Every year the Nation of Islam hosts Saviours’ Day to commemorate the birth of NOI founder, Master Fard Muhammad, who was born on Feb. 26, 1877, in the holy city of Mecca, according to the NOI. In 1981 in Chicago, Minister Louis Farrakhan announced the rebirth of the Nation of Islam, which had been destroyed with the 1975 departure of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, according to Final Call . Under Min. Farrakhan’s leadership, October 7 was designated Saviours’ Day starting in 1981. During his 1983 Saviours’ Day address in Gary, Ind., Min. Farrakhan said that Black men and women must...
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