Intro
In 1938, Beynon told us that Abdul Mohammed was one of the first officers under Mr. W. D. Fard in roughly the spring of 1931 (See Lincoln, pages 15-16). However, by 1932, Abdul Mohammed was totally against Mr. W. D. Fard and had re-organized a small Moorish faction of his own in which the cardinal principle was loyalty to the Constitution of the United States and to its flag. He was never heard of after 1932.
In 1950-1951 (see Hatim), per Elijah Mohammed, father (Willie Poole) told us that he received some information and teachings from his friend Brother Abdul Mohammed in 1931, who told him that Mr. W. D. Fard has taught him and gave him that name after he was known by his slave name Brown. Brown himself was previously connected with the Moorish-American movement started by Noble Drew Ali. Abdul Mohammed joined the movement under the name Brown El.
Abdul Mohammed told my father what Mr. W. D. Fard was teaching, and my father told me. When I heard it I told my father, “I like to hear that man.” I said, “That is good what Abdul
Mohammed told you.” That was in the spring of 1931. I asked my father about Abdul Mohammed and he told me where that man lives, and therefore we went, my brother and I, to find Abdul Mohammed. We had visited Abdul Mohammed in his house, me and my older brother, for several weeks and he was telling us what he had been taught. Then we visited the place where Mr. W. D. Fard was teaching; it was a basement. I was not able to get into the basement because it was so crowded that I had no way to get in, but I heard him he was speaking on Hastings Street, around 3408 Hastings, and I was not able to hear him well here too because it was so crowded, thousands of people listening to him.
I was myself the third minister he had chosen. Before me were two whom he did not like; one was Abdul Mohammed and the other, Othman Ali. He did not like them because they were following the Moorish [teachings of the Moorish Science Temple of America – Ed.]. More than that they were trying to get the teachings and use them to their own benefit. That is why Abdul became a great enemy to us and he began to teach against Mr. Fard. Before I became a minister I used to listen to Abdul Mohammed while he was talking and then I used to go to Mr. Fard myself, telling him that I did not like the way they were carrying on; and that if! had to teach I will teach the people with you. “Then,” he said, “well, then you come over with me.”
The first opposition the movement met in Detroit was that of Abdul Mohammed, who was the first minister of W. D. Fard. He began to teach against W. D. Fard in order to preside over the group himself. Since the disappearance of W. D. Fard many NOI branches have sprung up. In 1936 one of the ministers of the movement, Azzim Shah, organized an independent group. A Haitian, Theodore Rozier, another assistant minister at the time of W. D. Fard, had organized his own group in 1938. All of these groups stayed within the same frame of teachings, although there were personal conflicts among the leaders ofthese groups. Apparently the split is mostly an expression of craving for prestige and leadership among the ministers.
However, in the arrests of 1932 (Ugan Ali and Wallace Farad), he is not mentioned at all. Nor is he ever mentioned thereafter.
In 1961, via Lincoln (see page 13), some followers of Noble Drew Ali and thus members of the Moorish Science Temple began to accept the teachings of Wallace Farad.
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Early Ministers of Wallace Farad in 1931
—Abdul Mohammed (See Beynon and Hatim), previously a member of the Moorish Science Temple and named Brown El. Real last name was Brown, first name is unknown.
—Azzim Shah (See Hatim).
—A Haitian, Theodore Rozier, assistant minister (See Hatim).
—Ugan Ali, arrested in 1932 (See the Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan • Page 1, 3).
—Othman Ali (was allegedly teaching moorish ideas, see Hatim).
—Allah Shah and the “Allah Temple of Islam” on 3743 South State St. Chicago, ill.
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Links and Related Essay’s
Who is Wallace Farad? Aka W.D. Fard aka Fard – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
The father of Elijah Muhammad (Willie Poole) met Wallace Farad too – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
The father of Elijah Muhammad (Willie Poole) met Wallace Farad too
Moorish Science Temple of America – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Science_Temple_of_America
Who is Ugan Ali? – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
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