has served for the past 23 years as the Resident Imam of the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam, one of the largest and most progressive Mosques in the United States.  He works closely as an aide and supporter of Imam W. Deen Mohammed and his Ministry, The Mosque Cares.

With his leadership, the Atlanta Masjid has developed the Clara Mohammed Elementary and W. Deen Mohammed High Schools in the same neighborhood of East Atlanta.  These schools have continuously produced for 28 years exceptional students of moral and academic acumen and has sent forth young scholars to numerous universities and colleges including Harvard, Stanford, Morehouse, Spelman, Duke, Michigan, Vanderbilt and Smith. 

Working as a close aide and supporter of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Imam El-Amin has traveled the Nation and the World, representing concerns and interests of Muslim Americans in such places as Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Sudan, Palestine, Israel, Jerusalem, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, Rome, England, Denmark, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and South Africa.  On two occasions, Imam El-Amin was part of a select delegation of Muslim leaders that traveled to Saudi Arabia with Imam W. Deen Mohammed to assist in the religious orientation of the U.S. military in the Gulf Crisis.  He organized and led two delegations of progressive Muslim young adult leaders to participate in 2-month study tours in Malaysia to build international bridges.

Imam Plemon T. El-Amin is a founding board member and former President of the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta (FAMA), the largest and most influential interfaith organization in Atlanta.  FAMA oversees monthly interfaith dialogues and programs to promote and deepen trust and understanding among members of all faiths.  Imam El-Amin is the Director of World Pilgrims, an interfaith effort to develop friendships among faith leaders through travel and exchange.  He has led eight journeys of 30-36 different Muslims, Christians and Jews to Turkey, Morocco, Spain, Greece, Jordan, and Jerusalem and brought them back home friends committed to interfaith work and relationships.

Imam El-Amin is a native Atlantan and has served as a Faith advisor to three mayors of the City and to two governors, through the Georgia Human Relations Commission.  He is currently a board member of the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters (AIB), the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA), the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta (FAMA), the Religious Advisory Board of Emory University, the Atlanta Police Foundation, and the Atanta Majlis-Ash Shura.

He is a 1972 graduate of Harvard University.  He converted to the religion of Al-Islam in 1974 and became Imam under the tutelage of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed and Imam Ibrahim Pasha.  He has performed the Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) twice, in 1978 and in 2006, and has performed minor Pilgrimages (Umra) on six (6) other occasions.  He has lectured at hundreds of masajid (mosques), schools, colleges, conferences, correctional institutions, and community gatherings, and has been a frequent speaker at churches, synagogues and other places of worship.  He is married to Cassandra Scott El-Amin and is the father of two adult children, Atty. Fatima Ziyad and Fareed Abdullah El-Amin and grandfather of Haneef (7), Sultan (4) and Naja (3).

IMAM Ibrahim Pasha

is the Presiding Imam of the Majlis Ash Shura of the Atlanta  Masjid of Al-Islam as well as the masjid´s Associate Imam.  The Majlis Ash Shura is the governing body of the Atlanta Masjid, one of the most progressive communities affiliated with the leadership of Imam W. Deen Mohammed.

Imam Pasha was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Rawls of Selma, Alabama. He was raised by his grandmother, who became a member of the Nation of Islam in the 1940´s in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is one of Imam Pasha´s greatest inspirations.

In the mid 1950´s Imam Pasha became a resident of Chicago, IL and entered the Muslim High School - University of Islam, where he excelled scholastically and gratudated with honors. He later attended the Rochester Institute of Technology and studied Web Offset Newspaper Management and Graphic Arts Composition Systems.

As a very young man, he began to display leadership qualities and became an aide and director of many of the multi-faceted self-help programs of the Nation of Islam. Under the leadership, guidance and instruction of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Imam Pasha was appointed the Resident Imam of the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam. He became a leader of change in the transition of the community from the Nation of Islam into the true universal practice of Al-Islam. He also served as the Southern Regional Imam for the National Community.

Imam Pasha has been very active in community outreach efforts. He served as a member of Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson´s Religious Advisory Committee, and as a member of ARMAC (Atlanta´s Religious Mobilization Against Crime), it´s Executive Branch.

Imam Pasha is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, among them, a House of Representative State of Georgia Resolution of Recognition; he was adopted as Honorary Citizen of the City of New Orleans, LA; he was honored as Honorary Mayor of Prichard, AL; he was given an Ibrahim Pasha Day in the city of Daytona Beach, FL; he was honored with a Citizen Action Award from the State of Georgia and a Community Service Award from the National Black Women´s Conference, as well as being the recipient of many awards from the various Masajid and Islamic Centers throughout the country.

Imam Pasha is highly sought after for his counsel, and his lectures at colleges/universities, churches, prisons, conferences and Islamic events.

Imam Pasha has performed the Hajj (pilgrimmage) to the Holy Cities of Mecca and Madina, Saudi Arabia on two occasions and has travelled extensively to other Muslim countries as well.

Imam Ibrahim Pasha is married to Faridah Pasha who also has a long history of service to the Muslim Community. They are the parents of seven children - fives sons and two daughters.