Well the biggest misconception is when Imam Mohammad took over, he was trying to bring us to the Arab world which wasn't true at all. He was guiding us to have a better understanding of the Quran but NOT to adapt to the Arab culture or its customs. In the early years of his leadership, he kinda had to change the customs of the NOI overnight. Because a lot of us were still stuck in that mind frame. And in order to move on to the next phase, you couldn't be stagnate in one spot, which a lot of followers were. So the changes had to be abrupt and drastic. But once things got stabled enough, he started teaching about his father more often in a positive light. You gotta think, Warith was excommunicated because he didn't prescribe to his father's teachings. But the biggest reason was because Elijah wanted him to see the world outside of the Nation. When he came back in 72, Warith was teaching stuff that wasn't NOI teaching. The tape got back to headquarters in Chicago for Elijah to listen to. My uncle, pops, and other ministers were there. Elijah heard the tape and said, "My son got it! He can take this to the next level!". In 74, when Warith came back the last time, Elijah made him his assistant minister out of Chicago. Why would Elijah make his son assistant minister out of the headquarter mosque, knowing his son doesn't agree with his teachings? Elijah knew what he was doing.