Joshua Farrakhan, the son of Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan passed away peacefully last week, Media Take Out confirmed.
The news was announced by the Nation Of Islam’s official newspaper, The Final Call yesterday. Minister Farrakhan has eight children surviving children Mustapha, Abnar, Louis Junior, Donna, Hanan, Maria, Fatimah and Khallada.
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Louis Farrakhan is the head of the Nation of Islam (NOI). Prior to joining the NOI, he was a calypso singer who used the stage name Calypso Gene. Earlier in his career, he served as the minister of mosques in Boston and Harlem and was appointed National Representative of the Nation of Islam by then NOI leader Elijah Muhammad. He adopted the name Louis X, before being named Louis Farrakhan.
After Warith Deen Mohammed reorganized the original NOI into the orthodox Sunni Islamic group American Society of Muslims, Farrakhan began to rebuild the NOI as “Final Call”. In 1981, he officially adopted the name “Nation of Islam”, reviving the group and establishing its headquarters at Mosque Maryam.
In October 1995, Farrakhan organized and led the Million Man March in Washington, D.C.. Due to health issues, he reduced his responsibilities with the NOI in 2007. However, Farrakhan has continued to deliver sermons and speak at NOI events. In 2015, he led the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March: Justice or Else.
