World & Nation
Islam: Imam W. Deen Mohammed, son of Elijah Muhammed, changes group’s title to Muslim American Society. Action comes amid competition with Louis Farrakhan for mainstream worshipers.
Sept. 6, 1997
Politics
W.
Nov. 14, 1992
Imam W.
Sept. 10, 2008
In the cluttered basement office of the Imam W.
Aug. 4, 1994
For two decades, Warith Deen Mohammed of Chicago has led the largest group of African American Muslims into the mainstream of Islam as their “imam,” or spiritual leader, upon succeeding his father, Elijah Muhammed, who died in 1975.
Nov. 25, 1995
Willie Wilson and Earl Trent Jr. are African American, both pastors and leaders of churches in the nation’s capital that are affiliated with the black Progressive National Baptist Convention.
Oct. 7, 1995
Sept. 1, 2003
At the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles, director Salam Al-Marayati has been fielding dozens of calls in recent days from non-Muslims asking about the Million Man March set for Monday in Washington, D.C.
Oct. 14, 1995
California
The Rev. Daniel F.
Nov. 15, 1997
Leaders of two orthodox Muslim groups long at odds with Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam are expected to attend Farrakhan’s annual gathering this weekend, raising the prospect that the religion’s fractured U.S. followers may eventually unite.
Feb. 26, 2000