Living Legend: Minister Robert Muhammad, Muhammad Mosque #45
- By Staff Writer
- Published 06/23/2009
- Religion
- Unrated
HOUSTON- Minister Robert Muhammad’s stated purpose is to promote the religion of Islam, as taught by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. He advocates spiritual and moral excellence; drug, alcohol, and criminal rehabilitation; educational reform; strong family values; economic self-sufficiency; community pride; and self-improvement. Brother Robert was born in Suffern, New York.
The youngest of three children, he was raised in Harlem. Growing up in New York City during the turbulent 60s afforded him an opportunity to see the widespread influence and work of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad through his most famous students, Minister Malcolm X and Minister Farrakhan. In 1971, his family moved to New Jersey where he completed Middle Township High School in 1974. Brother Robert first met the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan personally in 1976 while a student at Hampton University.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1978 from Hampton University. In 1980, he moved to Houston, Texas, to pursue a career in Banking and Finance. He became student minister of Muhammad Mosque No. 45 in Houston, Texas in 1987.
In 1994, he was appointed as the Student Southwest Regional Representative of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. He is currently a graduate student in the field of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at the Texas Southern University School of Public Affairs and host of Connect the Dots radio show. He is married and the father of four sons.
We salute Minister Robert Muhammad as this week’s Living Legend and invite you to send in who you think will make a good Living Legend and why they should be honored as such to news@aframnews.com.

