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i oe Very little of Fard's background was ever authentically exposed, but his impressionistic adherents, overawed by the mysterious aura, began to come forward with controversial infor mation regarding his background, Some asserted that he was porn in Mecca, the son of wealthy parents of the tribe of Koreish (Qureysh) from which Mohammed had come; that he was closely related by blood to the dynasty of the Hashimite sherifs of Mecca who became kings of the Hejaz; that he was educated at a college in England in preparation for a diplomatic career, but that he abandoned everything to bring ‘freedom, justice and equality, " to “his uncle living in the wilderness of North America surrounded and completely robbed by the cave man."* It appears that the surrounding air of mystery affected Fard as much as it did bis followers, for, when asked who he was by the Detroit Police Department, he answered, ‘I am the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. " *The "black men in the wilderness of North America" are referred to symbolically in the cult ritual as “the uncle" of Mr. W. D. Fard. Muslims of the East--Syrians, Turks and others--are referred to as the “gecond uncle’ of Mr. W. D. Fard. - 16 -