Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam during a period of limited growth. Malcolm X's arrival in 1952 ushered in a time of dramatically increased ...

Elijah Muhammad, in 1934. That was the year Fard, who under the Nation of Islam’s theology was an “Allah,” one of a series of divine messengers whose time on Earth was limited, disappeared.

Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam during a period of limited growth. Malcolm X's arrival in 1952 ushered in a time of dramatically increased ...