A descendant of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad is asking Washington County officials to honor Muhammad's birthplace with a proclamation and historic marker, part of an effort to recognize the ...

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 ...

At the time of Islam’s emergence, slavery was a normal feature of every major civilization. It functioned much like a system of unpaid labor. Judaism and Christianity, as historically practiced, ...