Intro
In 1933 (Aug), a letter by Muharrem Nadji, an Albanian Muslim, appeared in the Lahori-Ahmadi newspaper the Islamic Review of Aug-1933 (see page 282)(See also Bowen) addressed to the Woking Mosque (Lahori-Ahmadi center). In this letter, Muharrem Nadji is also donating $6 for another year worth of newspaper subscription. Muharrem Nadji also request that for one year every copy of the Islamic Review should be mailed Mansfield Public Library. Muharrem Nadji says that he is eager to read “The Introduction to Holy Quran” by Khwaja Kamaluddin and wants 10 copies of it as soon as it is published. “The Introduction to Holy Quran” was eventually published in 1939.
3 months earlier, in May of 1933, Dr. Sufi M.R. Bengalee is mentioned in the Mansfield News Journal of Thu, May 18, 1933 ·Page 2. Bengalee was in Mansfield, Ohio and looking for converts, Bengalee held a meeting at 760 Bowman St. The newspaper alleges that there are 10 Muslims in Mansfield, Ohio in 1933. Bengalee made comments on the great depression and the Islamic economic model.
In 1949, Muharrem Nadji, 58, of 462 Lily street, injured in a two-car collision on Lily street shortly after noon Sunday (See the Mansfield News Journal of Mon, Nov 07, 1949 ·Page 13).
In 1954, a photo of Muharrem Nadji, of Stewart Lane, founder of the Islamic Center of America. Muharrem Nadji is allegedly holding a 600-page microfilm of the Quran. Muharrem Nadji is 62 years old. He was born in 1891. Allegedly, he started the Islamic Center of America, 27 years ago, which would be 1927. Muharrem Nadji alleges to be employed at the local steel company, Empire Steel (See the Mansfield News Journal, June 8, 1954, Page 1). Muharrem Nadji alleges to be funding his Islamic Center of America. Najdi says that he saw Muhammad (Saw) in a vision and is thus carrying out this work. Muharrem Nadji alleges to be a Sufi. Muharrem Nadji alleges that there are roughly 24 Albanian Muslims in Mansfield and he could be considered their religious leader in many ways, although they don’t have a mosque. Muharrem Nadji keeps working at the Steel Mill, living alone and living a simple life.
In 1960, Muharrem Nadji died on July-5 (See the Islamic Review 49, Jan-1961, pages 37-38).

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