The Nation of Islam, whose followers are known as Black Muslims, originated in Detroit in 1930. Shrouded in secrecy, the organization advocates a separatist religious, economic, and political ideology based on black nationalism. It seeks to instill...

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NATION OF ISLAM. The first several decades of the twentieth century marked a continuing challenge for African Americans. Attempting to carve out a viable socioeconomic, political, and cultural space was difficult in light of disenfranchisement, mob...

Malcolm X with Elijah Muhammad at Savior's Day The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and social/political organization founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace Fard Muhammad in July 1930 with the self-proclaimed goal of resurrecting the Spiritual,...

A federal judge has ordered Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan to appear in court to explain why payments to his son are not considered income.A Gary couple are seeking to collect $350,000 from Farrakhan's 48-year-old son, who lost a lawsuit after crashing his father's...

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has been released from a hospital and is expected to speak next month in Detroit in what could be his last major public address, the organization announced Tuesday.Farrakhan, 73, had a five-week hospital stay that included major surgery, the...

Imam W. Deen Mohammed, who transformed how African-American Muslims practice their faith, condemned the "hate rhetoric" of Nation of Islam leaders and predicted the group would soon embrace mainstream Islamic teaching the way he did three decades ago."The time for those leaders who had that...

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is heading into what's billed as his final major address Sunday, and some Muslims are wondering if the fiery orator _ now slowed by poor health _ will try to repair old divisions between his movement and mainstream Islam.Farrakhan's...