Time to Rebuild!!!!

New Orleans, La. – The turbulent winds of Hurricane Katrina damaged and destroyed many things in the city of New Orleans.  However, the winds were not able to blow out the desire of the remaining members of Muhammad Mosque #46 to continue the mission of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

For over a month Friday night Self-Improvement Study Group has been held in the home of Bro. Errol and Sis. Captain Angele Muhammad on the Westbank of New Orleans, an area that was blessed to not suffer the severe flooding as the majority of the city did.  For Bro. Errol and Sis. Captain Angele, the entire experience has given them an appreciation for the Muslim community in New Orleans.  Their appreciation of the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad has increased and also their love for the Believers.  They said they also have experienced a spiritual uplifting seeing the believers come together to organize the Mosque 46’s come back.  This appreciation has also been experienced by others as well.  “My appreciation for study group has really grown.  It felt like we had not met in ages. When we spend too much time in the world and away from community the pull of this world becomes almost impossible shake, study group gives us the ammunition to overcome that pull. It feels good to know that Islam survived Hurricane Katrina,” stated Bro. Calvin X.

On January 1, 2005 the believers came together on a Sunday for the first time in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina to view the powerful message delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan live via web cast. “It was a much needed guidance in this trouble time. Min. Farrakhan drove home the importance of us having a willing spirit to sacrifice to see our people free.  Whether that means going to jail, being falsely accused or even losing our lives,” stated Bro. Terrol X.  For others the Minister‘s words added to their anticipation of Saviours’ Day. “Minister Farrakhan’s words were very inspirational and further heightened my desire to attend Saviours’ Day this year in Chicago,” commented Sis. Michelle Muhammad.

In addition to viewing the web cast the Believers sent off their first charity report since Katrina, discussed plans to raise Saviours’ Day Gift and attending the annual Saviours’ Day Convention and what would be done with the mosque which was damaged by the hurricane. 

The first floor of the mosque was damage by four to five feet of flood waters which also tore away some doors and some windows.  The roof also was badly damaged. The mosque and the surrounding area where the building is located are still without running water, electricity and gas. “While discussing what must be done to rebuild the community. Some of the believers came up with the idea of going to the community and to our brothers and sisters throughout the Nation to help us out in anyway they can,” stated Minister Willie Muhammad.

Many of the Believers who evacuated the city and later found out that they lost all of their personal items have decided to start their lives over in other cities throughout the Nation.  Thus the mosque will begin its rebuilding process functioning as a study group. “I look at it as an opportunity to prove test and prove the quality of our faith and to show our appreciation for the completely magnificent demonstration of love that has been shown to us by Allah in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad”, stated Minister Willie Muhammad.