Intro
Per Ahmadiyya sources, Sheikh Abdus Salam was originally Reverend BD Sutton converted to Qadianism between October 1922 and January 1923. Mufti Muhammad Sadiq delivered five lectures in Detroit at the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) meetings; out of the 40 converts, one of them, Mufti Sahib said, was an enthusiastic young man with the name Rev Sutton. Rev. BD Sutton, who became the enthusiastic Ahmadiyya preacher Sheikh Abdus Salam, had been one of at least 40 pan-Africanist Garveyites that joined the movement following Sadiq’s five lectures to the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Detroit.
After his conversion, Mufti Muhammad Sadiq made him a “sheikh”, as he continued to give out this title. Reverend BD Sutton took the Muslim name, Sheikh Abdus Salam and was appointed the leader of that congregation (The Moslem Sunrise, Issue I, 1923, p. 167), in the same edition Mufti Muhammad Sadiq cites Sheikh Abdus Salam and Sheikh Ahmad Din (both African American’s and both given financial deals) as prolific prostelytizers (The Moslem Sunrise, Issue 2-3, 1923, p. 190). Sheikh Salam went on to become one of the principal preachers in Detroit. He was described as “busy bringing others to the fold of Islam”. (The Moslem Sunrise, Issue 2-3, 1923, p. 190). The only other American Sheikh who was made a Sheikh by Mufti Muhammad Sadiq was Mr. J.L. Mott aka Shaikh Abdullah Din Muhammad (another fake Ahmadi converted for business reasons). After Mufti Muhammad Sadiq ran out of America (1923) and his replacement was also forced to leave in the later summer of 1924 (Maulvi Muhammad Din), Ahmadiyya died in the USA in its first wave. Sheikh Abdus Salam aka Reverend BD Sutton went totally missing in the history of Ahmadiyya, as did Sheikh Ahmad Din and Mr. J.L. Mott aka Shaikh Abdullah Din Muhammad. By 1927, there were barely any Ahmadi’s in the USA and Muhammad Yusuf Khan was the only Ahmadi Maulvi working in the country had returned to British India on his many back-and-forth trips (See ROR of Feb-1927, the ROR of March-1927 and Al-Fazl, 7 January 1928, pp. 1-2).
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1922
The untold story of Black Muslims: The Mufti and the Sheikhs (alhakam.org)
He converts to Qadianism in Detroit.
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After his conversion, Mufti Muhammad Sadiq made him a “sheikh”, as he continued to give out this title. Reverend BD Sutton took the Muslim name, Sheikh Abdus Salam and was appointed the leader of that congregation (The Moslem Sunrise, Issue I, 1923, p. 167), in the same edition Mufti Muhammad Sadiq cites Sheikh Abdus Salam and Sheikh Ahmad Din as prolific proselytisers (The Moslem Sunrise, Issue 2-3, 1923, p. 190). Sheikh Salam went on to become one of the principal preachers in Detroit. He was described as “busy bringing others to the fold of Islam”. (The Moslem Sunrise, Issue 2-3, 1923, p. 190).
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Links and Related Essay’s
The untold story of Black Muslims: The Mufti and the Sheikhs (alhakam.org)
The untold story of Black Muslims: The Mufti and the Sheikhs
Who is Mufti Muhammad Sadiq (1872-1957)? – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League – Wikipedia
vol_02_jan-oct_1923.tif (muslimsunrise.com)
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