Applying the Teachings of W. Deen Mohammed Book 1

This book is a compilation of essays written about topics in Al-Islam from the perspective of the language and logic of Imam W. Deen Mohammed. Topics Include: New Africa: Can You See It? - Social Resurrection: Abraham & the Four Birds - Ramadhan and the Path to Enlightenment - Rise of the New Convert to Al-Islam - Chess Master of the Muslim World? - Showered with Wisdom, What Will We Do? Learn about the ideas in Al-Islam from the perspective of a modern, free, independent thinker, Imam W. Deen Mohammed.

Imam Mohammed declared the writings of Dr. Mubaashir Uqdah as required readings for his students. If you an open-minded, curious seeker of knowledge, you will appreciate all of the books in this series.

New Africa - Can You See It?

• We must grasp the vision of New Africa

• Slavery prepared us for the mission

• Put the human back inside the person

• What New Africa builders need to know

Social Resurrection - Abraham and the Four Birds

• What is a bird in scripture?

• Birds, the air, and the breath of life

• Why four birds?

• Abraham learns to resurrect society

• How did Abraham train the four birds?

• What are the four mountains?

• How does Abraham call the birds?

• How do we cause a social resurrection?

Ramadhan and the Path to Enlightenment

• The likeness of Ramadhan

• Ramadhan deconstructs and reconstructs

• Ramadhan is a sharp blade

• What is the Night of Power?

• Immaculate conception and resurrection

• Patterns of the fast

The Rise of the New Convert to Al-Islam

• Convert or Revert?

• Al-Islam is a state of upwards transformation

• The new convert’s path parallels a new birth

• The ummah is the mother

• How does the new convert rise?

• The meaning of milk

• The breasts and the chest

• The role of new converts in their own rise

• The miracle of Moses

Chess Mastery of the Muslim World?

• Pay attention - there is a war going on!

• Checkmate and the King (leadership)

• Democratic, imperialist hypocrisy

• The Queen represents society

• The Pawn has power

• The Castle/Rook is a fortress

• The Rook is a swindler

• Democracy as a weapon of mass destruction

• The Bishop represents spiritual power

• Imam Mohammed knows the mathematics

• The Knights are the fighters

• Imam Mohammed is a grandmaster

• The opening, the middle, and the end game

• Our brilliant opening game moves

• What happened to our middle game moves?

• The middle game is about tactics

• The marriage of the King and the Queen

• Chess tactics and our tactics

• Our end game moves

• The concept of development

• The CRAID movement was a successful tactic

• CPC could have been a powerful tactic

• A cultural war, but we have no tactics

• Get an advantage in the Center

• Get an advantage in Space

• Get an advantage in Time

• Get an advantage in Material

• Do not be captured and put in a box

• The meaning of the chess board

Showered with Wisdom - What will we do?

• Allah rains on all, yet different results

• Focus on what is important

• Collective effort is our tradition

• Focus on being business-minded

• We watched him, while he watched us

National Imams Meeting - Louisville Kentucky

• The inflammatory report

• Am’ruhum Shura Baynahum

• Anyone can conduct shura

• Imam Yahya Abdullah’s testimony

• AMM resignation statements - 1985

• We must be analysts and thinkers

• Why did the Imam resign?

• Story of the child who has grown up

• The intellectual orientation of Abraham

• Why did he build it up and tear it down?

• A theory of our decentralization

• Has our destiny changed?

• ASM resignation comments - 2003

• Individual freedom and community building

• Imam Mohammed on Shura Baynahum

• Keep historical context in mind

• What’s next?

• Let's ask ourselves a few questions

• The meaning of autonomy

• Whatever we do, know why we are doing it

• Whose answer counts?

• Facilitate true dialog amongst the ummah