Yakub

:"This article covers the figure in the theology of the black nationalist organization Nation of Islam. The name, also spelled "Yaqub" or "Yakob", also applies to the mainstream (traditional) Islamic view of the Biblical Jacob. See Islamic view of Jacob for information on the latter." According to the Nation of Islam (NOI), Yakub (also spelled Yacub or Yakob), was a scientist responsible for creating the white race (including Jews) — a race of devils, in their view. Yakub created white people by a process of grafting the "black " to a "white" from the original black population of the world. It took 600 years for Yakub and his successors to fully whiten his creations. This was achieved under a despotic regime on the island of Patmos. [Elijah Muhammad, "Message to the Blackman in America" (summarized [http://home.att.net/~phosphor/week1a/message.html here] ) and "Yakub: The Father of Mankind". See also, Dorothy Blake Fardan, "Yakub and the Origins of White Supremacy", Lushena Books, 2001] The reasons for Yakub's actions are unclear.

According to NOI doctrine, Yakub's progeny were destined to rule for 6,000 years before the original black peoples of the world regained dominance, a process that began in 1914. [ [http://www.thenationofislam.org/yakubabraham.html Abraham/Mr. Yakub, NOI.com] ] [ [http://www.muhammadspeaks.com/Makingofdevil.html Messanger Mohammed Mr. Yacub MAKING OF DEVIL] ] [ [http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/noframes/read/4525 Raelist Admissiom from ALLAH Messager] ] The doctrine of Yakub was first proclaimed by Wallace Fard Muhammad and was later developed by his successor Elijah Muhammad.

The name Yakub is a variant of the Semitic name Jacob, which appears in European language versions of the Bible. The modern Jewish variant is "Ya’akov". Fard Muhammad's Yakub has some parallels to the Biblical Jacob's role as the father of the tribes of Israel.

In recent times, the doctrine of Yakub has been rationalized within the NOI as an allegory for the evolution of whites from the original dark-skinned human populations of Africa and as a parable warning of the dangers of eugenics. Yakub's 600-year experiment is seen as storytelling, similar to the way some modern Abrahamic religions view the Bible's account of God creating Eve from Adam's rib or the creation of heaven and earth. In his autobiography (written by Alex Haley), El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) notes that, in his travels in the Middle East, many Muslims reacted with shock upon hearing about the doctrine of Yakub.

The African American author and playwright Amiri Baraka wrote a play titled "A Black Mass" based on the story of Yakub. [ [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/baraka.htm Biography of Baraka] ]

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