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The son of Elijah Muhammad, Warith Deen Mohammed, changed his name after he converted to Sunni Islam. He was previously known as Wallace D. Muhammad, but he changed his name to Warith Deen Mohammed in 1975 after he became the leader of the Nation of Islam. Mohammed was the leader of the Nation of Islam from 1975 to 2008, and he was a prominent figure in the American Muslim community.