Early History of Islam in America

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Section 1

1.1 The Backdrop

1.2 Moorish Science Temple

1.3 Nation of Islam Under Elijah Muhammad

 1.4 Edward Wilmot Blyden 1821-1912

Section 2: Muslim Movements

2.1 Nation of Islam Under Warith Deen Mohammed

2.2 Dar ul Islam- First Civil Rights Era Sunni National Movement

2.3 Dar al-Islam – Abiquiu, New Mexico

2.4 The Islamic Party - Established Comprehensive Constitutional Methodology

2.5 Mosque of the Islamic Brotherhood - Followers of Malcolm X Establish Harlem Mosque

2.6 First Cleveland Mosque (Sunni Mosque) founded in 1937

2.7 Alianza Islámica - A Latino-Muslim Organization in the United States

 Section 3: American Muslim Reformers

3.1 Shaikh Daoud Ahmed Faisal 1891-1980

3.2 Imam Satti Majid Muhammad 1883 -1963

3.3 Duse Mohamed Ali 1866 - 1945

3.4 Muhammad Ezaldeen (1886-1957)

3.5 Malcolm X (1925- 1965)- Martyred bringing Sunni Islam to Black America

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Masjid Al Aqsa

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Masjid Al-Aqsa is the third holiest Masjid for Muslims. It is the second Masjid built on earth, forty years after the Masjid Al-Haram, housing the Kabah in Makkah. Below is a short list of the spiritual significance of the Masjid.

·         the first Qiblah of the Muslims

·         the station of Al-Isra and Al-Miraj (the miraculous journey of Muhammad (s.a.a.w.)

·         the second house of Allah built on earth

·         a place which Allah Himself calls a 'blessed place'

·         referred to directly and indirectly, 70 times in the Holy Quran

·         the only place on earth where all the Messengers of Allah prayed at the same time led by the Muhammad (s.a.a.w.)

·         the only Masjid mentioned by name in the Holy Quran apart from the Ka'bah

 

Allah T'ala says in The Quran:

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

 Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing. (17:1)

Masjid Al-Aqsa is located in Jerusalem. Most people identify it with the Dome of The Rock and do not know that Masjid Al-Aqsa is the entire compound bounded by walls. The following picture explains it well.

 

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