Dr. Wesley Muhammad born June 14 in

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is an American author and a minister in the Nation of Islam. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA), graduating with honors in 1994. In 2003 received a master's degree in Islamic Studies from the

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(Ann Arbor), whence he also received a Ph.D. in

Islamic Studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

with a focus on Early Theological Development in Islam. Muhammad's research has been published in the

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, the Journal of the American Oriental Society, and the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. He has been an instructor on courses on Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, African American Religion, and

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at the

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and Michigan State University. In 2013 he was a scholarly aide to Minister

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at Nation of Islam National Headquarters Mosque Maryam in Chicago. In 2021 he made an appearance in the documentary ''Buck Breaking''.

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