In fact, some of the most mysterious individuals who have graced this Earth have left the most indelible marks upon our books and records. Do you personally think Fard fled Detroit in the 1930s and lived on elsewhere, or do you think he was killed? He stated that he was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to a Black African father and a Russian Jewish mother, from the Caucasus. Following his disappearance, Elijah Muhammad succeeded him as the chief of the Nation of Islam. Ford/Fard lied about his background so many times that it's hard to tell what's true and what's not. Fard, which contains 40 questions answered by Elijah Muhammad, one of the lost found in the wilderness of North America February 20th, 1934."[25]. [24], According to Beynon, Fard's followers grew to approximately eight thousand. He taught a unique form of religion which was based on Islam to members of the city's African-American population. A few of them had come under the influence of the Moorish-American cult which succeeded it. ", Fard used the name "W. F. Muhammad" on several lessons written in 1933 and 1934. [40] Barton-Ford gave a description of Wallie Ford, and described him as a Caucasian New Zealander. var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_b42b6d"); There is some evidence that Fard lived at least until the 1960s; his alleged lover stated that he had returned to New Zealand. He agreed to leave Detroit forever in order to receive immunity, and boarded a train bound for Chicago on Dec. 7. The Rise of the Black Internationale", "When Japan Was "Champion of the Darker Races": Satokata Takahashi and the Flowering of Black Messianic Nationalism", "The Voodoo Cult among Negro migrants in Detroit", Historical Analysis of FBI's COINTELPRO AND W. Fard Muhammad, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wallace_Fard_Muhammad&oldid=1141937668, Members of the Moorish Science Temple of America, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021, Articles lacking reliable references from May 2022, Articles with disputed statements from July 2019, Articles with trivia sections from June 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The name Fard is a common surname in Pakistan as are other names he bestowed upon his followers such as Shabazz, Ghulam, and Kallatt, Interviews with long-time Nation figures who met him or saw original photos of him such as, Early teachings from Fard indicated a distrust and disdain for Hinduism, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 17:20. [68][bettersourceneeded]. Karriem was found to be legally insane and was committed. Fard through a vent. The FBI then tracked down Wallie D. Ford's caucasian ex-wife, Hazel Evalsizer, living in LA. Four victories and the son will attain his reward, convinced the Detroit Police Department motivated in part by the anti-Muslim hysteria fueled by media coverage of the event to seek out Fard in conjunction with the murder. In compliance with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements, some of these records are no longer in the physical possession of the FBI, eliminating the FBIs capability to re-review and/or re-process this material. They must give up completely the use of stimulants, especially liquor. I am your brother. The first is the expansion of Islamic statesthat is, states whose ruling elite consisted, Islam [67] The FBI charged that Takahashi had been an influential presence in the Nation of Islam. [10], The annual Saviour's Day event is held in honor of Master Fard's birth. After Wallace had renamed the group the World Community of Al-Islam (one of many name changes to follow), Farrakhan was able to reconstitute the NOI under his own auspices in 1979. Farrakhan referred to the knowledge that Fard passed onto the NOI as actual facts. (The speech is at the Nations Web site at www.noi.org.). [19], In the early stage of his ministry, Fard "used the Bible as his textbook, since it was the only religious book with which the majority of his hearers were familiar. He provided no known place of birth for his parents nor his date of immigration. Officially, the NOI believes Fard departed Earth via supernatural means. ." We must give up the slave names of our slave-masters and accept the name of Allah (God) or one of His divine attributes. His color is listed as White. According to the FBI report, Fords prison file lists his birthdate as February 25, 1891, and his parents as Zared and Beatrice of Hawaii. Black Nationalism: A Search for Identity in America. There is only one known, authenticated photograph of "Wallace Fard Muhammad", which depicts him as a light-skinned, caucasian-looking man: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Wallace_Fard_Muhammad.jpg. A 1920 birth record for a boy named Wallace Max Ford born in Los Angeles lists his father as Wallace Ford, who was born in New Zealand, and his mother as Hazel Barton. The whole thing smells like an intelligence agency operation to me. Both of these tenets are contrary to the creed of orthodox or Sunni Islam. "In an attempt to determine the origins of W.D. Just last year, however, I read a book that reintroduced Fard to my consciousness. [64][65] Fard wrote the following for his followers: "[T]he LESSONS that OUR SAVIOUR (ALLAH) gave us to Study and Learn is the Fulfillment of the Prophecies of All the Former Prophets concerning the Beginning of the Devils, and the Ending of the Civilization, and of our Enslavement by the Devils, and Present Time of our Delivery from the Devils by OUR SAVIOUR (ALLAH). [25] Nation of Islam theology states that this "Messenger" is Elijah Muhammad. Fard disappeared in 1934. When nothing further was heard from him, some rumored that he had been killed by police. Encyclopedia.com gives you the ability to cite reference entries and articles according to common styles from the Modern Language Association (MLA), The Chicago Manual of Style, and the American Psychological Association (APA). The FBI is keeping close tabs on them and, realizing they have nothing on its founder, open an investigation into the man known as Wallace Fard Muhammad, considered by the Nation of Islam's followers to be an actual incarnation of God. One of the Conference Members by the name of Mr. Osman Sharrieff said to the Eleven Members of the Conference: 'The Lost-Found Nation of Islam will not return to their original Land unless they, first, have a thorough Knowledge of their own.' Maybe he was deported after that hearing. Members of the movement believe Fard to be the incarnation of Allh, and his birthday, February 26, is observed as Saviours Day. April 15, 2022. Fards demise as the leader of the temple was brought upon him when, on Thanksgiving Day in 1932, one of his followers, Robert Harris, renamed Robert Karriem, committed a human sacrifice in order to bring himself closer to Allah. Wallace Fard, also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad or Master Fard Muhammad[3] (/frd/; reportedly born February 26, c.1877[4][7] disappeared c.1934), was the founder of the Nation of Islam. [56] In his 1962 book Black Nationalism: The Search for an Identity, Essien-Udom wrote: "Noble Drew Ali was shot and stabbed in his offices at the Unity Club in Chicago on the night of March 15, 1929 He was eventually released on bond, but a few weeks later, he died under mysterious circumstances. On the draft card, "Ford" is written in parentheses in a different hand. [23] Following the rapid increase in membership, he instituted a formal organizational structure. Fard worked the streets as silk peddler, but his real sales pitches were religious beliefs and dietary restrictions. He also stated that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Illinois. The marriage did not last even a year; Ford accused his wife of being an alcoholic and a bad spender. Evanzz reported that Wallace D. Fard died in Chicago in 1971 at the age of 78. Fard appeared as a peddler "from the East," selling silks and other sundries and dispensing advice about health and spiritual development to his customers. One of the few survivors who heard his first addresses states that he himself said: 'My name is W. D. Fard and I came from the Holy City of Mecca. rcel.async = true; They claim Wallace Dodd Ford was not Wallace Fard Muhammad. Fard immigrated to the United States sometime before 1930. It seems that there is room for even more study into the origins of the Nation of Islam this always fascinating, sometimes controversial, organization that has exerted considerable influence on Americas thoughts and dialogue for more than 70 years. . Only a few things are certain. How that ALLAH would separate us from the Devils and, then destroy them; and Change us into a New and Perfect People; and Fill the Earth with FREEDOM, JUSTICE and EQUALITY as it was filled with wickedness; and Making we, the Poor Lost-Founds, the Perfect RULERS."[25]. I taught him some lessons. She claimed Ford was a New Zealander who had lived in Portland prior to coming to LA, and that she had one son by him, Wallace Dodd Ford Jr., who had died during World War II. Attendances to his sermons rapidly grow over the next three years and then suddenly, without announcing his departure, he disappears, never to be seen or heard from again. MSN Weather tracks it all, from precipitation predictions to severe weather warnings, air quality updates, and even wildfire alerts. Others asserted that he had returned to Mecca to prepare for his eventual return. Members of the movement believe Fard to be the incarnation of Allh, and his birthday, February 26, is observed as Saviours Day. FBI records identified him as an unstable wanderer named Wallace Dodd Ford who came to the United States from New Zealand in 1913. In 1934 he disappeared without a trace. He claimed he was influenced by the group. Black Muslims [28] Additionally, Fard is alleged to have used up to 58 different aliases during his life. Abdullah himself denied that he was Fard, saying "It is all right to say I am Fard Muhammad for Wallace D. Muhammad. The NOI teaches that Wallace Fard Muhammad was an avatar of Allah, who came to America to educate on this forgotten history. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 5 (54) Tracing Ford's link to Portland, the FBI determined he had married an 18-year-old Native American girl in 1914 called Pearl Allen. Chameleon: The True Story of W.D. Fard preached that blacks (who were not to be called Negroes) must prepare for an inevitable race war and that Christianity was the religion of slaveowners. Reyes | Finn exhibit brings together more than 150 Detroit artists, Taurus Burns embraces his zebra stripes in Created Equal, Four queer, Black women explore the aftermath of heartbreak in Detroit art show. Part of Fard's teaching also involved admiration for Japan. Fard taught that approximately 6,000 years ago a black scientist named Yakub conducted gene-manipulation experiments that resulted in the creation of the inferior white race. How we had been made blind, deaf and dumb by this white race of people and how we must return to our people, our God and His religion of peace (Islam), the religion of the prophets. On his 1917 draft card, under the name "Wallie Dodd Fard", he listed his place of birth as "Shinka" in Afghanistan. If in this way they obeyed Allah, he would take them back to the Paradise from which they had been stolen the Holy City of Mecca. J. Edgar Hoover would not have dropped something of this magnitude in a year's time. He was known usually as Mr. Wali Farrad or Mr. W. D. Fard, though he used also the following names: Professor Ford, Mr. Farrad Mohammed, Mr. F. Mohammed Ali. Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. He measured and weighed the earth and its water; the history of the moon; the history of the two nations, black and white, that dominate the earth. The FBI opened an investigation into Fard in 1957 and closed it a year later in 1958. ." On their marriage record, Ford gave his race as Spanish, his birthplace as Oregon, and his age as 26. [20] Fard prepared texts that served as authoritative manuals of the faith and were memorized verbatim by his followers. This is my own personal theory and it is out there so this is a fair warning: I believe that Ford was a FBI plant sent in as a cointel agent to gather intelligence on the civil rights movement that would getting traction in many inner city's and southern States. There is no doubt Fard had many enemies - even within his own organization. "Black Muslims," a name coined by C. Eric Lincoln in 1960, refers to the members of one of the most militant and separati, Muhammad, Elijah 18971975 Fard, also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad, had a murky past. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. He claimed his father was a black Arab and his mother from the Caucasus mountains. Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. He lived In Los Angeles. Fred gave his age as 23 and his birthplace as Europe. Two days later, Elijah Muhammads son, Wallace Muhammad, was named leader of the NOI, and quickly distanced himself from certain aspects of his fathers teachings most notably those denouncing whites as devils. [citation needed] Harris attended meetings of the Detroit chapter of the Nation of Islam, then also called the Order of Islam, and Allah Temple of Islam, where he was given the name of Robert Karriem. On a 1926 San Quentin State Prison file, a Wallie D. Ford of Los Angeles gave his birthplace as Oregon, and his age as 31. (February 22, 2023). He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several aliases, and taught an idiosyncratic form of what he considered Islam to members of the city's black population. The later official view of the Nation of Islam was that he was in Mecca. [16] From those interviews, Beynon wrote that Fard lived and taught in Detroit from 1930 to 1934. After another brush with the law in April 1934, Fard left Detroit for good. Free maps of USA towns - printable, unique, stylish, souvenir maps for download now! Wallace Fard Muhammad was the founder of the Nation of Islam. What seems most remarkable is that Fard seems to have utterly disappeared from the governments (especially the FBIs) radar after leaving Detroit in 1933. At some point, he established a rudimentary church and read from the Bible, drawing in a mainly black Christian audience. Two sons of Elijah Muhammad have variously identified him either as an Ahmadiyyah missionary from Pakistan, a position supported by Imam Warith Deen Muhammad, or as an Arab of "Turko-Persian" origins, a view offered by Akbar Muhammad. The Nation of Islam state that Muhammad was of African and Arab descent. Others have suggested that he was a Druze or a Shiite."[51]. WebMaster Fard's mysterious disappearance in 1934 led to an internal struggle for the leadership of the Nation of Islam among several contending factions. I think you're right - between Fard's own obfuscation of his past and the FBI's misinformation campaign, we might never know just who he really was. Today, the Nation of Islam teaches that he boarded the Mother Plane and is still alive. In contrast to Fards story, Karl Evanzz, noted NOI authority and author of The Messenger: The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad, has argued that Fard was born Wali Dodd Fard in New Zealand in 1893. The FBI maintained an open file on Fard Muhammad up until as late as 1960, according to documents published through the Freedom of Information Act. Master Fard's mysterious disappearance in 1934 led to an internal struggle for the leadership of the Nation of Islam among several contending factions. In 1933, Fard disappeared and a power struggle within the NOI emerged. His parents were Zared Fard (a New Zealander whose parents were from an area of East India that eventually became Pakistan) and Beatrice (of New Zealands minority British population). He declared the doom of America, for her evils to us was past due. WebIn late 1933 or in 1934 Fardmysteriously disappeared from public record. 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. Fard, most scholars have relied on his teachings as passed down, and perhaps modified, by Elijah Muhammad. Ford reported that he was a cook, age 26, born in Oregon and living in Los Angeles. rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; ", so I don't know. 1. The NOI consider Fard to have been a light-skinned black man. Wallace Dodd Ford's race is the subject of some debate. Farrakhan, a high-ranking member of NOI at the time of Elijah Muhammads death, became disillusioned with the new direction and quit the NOI in 1978. This new movement, known as the Temple People, identifies the prophet, Mr. W. D. Fard, with the God, Allah. The Nation of Islam list Muhammads birthday as February 26, 1877, celebrated as a holiday called Saviours Day. Fard as being Allah (God) and claims that Fard is the source of all of his teachings, it is suggested that an exhaustive effort be made to fully identify and locate W. D. Fard and/or members of his family. From here on, his teachings became increasingly venomous. Master W. D. Fard founded the Nation of Islam, or the "Black Muslim" movement, in a Detroit ghetto called Paradise Valley in July 1930. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Ugh, I've been going back and forth for the past ten minutes trying to decide if I think the pictures in link 1 and link 2 are of the same person. In 1934 he disappeared without a trace. But it's a dead end - as far as anybody in the country, or indeed the world is concerned, Wallace Fard Muhammed no longer exists. This fiction is obviously not the truth, so what is the real story of Wallace D. Fard? Updates? "Shinka" never actually existed, but there is a district called Shinkay in the Zabul Province of Afghanistan. But he's certainly not black like he claimed. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Islam in the African AmericanExperience. Ford looks Middle Eastern in the mugshot. Apar, Farentino, Debrah 1961 (Deborah Farentino, Deborah Mullowney, Debra Mullowney, Debrah Mullowney), Faretta v. California 422 U.S. 806 (1975), Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience during and after the World War II Internment. Thus ended the FBI investigation into Fard's early life. Elijah Muhammad, who took the position of leader of the Nation of Islam after Fard's disappearance, railed agaist the media claims that Ford was Fard. Among the files reviewed was that of Wallace Dodd Ford. . 1, List of people who have been considered deities, "Wallace D. 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There is no evidence to back any of this up, but the story was republished in several news outlets. Ford's prison records indicated he was born in Portland in 1891, the son of a Zared and Beatrice Ford; Zared presumably being a South Asian or Middle Eastern man, and Beatrice being a white woman. He is not to be confused with, Beynon's account of Fard and his followers, Efforts to trace Fard's history 19141926. Sources: Immigration record of Khanialam Khan https://familysearch.org, FBI report on Wallace Fard Muhammad https://vault.fbi.gov, Mugshots of Wallace Fard Muhammad and Wallie Dodd Ford https://www.findagrave.com, Marriage record of Fred Dodd and Pearl Allen https://www.ancestry.com, Prison file of Wallie Dodd Ford https://www.ancestry.com, Draft registration card of Wallie Dodd Ford https://familysearch.org, Wallie D. Ford on the 1920 U.S. Census https://familysearch.org, Birth record of Fords son, Wallace Max Ford https://familysearch.org, Marriage record of Wallie Dodd Ford and Carmen Trevino https://familysearch.org, William D. Fard on the 1930 U.S. Census https://familysearch.org, Nation of Islam article refuting claims of Dodd and Muhammad being the same person https://www.noi.org. Fard, facing possible charges, confessed that his teachings were dangerous and that he would use his influence to disband the ATI. Evanzz detailed the experience of several other authors who also based their accounts of Fard's life on the FBI file. It's the late 1950s and the civil rights movement is beginning to emerge. "[19], Beynon's interviewees told him that reports of Fard's message spread throughout the black community. [31], From the FBI's response to the Freedom of Information Act request, Evanzz claimed that Fard, using the name Fred Dodd, married Pearl Allen in Multnomah County, Oregon, on May 9, 1914, with their first child, a son, born the next year. Jeffrey Eugenides novel Middlesex, which could justly be called a Detroit epic, includes a fascinating chapter in which the matriarch of the Stephanides family, Desdemona, takes a job as a silk worker at the Nation of Islams headquarters on Hastings Street. WebWallace Fard Muhammad established the Nation of Islam in Detroit. He was described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair. But perhaps most notably, he was the man who founded the Nation of Islam, a political and religious organization that brought Malcolm X, one of the 20th centurys most important Americans, into the spotlight. [14] He influenced his successor Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X and many other Black Nationalist thinkers. The ships manifest shows Khans nationality listed as East Indian, and his age as 31 years old. [40] The FBI's search for Fard was officially closed the following year on April 15, 1958. WebWallace Muhammad - Disappearance Disappearance In June 1934, Fard left Detroit for Chicago and disappeared without a trace. "[49], The Nation of Islam refutes the claim that Fard and Ford are one and the same in an article posted on the NOI website by Dr. Wesley Muhammad. One faction, the Moors, remains faithful to Noble Drew Ali, and the other, which is now led by Elijah Muhammad, remains faithful to Prophet Fard (Master Wallace Fard Muhammad). He gave the exact birth of the white race; the name of their God who made them and how; and the end of their time, the judgment, how it will begin and end. Finally, the community contributed money and rented a hall to serve as a temple where meetings were conducted. "[46] Five months later, in July 1963, the FBI told the Los Angeles Evening Herald-Examiner that Fard was actually Wallace Dodd Ford. There is no consensus about Master Fard's identity. Corrections? A son born to Allen during their marriage, Donald Campagna, is believed to be the result of an extramarital affair. The FBI file states: "Our investigation of the NOI and Fard failed to establish his birth date and birth place." ", Beynon refers to some of the lessons by Fard as an "oral tradition" that was recorded at the University of Islam as the "Secret Ritual of the Nation of Islam." In that year, he established in Detroit the Temple of Islm as well as the University of Islm, which was the temples school, and the Fruit of Islm, a corps of male guards. A variety of other claims emerged; that he went to Hawaii, New Zealand, and even to the Middle East. He claimed to have attended Oxford and the University of California, and then to have begun training as a diplomat for the kingdom of Hejaz (now a part of Saudi Arabia). WebWallace D. Fard aka Wallace Fard Muhammad / f . r d / (born February 26, 1877) was a co-founder of the Nation of Islam. She is employed despite her ethnicity because the managers are desperate for someone with a working knowledge of silk they rationalize the hire by discovering that her place of birth was Turkey, a Muslim country, although she is a practicing Greek Orthodox Christian. Most sources in the Nation of Islam claim that he hailed from The Holy City Mecca in Saudi Arabia, 1920 Federal U.S. Census, Los Angeles City, Enumeration District 206, Sheet 10B, California State Board of Health, County of Orange, Certificate of Marriage, Local Registered No. Her judgment could not take place until we hear the truth. Fard pleaded innocence and claimed he had no involvement in the murder. They say that he shall soon return in a spaceship and that then the existence of the wicked Yakubians and their rule will end, with a new utopia forged. The original people must regain their religion, which is Islam, their language, which is Arabic, and their culture, which is astronomy and higher mathematics, especially calculus. Omissions? Harris was later declared mentally unbalanced, pleaded guilty and was imprisoned, while Fard and Ali were released. His original name was Wallace D. Fard, but he was also known by other aliases, such as Farad Muhammad, F. Muhammad Ali, Wali Farrad, and Professor Fard. I have no idea who Fard was but I doubt he was black, which is ironic. After Desdemona is hired and settles into a familiar routine of caring for the delicate silkworms the Nation of Islam breeds to make cloth, she discovers that she can hear the speeches of Master W.D. Lincoln, C. Eric. His most trusted lieutenant and chief minister of Islam, Elijah Karriem Muhammad, the former Robert Elijah Poole of Sandersville, Georgia, eventually won control and reestablished the Nation of Islam in Chicago, with Temple No. He spoke as a guest at the NOI temples in Detroit and Chicago. "Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader [25] In 1933, he began signing his name "W. F. Muhammad", which stands for "Wallace Fard Muhammad". One member of the group, later declared mentally insane, allegedly participated in "human sacrifice" in 1932 in an effort to follow lessons regarding the sacrifice of devils. PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME! It says that Wallace Fard "is awaiting an immigration hearing. [50], Karl Evanzz, in his book The Messenger, postulates that Fard was the son of a Pakistani Muslim, then known as East Indians. He founded the religious movement in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in 1930, and was its leader until 1934, his disappearance. 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