| 1975 |
| *Imam
W. Deen Mohammed succeeded his father as the leader of the Nation
of Islam with unanimous support of its followers and ministers
and began its transformation to "Islam proper" as practiced
by over 1.25 billion Muslims worldwide or 1 out of every 5 persons. |
| 1976 |
| *Imam
Mohammed encouraged Muslim Americans to register to vote in the American
political process; putting emphasis on Legacy of African American
Freedom Fighters and U.S. Citizenship as a major resource. |
| *Imam
Mohammed Opened the Nation of Islam membership to all races of
Muslims. |
| *In
honor of Malcolm X (shabazz) Imam Mohammed renamed the largest
mosque in New York City "Mosque Malcolm Shabazz" |
| 1977 |
| *Toured
China with the group "American and Chinese Friends". |
| *Imam Mohammed led the then largest delegation of Muslim
Americans, most former members of the Nation of Islam, on Hajj,
Pilgrimage to Sacred House in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. |
| 1988 |
| *Represented
Muslims at the World Parliament of Religious Leaders for the Survival
of the Earth, held in Oxford, England. |
| *Signed
the Williamsburg Charter, Williamsburg VA. This important document
restates the part of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
concerning Freedom of Religion. |
| 1990
|
| *Following
the invasion of Kuwait, at the invitation of King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz
(of Saudi Arabia), Imam Mohammed and a delegation traveled to Saudi
Arabia in a consultative role discussing serious concerns over
the Gulf War situation. |
| 1992
|
| *February
5: Imam Mohammed toured the Pentagon and addressed Muslims
in the U.S. Military and its Chaplains. |
| *February
6: Imam Mohammed delivered an Invocation on the floor of the
U.S. Senate (the first given by a Muslim). |
| *March
3: Imam Mohammed delivered the first address by a Muslim on the
floor of the Georgia State Legislative (the state of his father's
birth). |
| 1993 |
| *Imam
Mohammed participated in the Inaugural Interfaith Prayer Service
of President William Jefferson Clinton. |
| *In
Los Angeles,CA, Imam Mohammed delivered an address to the World
Affairs Council which serves as host of outstanding figures of
the world |
| 1994 |
| *October
15-16: Mufti Abdullah Mukhtar, the leader on an estimated 60
million Muslims visited Imam Mohammed and Midwestern Imams of
the American Society of Muslims at Masjid Bilal, Cleveland, OH. |
| *December:
Imam Mohammed received the "Cup of Compassion" award
from the Hartford Seminar, Hartford, CT. |
| 1995
|
| *Imam
Mohammed was selected as President of the World Conference on Religion
and Peace. |
| *February:
Imam Mohammed attended "Acts of Kindness Week" along
with Martin Luther King III. and Ms Rosa Parks in Dallas TX. |
| *March:
Imam Mohammed addressed the Governing Board of the World Conference
on Religion and Peace in Copenhagen , Denmark. |
| *March
6: Imam Mohammed delivered the keynote address at the Muslim-Jewish
Convocation in Glencoe, IL. The first serious public dialogue
between
top leaders of Islam and Reform Judaism. |
| *May:
Forbes Magazine Officials hosted and address given by Imam Mohammed
in Naples, FL. His topic: "How Do We Save Our Youth?"
|
| *December:
King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz (of Saudi Arabia) invited Imam Mohammed to
visit Saudi Arabia. Out of this meeting an agreement was reached
for improving the curriculum of Clara Muhammad Schools. |
| 1996 |
| .
*Dr. Mohammed Nuir Manuty, the President of the Muslim Youth
Movement invited Imam Mohammed to visit Malaysia. The Deputy Prime
Minister and Imam Mohammed met and he was interviewed on Malaysian
National Television program "Good Morning Malaysia".
|
| *Imam
Mohammed established the Collective Purchase Conference (CPC)
- A member organization of distributors and investors, in order to
strengthen the economic status and enhance the buying power of small
businessmen and women throughout the economically strained African
American communities in the United States. |
| *October
1-6: Imam Mohammed met with Pope John Paul II, at the Vatican,
in Rome, Italy. Imam Mohammed along with his delegation met with
Cardinal Francis Arinze, the Chief of Staff for Interreligious Affairs
at the Vatican and also with Cardinal William Keeler, Archbishop of
Baltimore, MD. |
| *November
20: In support of the peacemaking and Human Rights efforts
of Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, Imam Mohammed traveled
to San Cristobal de las Casas (Chiapas), Mexico, as a member of the
Peace Council |
| *December
17 - 24: Imam Mohammed and a delegation of Muslim Americans were
invited to visit Jerusalem and areas under rule of the Palestinian
Authority led by Palestinian leader, President Yasser Arafat, visiting
Palestinian cities, government agencies, hospitals and homes throughout
the West Bank. The visit culminated on Christmas Eve with a meeting
in Gaza City with President Arafat at his headquarters, where they
discussed the difficulties of Palestinian life. |
| 1997 |
| *January
6: President William Jefferson Clinton, in his reelection
Inauguration, invited Imam Mohammed to the White House for the 1st
Annual Ecumenical Breakfast. |
| *January
20: Imam Mohammed returned to the White House to read the Holy
Qur'an at the Presidential Inauguration Day National Prayer Service. |
| *December
9-11: Imam Mohammed attended the Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC) in Teheran, Iran. In attendance that year were
the heads of Islamic states, like King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, President
Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, King Hassan II of Morocco, King Hussein of
Jordan and President Yasser Arafat of the West Bank. |
| 1998
|
*May
18-20: Imam Mohammed was invited to Auschwitz, Poland , where
he participated in The Conference on Religion and Peace hosted
by the The Center for Christian and Jewish Understanding, of Sacred
Heart University, via its Executive Director,
Rabbi Joseph H. Ehrenkranz. |
| *June
8-14: Imam W. Deen Mohammed was invited by one of the founding
members and the leader of the Focolare Movement, the Honorable
Chiara Lubich, a Catholic Sister and World War II Survivor, to
Rome to address the Muslim Friends of the Focolare Conference, which
brought together representatives from 24 nations. |
| 1999
|
| *October
28: With Pope John Paul II and The Dalai Lama present on stage,
Imam Mohammed addressed a gathering of 100,000 at The Vatican |
| *November
21: Imam Mohammed participated in the Jubillenium Interfaith
Conference for World Peace held in Israel. |
| *November
25: Imam Mohammed participated in the World Conference on Religion
and Peace-Assembley VII in Amman, Jordan. He was elected International
President. |
| 2000 |
| *
Imam Mohammed was appointed to the Executive Committee of Religious
Alliance Against Pornography (RAAP). |
| *November
12: The Focolare Movement and The American Society of Muslims
hold a interfaith program in Washington, DC. |
| 2001 |
| *September
11: Imam Mohammed, in the strongest terms denounced the Terrorist
Attacks on the United States as UN-Islamic and evil. |
| *
October 29: Imam Mohammed participated in an "Evening
of Religious Solidarity"joined by Dr. Robert Schuiler, Minister
Louis Farrakhan and members of the Parliament of World Religions
at The Mosque Foundation in Villa Park, IL. |
| *November
17: Imam Mohammed was invited to Assisi, Italy by Pope Paul II
for the Contribution of Religion to the "Conference of
Peace Forum". |
| 2002 |
| *April
6: Imam Mohammed was inducted as a member of the Martin Luther
King Jr. International Board of Preachers at Morehouse College,
Atlanta, GA. Imam Mohammed was honored with his portrait in the International
Chapel of Morehouse University. |
| *June
12-15: As International President of the World Conference on
Religion and Peace, Imam Mohammed was invited to attend an HIV/AIDS
Conference in Kenya. |
| 2003 |
| *April
13: An Honorary Doctorate Degree was bestowed upon Imam W. Deen
Mohammed by the Internet Islamic University in New York City's Madison
Square Garden. |
| *June
29: The prestigious Sojourner-Douglass College, in Baltimore,
Md., bestowed upon Imam Mohammed an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters. |
Given
the name at birth of Wallace D. Mohammed, Imam W. Deen Mohammed was born
October 30, 1933, to the builder and leader of the Nation of Islam, the
late Honorable Elijah (Poole) Muhammed and the late Clara (Evans) Muhammed.
He has been the leader of the largest identifiable constituency of Muslim
Americans and is recognized worldwide as a Muslim scholar. Imam Mohammed
has been a frequent participant in countless national gatherings, international
gatherings and meeting with other important world leaders for the purpose
of improving the global human condition.