(RNS) — A historic mosque in Washington, D.C., will receive a grant to help preserve its structure, one of 30 Black heritage sites supported by a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.Masjid Muhammad, also known as The Nation’s Mosque, is the first awardee connected to the Islamic faith to be aided by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Its grant of $150,000 is part of a total of $3 million in funding announced Thursday (July 18).
Albert Sabir, administrative director of the mosque, told Religion News Service on Monday that the grant award “is a tremendous recognition, and I think it speaks to those who have gone forward before us in terms of setting the groundwork for the good deeds and the good work to be done.”
Since 2018, the fund has supported 304 sites related to Black heritage, totaling an investment of $27 million.
“We cannot talk fully about the Black spiritual experience in America without also talking about Islam and being Muslim, whether it was our enslaved ancestors or El-Hajj Malik al-Shabazz, better known to the world as Malcolm X,” said Lawana Holland-Moore, director of fellowships and interpretive strategies with the fund, in a statement to Religion News Service.
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Albert Sabir, administrative director of the mosque, told Religion News Service on Monday that the grant award “is a tremendous recognition, and I think it speaks to those who have gone forward before us in terms of setting the groundwork for the good deeds and the good work to be done.”
Since 2018, the fund has supported 304 sites related to Black heritage, totaling an investment of $27 million.
“We cannot talk fully about the Black spiritual experience in America without also talking about Islam and being Muslim, whether it was our enslaved ancestors or El-Hajj Malik al-Shabazz, better known to the world as Malcolm X,” said Lawana Holland-Moore, director of fellowships and interpretive strategies with the fund, in a statement to Religion News Service.
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