Black Dawah Network aims to empower Black America through education, advocacy, economic development, and community organizing. Black Dawah Network is committed to the dignity, liberation, and self-determination of Black people across the country. Black Dawah Network operates a think tank, legal advocacy arm, and community organizing and outreach programs serving Black communities across the country.
Hakeem Muhammad, Esq. is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Black Dawah Network. He is also the founder of Muhammad Law Center, which litigates criminal defense, police brutality, and civil rights cases across the country. He holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and is currently pursuing an M.B.A. from Suffolk University. He is responsible for effecting Black Dawah Network’s mission and vision, leading the organization’s strategic direction, programmatic growth, and day-to-day operations in service of the Black community. He is the author of Muslim Guide For Understanding Structural Racism and Its Impact on Black America and In Defense of Black America.
Qasim Shabazz is the National Coordinator of Black Dawah Network, leading community organizing and outreach efforts across the United States. A native of Omaha, Nebraska — the birthplace of Malcolm X — Qasim’s life and work reflect the transformative power of faith, community, and self-determination. He is the co-founder of the Black Agenda Alliance, founder of the Urban Survival Club, and founder of the first all-Black football league in Omaha. A recipient of the Malcolm X award, Qasim has dedicated his life to building institutions and uplifting the Black community from the ground up — carrying forward the legacy of Malcolm X in the very city where that legacy was born.
Frank Beane (Ustadh Shareef Muhammad) has taught U.S. and World history, as well as African-American and religious studies, for over ten years at Georgia State University, Spelman University, and other colleges. Shareef holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in History from Central State University and a Master’s in History from Kent State University. He is part of the Black Dawah Network’s think-tank, providing high-quality research articulating Islam’s relevancy to Black people. He believes that Islam is a force for change and spiritual transformation.
He has an excellent knowledge of and understanding of people, events, and contexts from a range of historical periods. He possesses the ability to think, reflect, debate, discuss, and evaluate the past. As a professor, he has supported students in achieving their academic goals while helping them understand the nuances of historical writing.
He is a lecturer who serves as an ICNA Da`wah Academy instructor and has also published three books exploring issues related to political and social theory.
Shaykh Muhammad Shareeef serves as a spiritual advisor for Black Dawah Network, helping to ensure the organization’s programming and mission remain grounded in principled Islamic scholarship and service to the Black community. He is the founder of the Sankore Institute of Islamic African Studies International — an institution dedicated to collecting, translating, and disseminating the works of African Muslim scholars, particularly within the tradition of Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye and the Sokoto intellectual lineage. An African American Muslim who has dedicated his life to recovering the deep roots of Islam in African civilization, Shaykh Shareef has studied, lived, and taught across the United States, Sudan, China, Benin, and Mali. He has translated manuscripts from Timbuktu. He is a prolific author whose works connect Islamic jurisprudence, Black self-determination, and Pan-African thought, and has been a spiritual guide and teacher to Muslims across the country and beyond.
Imam Khalid Griggs serves as a spiritual advisor for Black Dawah Network, helping to ensure the organization’s programming and mission remain grounded in principled Islamic scholarship and service to the Black community. He is one of the most respected Muslim leaders in America, serving as the founding Imam of the Community Mosque of Winston-Salem, North Carolina — a position he has held since 1984. A graduate of Howard University, Imam Griggs accepted Islam in 1972 and has spent over five decades at the intersection of Islamic scholarship, Black community advocacy, and social justice. He is the National Chairman of the Muslim Alliance for Black Lives, Director of Civic Engagement for the ICNA Council for Social Justice, and former editor of The Message International Magazine. He served as the first non-Christian chaplain at Wake Forest University and is the author of A Brief History of the Islamic Party in North America. A national and international lecturer, Imam Griggs has been a principled voice for justice in both the Muslim community and Black America for generations.
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