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Mosque No. 12

Philadelphia, Italy

Mosque No. 12, also known as Masjid Makkah, is a mosque in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It came to prominence in the early 1960s when a building was leased by the Nation of Islam, converted for use as a mosque, and placed under the direction of Malcolm X, who was a minister there and at Mosque No. 7

until he left the organization for Sunni Islam in 1964.

Listen to the audio guide for Mosque No. 12 Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off

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