NOI Series: Askia Muhammad, 1st Muslim Editor of Muhammad Speaks Newspaper

The Allah Team Radio presents: The History of the NOI Series

An Interview with ASKIA MUHAMMAD

First Muslim Editor of the Muhammad Speaks Newspaper

Bro. Askia Muhammad was born in Mississippi, grew up in Los Angeles, and attended college at St. Jose State during the revolutionary years of the late 1960s along with his peers future Olympians Tommy Smith and John Carlos famous for putting up “the Black Fist salute”.

Askia published an underground newspaper to document the conscious activity of the campus and the Bay Area, including conducting landmark interviews with “The Soledad Brothers” and the trial of Angela Davis.

In 1968 he joined the NOI as “Charles 67X” at Mosque No. 26 in San Francisco, and became a contributor for the Muhammad Speaks Newspaper. Prior, all Editors or professional staff of MS Newspaper were “Lost-Founds”. The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad took strong interest in Askia and summoned him to Chicago and tutored him to be the First Muslim Editor in 1973 of the Muhammad Speaks Newspaper.

In 1975 after the departure of Elijah Muhammad, Askia was dismissed from his post by new leader Imam W.D. Mohammed who authorized an article “Elijah Is Not a Divine Man” in which Askia wrote a rebuttal and was publicly challenged to a debate by the new Leader.

Afterwards Askia took a position with the Chicago Defender and became its White House correspondent in Washington, DC. In 1979 Askia would later assist the Hon. Min. Louis Farrakhan and late Editor Wali Muhammad with the establishing of The Final Call Newspaper.

Join us for this historic interview as journalist Bro. Askia Muhammad walks us through important events of his travels.

with co-hosts Wakeel Allah and Understanding Allah

THUR 1/28/16 at 8pm EST

call in# 646-595-4289