Join the Army of God. Join the F.O.I.” Fruit of Islam (FOI), or “Fruit” for short, is the male-only paramilitary wing of the Nation of Islam (NOI). The Fruit of Islam wear distinctive blue or white uniforms and caps and have units at all NOI temples. Louis Farrakhan, as head of the Nation of Islam, is commander-in-chief of the Fruit of Islam, and his son, Mustapha Farrakhan Sr., is second in command. The women’s counterpart to the Fruit of Islam is Muslim Girls Training (MGT)
What is the meaning of F.O.I.? The Fruit of Islam. The name given to the military training of the men who belong to Islam in North America. Military training implies tactics. Military training implies maneuvers. Military training implies going behind the lines in enemy territory. Military training implies establishing a beachhead in enemy territory and then proceeding to take control. Military training implies WAR.
The 47th chapter of the Quran is called, “Muhammad,” and that chapter is also called “War” because when the Muhammad of the Holy Quran comes he makes war on the forces of evil that have ruled and dominated the planet earth for the last 6,000 years. The objective of it is to turn the earth back into the hands of its original owners. And that’s why you are asked the question, “Who is the Original Man?” And you are asked the question, “Who is the Colored Man?” So you will know who the earth belongs to, and who the false owner is that must be removed. You-1-
are also asked the questions, “What is the population of the Original Nation?” and “What is the population of the colored People?”, so you may get some idea as to just how much the Original people outnumber the enemy people. But the enemy has been wise enough, though he is smaller in number, to go among the Original people and color them and make them agents of the colored man rather than agents of the Original God.
So now God has come in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom praise is due forever1 and has established His position behind enemy lines, and He has raised up the Honorable Elijah Muhammad to guide us now in the taking, or retaking of our home.
Now, brothers, you are given military drill, face movements, close order drill. What is this for? I don’t want the FOI to get in their minds that this is an army like the armies of the world. It is a superior army, with a superior mission. Though few in number, it makes no difference. It is the power that backs us that makes us powerful. Israel is small but as long as she is backed by America, she becomes mighty. Well, we may-2-
be small but as long as we are backed by Allah and the Messenger we are Mighty. So we are called the “Mighty FOI.”