Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Black Muslim movement, concluded the tutorial of his designated successor, Elijah Muhammad, in 1934. That was the year Fard, who under the Nation of Islam’s ...

James 40X’s voice crackled through the phone, as if his whole life was on the move. I told him I’d meet him right away, near Supreme Bean Pie’s bakery, at the Nation of Islam’s headquarters in the ...

Minister Louis Farrakhan, ailing and in seclusion at his Michigan home, has ceded leadership of the Nation of Islam to an executive board while he recovers, saying the movement must prove that it "is ...

In the era of the civil rights movement, Malcolm X was America's most famous proponent of Black nationalism. A Muslim convert ...

After surviving a police shooting in 1974, Khalid Waajid dedicated himself to documenting the Bay Area’s African American Muslim community. (Abdullah Sabir) I began to wonder about his journey through ...

Minister Don Muhammad, the longtime leader of Boston’s headquarters of the Nation of Islam and a confidant of Louis Farrakhan, died on Tuesday, according to his successor. The 87-year-old “Minister ...

(RNS) — In the sessions, Black faith leaders are schooled on the differences between Sunni, Shia and Nation of Islam sects and discuss the privileges Black Christians can enjoy compared to Black ...

United Nation of Islam, a quasi-religious group based in Kansas City, Kansas, was accused of forcing children to endure long, unpaid work days while living in crowded conditions with strict diets.

Progressive Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, one of the top Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor, was caught on video applauding and embracing radical Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan as he ...

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Arkansas Department of Corrections to separate Muslim inmates from the Nation of Islam and other groups during Friday prayer services. U.S. District Judge Brian S ...