Imam Abdul Rahman Shareef

A Muslim by conversion since 1972. Serves as Resident Imam of Tauheed Islamic Center, Wilmington, NC. A student of Muslim Leader Imam W. Deen Mohammed. Presently serves as Co-convener of the Imams Consultative Body of North Carolina (ICBNC). He has performed Hajj twice, 1984 and 2001.

Attended Miller Motte Business College and received a two year Business Diploma. Furthered
education at Cape Fear Technical Institute and received an Associate Degree in Instrumentation and Control Technology. Worked for Progress Energy for 33 years and retired March 1, 2008.

A frequent guest of many area churches, schools, and participant in many public forums. He is featured in North Carolina Portraits of Faith, a pictorial history of religions in North Carolina.

Served in the United States Marine Corps, including 13 months in Vietnam. Awarded Purple Heart and two Presidential Unit Citations. Lifetime member of Vietnam Veterans of America and Muslim
American Veterans Association and presently serves as (MAVA) National Quartermaster. In his local VVA Chapter he serves as Chaplain and Minority Affairs Representative.

Has traveled with Muslim delegations from Imam W. Deen Mohammed Community to several
countries focusing in the areas of religion; inclusive of education, business, culture and government and working to establish a relationship for agricultural possibilities. Turkey, South Africa, South Korea, Paraguay and Rome.

Completed 9 week class and graduated November 10, 2016 from the FBI Citizens Academy program.

Imam Abdul Karim Hasan

Abdul Karim Hasan was born in 1931 in Camden, New Jersey. He is the seventh of thirteen children. He was raised by his mother and father who became acquainted with the nationalistic message of the Honorable Marcus Garvey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928.

The family moved to Hartford, Connecticut where his mother joined the Honorable Noble Drew Ali’s Moorish American Movement in 1942, and enrolled him in their weekend school at the age of eleven.

His mother heard Minister Malcolm X at a Moorish American MeetIng in the summer of 1955 and decided that evening to become a NaIon of Islam member. He would join shortly thereafer in 1956. Rising through the Muhammad Temple of Islam’s ranks he moved to New Haven, Connecticut in 1961 and led the efforts to secure two numbered Temples—Number 40 and 41, in four years as a Minister.

Sent to Los Angeles in 1971, by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, he led the successful growth in membership and community relations and two years later, purchased a city block at 4016 South Central Avenue, which became Temple #27, the NaIon of Islam’s West Coast Regional Headquarters.

In 1977, a tribute to his accomplishments was read into the United States of America Proceedings & Debates of the 95th Congress by the Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite-­‐Burke of California. He would make his first Hajj that same year, while traveling with Imam W. Deen Mohammed, who led a delegation of 300 Americans on Hajj.

He also accompanied Imam W. Deen Mohammed to Rabat, Morocco at the invitation of His Majesty King Hassan II, and as an Ambassador of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, he was sent to Rome, Italy to represent Imam Mohammed at an International News Conference.

At the invitation of the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, he was invited to Cairo to receive a Da’wah Medal of Excellence in 1993.

His many travels have carried him to Trinidad-­‐Tobago; Nigeria, Kenya; Malaysia, Singapore; Arabia; Israel; Rome, Egypt; Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Morocco visiting them many times; He has met and visited with the late King Khalid of Saudi Arabia, the late Palestinian Authority President Yasar Arafat; and the late Pope John Paul II.

Over the years, he has continued development of the city block at 4016 South Central Avenue with the completion of a 16 Classroom School (Bilal Learning Center) in 2007; and is currently making progress in the construction of a Masjid and Community Center Complex, at this site. The city of Los Angeles has named this sectional block on Central Avenue at MarIn Luther King Blvd and Malcolm X Way, "Imam Abdul Karim Hasan Square."

Imam Abdul’Haq Muhammed

Founder/Executive Director - Quality Life Center, of SWFL. (239)334-2797 Abdul’Haq Muhammed is the founder and Executive Director of Quality Life Center of SWFL, a non-profit organization that focuses on the development both academically and personally of children. He also serves as the resident Imam for the Center for Islam and Cultural Awareness in Fort Myers, Florida.

Quality Life Center features programs ranging from early learning, academic enrichment, performing arts, mentoring, life skills, teen development, college and employment preparation. With over 35 employees educating and inspiring over 300 children and families daily, Quality Life Center works to achieve this by demystifying the world for young people and their families. With the growth and success of the organization, they are currently constructing additional space for a multipurpose recreation facility which will include a teen center, commercial kitchen and banquet hall.

Abdul’ Haq Muhammed is originally from Harlem, New York where he studied at the American Muslim Mission under the leadership of the Honorable Imam Warith Deen Mohammad. In addition, he received his education and training at City College, Fordham University and the Henry George School of Economics. He also studied and conducted various businesses in North and West Africa and performed the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1980. He is a US Army veteran, serving three years during the Vietnam era and was honorably discharged as a non-commissioned officer. He is also a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions such as the Person of the Year by Gulfshore Life Magazine awarded in 2016.

He has extensive experience in organizational development, strategic planning, funding, resource acquisition and program design. He is an inspiring lecturer, a bridge builder, and collaborator uniting communities, governments and business leaders to obtain a multi-million dollar impact in economically challenged neighborhoods.

He has three wonderful children who are high achievers and a brilliant granddaughter named Zora.

Imam Abdullah Rasheed

Abdullah Rasheed is an active Imam, Entrepreneur, and member of the Houston Islamic Community in Texas. He is a dedicated student of the eminent scholar Imam Warithuddeen Mohammed.

 As an Associate Imam of Masjid Warithudeen Mohammed and Masjid Al Quran of Houston, he is participating in education and community-building efforts. He serves as an Islamic Weekend School administrator and has taught several classes related to Islamic Sciences including Qur'anic Arabic, Seerah and Tafsir. One of his most recent community-building accomplishments was leading a team to raise funds to build a new community playground.

As an entrepreneur, he recently co-founded a crowdfunding platform that helped businesses raise over $450,000 in 3 months. He also recently co-founded with his wife, a baby product company named Umi's and released a high quality, eco-friendly diaper. The company shipped diapers to over 25 cities within 6 months of its launch.

Rasheed is dedicated to community outreach and development programs. He regularly assists national and local programs, such as Kamp Khalil, Compt-U-Dopt, Need-to-Feed, and others.

His most valuable characteristic is his humility, courage, and his desire to help others. One of his favorite phrases is: "If you strive with inadequate resources, Allah will bless you with adequate resources."

Rasheed holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and is an accomplished Software Architect and Engineer.

He is a family man, with his greatest fulfillment coming from raising his young son.

Imam Adam K. Beyah

Adam K. Beyah, religious leader, community activist and entrepreneur, currently resides in Fayetteville, NC. Beyah was born in High Point, NC on June 1, 1951. At an early age (11 years old), he became involved in the Civil Rights Movement by participating in the Freedom Marches in the downtown of that city. In 1965, his family moved to Atlanta, GA where he lived about one block from Ebenezer Baptist Church and the S.C.L.C. office. He remembers many times walking by the S.C.L.C. office and seeing Dr. M. L. King, Jr. standing outside greeting the youths. These events are ingrained on his mind and probably helped to nurture his desire to work for the upliftment of African-Americans. 

Adam received his B.A. in Accounting from Winston-Salem State University in 1977. Upon graduation, he accepted a position at the New York office of Price-Waterhouse where he achieved the rank of Senior Tax Accountant. While there he had the opportunity to work on foreign assignments in such places as Paris, Libya and Saudi Arabia and in addition to this, has visited seventeen (17) other countries. He relocated to Fayetteville in 1984 as Controller with Shaw Foods Services Inc. In 1987 he started and currently owns Beyah's Accounting & Tax Service which specializes in small business accounting and individualized tax planning. 

From 1990 to 2000, Adam served as the resident Imam of Masjid Omar Ibn Sayyid in Fayetteville, NC. He oversaw the construction of the current Masjid Building which sits on 4 acres of land. 

Adam currently hosts a radio show named “Money Sense” on American Muslim 360 every Thursday at 8:00am. He also speaks many times during the year at colleges, at public schools in Cumberland and surrounding counties, and at churches. In August of 1995 he made an oral presentation at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh on Islam in America from an historical perspective. Beyah also gave remarks and Benediction at a Symposium on Omar Ibn Sayyid at the Hawthorne Library on the campus of Harvard University in May of 1998. 

Beyah has been very active in community service organizations. Some of the positions he has held are: Board Vice-Chair of Democracy North Carolina; past member and Treasurer, Fayetteville Urban Ministry; past member, Faith Dialogue Team (Interfaith group) sponsored by the Fayetteville/Cumberland Human Relations Commission; past member; past member, Fayetteville United, a group appointed by Fayetteville City Manager to address the healthy development of race relations; past member, City of Fayetteville Human Relations Commission; past member and Chairman, City of Fayetteville Airport Commission. 

In March, 2016 Imam Beyah founded the 100@$50 Initiative, which has called for 100 participants to donate $50 per month to 1 of 7 full times Clara Mohammed Schools. This initiative has raised over $160,000 over the last 4+ years. 

In the Fall of 2017, Adam was selected a member if the 2017-2019 class of The William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations, a program of Wildacres Leadership Initiative. The William C. Friday Fellowship is a competitive North Carolina wide program for cross-sector leaders. 

Adilah Karriem-Donaldson

Adilah Karriem-Donaldson (formerly Alma X) born in Newark, N.J., eldest daughter of Brother Robert 9X Simmons and Sister Susie 2X Simmons, (may Allah be pleased with them), was introduced to Al-Islam at the age of 7. In her formative years, she attended the 1st Islamic Weekend School-Newark, NJ. Later served as Captain of the NOI Drill Team participating in parades, competitions, theatre, sports, events and Youth Volunteer. She also attended Islamic Studies/MGT/GCC/ Arabic classes. Attended Newark Public Schools, graduating from Central High School, attended Rutgers University-Newark and later graduating from Kean University, BA in Sociology, with credits in Education and Masters’ credits in Sociology and Social Justice. Her training is extensive in Education; K-8, Pre-K- 3, Early Childhood Education, Administration and Management, Business and Finance, Teen Mothers Program and Women in Recovery (Project BABIES} and Social Justice.

She met and married Bro. Abdul Malik Karriem (William 17X), whose been married for 53 years; blessed and proud of their union with 6 sons and 1 daughter, (who all attended Sis. Clara Muhammad School-Newark, N.J.); with 19 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. They have supported each other over the years in numerous family and community projects.

Her Service to Humanity has been outstanding and untiring. Allah has blessed her to continue to serve the Islamic Community and the Community-at-Large. Some of her major works has been in establishing: programs for youth in educational and cultural enrichment, Youth/Adult Career training programs and jobs, community events for youth, served on the Northeast Regional Islamic Education Department, N.Y., for the development of an Islamic Language Arts Textbook for the Sister Clara Muhammad School System. She also served as a volunteer instructor, 1st and 5th grade teacher, then later, Principal of Sister Clara Muhammad School, Newark, N.J., and served as an Islamic Youth Advisor.

Aneesah R. W. Dawan

Aneesah R. W. Dawan was born to Muslim parents but accepted Al-Islam for herself at the age of 13.  She is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and graduate of the Historic Little Rock Central High School.  Aneesah’s post-secondary education has been focused in the areas of Philosophy & Religious Studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Criminal Justice at the University of Houston-Downtown.  In addition to her undergraduate work Aneesah studied Arabic and Islamic Studies at Abu Nour University in Damascus, Syria, obtaining a 2-year Arabic language certification.  

Aneesah’s earlier Islamic and Arabic education came from various Imams and teachers in the United States under the leadership of Imam W. D. Mohammed. Her most influential studies in Arabic and the science of tajweed came under the tutelage of Imam Qasim Ahmed while residing in Houston, Texas.  Aneesah refined her Quranic recitation while studying in Syria and has become known for her precise, yet eloquent reading of Quran using the Hafs style of recitation.  As a tool to teach tajweed and encourage the recitation of Quran among women, Aneesah began professionally recording the Quran for public distribution.  Aneesah has lectured at various Islamic and Interfaith conferences representing women in Al-Islam and focusing on areas such as tajweed and tafsir.  

Her purpose is to provide a clear and sound understanding of Quran and the life of Prophet Muhammad (saw) while stressing the importance of the feminine voice to the benefit of mankind.  Aneesah’s next educational goal is to complete a doctor of law (JD) degree with a focus on the intersections of Law and Religion.

Aqueelah Nafeesa Rasheed

A graduate of Duke University, Aqueelah Nafeesa Rasheed is a wife, mother, mathematician, early childhood educator and Healthy Marriage and Family Advocate, utilizing her G-d given passion and purpose as an author, motivational speaker, and future marriage & family counselor. It is her ardent desire to contribute to the preservation and protection of community life by addressing issues that affect the longevity of healthy, happy, loving, peaceful and productive Muslim marriages, families and communities. Mrs. Rasheed uses the “unadulterated” guidance of G-d in the Qur'an, authentic life example of Muhammad the Prophet and the commentary of Imam W. Mohammed as the basis for her critique, analysis, and solution-oriented recommendations.

Mrs. Rasheed has a long-standing affinity for writing and the preservation of marriage, family and community life. She began writing and speaking about marriage and family at the ripe age of 13, penning a paper entitled “Broken Homes.” After getting married in 2001, Aqueelah continued reading, writing, studying and conversing about the “common tests and challenges” of marriage and family life and eventually started a blog called “Writing 4 Peace” in 2009 about Marriage, Motherhood, and Michelle Obama. In December 2015, Aqueelah was an invited guest speaker at the 33rd Annual Seerah Conference at Masjid Malcolm Shabazz, Harlem, NY. The topic that she selected for her presentation was "Muhammad the Prophet as a Family Man: Husband, Father, Provider - Sensitive, Loving, Protector." After hearing a replay of Aqueelah's presentation on the radio, Muslim pioneer Sis. Gloria Muhammad, commented, "It is clear and enlightening. Insha’Allah it will help elevate our understanding of and behavior in our rebirth of family life.”

As a follow-up, on her 40th birthday, December 4, 2016, Aqueelah self-published and released her debut book entitled – “MUSLIM MARRIAGE MAKEOVER: Modeling Muhammad the Prophet to Make Waves in Your Marriage with the R.I.P.P.L.E. Effect” (Respect, Intimacy, Partnership, Peace, Love, & Equality). She utilizes the (6) principles of “The R.I.P.PL.E. Effect” to address “common marital tests and challenges” and what Imam Mohammed referred to “Unenlightened Traditions” when it comes to the treatment of women as well as misogynistic and patriarchal translations of scripture. Within MUSLIM MARRIAGE MAKEOVER (MMM), Aqueelah presents a faith-based, solution-oriented message that addresses the following:

• Respect for G-d & Respect for Marriage as a Sacred Institution

• Mutual Respect & Intimacy Between Husband and Wife 

• Husbands and Fathers as Consistent Loving, Emotional, Spiritual and Financial Providers & Protectors for Women and Children as well as the Importance of Their Consistent & Active Presence in the Lives of Their Families 

• Female Liberation, “Freedom & Flexibility,” and Consistent Support Systems for Wives & Mothers 

• Shared Household and Parenting Responsibilities 

• The Mutual Need for Self-Care & Work-Life Balance 

A native of Memphis, TN, Aqueelah has been married for 18 years and currently resides in Durham, NC with her beloved husband Luqman Rasheed, II and their 3 beautiful children Sajdah, Luqman III, and Adam-Deen ages 16, 13 and 6 respectively. To learn more about Aqueelah and “MUSLIM MARRIAGE MAKEOVER,” and to view upcoming events where she will present, please visit her website, www.writing4peace.com.

Imam Dr. Askia Muhammad

Imam Dr. Askia Muhammad was born in the Nation of Islam, 1958. I'm a student of Imam WD Mohammed for 33 years of his leadership among us. I've studied Quranic Arabic, Islamic History and Islamic sciences. I hold a Masters of Divinity and a Doctorate of Ministry in Christian theological studies as well as a Masters in Political Science and a Masters in Public Administration. I've been a speaker on Islamic topics as well as addressed interfaith groups on various topics since 1988. It would be an honor to join the speakers bureau. I've established a two year Islamic Studies course at New York Theological Seminary for Muslim and non-Muslim students alike, and I served as a college professor at Metropolitan College of New York for five years, teaching African American studies, American history, Business Administraion and Development and other topics.

Imam Abu Qadir Al-Amin

• Accepted Islam in 1967 serious practitioner since 1969

• Appointed Imam by Imam W. Deen Mohammed 1980

• Served as Imam in Oakland CA 1981/82

• FCI Pleasanton/Dublin 1983

• Elected Imam SFMCC 1984 Current

• Arabic Studies San Francisco State University 1979

• Owned Bakeries in Cupertino, Pacifica, Oakland

• Bismillah Booksellers 1979/80 San Rafael CA

• United Book Distributors 1982/83

• Great News Book Store 1986/90

• Featured in 1988 Documentary on ABC's 20 / 20

• Mc Neil Leher Show, Soledad Obrian Show

• Advisory to Warden at San Quentin Prison 1989/96

• San Francisco Mayor Feinstein's Self Esteem Task Force

• San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Advisory on Homelessness

• San Francisco Inter FaithCouncil 1996 Current

• Associate Director Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice 1992 Current

• San Francisco Re-Entry Council member

• CPC Member Represented Imam W. Deen Mohammed as Overseas Buyer/ Negotiator: Trips to Thailand (3) China (5) Mexico (2) as well as within the continental USA.

• Invited to Kenya as Guest of UN Aid & Reachout Rehab in Mombasa, visited Nairobi, Mombasa & Malindi representing SFMCC & IWDM Month trip.

• Current project under development: purchasing a a 13,000 sq. ft. facility to house masjid, classrooms, commercial space, halal restaurant

• Cumputer lab, recording studio etc. SFMCC 4760 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94112

• Program director of CJCJ's Supportive Living Program a Licensed Alcohol & Drug Facility (20 years in operation)

• Program Director of Cameo House; transitional housing for 11 women and 2 children each.

• Hajj made in 1988, Umrah 1990 during Ramadan, led delegation on Hajj 1995, Umrah During ramadan 1997

• Married to D. Hafsah Al-Amin four children Qadir, Saidah, Bilal, Darisah; five grandchildren Nailah, Shaniah, Ryad, Idris, Razariah.

Aisha Abdul-Ali

I grew up in a family of entrepreneurs dating back to 1920s. I was surrounded by mentors who encouraged high standards, morals excellence, fairness, and hard work. At age 9, I became an entrepreneur. When a local wholesaler discarded flower buds they perceived worthless, I saw value and opportunity to create a new market that would buy flowers with eight days of beauty from bud to bloom verses the wholesaler’s four days of beauty from the fully bloomed flower. I immediately mobilized a distribution and sales force of kids from the community who had wagons. After 2 months of profits and hard work, I learned two important lessons…” control your supply source” and, “look around, opportunities are endless”. 

As President/CEO of SER, I will lead the Company in the acquisition of precious metals (gold and silver) to build generational wealth for our shareholders. Acquired knowledge and experience from working in the gold mines with our miners; learning critical aspects of exploration and product movement, from the mines to the refinery, to trading in the global marketplace, will prove valuable. 

In the environmental sector, SER is positioned to be an industry leader in providing environmental disaster relief products and services throughout the United States. As environmental disasters strike, including epidemics/pandemics, we must “BE PREPARED”. 

As co-founded of Southland Petroleum in the late 1980s (a service contractor in the Oil and Gas Industry) and as former CEO of Southern Energy USA in the mid-1990s, (a company committed to using solar technology applications to alleviate soil erosion and desertification in Sub-Sahara Africa), my hands-on knowledge, experience and vision of the environmental sector will benefit SER’s growth long into the future. 

During my engagement in community service, volunteerism and philanthropy, in the U.S. and Africa for over 20 years, I’ve had the honor to serve as consultant to African Heads of State and U.S. Project Manager of several international developmental projects in the United States and Africa. 

Aneesah Dawan

Aneesah Dawan was born to Muslim parents but accepted Al-Islam for herself at the age of 13. She is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and graduate of the Historic Little Rock Central High School. Aneesah’s post-secondary education has been focused in the areas of Philosophy & Religious Studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Criminal Justice at the University of Houston-Downtown. 

In addition to her undergraduate work Aneesah studied Arabic and Islamic Studies at Abu Nour University in Damascus, Syria, obtaining a 2-year Arabic language certification. Aneesah’s earlier Islamic and Arabic education came from various Imams and teachers in the United States under the leadership of Imam W. D. Mohammed, which included great Arabic scholars such as Imam Darnell Karim of Chicago, Illinois. Her most influential studies in Arabic and the science of tajweed came under the tutelage of Imam Qasim Ahmed while residing in Houston, Texas. 

Professionally, Aneesah has worked in the field of business and finance as a project manager at a historically black college and university, managing a grant budget of over a million dollars. More recently, Aneesah has focused her attention to increasing home ownership among underserved populations as a mortgage loan officer, providing homeownership and financial education for individuals with low to moderate income. Aneesah’s goal in mortgage lending is to begin a non-profit organization focused on re-claiming impoverished neighborhoods by making its residents homeowners instead of renters. 

Aneesah serves in leadership capacities locally and nationally as Director of Government Shuraa at the Islamic Center for Human Excellence in Little Rock, Arkansas, board member and youth facilitator for Kamp Khalil, Inc., lecturer for the Islamic Learning Institute, member of the Progressive Leadership Legacy Association, and lecturer for Study Al-Islam National Broadcast. Aneesah has utilized her knowledge of Quran, the life of Muhammed the Prophet (saw), and the tafsir of Imam W. D. Mohammed to provide leadership training courses in Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. Aneesah has lectured at various Islamic and Interfaith conferences representing women in Al-Islam and focusing on areas such as tajweed and tafsir. Her purpose is to provide a clear and sound understanding of Quran and the life of Prophet Muhammed (saw) while stressing the importance of the feminine voice to the benefit of mankind. 

Ayesha K. Mustafaa

Ayesha K. Mustafaa has been editor of the Muslim Journal weekly newspaper since January, 1989. She is a graduate of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Penn., with a BA Degree and Double Major in Psychology and Political Science. She has a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia College of Chicago, Ill. She is the third woman editor of the 43-plus-year-old newspaper and its longest tenured editor.

Ayesha is a Muslim convert and comes from a Mississippi family of Civil Rights activists of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. era. She joined the community of Muslims affiliated with Imam W. Deen Mohammed, the son of Elijah Muhammad and mentor to Malcolm X, in late 1974, through the Atlanta, Ga., Muslim Community. She moved to Chicago in mid 1975 and worked throughout the Muslim community offices prior to becoming Muslim Journal editor.

Most significant among those years was her work with the Prison Dawah or Islamic teachings to the incarcerated populations, prison services being part of her concentration as an undergraduate. She worked in the administrative offices of Muhammad Mosque No. 2 and Sis. Clara Muhammad School Chicago and the Muslim Women Development Class, as well as a brief period at the historic Muhammad Speaks plant on Federal Street. In 1978, she was named lead Instructress for the Muslim Sisters trained by Imam W. Deen Mohammed to teach Al-Islam and in formation of the women’s group Committee to Enhance the Role of Women in Society (CERWIS).

Her initial job in Chicago was as a transcriber of Imam Mohammed’s lectures that were used to create the Imams Kits that trained former Nation of Islam Ministers and Captains for the role of Imams, a time which she calls her “greatest learning experience.”

Ayesha also has traveled as part of delegations led by Imam W. Deen Mohammed, several times going to Saudi Arabia to Riyadh, Jeddah and Mecca, to Jerusalem and the West Bank. Most notable during one trip was the meeting between Imam Mohammed and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. She was a presenter at the 3-day International Media Conference, hosted by the Focolare Movement’s NetOne Media Group held in Rome, Italy, in 2004, with 800 participants from over 20 countries. She made Hajj to Mecca in 1977 with the first and then largest Muslim American group led on Hajj by Imam W. Deen Mohammed. She has made Umrah (lesser Hajj) several times.

Ayesha was host of one of the seven daily one-hour talk radio shows – every Friday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. – for Radio Islam (continuously live streamed at www.radioislam.com), produced by Sound Vision Foundation, on WCEV 1450 AM in the Chicago area until she move to Jackson, Mississippi, in 2011. She was an advisory member of the Lutheran College Christian – Muslim Peace Engagement in Chicago with Dr. Harold Vogelaar and a frequent speaker at interfaith settings and to school/college audiences.

Since moving to Jackson, she has worked as editor of The Mississippi Link weekly newspaper, now serving as one of its contributing writers. In 2015, she joined the Tougaloo College Mass Communications Department faculty as an assistant professor after two years as an adjunct professor.

Ayesha was named the Muslim Woman of the Year by the Community of Imam W. Deen Mohammed in 1994. A Street in New Medinah, Miss., has been named in her honor at New Medinah’s 25th Annual Retreat of 2011. She is the mother of 4, grandmother of 5 and an advocate for foster parenting.

Visit www.MuslimJournal.net; email ayesha4mj@comcast.net

Baiyina Hamed Khalil

As a former student of the Clara Muhammad School of Miami, FL and the eldest child of parents who transitioned to Al-Islam through the Nation of Islam, Baiyina has always had a strong sense of who she is and what she is capable of. On March 18, 2000, at the age of 19, she married Hanif M. Khalil. As the mother of an 8 month old son, Baiyina graduated from Florida State University in December of 2002 with a BS degree in English Education.

After graduating and moving to Orlando, FL, Baiyina and Hanif began working towards their family goals. Kamp Khalil, Inc., a non-profit organization for youth ages 12 to 17 that provides an Islamic, educational, and fun environment to promote life skills and leadership, was founded in October of 2003.

Baiyina is dedicated to the development of our future leaders, preservation of our ummah, and continuation of the legacy of our ancestors. Through youth interaction, she is working to fulfill her purpose.

Baiyina is a certified teacher in both FL and TX. She currently teaches 10th grade English with the Alief ISD and serves as a volunteer for the Masjid Warithuddeen Mohammed Weekend School. Outside of work, she loves exercising, making people laugh and feel at ease, eating well, and spending quality time with her family.

Baiyina Khalil currently resides in Houston, TX with her husband, Imam Hanif Khalil, and their two children, Kamal and Aasiyah.

Dr. Baseemah Jumu’ah

Dr. Baseemah Jumu’ah is the wife of Abdul Rashid Jumu’ah Sr. and the mother of five sons, grandmother of four granddaughters and one grandson. She was born and raised in the city of Newark. Dr. Jumu’ah and her husband are the founders and proprietors of One Step Ahead Tutorial / Recreation Program. A product of the Newark Public Schools system, Dr. Jumu’ah began her teaching career as a paraprofessional for a pre-school for handicapped students. 

After completing her undergraduate studies at Kean University, she received her bachelor’s degree in Teacher of the Handicapped. In 1987, Dr. Jumu’ah joined the Newark Public School (NPS) family as a Special Education Teacher. Following the belief that education is a never-ending process; “from the cradle to the grave”, Dr. Jumu’ah continued her educational journey at Montclair State University where she received her master’s degree in Education / Critical Thinking. 

Motivated by the desire to serve as a change agent and assume a vital role within the educational process of young people, Dr. Jumu’ah pursued and completed her doctorate degree at the University of Phoenix where she received her doctorate in Education / Educational Leadership. Her dissertation entitled; The Effects of Parental Involvement of Student Achievement in the Alternative Education Twilight Program was highlighted for exemplary excellence. As her educational journey continued, Dr. Jumu’ah received her Principal / Administration Certification from City University, Seattle Washington. 

Dr. Jumu’ah is currently a Special Education Teacher at Weequahic High School (WHS) in Newark, New Jersey. She was highlighted in Who’s Who Among Muslims (Muslim Journal November 25, 2011). Remaining devoted to community and determined to pay it forwarded, Dr. Jumu’ah serves in the capacity of advisor for the WHS Student Council, and coordinator for the annual WHS Women’s’ Day Luncheon. Past charitable work is also inclusive of serving as a member of the Executive Board for Science High School while assisting in their effort to obtain a new magnate school, now known as Science Park High School. She also assumed roles on multiple school leadership teams. 

She has served in diverse roles during her tenure with NPS. Her past roles include serving as a coordinator / liaison for the Gateway to College Alternative Education Program. This initiative offered support to students between the ages of 16-21 who have dropped out of school and desired a second chance at obtaining a high school diploma. She also served as the Fast Track Success Academy Coordinator for Central High School as well as Pathways Academy. 

Dr. Jumu’ah believes family support is key. It is an element that impacts one achieving his or her desired goals. She contributes her success to her self- direction, discipline, support of her husband of 46 years, and her five sons. Moreover, she is thankful to Allah (SWT) for his blessings bestowed upon her, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad (pbuh) for his leadership and introduction to the Nation of Islam. Imam WDM (pbuh) for his concrete leadership examples, and comprehensive connection to Quran and the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), an exemplar for all of humanity. All were essential during her educational journey while playing a significant role in her life, career choices and successes. 

Dr. Jumu’ah contends it is her faith and belief in Allah (SWT) that guides her to strive continuously to help others. As a 34year veteran teacher, she will be moving on to the next phase of life, retirement (December 23, 2020). Being an educator at heart, Inshallah, Dr. Jumu’ah will continue to do what she loves best. Another of her lifelong goals is to collaborate with a myriad of educators, students, parents, and community members to design and implement a Sister Clara Muhammad Leadership Academy or WDM Academy of Leadership, Inshallah. She believes individuals that have been blessed to obtain knowledge or an education and are able to serve as examples or leaders for humanity, are obligated to do so. Finally, she echoes the sentiments of others who believe education is most affective when shared with others. 

Imam Darnell Karim

Assistant to Imam W. Deen Mohammed in Islamic Studies and childhood friend, Darnell  (Karriem) Karim has been a practicing member of the Muslim  community for over seventy four years, his entire education was attained under the  directions of The University  of Islam/Clara  Muhammad School system.

Imam Darnell Karim began his studies in the Arabic Language and Islamic studies at the age of eleven.  His instructors of the Arabic Language were several, however, the most effective teacher was Professor Jamil  Diab who was his instructor for ten (10) years. Professor Diab was a Palestinian Muslim and an Azhar University graduate located in Cairo Egypt. His childhood friend and classmate was Imam W. Deen  Mohammed who became the world wide respected  Muslim Leader to over 2.5 million, and among other  classmates include his wife, Gloria, sister Zahira and the younger brother of Imam Mohammed  Dr. Akbar Muhammad an Associate Professor at Binghamton University.

Imam Darnell Karim continued his studies under the Leadership of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, and became an Instructor of Islamic Studies and Arabic language at the Clara Muhammad School from 1976 to 1987. He frequently travelled to many Masajid (Islamic Centers) throughout the United States to instruct Muslim adults in Islamic studies and the Arabic Language.

He is an advocate supporter of the leadership and association of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, may G-d give him the highest place in paradise.

Imam Karim‘s recitation of the Holy Quran is considered equal to native born Arabic speakers with the highest spiritual quality.  His first recitation publicly at the age of 13 was at the Muslim annual convention in Chicago, Illinois February 26th, 1950 which brought tears to the eyes of the late Hon. Elijah Muhammad.

Imam Wahy-ud Deen Shareef 

Imam Wahy-ud Deen Shareef is the third child of Laura and John Wilson’s four children; John II, Intisar and Deborah. He and his wife Helima share their lives with four children: Ronald, Anita, Shakir, and Laila; eight grandchildren: Rashonda, Ronald II, Mathew, Eric, Brandon, Brianna Aliyah, Gerelle Amir and Anissa Na’ilah; two great grandchildren: Jaylin and Kori; and many nurturing family and community members.

Imam Shareef completed his Hajj to the Ka’bah in Makkah in 1987. He represented Imam W. Deen Mohammed (raa) at the World Conference on Religion and Peace in Tokyo in 1998. He was a delegate at the historic Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders at the United Nations in NY in 2000. As a delegate Imam and business person, he attended the Tuskon Business Conference in Istanbul, Turkey in 2010. In 2012, he received the Peace Islands Intitute's “Peace and Understanding” Award; he attended an Iftar (breaking of the Ramadan Fast) at the White House as a guest of President Barack Obama; and he co-lead an NICHP interfaith delegation of 11 Jews, 11 Christians and 11 Muslims to Palestine/Israel. As an invited Muslim delegate, he attend the Focolare Interreligious Convention in Rome, Italy in 2014.

Imam Shareef co-founded Waris Associates Inc. in 1984, which led to the establishment of the Waris Cultural Research and Development Center and Masjid Waarith ud Deen in Irvington NJ. He is a student of Imam W. Deen Mohammed (raa) and the Imam (religious leader) of Masjid Waarith ud Deen. These organizations develop and implement spiritual, educational, recreational, cultural and social programs that address the challenges facing American families today. He also serves as the Executive Director of ComWealth Economic Development Corporation (EDC), a non-profit economic development corporation.

He is the Convener of the Council of Imams in New Jersey and co-founder of the New African Partnership between CINJ and City National Bank in Newark. He is a co-founder of the Newark Interfaith Coalition for Hope and Peace. He is a member of the NJ State Attorney General’s Outreach Advisory Council.

W. Deen Shareef is currently the President/CEO of his own consulting company, Shareef Professional Services LLC (SPS). SPS provides project, program, construction, financial and administrative management services. The company’s services include staff and workforce development, team building and project coordination for business and commercial projects from concept design through implementation.

He established and is the former Director of the Newark Port Career and Business Development Center in the Department of Economic & Housing Development in the City of Newark, New Jersey. He was responsible for business and workforce development in the areas of the airport and seaport, focusing on the transportation, logistics and distribution industries. He was a Senior Advisor to former Mayor, now Senator, Cory A. Booker representing the State of New Jersey in the United States Senate.

He gradulated from East Orange High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ. He retired after 25 years of serving as a Engineering Project Manager for Kraft/Nabisco Foods. In his position at Kraft/Nabisco he managed major capital equipment manufacturing project installations for processing and packing consumer food products and represented Kraft at a UN sponsored business development mission to the Gambia in 2002.

He is a frequently invited speaker on numerous college campuses and at corporate and public sector events. He has appeared as a commentator and contributor on several television programs presented by CNN, MSNBC (Morning Joe), ABC, PBS, NJTV and Ebru. As a consultant he serves as a director on several boards. As an inspirational speaker he conducts lectures, workshops, counseling, education and training programs for organizational and project management, ethical and moral guidance, personal and professional management, social responsibility and how to achieve productive ethically, intellectually, spiritually, and materially balanced lives.

Imam Earl S. El-Amin

Imam Earl S. El-Amin was raised and educated in the Baltimore Metropolitan area and is a graduate of Morgan State University and Sojourner Douglass College.

For well over 30 years he has served in various capacities of leadership in the Muslim community as well as the community at large.  He has conducted numerous workshops, forums and trainings throughout the United States and abroad to educators, theologians, social workers and human service practitioners.

Imam El-Amin was a member of several distinguished delegations accompanying Imam Wallace D. Mohamed abroad, representing Muslim American interests; he was a participant in the first historic dialogue between Imams and Rabbis in North America, and also was present at President Barack Obama’s presentation to Muslim leadership in Baltimore. 

Imam El-Amin is the Resident Imam at the Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore and also serves as Vice President of Program Development at the National Centers on Institutions and Alternatives which is a human services organization that is comprised of over 600 employees.

His objectives for the Muslim community in Baltimore includes the establishment of model neighborhoods, improving the overall image of Islam, interfaith initiatives and the development of Muslims in business, education, politics and culture.

Imam El-Amin has made numerous guest television and radio appearances on CSPAN “The Bottom Line,” “To the Point”, “Newsnight”, “Interfaith Roundtable”, “Xchange”, “Marc Steiner Show”, and many more.  

Imam Earl El-Amin is a husband and proud father of three children.

Imam Faheem Shuaibe

Faheem Shuaibe Resident Imam of Masjidul Waritheen in Oakland; lifelong student of Imam W. Deen Mohammed (ra).  Founder of M.A.R.I.A.M. (Muslim American Research Institute Advocating Marriage) and The Sacred Life Project.  

Inducted into the African American Intellectual Royal Family. Addresses audiences across the country on religion, world politics, human relationships and societal evolution. Hosts the website "aclearunderstanding.net" and 6 weekly Blogtalk Radio broadcasts, A frequent lecturer on Cal Berkeley's "Holy Hill" for the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) which trains doctoral and post doctoral students of Philosophy, Theology and Interfaith and American Baptist Seminary of the West. 

Lectured at The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco CA, AT&T; Chiron Corporation, University of California, Yale University’s School of Law, Howard University, Fordham University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Princeton University, New York University, University of Washington in St. Louis, Xavier University, Buffalo State College and others as well as manymajor national conferences and conventions

Past board member of ING an international interfaith education organization. Comments on contemporary issues in the Muslim Journal, The Wall Street Journal, the Tribune, The Chronicle, The Mercury news, The NY Times, The LATimes, National Geographic, USA Today, The CS Monitor and others. Consulted on the award winning PBS film projects on Islam in America.

A delegate for several educational, religious, interfaith, and peace missions to Saudi Arabia, Italy, Sudan, Malaysia, Egypt, The British Isles and the Caribbean.  He has received municipal proclamations and the Key to the City as well as the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity’s Notable Citizen Award.  Currently working with an "A list" of intellectuals, professionals, religious leaders and career diplomats on the "Abraham Family Reunion Project" a national interfaith project.

Imam Faheem and Yolanda Mahasin have been married for 42 years and from this union they have 4 children and 3 grandchildren.

Imam Hatim Hamidullah

Hatim Hamidullah is a respected Imam of Masjid Al-Haqq in Orlando, Florida. He is an active member of the Florida Conference of Muslim Americans in association with the Ministry of Imam WD Mohammed (ra) and a member of the Shura of Imams of the Islamic Society of Central Florida. Imam Hamidullah is also on The Mayor’s Interfaith Council of Central Florida.

He is Executive Director and co-founder of Knowledge for Living, Inc. a 501C nonprofit organization with his wife Aminah, seeks to improve (with social service and education) the total well-being of citizens in economically dis-advantaged communities. Imam Hatim has held responsible position of Imam throughout the years in Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia and Florida. Through his association with Imam WD Mohammed, Imam Hamidullah was selected as a guest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to participate in the first intensive Islamic Educational program in Washington DC, consisting of subjects such as Quranic Arabiyyah (Arabic), Hadith Methodology, Seerah (history), and Fiqh (religious rulings). His travel includes Hajj to Mecca (al-hamdulillah), South Africa, Muslim Spain, Morocco, and Canada. Imam Hatim is a frequent lecturer throughout the United States at masaajid, universities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and radio stations. 

In regard to the Nation of Islam under the Leadership of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Imam Hatim Hamidullah served in every major capacity that a FOI (Fruit of Islam) brother could serve, boots on the ground Infantry, Squad Leader, 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, Captain, and Student Minister. 

Imam Jihad Saafir

Imam Jihad is the former Chaplin of The California Institute for Women and the former Imam of Masjid At-Taqwa in Altadena, CA. He is currently the director of the Islah Campus located in South Los Angeles, directing several projects including Islah LA, Islah Academy (a fulltime Islamic k-8th grade school) and is the resident Imam of Masjid Ibaadillah. Imam Jihad earned a BA in Arabic Studies, a Masters in Islamic Leadership and is presently working on his PhD in Practical Theology at Claremont School of Theology. He is the founder of Islah LA, a non-profit organization that provides social services to the surrounding community of Los Angeles. Islah LA’s inner-city community center is the first of its kind and through Imam Jihad’s leadership Islah LA has spawned a new wave of civic engagement within the Muslim American- community. In 2018, Imam Jihad was awarded the with the prestigious KCET Local Hero’s Award. Imam Jihad finds support for his efforts from his community, Wife, Garland, Daughter, Sadiyah and Father, Imam Saadiq Saafir.

Imam Khalil Akbar 

Joined Nation of Islam ---1968 in Harrisburg, Pa. Served as First Lieutenant and Captain of the FOI 

Moved to Baltimore, Md where he served as second Lieutenant of FOI in Muhammad Temple #6. 

Returned to Harrisburg and served as Student Minister. Accepted new direction of Imam W. Deen Muhammad in 1975. 

1977-87—Resident Imam of Harrisburg Masjid. 

Career change—Accepted an opportunity to work for the North Carolina Department of Correction Division of Prison and moved to Charlotte NC. Agreed to help organize a group of Imam W. Deen Mohammad supporters. The group became Ash Shaheed Islamic Center in 1988 to present serves as Resident Imam. Under his leadership Ash Shaheed became Masjid Ash Shaheed upon completing the construction of a new facility (masjid) on 8 areas of land owned by the Community. Imam W. Deen Mohammad came to dedicate the new Masjid. 

Completed the sacred rites of Hajj in 1996. 

Education and experience: Clinical Pastoral Education at Camp Hill, Pa. 1984 

1987:Master’s Of Human Degree from Lincoln University, Oxford Pa. 

Resident Imam for 42 years ( 10 years in Harrisburg and 32 years in Charlotte). 

Employed as Clinical Chaplain II for the state of North Carolina Department of Correction Division of Prisons for 26 years. Duties included were Coordinator of Islamic Services and Supervisor of all Chaplains in the Western Half of North Carolina. Retired in 2013.

Accepted chaplaincy position at Johnson C Smith. Served for 2 years. 

Married to Sister Darlene Akbar for 52 years.

Latifah A. Hameen,
CDAT, CST, CLC, CRC

Ms. Hameen is a Certified Domestic Abuse Awareness Trainer, Life and Relationship Coach, Self-Talk Trainer, Author, Poet, Educator and Motivational Speaker.

Ms. Hameen started Healthy Positive Choices (HPC) in 2007. It is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization which is used as a preventive tool to educate teens and young adults on the dangers of domestic violence, while advocating healthy relationships.

Ms. Hameen holds various degrees:

Candidate for EdD in Leadership
Masters of Art in Human Behavior & Development (MA)
Bachelors of Science in Community Education (BS)
Associates of Arts in General Education (AA) Ms. Hameen is a published author of 7 books: (All are available for purchase on HPC website: www.healthypositivechoices.com or Amazon.com)

Imam Mansoor Sabree

Imam Mansoor Sabree is the former Director and Imam of the Atlanta Masijd of Al-Islam, Atlanta’s oldest and largest indigenous  muslim community in the U.S.A. He is a grassroots community leader focused civic engagement in the American muslim community. Imam Mansoor Sabree is currently the  director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network -Atlanta (IMAN)

Imam Muhammad Abdul-Aleem

Imam Muhammad Abdul-Aleem has been involved with on-going Islamic projects since his early conversion to Al-Islam in 1968.  In 1968, he also began the development of the five-volume concordance to the Holy Qur’an. This project has molded his Islamic character and provided a framework for his later work as an Imam.  He attended the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University of Saudi Arabia in 1977, and spent two years studying Arabic Language, Islamic law and Quranic studies.  Afterwards, Imam Abdul-Aleem returned to Philadelphia, where he earned a graduate degree in secondary education, with concentrations in physics and environmental science.

Imam Abdul-Aleem presented a clear understanding of the Holy Qur’an and Qur’anic Arabic language as a teacher of imams and teachers of the Muslim American community.  He served as principal of Clara Muhammad Schools in New York City and Philadelphia.

Imam Abdul-Aleem was a member of the Muslim American delegation invited to Saudi Arabia at the inception of the Gulf Crisis in the Middle East.  This delegation traveled to Saudi Arabia several times and developed declarations reflecting the findings of Muslim scholars and religious leaders from around the world.

Imam Abdul-Aleem supports the religious and social initiatives taken by the late Imam W. Deen Mohammad to uplift humanity and promote human excellence.  He served as the resident Imam of Masjidullah in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1982 to 2001.  He currently serves as a visiting guest lecturer at mosques throughout the country. He also serves as the imam emeritus at Masjidullah. Imam Abdul-Aleem has been recognized by various civic and charitable organizations for his leadership and scholarship. In 2013, Imam Abdul-Aleem received a Lifetime Achievement Award from CAIR-Philadelphia.  Imam Abdul-Aleem continues to present the message of Al-Islam and its impact on African-Americans and the global community at various campuses.

Imam Abdul-Aleem is the author of several books including Vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an, Concordance to the Holy Qur’an (Volumes 1-5), The Excellence of Worship and Islamic Lectures, Volume 1). He is married to Bayyinah Abdul-Aleem, and the father of four children.

Nadar Ali

Nar Ali’s family came to California in the early 1900’s settling first in Hollister, California in 1919. They later moved to the San Joaquinn Valley where his father purchased a ranch in Caruthers, California. There they operated a dairy farm for 35 years growing, alfalfa, cotton, and Thompson seedless grapes. After graduating from Caruthers Union High School, Ali attended Reedley Community College and continued at California State University, Fresno, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a Masters of Arts Degree in Educational Psychology. 

He later received a Master of Science Degree in Education Administration. Ali was the first African American teacher at Bullard High School where he taught American Government and Economics. While teaching at Bullard High School, Ali was offered and accepted the position of Director of Education for the Western Region of the United STates by the late Elijah Muhammad. This region covered California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington State. After serving in this position for several years Ali and his family were relocated to Chicago, Illinois, where he assumed the position of Director of International Trades and Business for the American Muslim Community. 

While serving in this capacity they 

• Negotiated a two year contract with the Government of Peru for the purchase and the importation of 36 million pounds of frozen fish per year into the United States.

• Negotiated a one-year contract with the government of Morocco for the purchase and importation of 300,000 cases of sardines into the United States. 

• Initiated a 50/50 partnership with a group of Chinese Americans to form the American Pouch Foods Company in Chicago, IL. This company won a 35 million dollar contract with the Federal Government to supply MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat) to the U.S. Military. 

• Assumed the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guaranty Bank and Trust ( A bank owned by the Muslim Community).

• Served under President Jimmy Carter on the committee assisting with the 1978 National Energy Act. Dadar Ali was invited to the White House to witness this Act signed into law on November 9, 1978.

• Attended with his wife Mary Ali a ceremony honoring the Classical Singer, Marion Anderson at the White House in 1979.

• Traveled with Allen Cheng to the United Emirates at the request of the Ruler of Dubai to negotiate a Joint Venture Project. They assisted in the development of their Fishing Industry. Nadar Ali, served as Principal of the King Engineering Center. His Family opened Salaam Seafood, Inc in 2003 where he assumed his present position of President and Chief Executive Officer. He’s presently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kings of Kings Development Corporation, a corporation that specializes in developing and managing low-income housing.

Omar A. Karim

Omar A. Karim, 44,serves as President of Banneker Ventures,a real estate development and constructioncompany founded in 2005. Banneker’s clients have included federal government, local government and commercial clients acrosstwelvestates. 

Since Banneker’s founding, Mr. Karim has been responsible for the Company winning more than $800 million in contract vehicles with 2017 revenues of $28 million. Mr. Karim is currently leading the $45 million development of a mixed-use market rate residential and retail project at the Addison Road Metro Station in Capitol Heights, Maryland, a $28 million development of a mixed-use affordable and retail project in Southeast, Washington, DC, and a $13 million affordable residential project in Northwest, Washington, DC. 

He has also been responsible for overseeing the development of multiple private and public-private projects, including Foundry Lofts, a $60 milliondevelopment with Forest City Washington of a former GSA building into a 160-unit mixed-income, residential and retail building in Washington, DC; the $60 million Walker Jones Education Complex (a co-location facility consisting of the District of Columbia’s only pre-k through 8 public school, recreation center and library); the $32 million Deanwood Recreation Center and Library (also a co-location facility consisting of a recreation center, library, in-door swimming pool, gymnasium, and library; the 300,000 sq. ft. tenant fit-out of the Veterans Affairs/Lafayette Building across from The White House; 1MM sq. ft. development of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Headquarters campus and the 625,000 sq. ft. development of the U.S. Transit Security Administration’s new Headquarters building with GSA, Boston Properties and Lendlease in Springfield, Virginia. 

Mr. Karim has been able to grow Banneker’s bonding capacity to $100,000,000, making Banneker one of only a few African-American owned firms with that large of a bonding program. 

Prior to founding Banneker, Mr. Karim served as General Counsel and Project Manager with Bundy Development Corporation, a leading District of Columbia-based real estate development firm. Prior to that, Mr. Karim worked as an attorney with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, where he counseled private and public investment companies. 

Imam Omar Shaheed 

Personal

• Married, 3 children, 4 grand children

• Born in Trenton, SC (Edgefield County) to Moses and Sarah Martin.

• Raised in Aiken County in family of 14 children, 1 of 2 sets of twins.

• Served in US Navy – Vietnam Veteran

Experience

• Resident Imam | Masjid As-Salaam, Columbia, SC 
  1980 - present 

• Clinical Chaplain II (Retired) | SC Department of Corrections, SC 
  1985 – 2012 

 Accomplishments 

• Accepted Islam, 1972 Atlanta, Ga. • Functioned as Lt., Captain and finally Assistant Minister Masjid Muhammad:
  Orangeburg and Florence, SC

• Became Imam: Masjid Muhammad-Florence, SC 

• Imam: Masjid As-Salaam-Columbia, SC 

• Made Hajj (the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia), 1987 

• Attended Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1987 

• Member delegation of 21 Imams who traveled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; represented American Muslims during Desert Storm, 1991 

• Member delegation traveled with Imam Mohammed met with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and others 

• Member delegation of American Imams who traveled to the Vatican w/ Imam W. Deen Mohammed, 1999 - Imam Mohammed participated in the Jubillenium Interfaith Conference for World Peace w/ Pope John Paul II and world religious leaders incl. the Dalai Lama. Imam Mohammed also addressed the gathering of 100k at the Vatican 

organizations/affiliations 

• Member of Religious Alliance Against Pornography (RAAP), a national interfaith organization 

• Member of Christian Action Interfaith Council of South Carolina 

• Member of Benedict College Service Learning Interfaith Community Partners 

• Member of Interfaith Partners of South Carolina (IPSC) 

Imam Qasim Ahmed

Imam Qasim Ahmed is the Founder and director of the Islamic Learning institute, Inc., where numerous students of the Qur'anic Arabic language and Islamic Studies have been taught to read, translate and understand the meaning of Qur'anic Arabic.  The Institute was founded in 1978 as a mobile school offering Arabic classes in various cities within the United States.  Imam Ahmed's teaching and training experiences have resulted in the production of teacher training literature, Qur'anic study workbooks, Arabic books and a huge collection of CD and DVD lectures series to aid and assist others in studying and learning more about the religion of Al-Islam.  His most recent development is a program called, "How to Make the Qur'an to Read: The Internalization of through the Subconscious Mind."  Students are encouraged to read the Qur'an with their subconscious mind, even though they are not able to read the Arabic Script.  In his continuing efforts to educate others and to propagate the religion of Al-Islam, Imam Ahmed has traveled extensively in the United States and abroad.  He has traveled to the Holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj ritual. Some of the others countries he has traveled to include China, Japan, Indonesia, Africa, Canada, Hondurus, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Bermuda.  On April 27, 2009, he was invited to perform the opening prayer for the House of Representatives in Tallahassie, Florida, making it an historic event.  Imam Ahmed's forty plus years as an Islamic worker provide him with the experience, initiative and direction that make him most welcomed wherever he travels to teach.  He is currently resides in Houston, Texas and continues to travel across the country to share the jewels of the Qur'an and the language and teachings of Imam W. D. Mohammed.

Qur’an Shakir

Qur’an Shakir has been certified as a Jegna, master educator, guide and distinguished leader. Having served as an educator for more than 25 years, she has served as principal of the Mohammed Schools of Atlanta, as a teacher at the Mohammed Schools of Atlanta, and as an educational consultant to local public and private school educators. She has several times been named Teacher of the Year, as a STAR teacher for the State of Georgia, and listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Teachers, and Who’s Who Among U.S. Executives. As a called-upon motivational speaker, Sis. Qur’an, affectionately called Madame Q, has presented at colleges, universities, conferences, workshops, masajid, churches, centers, radio and television programs, juvenile delinquent facilities, and served as a chaplain in a local women’s prison where she conducted weekly “Confronting Self” workshops. Her works have been published in several journals and publications, including having her own weekly column “Road to Nikkah” in Muslim Journal. She is founder of several organizations and initiatives, including Powerful Youth in Charge (PYIC), an organization for tweens and teens that teaches them the power of leadership and being their own best advocates; The Taalib-Din Company, which promotes learning Islam through games and competitions; Taqwa Productions Inc., an Islamic media production company; UISA (United Islamic Schools of Atlanta), an organization of Islamic school leaders; UMMA, now called Muslims for Marriage. Sis. Qur’an is an active board member for the National Education Council (NEC) of Sister Clara Mohammed Schools; for the Interfaith Children’s Movement where she is committed to advocating for children and empowering them to advocate, lead and serve; and for the Drug Rebound of DeKalb Juvenile Justice where she advises and supports the juvenile court in efforts to help adolescent participants learn to live drug free and crime-free. A native of Atlanta and second generation Muslim in a family with at least four generations of Muslims, Madame Q is a graduate of Georgia State University and National University and a doctoral candidate with Fielding Graduate University.

Dr. Rabbani Muhammad

Rabbani Muhammad, Professor (Ret.) served 28 years at Florida A&M University, School of Architecture and Engineering Technology in Tallahassee, Fl, , Program Area Coordinator, Teacher of the Year Three times. Principle of Rabbani Muhammad Architects International AIA, NCARB Architectural firm since 1991, Licensed in seven states in the USA. Asst. 

Assistant Imam at Al-Nalh Masjid in Tallahassee, Fl; Religious Advisor for Death Row Inmates and their families for the State of Florida. Lecturer Artist/Traveler, Writer-poet, Businessman, CEO of Blackseed International LLC of Melbourne Florida, an importer of The Original Blackseed Oil of Ethiopian labeled as “Abyssinian Platinum the Original Blackseed Oil of Ethiopia”. Professor Muhammad has traveled to over 40 countries throughout Africa, Europe, South America, Middle East, Asia, North America, and the Caribbean Basin. Student of Imam W.D. Muhammad (raa) since 1975 until his transition, provided architectural and planning services for Imam’s vision for community projects across the USA, commercial, residential, and Muslim American Society projects as well as his own residence. Provide architectural consultancy for Muslim Community Projects at the Historic Malcom X Masjid in New York City, housing rehabilitation, new condominium and town houses in Harlem, and the Harlem’s New African Open-Air Markets on 116th Street. NY. NY. Professor Muhammad has designed many Muslim community projects, Chicago, Ill, Washington, D.C., Columbia, S, C., Miami, Fl, Jacksonville, Fl, St. Petersburg, Fl. Charlotte, N.C., New York, N.Y, Cleveland ,OH, Georgia, Houston ,Texas etc., in addition to Imam W.D. Muhammad’s(ra) house extension in Markham, Ill. as well as other projects for the our communities throughout the United States that will help foster and promote our community’s develop mission mandate. Restores and redesign the author “Zora Neale Hurston Museum “in Eatonville, Fl.

Professor Muhammad was one of the first two indigenous Muslim from the United States of America to have been selected to teach at the famous Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah Al Mukaramah, in the department of Islamic Architecture. While living in Saudi Arabia for nine years he designed many types of buildings, commercial and residential in Makkah. Professor Muhammad has lived in Makkah and Madinah al Munawara and made Hajj three time and Umrah a multitude of times. 

Professor Muhammad Graduated from Harvard University, Howard University, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology with degrees and diploma in Architecture and Engineering Technology. He was instrumental in help establishing the first University of Islam Engineering School at Temple No.4 in conjunction with Howard University in Washington D.C. under the leadership of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad (ra).and Minister /Imam Dr. Lonnie Shabazz(ra). 

The Professor join the then Nation of Islam under the leadership of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad (ra) in 1973 Temple no. 4, Washington D.C. and is a student of Imam W.D. Muhammad (since the first day of his becoming the leader of the then Nation of Islam in 1975). Professor Muhammad had the privilege of accommodating Imam Muhammad to Roma to meet His Excellency, Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. 

Professor Muhammad has designed many Muslim community projects, Chicago, Ill, Washington, D.C., Columbia, S, C., Miami, Fl, Jacksonville, Fl, St. Petersburg, Fl. Charlotte, N.C., New York, N.Y, Cleveland ,OH, Georgia, Houston ,Texas etc., in addition to Imam W.D. Muhammad’s(ra) house extension in Markham, Ill. as well as other projects for the our communities throughout the United States that will help foster and promote our community’s develop mission mandate. 

Presently, Professor Muhammad is the CEO for The Blackseed International LLC, Importer of Blackseed Oil from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zanzibar, and other products from Africa. The purpose of establishing BSI’s business model is meant to promote a method of sustaining our Elderly our Youth and our Imams that have restricted and no incomes. The business model of BSI is to import, bottle, and create distributors using the same model that Hon. Elijah Muhammad and Imam W.D. Muhammad CPC with modifications on distribution, profit-sharing and promoting dawah, combating community blight by using the Imported Fish model. Our motto is to combat those who sell death in our communities with a product(s) the promote life by opening a gate way to your good health and lifestyle. Our bottling Plant is in Melbourne, Florida. 

Imam Rabbani Muhammad resides in Tallahassee Florida and has offices in Tallahassee and has five adult children and five grandchildren all Muslims. Mother lives in Saluda, South Carolina at 100 years young and Aunt one brother and two sisters Christians. 

Chaplain Sabah Tahir-Muhammad

Sabah wishes to open her BIO with a quote from Imam W. Deen Muhammad’s book, “ An African American GENESIS”

Sabah is the Muslim Chaplain for the largest female prison in the world. She has been a Chaplain for the 2 noted female prisons in the State of California. The facility commonly known as “Chowchilla” has the capacity to house 4000 female inmates, currently there are 3600. This facility also has 27 inmates housed in what is also called “Condemed Housing” commonly referred to as Death Row, waiting to be put to death. There is also the unit SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility). Th After being committed in the  visits Sabah was appointed Comfort Care Chaplain out of five faith based Chaplains. Responsible for providing memorials for the deceased inmates and the follow up process of grief/closure for those inmates assigned to care for the dying. Chaplain assigned  the daily task of Crisis Counseling, Suicide Intervention, Grief and Loss Counseling. In this prison, there are more than 100 active women who study Islam, fast during Ramadan, read the Quran, studying Arabic, wearing hijab and supporting the efforts of the Chaplain when absent. Many of which are long term sentences (lifers). Sabah was awarded out of 880 employees the post of being chosen to represent State Employees at the 2018 National Women Working in Law Enforcement and Department of Juvenile Justice Conference in California State Capital most suitable choice 3 day conference.

Sabah also served as a Deputy for nearly a decade in the State of Louisiana.  Sabah implemented Re Entry Programs as she served as Deputy for the local Sheriff’s Office. Sabah became a Post Certified Peace Officer, gaining membership with the National Sheriff’s Association, gained dual roles as Correctional Officer.  Louisiana awarded Sabah the task of being the Drug Court Treatment Director for the Louisiana Supreme Court as her task under the Direction of Sheriff’s office Chief of Staff. This included LA Risk Management Models for Mind Altering Substances Treatment, Sabah has performed as a skilled Public relations staff, Technical support and excellent managerial skills. Expert in workplace culture, teaching workplace ethics, staff training best practices for team building and development of team cohesiveness.  Currently possess a TWIC (Transportation Workers Identification Credential) to provide services Governmental Post ie; Port / Border Control Police, and State Security Certified   expert in the implementation of project objectives Post Certified Correctional Officer, CERT Member, Certified Search and Rescue, Suicide Intervention/Prevention.

Al Hajj Imam Mikal H. Shabazz’s

Imam Mikal H. Shabazz serves in the capacity of faith community leader, Imam community and institutional chaplain, mentor life issues coach and leadership consultant. 

His leadership services are shared locally and nationally, as an educator, peace maker and Imam. He provides local regional and national consultation on chaplaincy service work for Imams and other faith services providers. 

Imam Shabazz was the first Imam to lead the invocation prayer for the Oregon House of Representatives and the first Imam to lead the Jumah (Friday Pray) at the Oregon Veterans Administration Hospital for doctors and staff. 

Imam Shabazz served as resident Imam of the Muslim Community Center of Portland, from 1987 – 2000 Under the leadership of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed (RAA) conducting sermons, community outreach, and interfaith dialogue. 

In 2000 Imam Shabazz’s faith service work pivoted to prisons, universities and to the immigrant and refugee communities. Imam Shabazz serves as an interfaith bridge builder providing Islamic education, inspiration mentoring and motivation. 

Imam Mikal Shabazz have been featured in numerous local and national news articles and publications - Such as a Huffington Post article on the rise of white supremacy in Portland Oregon.

Shahidah Sharif

Shahidah Sharif has always envisioned herself as a helper of people, a speaker of truth, and a global citizen. She has an extensive background in Islamic education and community service from a young age. She began working with organizations and schools such as Muslim Youth of North America and Clara Mohammed School of South Florida, Oakland, CA, and Atlanta. She has also worked with the Islamic Society of the University of Miami and United Youth Leadership Forum of the Bay Area. She studied for three years at the Abu Nour University in Damascus through the Mosque Cares with a focus on the Arabic language and the Islamic Sciences. She currently serves on the Board of Sisters United in Human Service, Inc, as the Communications Director of the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam, and is co-founder and COO of Professional Hajj and Umrah Guides, LLC, organizing delegations annually with her husband for the Hajj (pilgrimage) to Makkah, Saudi Arabia and study abroad opportunities. She currently resides in the East Atlanta neighborhood with her husband Imam Sulaimaan Hamed, son Sultaan, and her daughter Saaliha.

Imam Talib M. Shareef

Talib M. Shareef, is President and Imam of the historic, Nation’s Mosque, Masjid Muhammad, located at 1519 Islamic Way, (4th Street), NW, Washington, DC. Imam Shareef, is a retired Chief Master Sergeant of the United States Air Force after 30 years, and holds a Masters of Business Administration from American Intercontinental University, a Diploma from the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, and is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Arabic and Middle East studies. He is a student of the late Imam W.D. Mohammed, Muslim-American Spokesman for Humanity.
 
Imam Shareef served as Imam in five U.S. cities and seven military locations around the world, and as convener, Georgia State Association of Imams.  He led a historic interfaith delegation to Italy and received for a meeting at the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He was one of the signers in Nigeria to the Abuja Peace Declaration organized by the International Global Peace Foundation and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution.  He was the first Imam with military service to offer prayer at an opening session of the U.S. Congress. Co-organized, spoke and led the historic Islamic congregational prayer at the Washington National Cathedral.  He offered the opening prayer on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for the 50th Anniversary of Dr. King’s March on Washington; the first Imam to serve as a speaker for former President George H.W. Bush’s Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service Faith Summit; Serves on council for the National Summit on Non-Violence; Speaker for the South African Embassy celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday; led historic delegation to and addressed over 500,000 in South Africa; Speaker at Sojourner Douglass College for the memorial honoring human rights activist, Coretta Scott King;  Speaker at the memorial service for former Mayor Marion Barry.  He addressed the ills of Human Trafficking on Capitol Hill.  He co-established first Islamic Dietary Nutrition site for elderly members of all faiths in D.C.  He was appointed to Mayor Interfaith Council; Senior Islamic Leader and Board member of the Interfaith Conference.
 
Imam Shareef was honored to sit with and be recognized for his service by President Barack Obama at the White House Iftar in 2011 and he served as keynote speaker for the Pentagon and Homeland Security Iftars, and for the first and subsequent Iftars hosted by an Israeli Ambassador to U.S.  He co-founded the organization which facilitated the U.S. Military commissioning its first Islamic Chaplain; co-organized the first US Military Hajj Program in 1992; Islamic Representative on National Coalition for Veteran Caregivers, National Imam of the Muslim American Veterans Association (MAVA). Officiated and documented the first Islamic burial internment, rites and gravesite preparation for a Muslim veteran buried in a Veterans Administration (VA) National Cemetery.  Senior Advisor,  to the first American Islamic Heritage Museum in D.C.  National Advisor to Global Peace Foundation, USA; Only U.S. Imam to speak at the World Alliance of Religions for Peace in Seoul Korea, and at the Global Peace Convention in Paraguay, South America.

His military service yield’s major honors and medals.  Other awards include Denver’s Spectrum Newspaper’s “Who’s Who” among African American Leaders; Muslim Journal’s 2011 Imam of the Year; Command Roy Wilkins NAACP Leadership Award.  Imam Shareef and wife, Tahirah, have three children, seven grandchildren, are custodial parents of three others and have served as foster parents for several children.

Imam Tariq I. El-Amin

Imam Tariq I. El-Amin is a representative of the community of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, and a leader in Chicago's Muslim community. He serves as the Director of Civic Engagement & Interfaith Services at the Council Of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC), and the Resident Imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa. Imam Tariq is also the former Daily Host & Producer of the nightly radio talk show Radio Islam on WCEV 1450 AM. In that role, he conducted hundreds of interviews and offered an insightful commentary on the issues (social justice, politics, etc.) of the day. He is also the co-founder and Executive Director of Bridging The Gap, a non-profit social service organization focused on bringing together diverse groups through community service and dialogue.

Imam El-Amin hosts/produces The (biweekly) Black Glue Podcast, which centers on African Americans' historical and contemporary socio-political narratives in general and that of African American Muslims in particular.

Imam Tariq is pursuing a Master of Divinity Degree in Islamic Chaplaincy at Bayan-Chicago Theological Seminary and intends to pursue doctoral studies upon completion.

Imam Tariq, his wife of 20 years, Dr. Aisha El-Amin, and their three teen daughters live in Chicago's southland.

Imam Tariq Najee-ullah

Imam Tariq Najee-ullah is a religious scientist and interfaith activist who examines core religious principles of the three Abrahamic Faiths and uses them to address real-life challenges in faith, family, community and society. Tariq has an engineering background which informs his approach in searching for faith-based applications to life’s challenges. Tariq has spent the majority of his life actively engaged in the development and establishment of Islamic communities; serving in leadership positions in Muslim communities in Atlanta, Baltimore, and Washington, DC, notably serving as the Interim Resident Imam of Washington DC's oldest masjid, Masjid Muhammad. 

Tariq is a 2017 Master of Arts Georgetown University graduate with his concentration in Islam and Muslim-Christian relations through the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Tariq also received a graduate certificate in Arab Studies from Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. He has completed a graduate certificate in Muslim-Christian studies from the Washington Theological Consortium by way of the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences. He also has a degree in Arabic, Islamic Sciences and Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia Law) from Shaykh Ahmad Kuftaro's Abu Nour Institute in Damascus, Syria. Tariq is a 2014 American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute(AMCLI) fellow. 

His masters thesis, titled “Evaluating the Impact of Interfaith Dialogue Between the Muslim American Society and the Catholic Church, Especially Through the Focolare Movement, from the Perspective of Indigenous Muslim Americans” examines the efficacy of dialogue in an analysis of the relationship between Imam Warith Deen Mohammed and Pope John Paul II primarily, and Imam Mohammed and Chiara Lubich of the Focolare Movement subsequently. 

Since 2014, Tariq has served as the leader of the interfaith education organization DC Musliman. This platform brings people together of various faiths to inform, educate, and hopefully solve social challenges. 

In Baltimore, Tariq serves as an assistant Imam at the Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore. He is committed to engaging with interfaith efforts to promote unity and healing in the city. He is an active member of the Baltimore Jewish Council’s revamped Interfaith Trialogue, having held various dialogue events in the city over the past few years. His interfaith activities have been published and featured in the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Jewish Times, Muslim Journal, and other blogs and publications. In his professional life as a patent agent, Tariq leads Gibraltar Consulting. He currently lives in Catonsville with his wife, Muslimah 'Ali Najee-ullah Ph.D. and their 3 children.

Imam Tyerre El Amim

Imam Tyerre El Amin was born & raised on Galveston Island, 30 miles south of Houston. He accepted AL Islam in 2002 and 4 years later was introduced to the language & scholarship of Imam WD Mohammed(RA). Imam Tyerre has trained in Houston under the leadership of Imam Wazir Ali for the past 10 years where he serves as associate Imam at both Masjid WD Mohammed & Masjid AL Qur'an Mercy Community Center. He has served in the capacity of program coordinator for multiple Islamic programs.

 Imam Tyerre El Amin has always been one to participate and initiate programs that benefit the outer community as well, to educate and teach the true religion of Islam.  He is an up and coming motivatonal/inspirational speaker that connects intimately with the community at large and frequent lecturer throughout the city & country. His most recent accomplishment is cofounding and the program director of the Iron Man Club, Inc a non profit 501c3, a leadership development program for inner city male youth, inspired by the conceptual language and scholarship of Imam WD Mohammed. He is also the founder and director of Light of Perception, a Human Development and Thinking ModificationProgram. Tyerre El Amin holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Houston -Clear Lake in kinesiology and is the proud father of 2 sons, Qasim & Khalil.

Imam Dr. Wazir

Imam Dr. Wazir Ali is the Imam of the historic Masjid Warithud-Deen Mohammed and Masjid Al-Qur'an in Houston, Texas. Both communities have experienced unprecedented growth under Imam Dr. Ali's leadership. Masjid Warithud-Deen Mohammed built a new state of the art facility in 2010 and is in the planning stages of the construction of a community center and a senior housing complex. Imam Dr. Ali is a founding member of Masjid Al-Qur'an. Under Imam Dr. Ali's leadership the average weekly Jum'ah attendance grew from 10 to over 500.

Imam Dr. Ali completed an eight year mentorship program in Islamic Studies, comparative religion and Masjid administration under the guidance of Imam Qasim Ahmed. Imam Ali is also a student of the preeminent American Muslim scholar, the late Imam Warithud-Deen Mohammed (may Allah have mercy on him).

Imam Dr. Ali, an entrepreneur, kinesiologist, registered dietitian and board certified specialist in geriatric nutrition, owns a private nutrition consulting firm in Houston. Imam Dr. Ali is also the interim director of the dietetics program and a clinical instructor at Texas Southern University. His current academic research interests are energy needs for maintenance hemodialysis, sleep apnea related obesity and obesity treatment/prevention.

Imam Ali holds a Doctorate degree in clinical nutrition from Rutgers University, a Master of Science degree in kinesiology from the University of Texas Pan American, and Bachelor of Science degrees in nutrition and psychology from the University of Houston.

Imam Yahya Abdullah

Imam Yahya Abdullah is the Imam of The Islamic Association of Desoto, Texas, founded in 2002.  He was Imam of The Dallas Masjid for 18 years and established a full time Sister Clara Mohammed School in 1983.

He performed Hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia in October 1981. Imam Abdullah attended the Arabic Language Program at the Saudi Academy in Washington, D.C. in 1987, where he was class valedictorian.

Imam Abdullah was a presenter at the 11th Annual Dawah Conference held in Cairo, Egypt at Al-Azhar University in 1988.

In 1988, he co-produced a nationally aired documentary, The Hajj, Pilgrimage to Mecca.  In that same year, he founded African-American Men Against Narcotics (AAMAN), a group dedicated to drug prevention and rehabilitation, and was also featured in a nationally acclaimed documentary on PBS entitled War on Drugs.  Imam Abdullah is the author of four books; Elements of Progressive Leadership, Dynamics of African-American Male Development – Manhood Training Curriculum Outline, Religion is the Solution to the Crime Problem in America and Developing the Human Potential.

Imam Abdullah visited Saudi Arabia with Imam W. Deen Mohammed on four occasions, March 1990, September 1990, January 1991 and February 1991. 

In 1995, he was a co-sponsor and organizer of the ‘Dallas Acts Kind’ week, whose participants included Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Mrs. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King III.

In 1998, he organized and co-sponsored a major conference on diversity, ‘Future Global Trends of the 21st Century’.

In 2006, Imam Abdullah and the Muslims of Masjid Muhammed, Bermuda, organized and founded BAN (Bermudians Against Narcotics), a community protest and intervention group dedicated to eradicating illegal drugs from the island paradise of Bermuda. 

Over the past 25 years, Imam Abdullah has participated in numerous interfaith dialogues with Christians, Muslim, Jews and other faiths, within Texas, across the United States and Bermuda. 

He is the recipient of numerous awards and proclamations. President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush were among those who presented him with community service awards.

He assisted Imam W. D. Mohammed with Group Volume Buy imports from China. Group Volume Buy successfully imported two thousand high quality men’s business suits in May 2008. Group Volume Buy will also import women’s clothing and accessories. He is presently continuing the business initiatives of Imam W. Deen Mohammed.

Imam Abdullah is a frequent lecturer throughout the United States and the Caribbean at colleges, universities, radio/television stations and banquets. He has traveled extensively and has lived in the African countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire and Egypt.

He is currently involved in the development of an Islamic Community on eight acres of land in Desoto, Texas. The community will consist of a Masjid (mosque), school, cultural center, housing, businesses and an assisted living facility for the elderly.

Imam Yusuf Saleem

Mr. Yusuf Saleem is recognized as a dynamic leader in the American Society of Muslims  who identify with the late Imam W. D. Mohammed. Yusuf Saleem is a graduate of Howard University, where he received the Bchelor of Arts and Master ofEducation Degrees. He served as resident Imamof Masjid Muhammad as well as Director of Education at the Clara Muhammad School in Washington,D.C.  from 1990 –2010 . Teacher Saleem has taught ln Catholic, Public, and Muslim school settings and has taught and has held positionsof principal. teacher,  andprofessor.

Professor Saleem was appointed by Imam W. D. Mohammed  as the National Director of Education for the American Society of Muslims’ School System for the period of 2000 to May 2003. During the first four months of his term as Director , Professor Saleem visited over 15 full-time Clara Muhammad Schools located across the nation to assess their overall status and to determine the steps needed for integration into a schoolsystem, the first of its kind to existin this country.

Imam Saleem has been a presenter on Islamic Education and the universal aspects of education at schools, churches, and forums, and also at the yearly national Islamic Conventions.

In March of 1990, Professor Saleem accompanied a national delegation of educators to Saudi  Arabia at the invitationof King Fard, Custodian of the two Holy Places (Mecca and Medina). The delegation had the rare opportunity to enter and view the interior ofThe Ka’abah, which very few Muslims have experienced.

In July and August of 1997, Imam Saleem and his wife accompanied a delegation of young Muslim men and women to the country of Malaysia at the request of Imam W. D. Mohammed. For two weeks, their itinerary took them on many formal and informal visits. The Muslim Youth Group, ABIM, hosted them.

After the brutal attacks on America in September of 2001, Imam Saleem met with President Bush and other Muslim leaders to condemn the attacks and to present a unified front against terrorism. Acting as spokesman for the meeting, his remarks, along with the President’s , helped to deter the attacks, and clarified for the American people the peaceful nature of the religion of Islam. Consequently, On October 24, 2001, the leadership of the U. S. Senate was prompted to invite Imam Saleem to speak on Islam at their weekly Prayer Breakfast (the first guest speaker in 50 years). He also formally opened the U. S. Senate with prayer, following in the footsteps of the invocation given by Imam W. D. Mohammed in 1992. By invitation of the first Muslim Congressman, Keith Ellison(Democrat-Minneapolis, Minnesota) , Imam Saleem has the singular, distinct honor of being the only Imam to open both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives(September 25, 2007).

In recognition of Imam Saleem’s hard work and dedication, the National Capital Area branch of the National Conference for Community and Justice(NCCJ) recognized him as a Community Leader in May of 2002. In August2002, Imam Saleem joined other Faith Clergy in receiving the First Mayoral Clergy Award, presented by Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of Washington, D. C. In September of 2002, The American Society of Muslims selected him as the Muslim Man of the Year for 2002.

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Charles H. Ramsey appointed Imam Yusuf Saleem as the first Chaplain of the Islamic Faith to the Washington D. C. Police Department.

Imam Saleem is married to Maryam Saleem, also an educator, and they have four adult offspring. Yusuf Saleem always gives credit to ALLAH(G-D) for any successes and strives to serve ALLAH (G-D) by serving humanity.