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Voices of the Witness Bearers.

Testimony from guest contributors.

A witness bearer is one who has experienced something and shares it truthfully. This column publishes that account — carried into print by the one who lived it.

Voices of the Witness Bearers is a standing column on The C.R.O.E. Report. Its readers do not need every contributor to share their faith; they need every contributor to bear honest witness. The phrase carries weight in the Holy Qur'an, translated by Maulana Muhammad Ali. “Thus We have made you an exalted nation that you may be the bearers of witness to the people” (Qur'an 2:143). “O you who believe, be upright for Allah, bearers of witness with justice” (Qur'an 5:8).

The column publishes testimony, not opinion. Contributors are believers, sympathizers, observers, scholars, family, and neighbors — anyone who has been affected and inspired by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the work of C.R.O.E.

Each entry is a witness placed on the record: how the Messenger's teachings, and the preservation of His work at C.R.O.E., have touched a life, corrected a course, or opened a clearer view of the time and what must be done.

You do not need to be a writer to be a witness bearer. If you would rather speak than write, tell us. We will record your account and transcribe it for your review, and nothing goes out under your name until you have read it.

Special Editorial Features
Captain Wali Bahar in FOI uniform at Saviour's Day, February 26, 1975 — the day following the departure of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
Captain Wali Bahar · Saviour's Day · February 26, 1975
A Special Editorial Feature · No. 1

Captain Wali Bahar.

The Messenger's Captain. The Protecting Friend.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad named him. Every Temple had a Captain. Above them stood the Supreme Captain. Captain Wali Bahar holds none of those titles. He is the Messenger's personal Captain, and no one else holds that title.

This is the record of a man who has stood at his post for half a century while the Nation around it has rearranged itself three different ways. Presented with two archival artifacts — the 1975 Saviour's Day photograph above, and the 1977 Bilalian News clipping that recorded the renaming of the editor's family — the piece documents a living witness before the record he carries can be lost.

Subject: Captain Wali Bahar  ·  By Jamil Muhammad, Publisher & Editor  ·  July 2026
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Earlier Witnesses
Voices of the Witness Bearers · No. 1

From Son to Servant: How the Messenger's Teachings Made Me a Man.

An account of a recent visit to a community affected by war, and how the teachings of His Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad clarified the writer's duty and role as a man.

By Yosef Asiel  ·  C.R.O.E. Member  ·  June 2026
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Have you been affected and inspired?

The work of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad lives in those it has affected and inspired. If you carry such an account and are willing to share it truthfully with our readers, we invite you to bear witness. You do not need to be a writer — if you would rather speak than write, tell us, and we will record and transcribe your account for your review.

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