The Messenger’s Teachings on Teaching Our Children about Homosexuality

Excerpt from Messenger Elijah Muhammad’s Table Talks on August 23, 1968

“God has taught us how to contend with the devil and I want to teach you.

“Children in school are wise and behave proudly; acting strange. And this is because it is prophesied and the best way to contend with it is to separate them from the good ones and study the bad one and stop him by exposing him in the eyes of the others. ‘I want you to know that if you follow after this one I’m going to find a way to punish you and I warn all of you, if I catch one of you practicing this evil, then I’m going to punish you. And your parents are with me and I’m going to tell them what a nasty child you are and you are not fit for Islam nor Christianity. You only fit for hell fire. And if one of you see him wrong I’m going to punish you and tell your deeds in front of all of them.’ And that will make them feel cheap. Keep them separate from lost founds because those will spoil our children.

“Use same method for older children. ‘See this girl over here. She wants her for her sweetheart.’ ‘See this little boy over here. He wants him for his wife. See those boys over here they are not natural. They are savages. They want to be sweethearts with each other. These are the type Allah wants to burn up.’

“Teach them all they can take in wisdom but never give them more than they can take….”