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.
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​Uniquely Delicious are We
A poem by Sister Laila
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​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

• The Honorable Andre Carson, United States Representative (Indiana 7th)
• The Honorable John Conyers, United States Representative (Michigan 14th)
• The Honorable Rush Holt, United States Representative (New Jersey 12th)

 
COMMUNITY MEMBERS

• Ms. Saleha Abedin
• Mr. Ahmed Ahmed
• Dr. Akbar Ahmed, American University 
• Mrs. Anila Ali, Council of Pakistan American Affairs
• Mr. Bill Aossey, Midamar Corporation
• Mrs. Fatema Bayat
• Mr. Salam Al Marayati, Muslim Public Affairs Council
• Rev. Chloe Breyer, Interfaith Center of New York
• Mr. Hasan Chandoo, Oppenheimer & Co.
• Ms. Sarah Darwish
• Dr. Mahmoud Eboo, Aga Khan Council of the United States 
• Mr. Walter Edwards, Harlem Business Council
• Mrs. Sana Fadel
• Mr. Imad Hussain
• Mr. Hassan Jaber, Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services
• Mr. Muhammad U. Khan
• Ms. Saaliha Khan
• Imam Mohamed Hag Magid, All Dulles Area Muslim Society
• Mrs. Shahnaz Masumi
• Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Islamic Society of North America
• Mr. Farooq Mitha
• Ms. Dalia Mogahed, Director, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
• Mr. Mohamedraza Moledina
• Mrs. Shabnum Moledina
• Mrs. Laila Muhammad
• Ms. Naheed Qureshi, Muslim Advocates
• Mrs. Ranae Quraishi, Muslim Public Service Network
• Ms. Intisar Rabb, Boston College
• Dr. Jane Ramsey, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
• Ms. Nadia Roumani, American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute
• Mrs. Sally Steenland, Center for American Progress
• Ms. Sadaf Syed
• Mr. Mustafa Tameez
• Mr. Ibrahim Vajzovic, United Bosnian Association
• Mrs. Sara Najjar Wilson, Arab American anti-Discrimination Committee

 
ADMINISTRATION MEMBERS

• The Honorable Dan Poneman, Deputy Secretary of Energy 
• The Honorable Ron Sims, Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
• Ms. Huma Abedin, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of State
• Mr. Mustafa Javed Ali, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Mr. Arif Alikhan, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development, Department of Homeland Security
• Mr. Mazen Basrawi, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Department of Justice
• Technical Sergeant Sabrina Marie Bullock-Labaran, U.S. Air Force 
• Sergeant Major Agha Jalil Durrani, U.S. Army
• Ms. Rehana Hakeem, Department of State
• Chaplain Abdullah Hulwe, U.S. Army
• Mr. Rashad Hussain, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference
• Mr. Adnan Kifayat, Department of Treasury
• Ms. Sehreen Noor Ali, Department of State
• Ms. Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Department of State
• Ms. Hannah Rosenthal, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Department of State
• Mr. Irfan Saeed, Department of Homeland Security
• Lt. Commander Abuhena Saifulislam, U.S. Marine Corps
• Mr. Osman Shinaishin, National Science Foundation
• Mr. Kareem Shora, Department of Homeland Security
• Mr. Shaarik Zafar, National Counter Terrorism Center 

 
DIPLOMATIC CORPS

• Mrs. Shamim Jawad, Spouse, Embassy of Afghanistan 
• His Excellency Yashar Aliyev, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• His Excellency Akramul Qader, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
• His Excellency Roble Olhaye, Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti
• His Excellency Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt
• His Excellency Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See
• Her Excellency Meera Shankar, Ambassador of India
• His Excellency Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq
• His Excellency Erlan A. Idrissov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• His Excellency Avni Spahiu, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo
• His Excellency Ali Suleiman Aujali, Ambassador of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• His Excellency Aziz Mekour, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco
• Her Excellency Hunaina Sultan Ahmed Al Mughairy, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman
• His Excellency Ali Bin Fahad Faleh Al-Hajri, Ambassador of the State of Qatar
• His Excellency Adel A.M. Al-Jubeir, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia
• His Excellency Husain Haqqani, Ambassador of Pakistan
• His Excellency Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation
• His Excellency Habib Mansour, Ambassador of Tunisia
• His Excellency Ilhomjon Tuychievich Nematov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• His Excellency Abdulwahab A. Al Hajjri, Ambassador of the Republic Yemen
• His Excellency Ufuk Gokcen, Ambassador and Permanent Observer, Organization of the Islamic Conference
• The Honorable Deitan Mish, Chargé d'Affaires at Interim of the Republic Albania
• The Honorable Ali Alaoui, Chargé d'Affaires at Interim of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
• The Honorable Tesfaye Yilma Sabo, Chargé d'Affaires at Interim of Ethiopia
• The Honorable Salman Al Farisi, Chargé d'Affaires at Interim of the Republic of Indonesia
• The Honorable Walid Rahman J. Al Hadid, Chargé d'Affaires at Interim of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• The Honorable Noraini Hamid, Chargé d'Affaires at Interim of Malaysia
• The Honorable Bello Ringim, Economic Minister, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
• The Honorable Suleyman Gokce, Chargé d'Affaires at Interim of the Republic of Turkey
• The Honorable Dominick Chilcott, British Chargé d'Affaires at Interim