DETROIT, MI -- City Council is considering a request for historic designation for Masjid Wali Muhammad, home of the oldest African-American Muslim congregation and birthplace of the Nation of Islam.

The mosque has been at its current location on Linwood Avenue since 1954. Before that, it was located on Hastings Street in Detroit's historic "Black Bottom" neighborhood.

The Linwood Avenue building was originally a Jewish community center.

W.D. Fard and Elijah Muhammad founded the Nation of Islam there in the early 1930s.

City Council's Historic Designation Advisory Board submitted the request, which is on Tuesday's meeting agenda.

More on the mosque's history here.

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