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Elijah Muhammad

American  

noun

  1. Elijah Poole, 1897–1975, U.S. religious leader of the Black Muslims 1934–75.


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The New York Times was reporting on a “widespread legal attack on the state’s prison system” by followers of Elijah Muhammad.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

The Sudanese artist narrates the experiences that led him to wide acclaim as a painter challenging paradigms of African, Islamic and “Western” modernism, including encounters with Elijah Muhammad and the African American painter Hale Woodruff.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2022

His speech, in front of a large crowd of devotees, followed a contentious split he had with the Nation of Islam organization and its founder, Elijah Muhammad.

From Washington Post Nov. 18, 2021

Muhammad mysteriously vanished in 1934 and was succeeded by Elijah Muhammad, who led the Nation for the next 41 years.

From Fox News Feb. 13, 2020

There is no fight between me and Elijah Muhammad.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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