Imam W. Deen Mohammed, son of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, will join the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Feb. 24-27 during the Nation of Islam�s Saviours� Day Convention, the Muslim Journal newspaper reported.

In a center-spread interview in its Jan. 28 edition, Imam Mohammed said he has been praying for Min. Farrakhan�s recovery from complications caused by prostate cancer treatment, and that he has accepted Min. Farrakhan�s invitation to participate in the Nation of Islam�s Saviours� Day celebration. The Imam noted that he plans to attend the Feb. 25 Jum�ah prayer service at the McCormick Convention Center and the Minister�s Feb. 27 keynote address at the United Center.

"We are thanking Allah (God) for his improvement and pray that he continues to improve," Imam Mohammed told interviewer Nathaniel Omar.

Concerning the Saviours� Day weekend celebration, he said, "I have been invited to join Minister Farrakhan, who will give the address on Feb. 27. I plan to be there and join him and give my support and also to celebrate with him, a big celebration, and I see it as a Saviours� Day Celebration."

Imam Mohammed said that while he has not met personally with the Minister concerning Saviours� Day, the two have had discussions about the weekend activities, and plan to meet personally in the near future.

"We should all be there joining them on Feb. 27, hearing the major address given by Minister Farrakhan. I don�t see myself having any difficulties with any of the concerns he itemized. I support his whole program" for the weekend, the Imam said.

Imam Mohammed added that he supports the weekend�s focus on family and he also supports Min. Farrakhan�s call for a Million Family March on Oct. 16 in Washington, D.C., the fifth anniversary of the Million Man March.

"We need more awareness of our obligation as parents and of our obligation as adults in our communities," he said.

Imam Mohammed said his father, the Hon. Elijah Muhammad�whom he noted was cited by Chicago Magazine and the Chicago Sun Times newspaper among the hundred most influential people on the history of the city�fought for freedom, justice and equality and must be seen as a man "with the people�s deficiencies and social illness on his mind and on his heart."

"The Honorable Elijah Muhammad sincerely worked for the betterment of the African-American people," he said.

"I know that Minister Farrakhan is very pleased with Imam Mohammed�s acceptance of the invitation and we believe that many Muslims in America, those who follow the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and those who follow Imam Mohammed, long for greater unity," commented Nation of Islam Chief of Staff Leonard F. Muhammad, adding that the Minister will make a statement in a future edition of The Final Call.

Imam Mohammed and Min. Farrakhan have embraced publicly in past years, including an appearance by the Imam at the Nation of Islam�s Oct. 7, 1986 Saviours� Day celebration of the birth of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad and during Jum�ah prayer at last year�s February Saviours� Day celebration.