Muslim movement

  • Muslim communities form in the Midwest

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    Muslim movement

  • The Moorish Science Temple of America strated

  • W.D. Fard preaches in Detroit, and founded Nation of Islam

  • “Mother Mosques of America”, the oldest functioning masjid in North America

  • MSA (Muslim Student Association) is formed

  • World Champion boxer Cassius Clay converts to Islam

  • Al- Hajj Malik Al- Shabazz (Malcolm X) is assassinated in New York.

  • PIEDAD Latino Community and Alianza Islamica founded in NYC.

  • American Islamic College is established in Chicago

  • Warith Deen becomes the first Muslim to open the U.S. Senate

  • CAIR is established in Washington, D.C.

  • Pentagon hosts Muslims for Ramadhan meal.

  • Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to be elected to Congress,