Reposted from @brotherjesse - Happy Saviours’ Day! Master Fard Muhammad was born February 26, 1877 in the Holy City of Mecca.⠀ ⠀ -⠀ ⠀ “The July 28, 1963 issue of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner contained an “exposé” on W.D. Fard, the founder of the Nation of Islam whom members affectionately refer to as Master Fard Muhammad. The article by Ed Montgomery entitled, “Black Muslim Founder Exposed as a White,” read in part:⠀ ⠀ “Black Muslims by the thousands pay homage to Wallace Farad, their “Prophet From Mecca,” in the mistaken belief that as founder of the black supremacy cult he is one of their own…Yet Wallace Fard is, admittedly, an enterprising, racketeering fake. He is not a Negro. He is a white man masquerading as a Negro.⠀ ⠀ His true name is Wallace Dodd. He was born in New Zealand, on February 26, 1891. His father was British – arriving in New Zealand via Australia on a sailing schooner. His mother was a Polynesian native.⠀ ⠀ Dodd's police ‘rap sheet' includes conviction for bootlegging and a San Quentin Prison term for the sale of narcotics.”⠀ ⠀ Needless to say this article, which was syndicated, was not well received by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Muslims of the Nation of Islam. The former argued that the story was a complete fabrication and that this “Wallace Dodd” character had no relation to Master Fard Muhammad, who was in fact an Arab born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1877. On July 29 the Honorable Elijah Muhammad sent some of his followers to the Hearst newspaper with a $100, 000 check. He offered to pay all expenses to bring Wallace Dodd to the US and air nationally a debate between he and Dodd over the latter's claim to be the ‘Fard' that Muhammad was representing to the people. The offer was printed in the August 16, 1963 edition of the Muhammad Speaks newspaper in its on exposé entitled “Beware of Phony Claims.” ⠀ ⠀ By @wesleymuhammad [“Master W. Fard Muhammad and FBI COINTELPRO” - The Final Call Newspaper - January 2010]⠀ ⠀ -⠀ ⠀ They did not accept the showdown challenge.⠀ ⠀ #NationOfIslam #MasterFardMuhammad #ElijahMuhammad #Farrakhan #ASaviourIsBorn - #regrann #BlackExcellence #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryForever https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWp5Vfn0fl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vaubk17ukog0
