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- upon the success of his concerted appeal to the less-educated and less-privileged Negroes who are dissatisfied and frustrated with their lot in the United States.
- Elijah's ambivalent teachings baffle his followers. In public, he vows that the NOI does not advocate violence, while in cult meetings he preaches antiwhite, anti-Christian, and anti-Government conduct and threatens the "hypocrites." Violence has erupted in the past and will continue as long as confusion, accusations, and doubts prevail.
- The death of Elijah Muhammad would place the cult in a perplexing predicament. Elijah claims to be the last Apostle of Allah and has made no provisions for a successor; therefore, upon his death an opportunistic member who knows about the good life the NOI provides its leader undoubtedly would strive to supply his own "brand of concocted religious teachings" to justify assuming leadership of the Nation of Islam.
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