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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.
When Imam Warith Deen Mohammed removed the racial strictures, Black Muslims changed their name to the American Muslim Mission and began accepting white members. Masjid Bilal opened "debt-free" and without a mortgage on Friday, June 3, 1983, the Muslim holy day.
In the United States, the nucleus that started with the Muslim Student Association in the 1960s spawned a myriad of organizations like the Islamic Association of North America (ISNA) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
24 lut 2023 · This study draws attention to the incorporation experiences of black American converts as they work to establish authentic religious identities as legitimate members of a faith community that is comprised mostly of first- and second-generation immigrants.
During the next three years, the Nation of Islam moved away from many of its distinctive beliefs and programs and emerged as the American Muslim Mission. It dropped many of its racial policies and began to admit white people into membership.
The selection of Bilal, the Ethiopian slave, by the American Muslim Mission as a symbolic representative of their efforts, has struck deep chords of resonance in black religious and social history.
He opened the Nation of Islam to white membership and encouraged his followers to participate in the civic and political life of the country. These radical changes were symbolized by changes in name, as the Nation of Islam became the World Community of Islam in the West and then the American Muslim Mission.