Fifty years ago, American Islam changed course. On Feb. 26, 1975 — the day after the death of Elijah Muhammad, then the leader of the Nation of Islam — his son Wallace Deen Muhammad was lifted before ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. A top Nation of Islam minister said Saturday that while the Chicago-based movement has primarily focused on blacks since its creation, he envisions expanding a racially universal ...

Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912) and the paradox of Islam -- Nobel Drew Ali (1886-1929) and the establishment of Black Particularistic Islam -- Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) and the absolutism of Black ...

CHICAGO — A year after delivering what the Nation of Islam deemed its ailing leader's final public address, Minister Louis Farrakhan has regained control of the movement and his place in its spotlight ...