[3] A number of rival journals were also published, including The Final Call under Louis Farrakhan, claiming to continue the message of the original.
According to the current Nation of Islam, Malcolm X helped create Mr. Muhammad Speaks, a different newspaper distributed locally in New York City.
In addition to FOI-based ventures, Askia Muhammad had used the nation's African-American press to publicize the organization and his views.
The title was a reference to Bilal ibn Rabah, the first known black African follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
[3] In 1979, Minister Louis Farrakhan founded The Final Call, a newspaper published in Chicago, that serves as the official communications organ of the current Nation of Islam, which had been re-founded in reaction to Warith Deen's reforms.