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*Finally, due to the workings of Yakub, the NOI believes that [[African Americans|black people]] are [[racial superiority|racially superior]] to other races, and that whites are not worthy to be converted (they believe Asian races were also created by Yakub as an intermediate step toward his ultimate end of creating the "evil" white race, but unlike whites they can be converted).  Traditional Islam has no such restriction: it accepts members from all races and nationalities.  

*Finally, due to the workings of Yakub, the NOI believes that [[African Americans|black people]] are [[racial superiority|racially superior]] to other races, and that whites are not worthy to be converted (they believe Asian races were also created by Yakub as an intermediate step toward his ultimate end of creating the "evil" white race, but unlike whites they can be converted).  Traditional Islam has no such restriction: it accepts members from all races and nationalities.  

==Criticism==

==Criticism by MLK==

[[Martin Luther King]] described Elijah Muhammad's movement in his '''Letter from Birmingham Jail''':

[[Martin Luther King]] described Elijah Muhammad's movement in his '''Letter from Birmingham Jail''':

:Nourished by the Negro's frustration over the continued existence of racial discrimination, this movement is made up of people who have lost faith in America, who have absolutely repudiated Christianity, and who have concluded that the white man is an incorrigible "devil." [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html]

:Nourished by the Negro's frustration over the continued existence of racial discrimination, this movement is made up of people who have lost faith in America, who have absolutely repudiated Christianity, and who have concluded that the white man is an incorrigible "devil." [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html]

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==Notable members==

==Notable members==

*[[Elijah Muhammad]]

*[[Elijah Muhammad]]