The Nation of Islam was founded July 4, 1930 by a Wallace D. Fard Muhammad. The goal of the NOI is to bring mental, spiritual, economic and social conditions to the black people in the United States and everywhere in the world. After Fard disappeared June of 1934 the NOI was left in the leadership of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Elijah set up temples all over the U.S. and started a school called Muhammad University of Islam.