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History - The Philadelphia Masjid

Prominent Nation of Islam (NOI) leaders Malcolm X and Imam W. Deen Muhammad (1960). Both served as ministers of Mosque No. 12, now known as The Philadelphia Masjid. Photo courtesy of New Africa Center.

Sister Clara Muhammad, known as the First Lady of the Nation of Islam, and namesake of roughly 75 Sister Clara Muhammad schools across the country (renamed from University of Islam schools in 1975). Photo courtesy of New Africa Center.

Members of the Philadelphia Masjid after a congregational Jumah prayer service. (1977)

The Students' Chapter Hall, a trade school shown here in 1907, located at 1319 W. Susquehanna Avenue, became the site of Mosque No. 12 in 1972.

Sister Clara Muhammad School - Parents Teachers Association (PTA) - 1980 Photo courtesy of New Africa Center.

Students in a class at the University of Islam School (1974). Photo courtesy of New Africa Center.

Sisters and students of the University of Islam School (1974). Photo courtesy of New Africa Center.

The Hon. Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1934 until his death in 1975. Mosque No. 12 was the first mosque established in Pennsylvania within the NOI in Philadelphia in the early 1950s. Photo courtesy of New Africa Center.

The building located at 4218 Lancaster Avenue served as Mosque No. 12 prior to the congregation's move to Susquehanna Avenue, and then subsequent acquisition of the current site of the Philadelphia Masjid. Malcolm X and Imam W. Deen Muhammad each se

Sister Clara Muhammad School - 6th grade class (1983). Photo courtesy of New Africa Center.