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Malcolm Shabazz Mosque No. 7 in a 2009 photograph
Mosque No. 7 was the mosque in Harlem where Malcolm X preached until he left the Nation of Islam in 1964.
Opened as Temple No. 7 of the Nation of Islam at the Harlem YMCA in 1946, it "was just a storefront in 1954 when Malcolm was named minister by Elijah Muhammad."[1] When Malcolm X split from Elijah Muhammad in 1964, he opened the mosque at the Hotel Theresa on 125th Street.
Temple No. 7 was destroyed in a bombing in 1965, after Malcolm X's assassination, and was later rebuilt at 102 West 116th Street, in what was originally the Lenox Casino, on the southwest corner of Lenox Avenue.[2] The building was designed by Sabbath Brown and the new mosque was named after Malcolm X: Malcolm Shabazz Mosque No. 7. It is now used by Sunni Muslims.
References and footnotes
- ^ "From Abyssinia to Zion," by David Dunlap (p. 136)
- ^ "AIA Guide to New York City," Fourth Edition, p. 494
Family Betty Shabazz · Attallah Shabazz · Qubilah Shabazz · Ilyasah Shabazz · Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz · Malikah Shabazz · Malaak Shabazz
Organizations Places Media AuthoredAboutThe Hate That Hate Produced · X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X · 1972 documentary · Death of a Prophet · 1992 film (soundtrack) · Malcolm X: Make It Plain · Seven Songs for Malcolm X · Growing Up XRelated Categories:- Harlem, New York
- Nation of Islam mosques
- Places associated with Malcolm X
- Mosques in New York
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