![]() | Elijah Muhammad and Islam Subjects: Elijah Muhammad 1897– 1975; Black Muslims -- Doctrines; Black Muslims -- Relations -- Islam; Islam -- Relations -- Black Muslims; Islam -- United States -- History; African American Muslims -- United States -- History; Elijah Muhammad is arguably the most significant figure in the history of Islam in the United States. Successor to W. D. Fard, the founder of the Nation of Islam, and a mentor to Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad led the Nation of Islam for over forty years. Berg Herbert : Herbert Berg is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. He is the editor of Methods and Theories in the Study of Islamic Origins and author of The Development of Exegesis in Early Islam. |
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