April 6, 2002
Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
On April 6, 2002, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that Moorehouse College will honor Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, "the spiritual leader of one of the largest Sunni Islamic groups in the United States, the Muslim American Society. Muslim groups estimate that there are about 6.5 million Sunni Muslims in the country... Morehouse will honor Mohammed for his spiritual journey... when his portrait is hung in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. The painting will hang next to portraits of Nelson Mandela and Mohandas Gandhi... Lawrence Carter, dean of the King Chapel, says Morehouse picked Mohammed because he has promoted interfaith tolerance for 30 years."