Karen Farrakhan, the wife of the Student Supreme Captain of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Mustapha Farrakhan of Chicago, Illinois has sadly passed away. She was announced dead through a social media publication that read “My beautiful, beautiful sister, and friend Karen Farrakhan passed away. I can’t begin to tell you how painful this is. She was such a beautiful sister with such a a beautiful spirit. May she rest in peace.”
Who was Karen Farrakhan?
Karen Farrakhan was the wife of Mustapha Farrakhan, the Student Supreme Captain of the Nation of Islam (NOI). They were parents parents to Ruqayyah Farrakhan and Mustapha Farrakhan Jr., an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Virginia. Farrakhan has also played in the NBA Summer League, the NBA G League, and the Australian National Basketball League.
Farrakhan is the grandson of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and Khadijah Farrakhan. His father, Mustapha Farrakhan Sr., is the Supreme Captain of the Nation of Islam. Farrakhan was born in Harvey, Illinois and attended Thornton Township High School. Farrakhan majored in Sociology at the University of Virginia. As of 2011, he was a practicing member of the Nation of Islam.
