can produce bigotry and zealotry in well-meaning believers. Thus, according to the Nation of Gods and Earths, it is better to study as many different religions and cultures as possible, to find the common truths in them, rather than focusing on the differences between them. This way, one finds his or her unique and most productive path to the Knowledge of Self. Traditional Islam also forbids the use of alcohol and drugs, but Five Percenters may or may not observe such restrictions. Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. ... Monotheism (in Greek monon = single and Theos = God) is the belief in a single, universal, all-encompassing deity. ... Prophets may refer to: The Prophets (Neviim), which is the second of the three major sections in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). ... For people named Bigot and other meanings, see Bigot (disambiguation). ... “Zealot” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Many drugs are provided in tablet form. ...

See also

• Clarence 13X
• Nation of Islam
• Wallace Fard Muhammad
• Elijah Muhammad
• The 5% Album
• I-Self Lord and Master

Clarence 13X, deified as Allah by the Nation of Gods and Earths. ... The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and social/political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with the self-proclaimed goal of resurrecting the spiritual, mental, social, economic condition of the black man and woman of America and belief that God will bring... Wallace Fard Muhammad (born circa 1891 – year of death unknown) was a preacher and founder of Faradian Islam, the Black-nationalist movement called the Nation of Islam (NOI), establishing its first mosque in Detroit, Michigan. ... Elijah Muhammad Elijah Muhammad (October 7, 1897 - February 25, 1975) is notable for his leadership of the Black Muslims and the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975. ... The 5% Album is the debut record from the acclaimed Brand Nubian member Lord Jamar. ... I-Self Lord and Master is a Islam acronym used by African-American social/religious movement groups such as Faradian Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths. ...

References

External links

• The official Web site of the Nation of Gods and Earths
• A paper presented at the American Anthropological Association's Annual Meeting (Nov 1996) about Five Percenters and their influence on hip-hop music, as well as their divergence from traditional Islam
• Mentor Youth Street Academy in Los Angeles
• Official MySpace page of the Allah School in Mecca
• FBI report on the Five Percenters, (historical) (PDF)

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Related links

• Supreme Wisdom: Information