Tony Muhammad
nation of Islam Minister and anti-vaccination activist
Tony Muhammad, also known as Abdul Malik Sayyid Muhammad, is an American minister and anti-vaccination activist. He is the regional representative for the Nation of Islam on the West Coast, as well as a Scientologist.
Biography
Muhammad described his youth with his nine siblings as difficult, with a mostly absent father and a mother struggling with alcohol addiction. He was an athlete in college, playing football and baseball.
Before becoming a Nation of Islam minister, he worked as the real estate executive of a fast-food chain and was an Eastern Air Lines manager in Atlanta. A former drug dealer, the Eastern Airlines job allowed him to get past airport security with shipments of cocaine.
Nation of Islam
Muhammad joined Nation of Islam in 1985. As minister in the South before being chosen by Farrakhan to hold the position of Western regional Minister in 1995, leaving Atlanta with his family to California. He eventually took on the name of Abdul Malik Sayyid Muhammad. Counting only a thousand members when Muhammad arrived, he says he built the Nation of Islam in Los Angeles congregation back to 3,000 members, which was its record high.
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