Definitions for nation of islam

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Na′tion of Islam′(n.)

  1. an organization composed chiefly of American blacks and advocating the teachings of Elijah Muhammad: members are known as Black Muslims.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Eastern Religions

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Nation of Islam(noun)

    a group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans

Wiktionary

  1. Nation of Islam(ProperNoun)

    A religious and political organization with the declared aim of "resurrecting" the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of the black people of America and the world.


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