There are around 70,000 Muslims in Maryland in the United States as of December 1992, according to the American Muslim Council. This is the tenth highest number of Muslims of all U.S. states, representing 1.4% of the Muslim population in the country, as well as 1.4% of the total population of Maryland, at the time of the report. History Early Nation of Islam influence As thousands of African Americans moved into Baltimore in the early 20th century to seek new opportunities, as part of the African American Great Migration, there was a rise of African American religious movements. One such movement was the Nation of Islam, a Black-oriented form of Islam, separate from mainstream Islam, founded in Michigan in 1930. It was in 1947, following the release of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad from prison, that a Nation of Islam mosque was established in Baltimore, on Ensor Street. The mosque grew quickly in the late 1940s and early 1950s, outgrowing its space and moving multiple times, before moving to its current location at 514 Wilson Street in the late 1950s. It was designated Temple No. 6. On June 26, 1960, Elijah Muhammad spoke to over a thousand people during a visit. The mosque served 3,000 local members at the time. Transition to Sunni Islam Following the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975, the Nation of Islam transitioned to Sunni Islam, and in accordance, the mosque was renamed to Masjid Muhammad, and renovations were made. The influence of the mosque resulted in Baltimore mayor Kurt Schmoke renaming Wilson Street to Islamic Way, and naming May 7 Islamic Community Day, in 1989. The mosque was later renamed to Masjid Al-Haqq, its current name, in 1994. Another early mosque was Masjid As-Saffat, founded in Baltimore in 1971. It is home to the Islamic Community School, established in 1977 by a group of Muslim women to provide an Islamic education for their children. The Islamic Society of Baltimore, originating in 1969 as a weekly congregation at Johns Hopkins University, constructed a mosque in 1982, Masjid Al-Rahmah, and opened the Al-Rahmah School in 1987. The number of Muslims in Baltimore and its suburbs around this time was estimated to be 3,000–5,000, with higher estimates being up to 15,000, as well as 40,000 Muslims in the Baltimore–Washington region. A 2001 estimate placed the number of Muslims in Maryland at 50,000. In 2000, the Islamic Society