The term American Society Of Muslims (2002) is a public designation for the association of Muslims identifying with the leadership of the Honorable Wallace D. Mohammed. It is an expression of identity characterizing the evolution of a Muslim community from the ideology and structure of the Nation (or Temples) of Islam (1930-1975) through a 23 year process of religious reorientation and organizational decentralization that included other designations, i.e., World Community of Islam in the West (1976-1981) and American Muslim Mission (1981-1985). In the July 7, 1999 issue of the *Wall Street Journal*, an article cited the growing number of Muslims in the American Society Of Muslims under the leadership of Imam Mohammed. Recently published estimates have placed its numbers at near 2.5 million persons with a percentage of immigrant and naturalized American citizens from various Muslim ethnic peoples, European Americans, and a majority of African Americans representing five generations since the earliest history of Elijah Mohammed's leadership (1933) and in some cases before.

The continuing priority for the American Society Of Muslims and its leadership is the establishment of Islamic community life and the presentation of the true image of Islam. Other top interest include school accreditation and development of uniformity in standards and curriculum, a marked increase in credible publications on topics of religious, social, and historical import, and a realization of a more stable and lively material presence for the construction of institutions an facilities (mosques, schools, etc.) through an organized program of increased national and international business involvements. The entrepreneurial community that was under the leadership of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, during the Nation of Islam, continues to thrive under the leadership of Imam W. Deen Mohammed and has increased tremendously. The Collective Purchasing Conference (CPC) established in 1995, is a limited liability company that makes volume purchases and sells to its 33 nationwide distributors. They are providing USDA inspected, Halal meats and various products for the recently acquired ComTrust Meat Packaging Facility. ComTrust is a distributorship of the Collective Purchasing Conference, the parent distributor. Today, they are the largest distributor of 'Shea Butter' in the United States, to process and distribute from their own facilities.