Warith Deen Mohammed

E245147

American Muslim leader human religious reformer

Warith Deen Mohammed was an influential American Muslim leader who transformed the Nation of Islam toward mainstream Sunni Islam and promoted interfaith dialogue and social reform.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Warith Deen Mohammed canonical	7
Wallace D. Muhammad	4
Imam W. Deen Mohammed	2
Ishmael Muhammad	1
community of Imam W. Deen Mohammed	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2165564 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Warith Deen Mohammed
Context triple: [Nation of Islam, notableLeader, Warith Deen Mohammed]

A. Wallace Fard Muhammad
Wallace Fard Muhammad was the mysterious religious figure who founded the Nation of Islam in the early 20th century and is regarded by its followers as a divine messenger.
B. Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad was an influential African American religious leader who led and expanded the Nation of Islam from the 1930s to the 1970s, mentoring figures such as Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan.
C. Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam was an Egyptian diplomat, nationalist, and statesman best known for serving as the founding Secretary-General of the Arab League and advocating Arab unity in the mid-20th century.
D. Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American DJ, producer, and musician best known as a founding member of the influential hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
E. Sayyid Muhammad
Sayyid Muhammad was a 16th-century architect best known for designing Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi, a landmark of early Mughal architecture and a precursor to the Taj Mahal.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Warith Deen Mohammed
Target entity description: Warith Deen Mohammed was an influential American Muslim leader who transformed the Nation of Islam toward mainstream Sunni Islam and promoted interfaith dialogue and social reform.

A. Wallace Fard Muhammad
Wallace Fard Muhammad was the mysterious religious figure who founded the Nation of Islam in the early 20th century and is regarded by its followers as a divine messenger.
B. Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad was an influential African American religious leader who led and expanded the Nation of Islam from the 1930s to the 1970s, mentoring figures such as Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan.
C. Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam was an Egyptian diplomat, nationalist, and statesman best known for serving as the founding Secretary-General of the Arab League and advocating Arab unity in the mid-20th century.
D. Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American DJ, producer, and musician best known as a founding member of the influential hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
E. Sayyid Muhammad
Sayyid Muhammad was a 16th-century architect best known for designing Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi, a landmark of early Mughal architecture and a precursor to the Taj Mahal.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ Muslim leader ⓘ human ⓘ religious reformer ⓘ
advocated	education and moral reform ⓘ interfaith cooperation with Christians and Jews ⓘ participation of Muslims in American civic life ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imam W. Deen Mohammed ⓘ linked to: Warith Deen Mohammed Wallace Mohammed ⓘ
birthName	Wallace D. Muhammad ⓘ linked to: Warith Deen Mohammed
burialPlace	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1933-10-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2008-09-09 ⓘ
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
endTime	1978 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ linked to: Black Americans
father	Elijah Muhammad ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	African-American Muslim communities ⓘ linked to: Nation of Islam development of mainstream Islam in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Elijah Muhammad ⓘ Sunni Islamic scholarship ⓘ
knownFor	advocating social reform ⓘ encouraging political and civic participation among Muslims ⓘ moving followers away from the deification of Elijah Muhammad ⓘ promoting interfaith dialogue ⓘ teaching the universality of Islam beyond race ⓘ transforming the Nation of Islam toward mainstream Sunni Islam ⓘ
languagesSpoken	English ⓘ
mother	Clara Muhammad ⓘ
movement	American Muslim Mission ⓘ community of Imam W. Deen Mohammed ⓘ linked to: Warith Deen Mohammed transition of the Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam ⓘ
name	Warith Deen Mohammed ⓘ
notableIdea	emphasis on Qur’an and Sunnah as primary sources of guidance ⓘ promotion of mainstream Sunni Islamic theology among African-American Muslims ⓘ rejection of racial separatism in Islam ⓘ
notableWork	transformation of the Nation of Islam toward Sunni Islam ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hamtramck, Michigan, United States ⓘ linked to: Hamtramck, Michigan
placeOfDeath	Markham, Illinois, United States ⓘ linked to: Markham, Illinois
positionHeld	Imam of the American Muslim Mission ⓘ linked to: Chief Imam leader of the Nation of Islam ⓘ leader of the largest African-American Muslim community in the United States ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
startTime	1975 ⓘ
workLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America

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