As-Salamu Alaykum

"'He will be remembered as a person who brought the Nation of Islam carefully and consistently into mainline Islam,' said Yvonne Haddad, a professor of the history of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations at Georgetown University. 'Eventually, he'd start talking about American Muslims--how we can be Muslim and American at the same time.'"

In the Chicago Tribune, Margaret Ramirez and Manya A. Brachear report the death of W. Deen Mohammed, the son and heir of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad.