He could very plausibly be Maori from New Zealand trying to pass as an Arab, or he could genuinely be Arabic. However, Minister Malcolm X and other leaders of the Nation of Islam have emphatically denied any past connection whatsoever of Elijah Muhammad, Master Wallace Fard Muhammad, or their movement with Nobel Drew Ali's Moorish American Science Temple."[57]. Fard reportedly claimed to have been born in 1877. He disappeared in 1934 after several arrests in Detroit and Elijah Muhammad took over as leader of the Nation of Islam. Excellent write-up! A Fred Dodd married Pearl Allen in Portland, Oregon in 1914. rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); Were Ford and Fard truly the same person? If he indeed became Fard that would tie in with his advocacy of Islam. Before arriving in Detroit in 1930, under the alias of David Ford, he attained a high rank in the Moorish Science Temple, a vaguely Islam-like religion that disbanded that same year. [18] He began by selling silks door to door, telling his listeners that the silks came from their ancestral homeland. It's strange that he never attempted further contact with his followers, however. $95 night. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. [47] The paper published the story in an article titled "Black Muslim Founder Exposed As White. This would suggest he was, in fact, diabetic. What seems most remarkable is that Fard seems to have utterly disappeared from the governments (especially the FBIs) radar after leaving Detroit in 1933. WebWallace Muhammad - Disappearance Disappearance In June 1934, Fard left Detroit for Chicago and disappeared without a trace. In 1981, Pakistani scholar Zafar Ishaq Ansari researched Fard's life and claimed that Fard was identical with Muhammad Abdullah, a Pakistani Ahmadiyya Muslim. ", Beynon refers to some of the lessons by Fard as an "oral tradition" that was recorded at the University of Islam as the "Secret Ritual of the Nation of Islam." Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. For some time, one W. D. Fard assumed leadership of the Moorish movement. But both Zared and Beatrice were said to have been born in Hawaii. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. [28] Additionally, Fard is alleged to have used up to 58 different aliases during his life. [23] "Within three years the prophet not only began the movement but organized it so well that he himself was able to recede into the background, appearing almost never to his followers during the final months of his residence in Detroit."[24]. [45] According to the FBI story, Fard was a "Muslim from Turkey who had come to the United States in the early 1900s. [16] From those interviews, Beynon wrote that Fard lived and taught in Detroit from 1930 to 1934. The Black Muslims in America. Farrakhan referred to the knowledge that Fard passed onto the NOI as actual facts. (The speech is at the Nations Web site at www.noi.org.). Turner, Richard Brent. I am your brother. One of the few survivors who heard his first addresses states that he himself said: 'My name is W. D. Fard and I came from the Holy City of Mecca. 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. [60] Elijah Muhammad stated that he and Fard became inseparable between 1931 and 1934, where he felt "jailed almost" due to the amount of time that they spent together with Fard teaching him day and night.[60]. Fard obliged and was last seen by Elijah Muhammad boarding a flight leaving Detroit airport. The Nation of Islam list Muhammads birthday as February 26, 1877, celebrated as a holiday called Saviours Day. Chameleon: The True Story of W.D. WebWallace D. Fard aka Wallace Fard Muhammad / f . Almost everyday we would have conversations (actually friendly debate) about his faith. Updates? [25] In 1933, he began signing his name "W. F. Muhammad", which stands for "Wallace Fard Muhammad". And that He was able to force the whole world into submission to his will. Evanzz detailed the experience of several other authors who also based their accounts of Fard's life on the FBI file. Artists who have made references within their music include Jay-Z ("I'm going to chase the Yacub back in the cave"[69]), Jay Electronica ("Lost tribe of Shabazz stylin' on the record", "The son of W.D., who hung around in the D, Who ran around in the three, The trap gods raised me, Face all on the Sphinx, Story all in the wall of the pyramids, Niggas know the Black God saved me"[69]), Brand Nubian ("This Asiatic black man is a dog spelled backwards, The maker, the owner, the cream of the planet earth, Father of civilization, God of the universe, Manifestin thought with my infinite styles, Making sure this travels twenty-three million miles, The other six I set the crucifix, Because the heart of the problem is this."[70]), and Ras Kass in the song "Riiiot" ("Now I got niggas claiming they saw God unfortunately, he wasn't in the person of Master Fard Muhammad").[71]. Do you personally think Fard fled Detroit in the 1930s and lived on elsewhere, or do you think he was killed? Wallace Fard Muhammad was the founder of the Nation of Islam. Finally, the community contributed money and rented a hall to serve as a temple where meetings were conducted. Subscribe now to get the latest news delivered right to your inbox. He declared that we were without the knowledge of self or anyone else. Message to the Black Man in America. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Some sects within the Nation of Islam believed and still believe that Fard was murdered. "[45] After the story was published, Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X subsequently charged black media outlets, which reprinted the accusation in large numbers, with running the story without requesting a response from the Nation of Islam. "[48][dubious discuss] An FBI memorandum dated August 1963 states that the FBI had not been able to verify his birthdate or birthplace, and "he was last heard from in 1934. [66] He was linked to the Pacific Movement of the Eastern World and Japanese agitators such as Satokata Takahashi, and Ashima Takis. Officially, the NOI believes Fard departed Earth via supernatural means. "[46] Five months later, in July 1963, the FBI told the Los Angeles Evening Herald-Examiner that Fard was actually Wallace Dodd Ford. [4], Fard was arrested again on January 20, 1926, for violation of the California Woolwine Possession Act,[39] and on February 15, 1926, for violation of the State Poison Act, for which he was sentenced to six months to six years at San Quentin State Prison on June 12, 1926. He earned his living at various times as a restaurateur, gambler, bootlegger and traveling salesman. He taught a unique form of religion which was based on Islam to members of the city's African-American population. Contemporary American Religion. After Desdemona is hired and settles into a familiar routine of caring for the delicate silkworms the Nation of Islam breeds to make cloth, she discovers that she can hear the speeches of Master W.D. Consequently, Fard and another leader, Ugan Ali, were arrested and questioned. There is No God but ALLAH. 1962. They claim Wallace Dodd Ford was not Wallace Fard Muhammad. By 1930 a permanent split developed in the movement. [30] Evanzz based his account of Fard's life on the declassified portion of the FBI file that he received about a decade after his request. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Jeffrey Eugenides novel Middlesex, which could justly be called a Detroit epic, includes a fascinating chapter in which the matriarch of the Stephanides family, Desdemona, takes a job as a silk worker at the Nation of Islams headquarters on Hastings Street. After Elijah's death, Warith Deen appointed Abdullah imam of Mosque #77 in Oakland, California. Karriem cited a quotation from a book entitled Secret Rituals of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam, authored by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad, which read, The believer must be stabbed through the heart. This quote, as well as another stating, Every son of Islam must gain a victory from a devil. From then onwards, he is untraceable. When nothing further was heard from him, some rumored that he had been killed by police. Ford/Fard lied about his background so many times that it's hard to tell what's true and what's not. 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. 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. He founded the religious movement in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in 1930, and was its leader until 1934, his disappearance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Fard_Muhammad. rcel.async = true; A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. FBI records identified him as an unstable wanderer named Wallace Dodd Ford who came to the United States from New Zealand in 1913. 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. 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. [21][Note 1] These incidents drew police attention, according to Beynon, and contributed to persecutions and schisms. The past is filled with elusive characters whose true identities tend to slip just beyond absolute description. [26], On November 20, 1932, James J. Smith, a black man, was killed by Robert Harris, who was his roommate and a member of the Nation of Islam, on a makeshift altar in what was described as a human sacrifice. I worked with a devout follower of the noi. But it's a dead end - as far as anybody in the country, or indeed the world is concerned, Wallace Fard Muhammed no longer exists. How that ALLAH would separate us from the Devils and, then destroy them; and Change us into a New and Perfect People; and Fill the Earth with FREEDOM, JUSTICE and EQUALITY as it was filled with wickedness; and Making we, the Poor Lost-Founds, the Perfect RULERS."[25]. A son born to Allen during their marriage, Donald Campagna, is believed to be the result of an extramarital affair. . We must give up the slave names of our slave-masters and accept the name of Allah (God) or one of His divine attributes. The first is the expansion of Islamic statesthat is, states whose ruling elite consisted, Islam This fiction is obviously not the truth, so what is the real story of Wallace D. Fard? It's possible him and Ford are the same guy. Attendances to his sermons rapidly grow over the next three years and then suddenly, without announcing his departure, he disappears, never to be seen or heard from again. They must give up completely the use of stimulants, especially liquor. "Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader Contemporary American Religion. Wallace Fard Muhammad was the founder of the Nation of Islam. They would have been born back in the 1860's, long before Hawaii was a part of the United States. The FBI opened an investigation into Fard in 1957 and closed it a year later in 1958. He was a few years away from retirement so he was quiet old. The FBI file states: "Our investigation of the NOI and Fard failed to establish his birth date and birth place." The Nation of Islam list Muhammads birthday as February 26, 1877, celebrated as a holiday called Saviours Day. The true origins of W. D. Fard remain mired in obscurity. Evanzz reported that Wallace D. Fard died in Chicago in 1971 at the age of 78. While there is plenty written about Ford, not much is known about Fard. She also said she still kept in contact with Ford via letters she sent to his uncle in New Zealand. var rcel = document.createElement("script"); A handwritten lesson written by Fard states: "Twelve Leaders of Islam from all over the Planet have conferred in the Root of Civilization concerning the Lost-Found Nation of Islam must return to their original Land. Powered by - Designed with theHueman theme. He appeared in Detroit in 1930 and had an obscure background and used several aliases. After Fard Muhammad disappeared in 1934, the leadership of the NOI was assumed by Elijah Muhammad. [25] One such lesson concludes with the text: "This Lesson No. But I am not the same person who taught Elijah Muhammad and I am not God. In the 1920 United States Census, his race was reported as white, his occupation as a proprietor of a restaurant, and his place of birth as New Zealand. He claimed his father was a black Arab and his mother from the Caucasus mountains. Fard and his teachings are also referenced in many hip-hop songs. Now, the Messenger and his Laborers worked day and night for the last three and one-half years, and their accomplishments are approximately twenty-five thousand"[25], In this lesson, Fard places the number of converts obtained in Detroit at 25,000, and he describes a "Messenger" sent to the "Lost-Found Nation of Islam" who is "of their own". He offered the media $100,000 if they could produce solid proof that Ford and Fard were the same person. With growing prestige over a constantly increasing group, [Fard] became bolder in his denunciation of white people and began to attack the teachings of the Bible in such a way as to shock his hearers and bring them to an emotional crisis. In as much as Elijah Muhammad recognizes W.D. Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader He taught us the truth of how we were made 'slaves' and how we are kept in slavery by the 'slave-masters children. Wallace Dodd Ford's race is the subject of some debate. "Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader Since Mr. Fard has been deified, the Temple People raise to the rank of prophet the former Minister of Islam, Elijah Mohammed, now a resident of Chicago. A variety of other claims emerged; that he went to Hawaii, New Zealand, and even to the Middle East. [20], With regard to Elijah Muhammad, Beynon's article stated: "From among the larger group of Muslims there has sprung recently an even more militant branch than the Nation of Islam itself. Practically none of them had been in the North prior to the collapse of the Marcus Garvey movement. See alsoAfrican-American Religions; Black Muslims; Islam; Malcolm X; Muhammad, Elijah Karriem; Muhammad, Warith Deen; Nation of Islam; Qur'an. Was he alive to see his organization rapidly grow during the civil rights movement of the 1960s? [55] Authors have also cited E. U. Essien-Udom for this proposition as well. From interviews with approximately 200 families who followed Fard, Beynon concluded: "Although the prophet lived in Detroit from July 4, 1930 until June 30, 1934, virtually nothing is known about him, save that he 'came from the East' and that he 'called' the Negroes of North America to enter the Nation of Islam. Fard snuck back into Detroit in January 1933, but was identified by authorities, arrested in May and again ordered to leave the city. "[19], Beynon's interviewees told him that reports of Fard's message spread throughout the black community. This fits with Ford's former professions. He drew on various sources, including Noble Drew Ali's Moorish Science Temple of America, black nationalist trends like Garveyism, and black-oriented forms of Freemasonry. In contrast to Fards story, Karl Evanzz, noted NOI authority and author of The Messenger: The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad, has argued that Fard was born Wali Dodd Fard in New Zealand in 1893. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. "The society cannot be blamed for anything he did," Ali was quoted in the Detroit News, November 23, 1932. Similarly, biblical prophecies and the teachings of Marcus Garvey and Noble Drew Ali were cited as foretelling the coming of the new prophet". He lived In Los Angeles. The 2 smear campaigns that were released also have me wondering what the agency hoped to accomplish. On his 1917 draft card, under the name "Wallie Dodd Fard", he listed his place of birth as "Shinka" in Afghanistan. He appeared in Detroit in 1930 and had an obscure background and used several aliases. Fard as being Allah (God) and claims that Fard is the source of all of his teachings, it is suggested that an exhaustive effort be made to fully identify and locate W. D. Fard and/or members of his family. He founded the religious movement in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in 1930, and was its leader until 1934, his disappearance. Thats not to say that anyone so amorphous is not capable of producing very absolute effects on history. In compliance with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements, some of these records are no longer in the physical possession of the FBI, eliminating the FBIs capability to re-review and/or re-process this material. An interesting piece of information that emerged from Elijah Muhammad's son is that Fard was an excellent cook and dietitian. Among the files reviewed was that of Wallace Dodd Ford. . In compliance with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements, some of these records are no longer in the physical possession of the FBI, eliminating the FBIs capability to re-review and/or re-process this material. On the 1920 U.S. Census, Ford gave his race as White, his birthplace as New Zealand, and his age as 26. The culprits vary depending on who's talking. Garvey taught the Negroes that their homeland was Ethiopia. He spoke as a guest at the NOI temples in Detroit and Chicago. The 26 November 1976 issue of the Nation of Islam journal Bilalian News reports Muhammad Abdullah's first khutbah at the mosque and shows a photo. A few of them had come under the influence of the Moorish-American cult which succeeded it. At some point, he established a rudimentary church and read from the Bible, drawing in a mainly black Christian audience. All written records and documents that he or other people filled out on his behalf list him as white or caucasian. Encyclopedia.com gives you the ability to cite reference entries and articles according to common styles from the Modern Language Association (MLA), The Chicago Manual of Style, and the American Psychological Association (APA). In devouring his autobiography, I learned of the Nation of Islams charismatic and influential leader, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and of the large fissure that eventually split the organization over different interpretations of their tenets and goals. However, the date of retrieval is often important. The FBI then tracked down Wallie D. Ford's caucasian ex-wife, Hazel Evalsizer, living in LA. Fard worked the streets as silk peddler, but his real sales pitches were religious beliefs and dietary restrictions. [64][65] Fard wrote the following for his followers: "[T]he LESSONS that OUR SAVIOUR (ALLAH) gave us to Study and Learn is the Fulfillment of the Prophecies of All the Former Prophets concerning the Beginning of the Devils, and the Ending of the Civilization, and of our Enslavement by the Devils, and Present Time of our Delivery from the Devils by OUR SAVIOUR (ALLAH). Officials said he came to the United States from Asia.". The marriage did not last even a year; Ford accused his wife of being an alcoholic and a bad spender. The men of the organization were drilled by captains and referred to as the Fruit of Islam. His ears, mouth, eye brows etc his face looks like a younger Ford imo. Muhammad, Akbar. "[25] He went on to state: "Why is Stress made to the Muslims to Copy, the Minister, Elijah Muhammad's Answers? [31], From the FBI's response to the Freedom of Information Act request, Evanzz claimed that Fard, using the name Fred Dodd, married Pearl Allen in Multnomah County, Oregon, on May 9, 1914, with their first child, a son, born the next year. Their tainted, weakened blood was to blame for the white races immorality, which they frequently used to keep the black race in a perpetual state of half-freedom. Many people avoided him because of the wild things he sometimes said." Fard appears in the novel Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides, in which Fard's Detroit Temple No. I remember researching the noi's history and finding out about what you have written. '"[59], Elijah Muhammad, who led the Nation of Islam from 1934 to 1975, heard Fard teach for the first time in 1931. Learn how your comment data is processed. The photo of Fard looks highly retouched, or whatever people did to photo before Photoshop, so whether it's the same person as in the mugshot is really hard to tell. Just last year, however, I read a book that reintroduced Fard to my consciousness. r d / (born February 26, 1877) was a co-founder of the Nation of Islam. The whole thing smells like an intelligence agency operation to me. Fard disappeared in 1934. Others have suggested that he was a Druze or a Shiite."[51]. To this day, nobody knows. 1. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (function() { A 1957 FBI report stated that Muhammad previously lived in Portland, Oregon, under the alias Fred Dodd, and in Los Angeles and Chicago as Wallie/Wallace Dodd Ford. From then onwards, he is untraceable. (February 22, 2023). Therefore, its best to use Encyclopedia.com citations as a starting point before checking the style against your school or publications requirements and the most-recent information available at these sites: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. In 1934 he disappeared without a trace. Fards demise as the leader of the temple was brought upon him when, on Thanksgiving Day in 1932, one of his followers, Robert Harris, renamed Robert Karriem, committed a human sacrifice in order to bring himself closer to Allah. -, Press J to jump to the feed. Members of the movement believe Fard to be the incarnation of Allh, and his birthday, February 26, is observed as Saviours Day. Part of Fard's teaching also involved admiration for Japan. He measured and weighed the earth and its water; the history of the moon; the history of the two nations, black and white, that dominate the earth. The Noble Drew Ali, the prophet of the Moorish-Americans, proclaimed that these people were 'descendants of Morrocans [Moroccans]'. Muhammad, Elijah. The religion that God set forth for Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and muammad proclaimed by the latter in Arabia in the 7th century, which enjoys the, Pan-Islam On their marriage record, Ford gave his race as Spanish, his birthplace as Oregon, and his age as 26. The FBI officially claims this: Fard got into hot water when in May 1933, one of his followers performed a ritual murder as a sacrifice to God. WebWallace D. Fard aka Wallace Fard Muhammad / f . WebThe FBIs FOIA Library contains many files of public interest and historical value. [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. But he's certainly not black like he claimed. The book Chameleon: The True Story of W.D. Despite a lack of fame, Mr. Fards legacy lives on to this day whether most of us know it or not. [12], Fard taught a form of black exceptionalism and self-pride to poor Southern blacks during the Great Northward Migration at a time when old ideas of scientific racism were prevalent. He provided no known place of birth for his parents nor his date of immigration. Fard, also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad, had a murky past. The NOI consider Fard to have been a light-skinned black man. [56] In his 1962 book Black Nationalism: The Search for an Identity, Essien-Udom wrote: "Noble Drew Ali was shot and stabbed in his offices at the Unity Club in Chicago on the night of March 15, 1929 He was eventually released on bond, but a few weeks later, he died under mysterious circumstances. Using both the Bible and the Qur'an, he began with meetings in houses until he had enough members to rent a storefront, which he called Temple of Islam No. https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/legal-and-political-magazines/fard-w-d-c-1877-1934-religious-and-political-leader, African American Religions: Muslim Movements, Muhammad, Elijah Karriem (18971975), Religious and Political Leader. They say that he shall soon return in a spaceship and that then the existence of the wicked Yakubians and their rule will end, with a new utopia forged. Wallace Fard Muhammad was the founder of the Nation of Islam. [20], Beynon described disputes and tension that arose between the new community and the police over the group's refusal to send their children to public schools. Legends soon sprang up about this mysterious personality. He advocated community members to establish and own their own businesses,[13] eat healthy, raise families, and refrain from drugs and alcohol. "In an attempt to determine the origins of W.D. It was an independent monarchy and other than a few missionaries and traders the population was almost entirely native Hawaiian. Trevino was a 22-year-old native of Mexico also living in Los Angeles. Four years later, in 1963, they issued another story to a Los Angeles-based newspaper that claimed Ford and Fard were, in fact, the same person. She claimed Ford was a New Zealander who had lived in Portland prior to coming to LA, and that she had one son by him, Wallace Dodd Ford Jr., who had died during World War II. You have not yet seen me in my royal robes.' He further reported that he was a resident alien and citizen of Afghanistan. ." Two sons of Elijah Muhammad have variously identified him either as an Ahmadiyyah missionary from Pakistan, a position supported by Imam Warith Deen Muhammad, or as an Arab of "Turko-Persian" origins, a view offered by Akbar Muhammad. Did Marco Polo ever reach China? Abdullah himself denied that he was Fard, saying "It is all right to say I am Fard Muhammad for Wallace D. Muhammad. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. The Caucasians are the colored people, since they have lost their original color. [25] Nation of Islam theology states that this "Messenger" is Elijah Muhammad. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several aliases, and taught an idiosyncratic form of what he considered Islam to members of the city's black population. Reyes | Finn exhibit brings together more than 150 Detroit artists, Taurus Burns embraces his zebra stripes in Created Equal, Four queer, Black women explore the aftermath of heartbreak in Detroit art show. Free maps of USA towns - printable, unique, stylish, souvenir maps for download now! https://68.media.tumblr.com/8baacfedb2c5ff0be7055d0550917d7e/tumblr_ne5vz9XWui1t1ova9o10_500.jpg. In 1933, Fard disappeared and a power struggle within the NOI emerged. On a 1926 San Quentin State Prison file, a Wallie D. Ford of Los Angeles gave his birthplace as Oregon, and his age as 31. Accordingly, he gave his followers Arabic names to replace those that had originated in slavery. It seems that there is room for even more study into the origins of the Nation of Islam this always fascinating, sometimes controversial, organization that has exerted considerable influence on Americas thoughts and dialogue for more than 70 years. He agreed to leave Detroit forever in order to receive immunity, and boarded a train bound for Chicago on Dec. 7. To Mr. Fard alone do they offer prayer and sacrifice. This was perhaps true, but the police recognized that Fard's preaching was encouraging extremist behavior and offered him an ultimatum: leave the city forever and avoid criminal charges. After Wallace had renamed the group the World Community of Al-Islam (one of many name changes to follow), Farrakhan was able to reconstitute the NOI under his own auspices in 1979. The FBI were confident that Wallace Dodd Ford was, in fact, Wallace Fard Muhammad. Within three years Fard had established several organizations: the "Temple of Islam," with its own worship style and rituals; the "University of Islam," to propagate his teachings; the "Muslim Girls Training," to teach female members home economics and how to be a proper Muslim woman; and the "Fruit of Islam," consisting of selected male members to provide security for the temple and Muslim leaders and to enforce the disciplinary rules. This is the story that stuck. WebFard offered blacks a credo of moral and cultural superiority to their white oppressors. A World War I draft registration card for Wallie Dodd Fard[4] from 1917 indicated he was living in Los Angeles, unmarried, as a restaurant owner, and reported that he was born in Shinka, Afghanistan on February 26, 1893. The Nation of Islam state that Muhammad was of African and Arab descent. [22], Fard named his community the "Nation of Islam". 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