"History of Women in the Mosque & How to Nurture Our Souls" Khutbah by Nayawiyyah Muhammad (8/26/16)

Khateebah Nayawiyyah Muhammad delivers the 20th khutbah for The Women's Mosque of America on August 26th, 2017. In her khutbah, she educates the congregation on the history of women in the mosque and the importance for women to prioritize their own spiritual well-being.

Bio:
Sister Nayawiyyah Muhammad, mother of six, has spent her lifetime immersed in various aspects of Islamic knowledge and traditions. Having been raised in the Nation of Islam in the Los Angeles area, she was educated and is a graduate of its school system, the University of Islam, from its inception until its transformation into Sister Clara Muhammad School. As an educator, she was a constant participant in the Clara Muhammad School system as a teacher, administrator and director.

Sister Nayawiyyah holds a B.A. and M.A. in Religious Studies, with an emphasis on Ancient and Medieval Judaism, Christianity and Islam. She regularly speaks on college and university campuses on topics concerning Women in Islam, Muslims in America, her experience of growing up in the Nation of Islam (1960-1974), and her subsequent growth as a woman in traditional Islam. Currently, Sister.Nayawiyyah is a professor in the department of Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach and a Ph. D. student in the Women’s Studies in Religion program at Claremont Graduate University. Her primary fields of research engages the intersection of core Islamic rituals and sacred space with gender and sexuality, focused upon her research topics in Islam and the Body; Feminism and Islam; Muslims in America; and Eco-feminist Theology. Sis. Nayawiyyah is part of an on-going team of scholars involved in a Digital Humanities project whose goal is the establishment of a virtual archive of hadith transmissions of the wives of Prophet Muhammad (S). This endeavor seeks to offer commentary, historical timelines, insight into kinship networks and Islamic rituals, thus providing significant applicability for anyone researching women in Islam in general, and the ‘Mothers of the Believers’ in particular.