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Ad carrying his wares. As he contacted his fellow Negroes in the Elmwood district of Detroit, he convinced them of his ministerial abilities, and soon house meetings were being held under the guidance af the peddler, known variously as W. D. Fard, Prophet W. D. Fard, Prophet W. D. Fard Muk-Mud, W.D. Foard, Mr. Wali Farrad, Professor Ford, Mr. Farrad Mohammed, Mr. F. Mohammed Ali, and to the Bureau as Wallace Don Fard, FBI #56062. An individual who claims to have heard his first addresses states that Fard himeelf said: My name is W. D. Fard and I come from the Holy City of Mecca. More about myself I will not tell you yet, for the time has not come. Iam your brother. You have not yet seen me in my royal robes. Fard at first utilized the Bible, inasmuch as most of his listeners were familiar with its teachings, but, as his following increased, he became more and more inflammatory in his remarks against the whites and denounced the Bible in shocking terms. The element of fanatical racial hatred became more pronounced than it had been in similar organizations and it was evident that Fard was actually cementing this factor into the foundation of his organization. ~15- Fae Sp ag tacts pe o birt y o r rT Ronson -o = errs: = pega a "SEE: pe Ee tht 204:5 24 fe weners e * 8, 2 oa ne hen) ‘ewes - an amyree an