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Anatomy of the 21st Century slave

By Brenda Muhammad | Last updated: Aug 25, 2014 - 11:52:10 PM

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Student Minister Ava Muhammad
WASHINGTON  - History prides itself on those few individuals who are recognized by their peers as one of the world’s most gifted speakers because of their unyielding love for freedom, an unending quest for justice for “the least of these,” and an ongoing commitment to truth. That is exactly what more than 400 people who gathered at Muhammad Mosque No. 4 heard from Sister Minister Ava Muhammad, student National Spokesperson for the Nation of Islam and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.

“The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has taught us in the course of study titled, Self-Development: The Basis for Community Development, that we are not born into the brain of God, but we are born into the mind of God,” said Student Minister Ava. She went on to explain the difference between the two and that they are not one in the same.

“Brain is the source of mind; brain is the root of mind and depository of electrical energy that works as a transmitter and receiver. If it receives right, it will act right and each of you were born in God’s mind. Yet, if the brain receives wrong, it will act wrong,” she said.

“Now, let’s look into the anatomy of a slave,” Min. Ava continued. “To be a slave means to have lost the power of resistance to some habit or vice. To enslave means to force the individual into that condition and the study of anatomy, whose Greek origin means to cut up and take apart. You must rid yourself of fear and the ridiculous idea that in order to be righteous, you have to be poor. That is a slave teaching.”

She went on to explain that it was the will power that flowed through Jesus that gave him by the permission of God, the ability to work miracles, like healing the sick.

“There were others around, and the same substance was available to others in the crowd, but only those with faith were made whole and received the benefit. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us, ‘self-first, then others.’ A slave will not follow that principle. We have to fight against a mindset that teaches us that we are not entitled,” she added.

Skilled, passionate and fully  committed to the mission of Minister Farrakhan in the mental and spiritual resurrection of the dead as taught by Master Fard Muhammad and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad; student Minister Ava possess a natural ability to connect with the masses in helping them to reach their highest level of consciousness.

She explained that Black people share a common ancestry, history and experiences. Black people are spiritual people and are the source from which all life began and it has been proven over and over again.

“Jesus said to love one another even as He has loved us and if we claim to be saved and saviours’, we must be found doing as he instructed,” said Sister Ava. “Muhammad Mosque No. 4 is a circle of Black people who are here for you and there are no significant differences between us,” she added.

“It is always a blessing and honor to receive Sister Minister Ava Muhammad in our city, but what is more enlightening is the time in which The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan sent her. He always knows our need,” said Abdul Khadir Muhammad student Minister of the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast Region.

“I was honored to meet Sister Minister Ava Muhammad in 1983 when she helped me to transition into being a MGT & GCC,” said Sister Claudette Marie Muhammad, National Director of Fundraising. She called Sister Ava “beautiful and humble”.

Also, present in the audience were Mrs. Cora Masters Barry, Executive Director of South East Tennis and Learning Center and former first lady of the District of Columbia, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, author, economist, syndicated columnist and president emerita of Bennett College for women and Mathew Fogg, former PGC, Md., political candidate and retired chief deputy U.S. Marshal.