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The very next year, Wallace Deen disbanded the nation; rescinded most of his father's teachings; became an observant Sunni Muslim; and set up a new organization, which he still leads, the World Community of al-Islam . Soon after, Farrakhan , a Nation of Islam stalwart and former calypso singer, re-established the nation in line with its original tenets.
Building on the ancient cults and Vedic teachings of the Indo-Aryans dating from 1300 b.c. , Hinduism began to take its present form in the fourth century a.d. , under considerable pressure for a more “accessible” religion.
After the Buddha’s death at the age of 80, Buddhism eventually split into two main lines, those who strictly followed his teachings, the Theravada or Hinayana school of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and those who allowed new interpretations, the Mahayana Buddhists of China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, India, and Nepal.
Last night a friend tried to describe to me the differences between West Coast Straussians and East Coast ones--apparently this is an important split among social conservatives over the teachings of philosopher Leo Strauss.
We believe that students who adopted our teachings and became frequent searchers after our course were unlikely to sit in the room and not complete the questionnaire.