{"id":3593,"date":"2008-07-18T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/07\/lost-nation-of-islam\/"},"modified":"2008-07-18T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T12:08:00","slug":"lost-nation-of-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/07\/lost-nation-of-islam.html","title":{"rendered":"LOST Nation of Islam?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I happened across information about the Nation of Islam\u2019s<\/a> mythology recently. It never struck me before that one part of its teachings at one point involved an island on which a renegade scientist named Yakub<\/a> who creates an inferior race that comes to dominate the planet. Whenever I hear \u201cisland\u201d and a version of the name \u201cJacob\u201d in close proximity, I inevitably think of the TV series LOST.<\/div>\n

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The Wikipedia article on Yakub<\/a> also mentions that an author names Chi-Town Ben wrote a book, Yakub\u2019s Grafted Devils<\/em>, that supposedly features ideas of fate, time dividing \u201cwheels\u201d, and the importance of Gemini (i.e. twins). <\/div>\n

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Has anyone noticed these possible connections before? Has anyone explored them?<\/div>\n

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