The Five-Percent Nation is a revisionist movement in America that began in 1964. It borrows the philosophies from the traditional Islam. In addition, the Five percenters otherwise, known as Nation of G-ds’ and Earths, resulted from the departure of the Nation of Islam in 1963. Although they are a sole religion, the Five Percent Nation does not consider themselves a religion, but merely a religious affiliation, followed by Islāmic tradition defined as “culture” or “natural way of life.” The Five-Percenters was created and founded by a man in Harlem, New York named Clarence Smith that eventually came into existence around the 1960’s. For the purpose of tradition, equated to the orthodox religions …show more content…
Justice is carried out when Equality is applied, and Truth is manifested. Their mergence will bring about Justice.
(7) stands for God, which is everything: sun, moon, and stars, and represented by the 7 in the center of the Universal Flag of the Nation
(8) represents both Creation and Destruction: To build is to elevate the mentality of self and others around the self to add positive energy to every nation. To destroy is to ruin by allowing negativity to outweigh the positive.
(9) represents “Born“: To be born is the completion of all in existence, which is to manifest from Knowledge to Born, the law of mathematics—to be complete in itself.
(0) represents Cipher, the completion of a circle consisting of 360 degrees (120 degrees of Knowledge, 120 degrees of Wisdom, and 120 degrees of Understanding), which is a whole. All things in existence pertains to a …show more content…
Correspondingly, denoting to minority women as “Earths” associates with Earth as the only planet in the Solar System proficient of producing life. In relation, like how the Earth brings life into existence, or how the fruits of the plants that God creates. The minority women produce children with man (g-ds).
More specifically, the Five Percenters teach
Tenets of the Five Percent Nation include:
(1.) That minority people are the original people of the planet Earth.
(2.) That minority people are the fathers and mothers of civilization.
(3.) That the science of Supreme Mathematics is the key to understanding man’s relationship to the universe.
(4.) Islam is a natural way of life, not a religion.
(5.) That education should be fashioned to enable us to be self-sufficient as a people.
(6.) That each one should teach one according to their knowledge.
(7.) That the minority man is God and his proper name is ALLAH — Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, Head.
(8.) That our children are our link to the future and they must be nurtured, respected, loved, protected, and educated.
(9.) That the unified minority family is the vital building block of the nation.
As a result, Smith’s leadership was short-lived due to his homicide on June 13, 1969.