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The Islamic Center of America (Arabic: المركز الإسلامي في اميركا[1]) is a mosque located in Dearborn, Michigan. Although the institution dates back to 1963, [2] the Center's current mosque opened in 2005. It is the largest mosque in North America[3][4] and the oldest Shia mosque in the United States.[5]
The Islamic Center of America original 1963 mosque in Detroit is pictured in the background in 2002. The character changed in Detroit's Islam in the 1970s when the conversions of the members of the Nation of Islam to mainstream Islam took place, and when immigration from India, southern Lebanon, Pakistan, and Palestine occurred. [ 1] B.
Islam, Detroit. Publisher. Oxford University Press. ISBN. 978-0-19-937200-3 (Hardcover) Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past is a 2014 book by Sally Howell, published by the Oxford University Press. It discusses the Muslims of early 20th century Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit prior to 1970. [1]
Warith Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad; [ a] October 30, 1933 – September 9, 2008), also known as W. Deen Mohammed, Imam W. Deen Muhammad and Imam Warith Deen, was an African-American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revivalist, and Islamic thinker. He was a son of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam from ...
Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks to thousands in downtown Detroit at Huntington Place on Saviours' Day on Feb. 25, 2024, expressing sympathy for Palestinians and Jews killed in recent months.
Wallace Fard Muhammad, also known as W. F. Muhammad, Wallace D. Fard or Master Fard Muhammad[ 3] ( / fəˈrɑːd /; [citation needed] reportedly born February 26, c. 1877[ 4][ a] – disappeared c. 1934 ), was the founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an ambiguous background and several aliases, and proselytized ...
Farrakhan, who is Black, [15] was born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933 in The Bronx, New York City. [1] He is the younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning (1900–1988) and Percival Clark, immigrants from the Anglo-Caribbean islands.
Arab and Islamic culture in Dearborn, Michigan (7 P) Pages in category "Islam in Metro Detroit" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.