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About
the National Muslim Business Council
The Mission of the National
Muslim Business Council is to:
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Establish an association that will bring Muslim
businesses and the general business community together
into a collective entity
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Develop a local partnership of networking services for
the benefit of its membership
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Promote moral excellence in America’s business life
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Organize a business strategy to support Muslims in the
state and around the country and make investments in
each other
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Strengthen and share the responsibility for community
economic development and unification with an
international perspective
Organization History
The National Muslim Business Council began in 1990 and was
originally named the North Carolina Muslim Business Council.
It started with a group of business persons coming together
to establish meetings and to help others to learn about
business. These persons came from around North Carolina and
outside of North Carolina. The Council was meant to be an
information base to help people startup a small business and
work with individuals that were already in business. We
established monthly networking meetings once a month in
Fayetteville, NC.
In 1997, the Council sponsored the first CPC Business
Conference in Fayetteville, NC. It was a great success. Imam
W.D. Mohammed (May Allah forgive him his sins and grant him
Paradise) conducted CPC Workshops which were successful in
introducing CPC to the area. He gave a Public Address the
next day at Fayetteville State University which had an
attendance of over 4,000 people.
The Council’s first investment was in CPC products. From
this Council, some brothers and sisters formed
distributorships for CPC and other businesses. A Shea Butter
factory was started in Durham, NC. Today, Dr. Douglas Diaab
has his own Shea Butter factory in Burlington, NC which
produces some wonderful products. In Durham and other cities
around the state, some of the members established
distributorships that sold CPC products such as Shea Butter,
Graceline Suits, Halal Meats and Sea foods. Most of us
became an active part of CPC distributorship. As a result, a
collective business mind was established in the community.
In late 2006, David Hasan reorganized a group of Muslims and
non-Muslims to re-establish the North Carolina Muslim
Business Council. As a result, some of the members started
new businesses. At the 2006 Ramadan Session, Imam W.D.
Mohammed suggested that we should have a CPC Product &
Service Business Conference, and David brought the idea back
to the North Carolina Muslim Business Council.
In April 2007, NCMB sponsored another CPC Business
Conference in Raleigh, NC. Imam W.D. Mohammed was invited to
conduct one of the workshops and to give a Public Address.
On Saturday night, we had a banquet and the Imam was the
guest speaker. It was a very successful conference and
weekend. The conference was held again in Raleigh in 2008.
In 2009 it was held in Charlotte, NC and it was very
successful.
The Council was very instrumental in helping the Imam to
establish 35-40 CPC distributorships around the country.
Today, the Council consists of a President and a Steering
Committee with a focus toward continuing the legacy and the
concept of collective purchasing. The business conferences
will continue to be held every year.
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Businesses Participating
