Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam, died Tuesday.

Most African American Muslims today are Sunni Muslims who pray to the formless Supreme Being they call Allah - God. They are not members of the Nation of Islam, but follow the leadership of Imam ...

Drawing upon sacred scripture, contemporary ideas, and the African American intellectual tradition, Muslim leader Imam W. D. Mohammed etched out an educational philosophy that produced schools, ...

CHICAGO — Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam, died ...

BOSTON — Like he has most of the last 25 Labor Day weekends, Imam Taalib Mahdee will spend this one in Chicago at an annual convention organized by the Ministry of Warith Deen Mohammed. The big ...

The divisive Louis Farrakhan may be the best-known voice of America's black Muslims, but in recent decades, the most influential has undoubtedly belonged to Imam W. Deen Mohammed, who preached a more ...

Imam W. Deen Mohammed led America's mass conversion to Islam in 1975, introducing the five daily prayers and fasting to the Nation of Islam community. Did you know that he also made the advancement of ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Warith Deen Mohammed is a Founder and Director for the Mosque Cares Ministry with nine videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1989 Speech as an Imam for ...