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This chapter outlines the history of the NOI’s interfaith and community work. The chapter examines Minister Farrakhan’s early efforts to secure support among influential Black pastors. It also considers the NOI’s relationship with their Sunni Muslim and Christian counterparts. The chapter contemplates the significance of the 2014 Reconciliation workshops that the NOI hosted with Masjidullah Mosque in Philadelphia and assesses the factors that continue to limit their engagement with their Sunni Muslim counterparts. Integral to this chapter is an assessment of the FOI’s efforts to contribute positively to their respective communities through outreach initiatives and activism that is both independent of and associated with the NOI.
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Gibson, DM. (2016). Interfaith Outreach and Serving the Community. In: The Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and the Men Who Follow Him. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53084-4_4
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