n the mid 1980s, some Muslims, mostly Nigerians with a few other Africans, met each other, gathered and started a jama'ah (congregation). In the beginning, they just joined the Masjid Al-Ansaar and the Masjid Miami because they did not have their own mosque. Then these Muslims, including the Imam Latief, realized other immigrant Muslims, mainly from Nigeria, were turning away from Islam because they did not have their own mosque. Follows Maliki madhab.