Ernest 2X McGee was the first national secretary of the NOI and had been ousted in the late 1950s . McGee went on to form a Sunni Muslim sect and changed his name to Hamaas Abdul Khaalis . Khaalis attracted Lew Alcindor , whom Khaalis renamed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar . Jabbar donated a house for use as the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center . Khaalis sent letters that were critical of Muhammad and Fard to Muhammad , his ministers , and the media . The letters stated blacks had been better off " from a psychological point of view " before Fard and the Messenger came along because it weaned them from Christianity to a fabricated form of Islam , both , in his opinion were bad . His letters also revealed what he knew of Fard , alleging he was John Walker of Gary who had come to America at 27 from Greece , had served prison time for stealing junk and raping a 17 year old girl , and had died in Chicago , Illinois at 78 . After the letters were sent , 7 of Khaalis ' family members were murdered at the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center . Four men from NOI Mosque No. 12 were accused of the crime
7 of Khaalis ' family members were murdered
1973 Hanafi Muslim massacre
Elijah Muhammad