Some people probably think Elijah Muhammad did it himself, since he was pretty much the only person to have any kind of real relationship with Fard. What seems most remarkable is that Fard seems to have utterly disappeared from the governments (especially the FBIs) radar after leaving Detroit in 1933. Four victories and the son will attain his reward, convinced the Detroit Police Department motivated in part by the anti-Muslim hysteria fueled by media coverage of the event to seek out Fard in conjunction with the murder. It's strange that he never attempted further contact with his followers, however. Fard immigrated to the United States sometime before 1930. This new movement, known as the Temple People, identifies the prophet, Mr. W. D. Fard, with the God, Allah. The other was Wallie D. Ford of California, arrested by Los Angeles police on November 17, 1918, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Black Nationalism: A Search for Identity in America. Legends soon sprang up about this mysterious personality. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. 22 Feb. 2023 . [27] "Harris had no standing in the order and was not regarded as a leader. . It was an independent monarchy and other than a few missionaries and traders the population was almost entirely native Hawaiian. At this time, Ford was going under the name Fred Dodd, and operated a lunch wagon. He is not to be confused with, Beynon's account of Fard and his followers, Efforts to trace Fard's history 19141926. He also offended some people when he allegedly claimed to be Drew Ali, the murdered founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America (another Islamic black nationalist group). Fard appears in the novel Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides, in which Fard's Detroit Temple No. [9], In 1938, sociologist Erdmann Doane Beynon published in the American Journal of Sociology a firsthand account of several interviews he conducted with followers of Fard in Michigan. However, the date of retrieval is often important. [68][bettersourceneeded]. One faction, the Moors, remains faithful to Noble Drew Ali, and the other, which is now led by Elijah Muhammad, remains faithful to Prophet Fard (Master Wallace Fard Muhammad). There is no doubt Fard had many enemies - even within his own organization. Corrections? Via e-mail, I asked Claude Andrew Clegg III, author of another Elijah Muhammad biography, An Original Man, to give me his take on the controversy. He gained a reputation as a healer when his customers, after having adhered to the pork-free diet that Fard espoused, began noticing improvements in their health. Both provided their race as "Spanish"; Ford claimed that his parents, "Zaradodd" and "Babbjie", were natives of Madrid, Spain. Lincoln, C. Eric. They must learn that they are the original people, noblest of the nations of the earth. The Black Muslims in America. Hijrah Magazine (MarchApril 1985). He lived in Los Angeles with a woman named Hazel Ford. [24] He established the University of Islam, where school-age children were taught, rather than in the public schools. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. Excellent write-up! He was known usually as Mr. Wali Farrad or Mr. W. D. Fard, though he used also the following names: Professor Ford, Mr. Farrad Mohammed, Mr. F. Mohammed Ali. He said that he loved us (the so-called Negroes), his lost and found, so well that he would eat rattlesnakes to free us if necessary, for he has power over all things. Turner, Richard Brent. Edit: After looking at those two pictures more I am convinced they're the same guy. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He stated that he was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to a Black African father and a Russian Jewish mother, from the Caucasus. [10], The annual Saviour's Day event is held in honor of Master Fard's birth. "The society cannot be blamed for anything he did," Ali was quoted in the Detroit News, November 23, 1932. Thus ended the FBI investigation into Fard's early life. A few of them had come under the influence of the Moorish-American cult which succeeded it. Although I'm inclined to believe the official story that he simply fled the country after coming under heat from the police. The organizations humble origins in the Hastings Street Temple of Detroits Paradise Valley are little known, as is the story of the enigmatic Wallace D. Fard. On the other hand, in a speech made on April 1, 2001, titled The Greatness of Master Fard Muhammad, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan reiterated Fards origins in the Holy City of Mecca, and referred to him as the Mahdi, a man absolutely guided by God in the Islam faith. In his 1965 book Message to the Blackman in America, which is a compilation of articles written by Elijah Muhammad for newspapers throughout the early part of his Ministry, he summarized what Fard taught him as follows: "He began teaching us the knowledge of ourselves, of God and the devil, of the measurement of the earth, of other planets, and of the civilization of some of the planets other than earth. [citation needed], Efforts to trace the origins and life story of Fard have been extensive but have yielded only fragmentary results and not even his date of death is known; further complicating any efforts is the fact that only 5 pictures of Fard are known to exist, 4 being mugshots taken after various arrests and one being the official portrait by the Nation of Islam; most observers agreed they all belong to the same person which was confirmed via facial recognition analysis. He is always referred to reverently as the 'Prophet Elijah in Chicago. What seems most remarkable is that Fard seems to have utterly disappeared from the governments (especially the FBIs) radar after leaving Detroit in 1933. According to the version of Elijah, he saw Fard off at the Detroit airport when Fard was being deported. What would he have thought of it? r d / (born February 26, 1877) was a co-founder of the Nation of Islam. Thats not to say that anyone so amorphous is not capable of producing very absolute effects on history. Muhammad, Akbar. Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader This would suggest he was, in fact, diabetic. From then onwards, he is untraceable. 1963. Pan-Islam is the ideology that calls for the unity and cooperation of Muslims worldwide on the basis of their shared Islamic identity. Others asserted that he had returned to Mecca to prepare for his eventual return. Wallace Fard, also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad or Master Fard Muhammad[3] (/frd/; reportedly born February 26, c.1877[4][7] disappeared c.1934), was the founder of the Nation of Islam. Beynon described the substance of Fard's teaching as follows: "The black men in North America are not Negroes, but members of the lost tribe of Shabazz, stolen by traders from the Holy City of Mecca 379 years ago. Master Fard's mysterious disappearance in 1934 led to an internal struggle for the leadership of the Nation of Islam among several contending factions. He denounced white people and incited racial hatred. At some point, he established a rudimentary church and read from the Bible, drawing in a mainly black Christian audience. To Mr. Fard alone do they offer prayer and sacrifice. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. 1 is the location setting for several scenes in the book. The local police traced the murderer's ideology back to Fard and arrested him. Some people claim that he died from injuries inflicted by the police while he was in jail. Ugh, I've been going back and forth for the past ten minutes trying to decide if I think the pictures in link 1 and link 2 are of the same person. It says that Wallace Fard "is awaiting an immigration hearing. Modern Nation of Islam theology is based upon the belief that Fard's teaching of Elijah Muhammad was fulfillment of scripture regarding God's teaching of an Apostle, where Fard is described as "God in Person", the "Messiah", and the "Mahdi". But perhaps most notably, he was the man who founded the Nation of Islam, a political and religious organization that brought Malcolm X, one of the 20th centurys most important Americans, into the spotlight. What seems most remarkable is that Fard seems to have utterly disappeared from the governments (especially the FBIs) radar after leaving Detroit in 1933. He further reported that he was a resident alien and citizen of Afghanistan. While there is plenty written about Ford, not much is known about Fard. The later official view of the Nation of Islam was that he was in Mecca. Black Muslims Members of the movement believe Fard to be the incarnation of Allh, and his birthday, February 26, is observed as Saviours Day. Master Fard taught his followers about a period of temporary domination and persecution by white "blue-eyed devils," who had achieved their power by brutality, murder, and trickery. The whole thing smells like an intelligence agency operation to me. The first is the expansion of Islamic statesthat is, states whose ruling elite consisted, Islam Encyclopedia.com. The NOI consider Fard to have been a light-skinned black man. This cursory bit of knowledge was enough to satisfy my curiosity for many years, during which my contact with the Nation of Islam was limited to regularly buying bean pies from neatly dressed men standing on Livernois who were also peddling the groups newspaper, The Final Call. Personally I don't know enough about the context to form an opinion on whether he was murdered, but it wouldn't shock me if he was. Fard preached that blacks (who were not to be called Negroes) must prepare for an inevitable race war and that Christianity was the religion of slaveowners. One member of the group, later declared mentally insane, allegedly participated in "human sacrifice" in 1932 in an effort to follow lessons regarding the sacrifice of devils. The ATI was disbanded as ordered, though in name only; as the Nation of Islam, it continued to grow. Their physical and economic difficulties alike were used to illustrate the new teaching. Finally, the community contributed money and rented a hall to serve as a temple where meetings were conducted. An interesting piece of information that emerged from Elijah Muhammad's son is that Fard was an excellent cook and dietitian. According to Patrick D. Bowen, a PhD candidate at the University of Denver's Iliff School of Theology, fingerprints and photographs taken from San Quentin Prison matched those of Fard taken during the 1930s in Detroit; furthermore, in San Quentin he almost certainly came in contact with African American Muslim preachers and converts also incarcerated there. 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