Mufti Muhammad Sadiq (January 11, 1872 – January 13, 1957) was a companion of

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and a Muslim

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in the

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. Sadiq converted over seven hundred Americans to Islam directly, and over one thousand indirectly. His purpose, as a representative of the

Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...

, was to convert

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to Islam and to clear general misconceptions about the religion. Something that separated Mutfi Muhammad Sadiq from his contemporaries was his belief in racial integration between all racial and ethnic groups, and not just African Americans. He was also important in the movement of trying to unite a multicultural group of Muslim immigrants, from

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, to build mosques and have congregational prayers, especially in

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and

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. Sadiq entered the US without any financial resources, and embarked upon spreading the message of Islam in an area that was completely alien to his native culture. Consequently, he faced many difficulties, trials, and tribulations due to his skin color and religion. Sadiq also managed to establish the ''Moslem Sunrise'', the longest running Muslim

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in America, as well as writing many articles on Islam in various American

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and newspapers.

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