Global Information7700 16th Street NW information
| 7700 16th Street NW Washington, D.C. | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Tudor |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | D.C. 38°59′00″N 77°02′11″W / 38.983372°N 77.036479°W |
| Completed | 1936 |
7700 16th Street NW, a private house in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., is the former home of the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center.[1]
In 1973 this house was the scene of the massacre of 7 Hanafi Muslims by members of the Nation of Islam.[2] It was the largest murder that had ever been committed in Washington, D.C.[3][4]
The brick home continued to be the headquarters of the Hanafi group, and during the 1977 Washington, D.C. attack and hostage taking spokesman Abdul Azziz (35), son-in-law of the group's leader Hanafi Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, stood on the lawn and told journalists that, "Heads will be chopped off, a killing room will be set up at B'nai B'rith and heads will be thrown out of windows," unless all demands being made by armed hostage takers at a downtown office building were met.[2]
A plaque on the building in the 1970s read: Hanafi Madh-Hab Center.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Post31377was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Meyer, Eugene; Edwards, Paul (March 10, 1977). "Barry 'A Very Lucky Man". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Baker, Donald (20 January 1973). "I Teach Islam is for Everyone". The Washington Post. ProQuest 148479695.
- ^ Lewis, Alfred (19 January 1973). "Seven 'Executed' in District's Biggest Mass Murder". The Washington Post. ProQuest 148443730.