Muneer Fareed, an imam and former Wayne State University professor, has taken over as the new secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America, the largest Muslim group in the United States that formed in 1963. Fareed was one of the founders and core scholars of the American Learning Institute for Muslims in Detroit. "He was an excellent teacher, an excellent administrator, and a very good colleague," said May Seikaly, chairwoman of WSU's Department of Near East and Asian Studies.