MIAMI (February 11, 2008)- Rasul Muhammad, one of the sons of the late Elijah Muhammad, who developed the Nation of Islam, is head of Muhammad Mosque No. 29 in Miami, the 7th Regional headquarters of the Nation of Islam. As such, he is the leader of Nation of Islam adherents in Central America, South America, Florida and the Caribbean. He is also one of the top aides of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and his representative in Miami. 

Muhammad, who has operated a prison ministry for about 18 years and talks on a wide variety of subjects , always stresses the value of unity, moral responsibility, education and self-sufficiency. He has often declared that "our No. 1 enemy today is ignorance."

The Colloquium is scheduled on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. in Wolfe University Center Ballroom B.

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CONTACT:    Juan Carlos Espinosa, The Honors College
(305-348 -4100), espinosj@fiu.edu