ATH: Imam Mohammed(ra) Symphony Hall NJ "Identity and Progress" 10/12/86

"The people as a majority, majority of the people, they are afraid to think. Now if people are afraid to think, that's an indication right there that they need help. Afraid to think. In fact, I've heard them tell me, "I don't want to think." They have told me that. I said, "Look, how are you ever going to realize your worth? How are you going to achieve? How are you going to improve your condition if you don't want to think?"

 DuBois, a brilliant mind of our people, he said, "The measure in which we will progress in the future depends on the extent to which we would go in instructing our children to think." Now that is his words. I am quoting him. To THINK! And what does our religion say. God says, "Think, for surely thinking is useful." It brings the benefits.' Imam W. D. Mohammed(ra