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ipeeere: ", prominent member of the Cult, one Robert Harris, somehow To illustrate his new teachings, Fard used the physical — and economic difficulties of the Negroes. Biblical prophecies | and the teachings of Marcus Garvey and Noble Drew Ali were cited as foretelling the coming of the new prophet. Many of the people were illiterate and it became necessary to organize classes in English in order that they might be able to read “the proofs about themselves. " Fard explained to the people that the publications which he recommended they read were symbolic and could be understood only through his own interpretation. He compiled a series of questions and answers which supposedly explain his teachings in a mathematical and scientific way. He introduced the Koran as the most authoritative of all texts for the study of the new faith; however, he used only the Arabic text which he translated and explained to his believers. His people were completely dependent upon his interpretations. The potential dangerousness and the primitive instincts of 7 some of the members of this organization were forcibly brought to the attention of the people of Detroit on November 21, 1982, when the newspapers carried a bloodcurdling story of human sacrifice. -18-