Jabir Herbert Muhammad
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Jabir Herbert Muhammad was an American
businessman and co founder of Top Rank, Inc. also longtime manager
of legendary boxer
Muhammad Ali
.
Muhammad was born in Detroit, Michigan
, as the third son of the late Nation of Islam
leader, Elijah Muhammad
. He served as a chief adviser to his father until his death in 1975. He also worked as the chief business manager
for the Nation of Islam
and he along with Malcolm X
founded their weekly newspaper. Jabir Herbert Muhammad was a staunch supporter of his brother, Imam
Warith Deen Muhammad
, who he followed into mainstream Islam
. He, along with Muhammad Ali
and others, built Masjid Al-Fatir, a stand-alone, purpose-built Masjid on the southside of Chicago, Illinois. Masjid Al-Fatir was one of the first Mosques built from the ground by Muslim Americans, especially African American Muslims.
Jabir Muhammad was the director and founder of the Muhammad Islamic Foundation a not for profit foundation which published the book Prayer and Al-Islam by Imam Warith Deen Mohammed in 1984.
Muhammad managed Muhammad Ali's professional boxing
career from 1966 until Ali's retirement in 1981. He continued to manage Ali's career for another ten years after his retirement from boxing. Muhammad then went on to a successful career in business
.
Jabir Herbert Muhammad died on August 25, 2008, at the University of Illinois Medical Center
in Chicago
, Illinois
, at the age of 79, after undergoing heart surgery. Muhammad was survived by his wife, Amenah Antonia Muhammad, and fourteen children.
United States
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businessman and co founder of Top Rank, Inc. also longtime manager
Sport management
Sport management is a field of education and vocation concerning the business aspect of sport. Some examples of sport managers include the front office system in professional sports, college sports managers, recreational sport managers, sports marketing, event management, facility management,...
of legendary boxer
Boxing
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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
.
Muhammad was born in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
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, as the third son of the late Nation of Islam
Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam is a mainly African-American new religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad in July 1930 to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African-Americans in the United States of America. The movement teaches black pride and...
leader, Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975...
. He served as a chief adviser to his father until his death in 1975. He also worked as the chief business manager
Business manager
In a general context, a business manager is a person who manages the work of others in order to run a business efficiently and make a large profit...
for the Nation of Islam
Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam is a mainly African-American new religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad in July 1930 to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African-Americans in the United States of America. The movement teaches black pride and...
and he along with Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Malcolm X , born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz , was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its...
founded their weekly newspaper. Jabir Herbert Muhammad was a staunch supporter of his brother, Imam
Imam
An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
Warith Deen Muhammad
Warith Deen Muhammad
Warith Deen Mohammed also known as W. Deen Mohammed or Imam W. Deen Muhammad, was a progressive African American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revivalist and Islamic thinker who disbanded the original Nation of Islam in 1976 and transformed it into an orthodox mainstream Islamic...
, who he followed into mainstream Islam
Islam
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. He, along with Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
and others, built Masjid Al-Fatir, a stand-alone, purpose-built Masjid on the southside of Chicago, Illinois. Masjid Al-Fatir was one of the first Mosques built from the ground by Muslim Americans, especially African American Muslims.
Jabir Muhammad was the director and founder of the Muhammad Islamic Foundation a not for profit foundation which published the book Prayer and Al-Islam by Imam Warith Deen Mohammed in 1984.
Muhammad managed Muhammad Ali's professional boxing
Professional Boxing
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career from 1966 until Ali's retirement in 1981. He continued to manage Ali's career for another ten years after his retirement from boxing. Muhammad then went on to a successful career in business
Business
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.
Jabir Herbert Muhammad died on August 25, 2008, at the University of Illinois Medical Center
University of Illinois Medical Center
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in Chicago
Chicago
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, Illinois
Illinois
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, at the age of 79, after undergoing heart surgery. Muhammad was survived by his wife, Amenah Antonia Muhammad, and fourteen children.