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What is the stance of the Islamic nation, and what is the method for warning against the danger of the stray American Islamic groups and sects that have recently emerged, led by Noble Ali, Elijah Muhammad, Warith, and Louis Farrakhan, who hold erroneous beliefs such as the imamate of women for congregational prayers?

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Pertaining to esoteric groups that emerged in the United States, especially among African Americans, they were characterized by racism, founded far from Islamic religious scholarship, and influenced by prevailing local ideas. Some of them fell into deviation and extremism by claiming prophethood or divinity.

Among the most prominent of these is the "Nation of Islam in the West" group, which went through several stages: 1. Fard's Stage: It emphasized freedom and equality, and called for converting followers from the Torah and the Gospel to the Quran while retaining some ideas from the former. 2. Elijah Muhammad's Stage: He claimed prophethood and the finality of the message, and deified Fard. 3. Post-Elijah Stage: Warith Deen Mohammed (The Bilalians): He attempted to correct Islamic concepts and return the community to true Islam. Their inclinations towards authentic Islam improved. Louis Farrakhan (The Farrakhanites): He continued on Elijah's methodology. Among his beliefs are that God created Himself, that black people are gods, that Jacob created white people, that Muhammad was sent only to Arabs, and Elijah to black Americans. Farrakhan believes that he is Peter, who will revive the nation with Elijah's voice.

The duty of Muslims towards these groups is to clarify the true face of Islam, warn people against their misguidance, and demonstrate the merits of Islam and invite to it with wisdom and insight.

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