muhammad died in 1975 and his son, warith deen mohammed, became the leader of the nation of islam. he led the organization toward sunni islam and renamed it the world community of islam in the west the following year. louis farrakhan, who quit warith deen mohammed's group, started an organization along the lines of elijah muhammad's teachings. farrakhan renamed his organization the nation of islam in 1981, and has regained many properties associated with elijah muhammad, such as mosque maryam, its chicago headquarters.