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Wallace Fard Muhammad, also known as W. F. Muhammad, W. D. Fard, Wallace D. Fard, or Master Fard Muhammad, among other names [3] (reportedly born February 26, c. 1877[4][a] – disappeared c. 1934), was the founder of the Nation of Islam.
Wallace D. Fard (born c. 1877, Mecca—died 1934?) was the Mecca-born founder of the Nation of Islam (sometimes called Black Muslim) movement in the United States. Fard immigrated to the United States sometime before 1930.
Fard, also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad, had a murky past. He said he was from Mecca (now in Saudi Arabia), attended Oxford University, and had planned on becoming a diplomat before he began his true calling, per the Detroit Metro Times. The FBI would later dispute this version of Fard's past.
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A centralized and hierarchical organization, the NOI is committed to black nationalism and focuses its attention on the African diaspora, especially on African Americans.
Among those associated with the Moorish Science Temple was a peddler named Wallace D. Fard (or Wali Fard Muhammad). In 1930, claiming that he was Noble Drew Ali reincarnated, Fard founded the Nation of Islam in Detroit , Michigan , and designated his able assistant, Elijah Muhammad , originally Elijah Poole, to establish the Nation’s second ...
His original name was Wallace D. Fard, but he was also known by other aliases, such as Farad Muhammad, F. Muhammad Ali, Wali Farrad, and Professor Fard. Much of what is known about him is shrouded in mystery, and it is difficult to separate fact from mythological stories.
In July 1930, a mysterious man by the name of Wallace Fard Muhammad arrived in Detroit, Michigan, and began preaching an unorthodox, some would say heretical, version of Islam to the city’s African-American community.
Wallace Fard, also known as W. Farad Muhammad, the Prophet, was founder the first Temple of Islam which evolved into the Nation of Islam or the Black Muslims. Authentic, documented information about Fard is very scarce and there is only a four year period (1930-1934) in which dependable information exists. According to Fard (although there is ...
There is quite a bit of uncertainty regarding W.D. Fard. This is partially due to scant records and also his intentional use of mystery to authenticate his divinity. For example, his renaming to W.F. Muhammad likely was meant to signify his status as a prophet and maybe even Allah himself.
Warith Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad; [a] October 30, 1933 – September 9, 2008), also known as W. Deen Mohammed, Imam W. Deen Muhammad and Imam Warith Deen, was an African-American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revivalist, and Islamic thinker.