Temple No. 1 / Masjid Wali Muhammad
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Rattrak
N 42° 22.905 W 083° 06.867
17T E 325933 N 4694328
11529 Linwood (Hon. Elijah Muhammad Blvd) Detroit, MI
Thank you to the members for taking me on a tour of the temple on my visit to this marker.
Waymark Code: WM1719Q
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2022
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Side 1:
Temple No. 1: The Workman’s Circle, a Jewish Labor Fraternity, erected this building in 1940. Temple No. 1 of the Nation of Islam purchased it in the 1950s. By then, the Nation of Islam, led by the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, had established temples in major cities throughout the United States. During the Civil Rights era, the Nation of Islam focused on Black nationalism and self-empowerment. This building served as the temple, a community center, a school, and Detroit headquarters. Malcolm X Shabazz was one of the ministers here before he left the Nation of Islam in 1964.
Side 2:
Masjid Wali Muhammad: After the death of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad in 1975, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed reorganized the Nation of Islam to become a Sunni Islamic Community. The congregation of Temple No. 1 followed his embrace of Universal Islam. The previously exclusively black congregation was opened to all believers. In 1976 Temple No. 1 was rededicated as a masjid (mosque) and renamed World Community of al-Islam in the West. In 2013, Detroit designated Masjid Wali Muhammad as a local historic district.
Historical Name: Malcolm X Shabazz, Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: L2307
Historical Date: Not listed
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