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Mosque No. 12

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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.

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Mosque No. 12
West Susquehanna Avenue, Philadelphia

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Makkah Masjid

West Susquehanna Avenue 1319
19122 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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