Nation of Islam — Part 1

125 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Religion & Belief · Topic: Nation of Islam · 118 pages OCR'd

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ewer:

sags 2 ROY SENN ENO OTT AOI BMIIE SS
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and Marie Poole, whose parents had been slaves of a white family
with the same surname. He finished four grades in school and

left home at the age of sixteen years. In 1928 he took his wife, -

the former Clara Evans, and their two children to Detroit, Michigan,
where he was employed in several manufacturing plants until the
beginning of the depression in 1929. During these lean years, Bogans
met W. D. Fard, who acquainted him with the tenets of the Cult,

and who, according to Bogans, personally took him "out of the

gutter in the streets of Detroit and taught him in three and one-half

years the knowledge of Islam. When Fard left Detroit, he designated

.Bogans, who was now called Elijah Mohammed, as the leader of the

Muslims in North America. Throughout the Cult membership, the

' disappearance of Fard and resultant change in leadership are explained

as follows: Fard, in reality Allah himself, left Detroit to travel to
Mecca, and left the Cult in the capable hands of his apostle, Elijah
Mohammed. .

Elihah Mohammed taught in Detroit until September 1934,
when, because of local pressure, he decided to remove to Chicago
where he established Temple No. 2, the headquarters ‘of the MCI.

-20-

+ nog eennang: coamwore mona.

asco eee ie ee ee

en :
—_—

> enema
‘aces
Use le eee oot

ee 2 Raat nace