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 Articles was taken from Wikipedia, read with caution The Nation of Islam , abbreviated NOI , is an African American political and religious movement , founded in Detroit, Michigan , United States, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930. Its stated goals are to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African Americans in the United States and all of humanity. Critics have described the organization as being black supremacist and antisemitic . The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks the NOI as a hate group . Its official newspaper is The Final Call . In 2007, the core membership was estimated to be between 20,000 and 50,000. Fard disappeared in June 1934. His successor Elijah Muhammad established places of worship (called temples or mosques), a school named Muhammad University of Islam , farms, and real estate holdings in the United States and abroad. The Nation has long been a strong advocate of African-American businesses . There ...

Political exile and return Williams went to Cuba in 1961 by way of Canada and Mexico. He regularly broadcast addresses from Cuba to Southern blacks on " Radio Free Dixie ". He established the station with approval of Cuban President Fidel Castro , along with assistance of the Cuban citizens, and operated it from 1962 to 1965. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Williams used Radio Free Dixie to urge black soldiers in the U.S. armed forces, who were then preparing for a possible invasion of Cuba, to engage in insurrection against the United States. While you are armed, remember this is your only chance to be free. ... This is your only chance to stop your people from being treated worse than dogs. We'll take care of the front, Joe, but from the back, he'll never know what hit him. You dig? During this stay, Mabel and Robert Williams published a newspaper, The Crusader . He wrote his book Negroes With Guns while in Cuba. It had a significant influen...