It was created by Warith Deen Mohammed after he assumed leadership of the Nation of Islam upon the death of his father Elijah Muhammad.
Warith Deen Mohammed retired as the leader of the association in 2003 and established a charity called The Mosque Cares.
After the 1975 death of Elijah Muhammad, his son, Warith Deen Mohammed, became the leader of the Nation of Islam.
He rejected many of his father's views, including black separatism and belief in the divinity of Wallace Fard Muhammad, founder of the Nation of Islam.
[6][7] The change from the American Muslim Mission to the American Society of Muslims occurred in the context of problems following protracted legal challenges caused by financial claims on the estate of Elijah Muhammad made on behalf of children he had fathered out of wedlock.
Warith Deen Mohammed and Farrakhan retained control of their rival groups before a phase of rapprochement in the 1990s.
[12] Warith Deen Mohammed resigned from the leadership of the American Society of Muslims on August 31, 2003, and established The Mosque Cares.
[4][13][14] On December 21, 2003, Warith Deen Mohammed gave his blessing to an attempt by Imam Mustafa El-Amin to maintain the ASM as an organization.