He is the author of "The Revenge of Geography" and "Monsoon." Updated October 5, 2012, 2:46 PM Islam is not incompatible with democracy. Throughout South and Southeast Asia, Islamic and largely ...

The Nation of Islam theology rejected that premise. In his book “The True History of Master Fard Muhammad,” Elijah Muhammad wrote: “If you say the races should be merged, and live together ...

W.D. Fard, the NOI’s founder, and his successor Elijah Muhammad did not seem to know much about Sunni or Shiite Islam’s teachings. Fard did not cite the Quran to his followers, and Elijah ...

While Muhammad plays a central role in Islam, Muslims don’t worship him. They worship God. Unlike other founder figures like Jesus or Siddhartha Gautama, Muhammad was both a religious ...

Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam during a period of limited growth. Malcolm X's arrival in 1952 ushered in a time of dramatically increased ...