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Khadijah Farrakhan, longtime wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, died on Saturday, the Nation of Islam has announced. She was 90.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMother Khadijah\u201d worked alongside her provocative and charismatic husband for decades, helping lead their religious and sociopolitical movement, which espouses Black self-reliance. Its home base was Mosque Maryam on the south side of Chicago, where the pair lived.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Honorable Minister @LouisFarrakhan with deep sadness yet with profound gratitude to Allah informs you that his beloved wife of 72 years, the first lady of the Nation of Islam, Mother Khadijah has returned to Allah (may Allah be pleased),\u201d a statement by the Shura Executive Council said.<\/p>\n

Her death came only seven months after devotees had marked Khadijah\u2019s 90th birthday. The statement said funeral services are to be announced.<\/p>\n

Mosque Maryam remembered Farrakhan as \u201ca devoted follower\u201d with \u201ca precious soul, a sweet heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a post on Facebook, R&B artist ZaRio Son Rise recalled her as \u201ca true queen, a righteous woman, and one of the greatest examples of dignity, faith, loyalty, and grace our generation has ever witnessed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Born Betsy Ross, Khadijah Farrakhan married her husband, then named Louis Walcott, in Boston on Sept. 12, 1953. The two had nine children. Their eldest son, Louis Farrakhan Jr., died in 2018, and son Joshua Farrakhan died in 2023.<\/p>\n

Khadijah Farrakhan converted to Islam in 1955, the same year that her husband joined the Chicago-based movement after being heavily influenced Malcolm X, his friend from Boston. The pair changed their names around that time.<\/p>\n

Louis Farrakhan stepped into the organization\u2019s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. Among his most significant accomplishments was the Million Man March on Washington in 1995.<\/p>\n

Two years later, Khadijah Farrakhan spoke before a gathering of America\u2019s Black women in Philadelphia dubbed the Million Woman March.<\/p>\n

\u201cA nation can rise no higher than its women,\u201d she told the crowd. \u201cWe focus on women but cannot lose sight that we must rise as a family — men, women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n

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