Daoud Ahmed Faisal

Daoud Ahmed Faisal (1891–1980) was a Sunni Muslim missionary and leader in the United States. He founded the Islamic Mission of America with his wife, Khadijah, which is also known as the State Street mosque and is located in Brooklyn, New York. Faisal was a follower of Satti Majid, a Sudanese, Sunni Muslim missionary who helped the spread of Sunni Islam in the United States. and had written works explaining Islamic topics in English for the American audience. The mosque became a space in which numerous African-Americans converted at. When Dwight York was released from prison, he had come to the IMA to convert. His presence was further emphasized by his 1950 publication of Al-Islam: the Religion of Humanity, which was a 200-page collection of short works discussing Islamic topics. Faisal, as a follower of Majid, thus dealt with tensions between his own work and these two groups.

Other contributions to Islam in the United States of America Beyond running the IMA in Brooklyn, Faisal was active in Muslim circle in New York City and beyond. He was a representative of Morocco at the United Nations, contributed to the creation of the United Islamic Society of America, which intended to serve Black Sunni Muslims in the United States, and furthered Satti Majid's vision to unite Sunni Muslims nationally by joining the Federation of Islamic Associations.