Black Muslim

A member or adherent of Black Muslim movements—predominantly referring to the Nation of Islam and related African American Islamic/religious nationalist groups—which were historically targeted by FBI surveillance and disinformation campaigns. The term is used in these claims to describe leaders, dissidents, and organizations that the state surveilled, cataloged, and attempted to discredit or suppress.

Claims that use this term

• Austrian theater masks gave Satan the exact face of a Black Muslim
• The FBI ran secret media disinformation campaigns to discredit Black Muslim leaders.
• The FBI cataloged Black Muslim groups despite finding no evidence of Japanese collusion
• The FBI relabeled Black Muslim groups as cults to dodge religious protections.
• The state weaponized the draft to break a Black Muslim dissident’s influence.
• Jack Johnson’s early 1900s Blackness enabled Muhammad Ali’s later defiant Black Muslim identity