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40th Annual Ijlal Muhammad Humanitarian Awards Banquet

4/8/2023

 
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Sister Laila Moderates Panel Discussion at Muslim Voices of Newark: Film Symposium & Community History Project Launch

3/18/2023

 
Film screenings, panel discussions, and performances highlighting and celebrating histories, art, culture and social perspectives. Newark Art Museum

Express Newark’s Community Media Center and Scribe Video Center, in partnership with The Newark Museum of Art presents this day-long event featuring film screenings, panel discussions, and performances highlighting and celebrating histories, art, culture and social perspectives from our Muslim communities. The program includes a catered reception and will end with a special presentation of the award-winning feature length documentary, TWO GODS, by Zeshawn and Aman Ali. Set in Newark, TWO GODS tells the story of Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer, HANIF, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

This event marks the launch of Muslim Voices of Newark, a community history project hosted by Express Newark’s Community Media Center, in partnership with Scribe Video Center.

Enter the event through the South Wing, located near the Museum parking lot. Doors open 30 minutes before the event’s start time.

Schedule
  • 10am – Welcome
  • 10:20am: Muslim Voices of Philadelphia Films (43 mins 42 sec)
  • Lost No More, 2014 (17 mins) by the New Africa Center (Islamic Cultural Preservation and Information Council, ICPIC)
  • Get to Know Us: Keeping Islam Simple & Serving the Common People, 2014 (11:42 mins) by Masjid Muhammad
  • Journey to Fulfillment, 2014 (15 mins) by QAAMS (Qa’id Ameer Abdul Majeed Staten Hajj Foundation)
  • 11:05am – Muslim Voices of Philadelphia Filmmakers Panel (30 mins)
  • 11:45am – Performance
  • 11:55am – “Not Haram”: Nurturing Art and Storytelling in Our Community
  • Panelists Include: Shaheed Shaheed (filmmaker), Abdullah Muhammad (musician), Hafiz Farid (filmmaker), Yasmeen Muhammad (filmmaker); Moderator: Sister Laila Muhammad, Poet, Educator, Community Advocate
  • 1pm – Halal Lunch/Reception
  • 2pm – Muslim Voices Program/Application Process, Discussion and Q&A
  • Two Gods (86 mins)
  • 4pm – Two Gods Filmmakers Panel and Q&A
  • Panelists: Hanif Muhammad, Zeshawn and Aman Ali
  • 4:30pm – Closing Remarks

About Muslim Voices
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Muslim Voices is a national community history project, founded by Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia, where individuals and communities learn media making and explore the use of video as both an artistic medium and as a tool for progressive social change. Muslim Voices was designed to highlight and celebrate the presence, history, contributions and challenges of African American Muslims in America. In this initiative, members of mosques, masjids, schools, cultural centers, and other Muslim groups combine archival research, ethnography, oral history, and digital media to create short documentary films exploring and amplifying the rich stories, histories, and perspectives of their communities.

This year, Scribe will partner with Express Newark's Community Media Center (CMC) to launch the initiative here in Newark, New Jersey, providing instruction and media tools to traditionally underrepresented Muslim groups in the Greater Newark Area so that they can research and share the stories, significant events, achievements, and issues that are part of both the history of Islam in the Newark area and the city itself.

Purpose, Faith and Service

2/12/2023

 
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The MLK Ithaca Campus-Wide Celebration Week highlighted event will be a panel comprised of local leaders to discuss how purpose and service are aligned in the message and lessons taught by Dr. King. How does service make meaning and bring a solid purpose to the work that we do? The panelists for this session include Laila Muhammad, Michael Trotti, Jerry Dietz, and Christopher House.  

Doors open at 4pm for refreshments and the panel will begin at 4:30pm.

​Facilitated by the MLK Campus-Wide Celebration Week Committee

Women's History Month Dialogue

3/16/2022

 
Laila Muhammad will participate in an intimate dialogue with Muslim Life Organization at Princeton University on March 28th, 2022. 

Thank You for Your Support.

12/10/2019

 
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Muslim Wellness Foundation

7/21/2017

 
Black Muslim Psychology Conference: On Islamophobia and Anti-Blackness
by Bridge Initiative Team | Published on 04 Aug 2017

On July 21-22, 2017, the Muslim Wellness Foundation organized the 3rd Annual Black Muslim Psychology Conference (BMPC). This year’s theme was “Leading with Compassion.” The conference “explored the role of leaders in facilitating community healing” in the “post-9/11 and post-Ferguson era.” Moreover, the BMPC addressed how “racism, Islamophobia, systemic oppression as well as daily microaggressions impact the emotional well-being of the largest racial group within the American Muslim community ““ Black Muslims.”
Our Beloved Ancestors: Reflections of the Life & Legacy of Minister Jeremiah Shabazz & Sister Clara MuhammadIn one workshop, the descendants of leaders of the Nation of Islam (NOI) reflected on the life and legacy of their respective families and their impact on Black Muslim communities in the U.S. One of the panelists was Laila Muhammad, the daughter of W.D. Muhammad (1933-2008) and granddaughter of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Sister Clara Muhammad.
After the death of his father, W.D. Muhammad transitioned the theology of the Nation to Sunni Islam. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) was the leader of NOI from 1934 until his death. Among the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s mentors were Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. Sister Clara Muhammad (1899-1972), known as the “First Lady of the Nation of Islam,” spearheaded the establishment of independent primary and secondary schools across the country, among many other initiatives.
Another panelist was Dr. Safiyya Shabazz, the daughter of Minister Jeremiah Shabazz. Minister Shabazz was the leader of Mosque No. 12 in Philadelphia and traveled frequently with Muhammad Ali.

Sister Laila speaks on the "Life Topics" Series by Study Al-Islam

7/20/2017

 
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Life Topics Series 2017-2018, by Study Al-Islam
Sunday, July 9, 2017 – April 29, 2018, 10AM (EST)
 
It is with great honor that the Study Al-Islam "Life Topics" Series will reflect on the Honorable Elijah Muhammad's leadership and legacy from 1931-1975. Too many know too little or are greatly misinformed about the Hon. Elijah Muhammad's many contributions. 

It was his leadership that gave prominence and acceptance to the names Allah, Islam, Muhammad, and Muslim in the West. Tune in as distinguished Presenters share incredible stories and historical accounts.
 
Sister Laila will be speaking on the following days:
THE MAN BEHIND THE MEN/DESCRIBE THEIR RELATIONSHIP  
  • 07/09/17, Imam Mikal Saahir - Hon. Elijah Muhammad & Malcom X
  • 07/16/17, Sister Laila Muhammad - Hon. Elijah Muhammad & Malcom X
  • 07/23/17, [pending acceptance] - Hon. Elijah Muhammad & Minister Louis Farrakhan
  • 07/30/17, [pending acceptance] - Hon. Elijah Muhammad & Minister Louis Farrakhan
  • 08/06/17, Imam Mikal Saahir - Hon. Elijah Muhammad & Muhammad Ali
  • 08/13/17, Imam Qasim Ahmed -  Hon. Elijah Muhammad & Imam W. Deen Mohammed
  • 08/20/17, Imam Mikal Saahir - Hon. Elijah Muhammad & Imam W. Deen Mohammed 

HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS SISTER CLARA MUHAMMAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION OF ISLAM?
  • 12/03/17, Sister Beverly Kauthar Maurad
  • 12/10/17, Dr. Jon Yasin
  • 12/17/17, Imam Qasim Ahmed
  • 12/24/17, Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad
  • 12/31/17, Sister Ayesha Mustafaa
  • 01/07/18, Sister Laila Muhammad​
 
For a full list of presentations visit Study Al-Islam.

Sister Laila Speaks at the 54th Annual ISNA Convention

6/16/2017

 
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Black, American, & Muslim: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender | Saturday, July 1, 2017 from ​11:30a-12:30p | Black American Muslim women have been leading voices on the struggle for social justice in America. Why then is there constant erasure of their experiences? Join an honest con- versation negotiating race, class, and gender with an educator and daughter of a historic American Muslim movement; an artist, activist, and professor of African American Studies and Anthropology; an award-winning scholar on race, gender, and Islam; and an outspoken Sudanese American activist as moderator. Session 6E in Room 26

​Speakers: Jamillah Karim, Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, Laila Muhammad
Host: Hind Makki

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Imam W. Deen Mohammed: Life, Thought and Influence | Saturday, July 1, 2017 from ​5-6p​ | IWDM (1933-2008) is rarely discussed in the academic community, but the voice of this African American, related to such things as politics, economics, race and religion, is important for our environment and times. As an American born Muslim, he falls in the same category as such a figure as the late Muhammad Alexander Russel Webb. Like Webb, a European American, IWDM was committed to the principle of Tauhid, which manifested in his spirituality and the individuals that studied his teachings. Session 9B in  Room 10–11

​Speakers: Abdul Rahim Muhammad, Laila Muhammad
​Discussant: Mikal Naeem Nash

Cultural Ingenuity (Part 5): Call Me Bilalian!: Race, Religion, and Struggles for Social Justice | Sunday, July 2, 2017 from 5-6p | Black Americans were searching for a more representative name to call themselves in the late 20th century. Imam W.D. Mohammed chose a name that shifted away from the focus of color to spiritual ascendency and that didn’t erase their struggles for social justice. His Qur’an-based call to humanity, on behalf of his community, reveals universal lessons we can still bene t from in today’s climate of increased racial tension. Session 16B in  Room 10–11

​Speakers: Precious Rasheed Muhammad, Laila Muhammad
​Moderator: Hind Makki 
See the full ISNA program of events.

Beauty and Modesty

5/2/2017

 
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Join Sister Laila on May 13th for Beauty and Modesty Fashion Show.

Reflections on the Legacy of Imam W.D. Mohammed

4/20/2017

 
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Join Sister Laila on April 20, 2017 at Princeton University - Muslim Life Program as she reflects on the life of her father, her Imam, her mentor, and her friend - Imam W. D. Muhammad.
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