“I recognized him to be the person the Bible predicted would come 2,000 years after Jesus’ death,” Elijah Muhammad later said, according to his 1975 Chicago Tribune obituary. Elijah joined ...

The name Elijah goes back to the Bible's Old Testament and derives from a Hebrew phrase meaning “Jehovah is my God.” The original, biblical Elijah was a prophet known for defending the worship ...

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 ...