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. While Faisal also spent time in Buffalo, New York, he gained recognition for his work in New York City communities, first in Harlem and later in Brooklyn. Faisal often made visits to other Sunni Islamic centers in the United States, and had written works explaining Islamic topics in English for the American audience. Faisal died in 1980, but the Islamic Mission of America still remains today.