So, my dear Brothers and Sisters who believe in Islam and are following the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, under my Leadership, keep your eyes focused on the goal and do not let anything or anyone take you and your focus from the establishment of the program of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
Remember, and be comforted by, the Biblical scripture which says, “No weapon formed against the righteous will prosper.” No hypocrite or devil will be allowed to get the upper hand over a True Believer. Allah (God) alone is the Judge.
The Waltz Ball dance groups “Daffodils” and “Chrysanthemums” pose for a picture. The theme of the event was “A field of flowers.”
by Nabeel Muhammad
CHICAGO—Closing out the year 2024, believers of Mosque Maryam came together on a night filled with elegance, high civilization, culture and refinement. Saturday, December 28, marked the Nation of Islam’s first waltz ball hosted at Salaam Restaurant.
Sis. Medina Mohammed, daughter of Sis. Burnsteen Muhammad
Brother Timothy Muhammad and his wife, Sister Nadiyah Muhammad, started the waltz dancing and etiquette class after being inspired by the memoirs and stories written by Sister Burnsteen Muhammad, the first and only secretary of our Saviour, Master W. D. Fard Muhammad.
With this inspiration and after several months of classes and rigorous training, the official waltz ball was a smash hit amongst the believers.
“In 2018 I purchased the booklet from Sister Medina about her mother, Sister Burnsteen, whom the Saviour referred to as ‘The Reformer.’ She was his one and only secretary, and I was very interested and excited to read that history,” Brother Timothy explained. “And it was in those booklets where I first read about the Saviour and the waltz.”
In the readings, Sister Burnsteen Muhammad recalled her experiences with Master Fard Muhammad teaching and dancing with the first believers of the Nation of Islam.
The Saviour was stated to be so skilled that he would even be able to dance with a full glass of water on his head. These stories were very inspirational to Brother Timothy and Sister Nadiyah that they worked to bring the waltz dancing and etiquette class to fruition early in 2024.
“One of the things that as a mother I was concerned about was that my children are getting older, and they don’t really have a way to socialize with people outside of school. I felt like they were missing out on opportunities to interact. So, the idea of the waltz came to me, …” Sis. Nadiyah expressed.
Sis. LaWeeda Muhammad and Sis. Sharon Muhammad designed and sewed the dresses worn at the waltz ball.
On the night of the event, believers were lined up in Salaam’s fine dining floor taking pictures against the backdrop, excitedly murmuring with their neighbors in line, and eagerly awaiting the festivities. The program began with background about the spiritual significance of the waltz.
Brother Timothy explained that the Saviour, Master Fard Muhammad, taught that it is an original dance. One cannot learn how to waltz without also learning the proper etiquette that accompanies it.
This etiquette is not very foreign to followers in the Nation of Islam and has many guidelines set in place for the proper protection of brothers and sisters, such as brothers having to approach a sister’s escort to ask for a dance, sister’s being always accompanied by an escort, and so forth.
After a brief overview of the history of the waltz, two dancers presented a demonstration to give the audience an idea of what the proper exchange should look like.
From left, Brother Timothy Muhammad and his wife, Sis. Nadiyah Muhammad, receive flowers from the waltz program instructors Sis. Anita Brown and Sis. Luewilla X.
Following the demonstration, Sister Burnsteen’s daughter, Sister Medina, who traveled from Detroit to attend the special evening, expressed her sincere gratitude to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Brother Timothy and Sister Nadiyah for inviting her to this event.
“The way they illustrated the setting that was placed in the book almost brought me to tears. At that point, I put myself back in that time. I felt like I could feel the presence of my mother there. … This was a dance that Master Fard Muhammad introduced to the Black community,” Sister Medina said.
To end the night, many demonstrations by the waltz team were performed with the theme of “A Field of Flowers.” Teams named “Daffodils” and “Chrysanthemums” showed beautiful high civilization and elegance throughout the evening. Instructors brought up volunteers, and the entire dance floor was surrounded by eager believers of all ages, learning how to waltz.
The beautiful M.G.T. in their colorful attire pose for a photo at The Salaam at the waltz ball held Dec. 28Sis. Anita Brown dances with a partner to demonstrate the proper way to waltz.Members from waltz and etiquette class demonstrate what they learned. Photos: Abdul K. MuhammadSis. Luewilla X and Sis. Anita Brown guided volunteers through simple waltz moves.
The Old World of mischief-making and bloodshed is now on its way out in order to make room for the new world of Righteousness and Peace.
For the past 6,000 years we have had to live in an evil world that was designed to destroy the peace of man and to shed his blood.
All around the earth, there has not been one section of the world in which the Original Man has been or where he now lives that has not been touched or ruled by the evil of gods of the old world.
The God of Righteousness and peace, today, has Made His Appearance to Take to Himself the Rule of the Nations under the government of Peace, Freedom, Justice, and Equality.
Allah (God) Seeks to separate the evil from the good and the good from the evil. He Declared Himself as Coming to Seek and to Save the Black Man (so-called Negro) from his kidnappers (the White race).
Allah (God) Came to unite and Restore the Black Man again to his Own and Bless Him with the rule of the Nations of earth, as declared by the prophets, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.
Fall of Ancient Babylon
In the Fall of Ancient Babylon Jer. 50:46, “At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.” Here the Bible teaches us and we see today, at the fall of the old world, there is a great noise of war, the fighting of war, the destruction of nations, towns, and cities and the killing of their citizens. There is disagreement and confusion of the heads of nations.
It is a very dreadful time that the populations of the earth are now living in. This is the time of the destruction of a world. It is not to be compared with the destruction of an organization or a few towns as it was in the days of Noah. The destruction today is the destruction of a whole world. The prophets could not have given us a better picture of what we may expect today than the picture of what took place in the fall of ancient Babylon.
The Earth, land, and sea are set in battle array. Every type of deadly weapon is fashioned and is now being used against man and man. See Holy Qur’an Chap. 30:41. There cannot be any peace for man under these conditions.
