Why the Nation of Islam Terrified America | Focal Point with Imam Tom Facchine

What does it take for a minority community in the West to live with dignity?

In this episode of Focal Point, Imam Tom Facchine examines the Nation of Islam within the broader history of state surveillance and the struggle for communal self-determination in America.

The episode does not present the NOI as a model of orthodox Islam. Instead, it distinguishes its theological errors from the serious historical questions it raised: how communities build institutions, resist criminalization, protect dignity, and construct power on their own terms.