Imam W.D. Mohammed

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf religious leader
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fetzer_Institute_Leadership_Award
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr._International_Peace_Award
Honorary Doctorate from Catholic Theological Union
gptkbp:birthDate 1933-10-30
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Wallace_D._Muhammad
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Hamtramck,_Michigan,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Laila_Mohammed
gptkb:Wali_Mohammed
gptkb:Wallace_D._Mohammed_II
gptkb:Rashidah_Mohammed
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-09-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Markham,_Illinois,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Islam
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:father gptkb:Elijah_Muhammad
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Warith_Deen_Mohammed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Imam W.D. Mohammed
gptkbp:influenced American Muslim community
African American Islam
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Elijah_Muhammad
gptkb:Quran
mainstream Sunni Islam
gptkbp:knownFor transforming the Nation of Islam
promoting mainstream Sunni Islam in the US
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Clara_Muhammad
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableEvent Met with Pope John Paul II (1996)
Participated in interfaith dialogues
First Muslim to deliver invocation in US Senate (1992)
Led transition of Nation of Islam to mainstream Islam in 1975
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Message_of_Concern
gptkb:As_the_Light_Shineth
gptkb:Religion_on_the_Line
gptkb:The_Genesis_of_New_American_Leadership
gptkb:The_Imam_W._Deen_Mohammed_Lecture_Series
gptkbp:organization gptkb:American_Society_of_Muslims
gptkb:Mosque_Cares
gptkb:Muslim_American_Society
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Elijah_Muhammad
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Shahida_Mohammed
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Imam_Wallace_D._Mohammed_II
gptkbp:title gptkb:Imam
gptkbp:website https://www.imamwdmohammed.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lottie_Muhammad
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6