Minister Louis Farrakhan has a message for Jay-Z: he wants the rapper to teach Beyoncé to cover up her body, because "when you strip a woman down, a man becomes a dog".

Farrakhan, who is the leader of the radical religious group Nation of Islam, has served as the leader of mosques in Boston and Harlem.

He posted on his Facebook page: "To my brother Jay-Z: As much as I love and admire you, I want to see my sister, Beyonce, beautifully covered... You're responsible."

A Message to Hip-Hop Artist Jay-Z To my brother Jay-Z: As much as I love and admire you, I want to see my sister, Beyonce, beautifully covered... You're responsible Posted by Minister Louis Farrakhan on Thursday, 17 September 2015

This is the caption to a video interview, in which he says: "Mohammad said where there are no decent women, there are no decent men, for the woman is the mother of civilisation.

"Look at Rihanna, look at Nicki Minaj and look at Beyoncé. These are some of the most beautiful women you could find...These are the people who set styles.

"Today we strip the women of their clothes, how can a man think straight looking at the beauty of Beyoncé?"

He added: "Jay Z is a good man, Jay Z is a good manager, but now, your woman is on display! Do you want men looking at your woman, being tempted by your woman, making advances at your woman?"

"These are talented women, but you strip them, then their bodies become the tool that is used to promote the degradation of the woman and the subjugation of the man."

Farrakhan is no stranger to either the music business or controversy.

The rap group Public Enemy praised him in their 1988 single Bring the Noise and invited him on stage during one live show. In return, Farrakhan supplied the band with a security team made up of members of the Nation of Islam, who often appeared on stage bearing replica weapons.

The religious leader was also embroiled in controversy when Malcolm X's family accused him of being partly responsible for his death.

He's also been accused on numerous occasions of being anti-Semitic. In 1984, he denied having called Judaism a "gutter religion" in a sermon; in his rebuttal he said that he'd actually referred to it as a "dirty religion".