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Fard was born 1891 in New Zealand. He was the founder
of the Black Muslim sect, "Lost-Found Nation of
Islam in North America". Fard arrived in the United
States in 1913, settling briefly in Portland, Oregon.
He was arrested in 1918 for violation of the Woolwine
Act (California prohibition law) and in 1926, for
the violation of the State Poison Act (sale of narcotics)
and was sentenced to San Quentin. After his release
from prison in 1929, he went to Chicago, then on
to Detroit as a silk peddler. In 1934, Fard left
Detroit and was never heard from again. A San Francisco
newspaper article written in 1963 exposed Fard as
an enterprising racketeering fake.
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