Join us at IMAN along with the student of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on March 24, 2017 for Jumah, lunch and presentations. Uniquely Delicious are We A poem by Sister Laila peppers potatoes tomatoes greens carrots lentils beans corn and peas In a big pot Melting melting away? The beauty disappears as it blends Individual uniqueness can't be found Turn down the heat! Then again just turn the heat off! Take peppers of all kind hot and sweet Potatoes sweet red white purple and gold Tomatoes steak and cherry Collards spinach kale arugula and swish chard Baby carrots for crunch lentils Black navy pito and gaboso beans Try colored corn and baby june pes Now don't put them in a pot and definitely no heat! Make them clean cool and crisp! Put them in a big glass bowl... Let the beauty and uniqueness be seen from every angle! Then sprinkled some constitutional American spice! Oh....What a great life! Sister Laila spends the day brining awareness to the community about domestic violence and leads a collective prayer for those effected by domestic violence.
Laila Muhammad speaks after participating in the 50th Anniversary of the famous march lead by Dr. Martin Luther King in Marquette Park, Chicago, IL.
First African-American Muslim woman to say a prayer at the 57th Presidential Inauguration National Prayer Service at the Cathedral Church of St. Peter St. & Paul in the City & Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
President Barak Obama and Laila Muhammad at the President's first Ramadan Iftar dinner in 2009.
Read the Remarks by the President at the Iftar Dinner, September 1, 2009.
Video Credit: Inaugural Prayer Service, C-Span, January 22, 2013 [Sister Laila's pray is at 1:43:52]
This evening, the President will continue a White House tradition of hosting an Iftar celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room. This is the second Iftar hosted by the President. The Iftar is the meal that breaks the day of fasting, when Muslim families and communities eat together after sunset. Below is a list of some of the expected attendees at tonight’s White House dinner celebrating Ramadan:
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ADMINISTRATION MEMBERS
DIPLOMATIC CORPS
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