Dr. Benjamin Bilal is a gifted imam, instructor, linguist, playwright, screenplay writer, author, counselor, and motivational speaker who currently resides in the Raleigh, NC area. Born in New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital on July 16th, 1959, Benjamin was raised as a member of the Hebrew faith until he was 13 years old.
At 13, he was exposed to the doctrine of Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975), the late leader of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam in the Wilderness of North America. Upon Mr. Muhammad’s passing in 1975, Benjamin decided to join the fold of followers inherited by Elijah Muhammad’s son, Imam Wallace. D. Mohammed (1933-2008). Imam Mohammed was responsible for sophisticatedly steering the “Nation of Islam” away from its proto-Islamic, racially based ideology to the clear and universal teachings of “Al-Islam” as they are given in the Muslim Sacred Book, the Qur’an.
In addition, Benjamin worked for the NYC Board of Education from 1978 through 1992 teaching African American History and Comparative Religions courses which captivated students (and fellow staff members) at New York City’s West Side Alternative High School.
Between 1985 and present, Benjamin Bilal penned four (4) stage plays, all of which dealt with the important subjects of ethnic pride, interfaith diversity and human cooperation. They are “REMAKE THE WORLD – Reconstruct the Family Life,” “The Evolution Of A Community,” “It’s Wake Up Time!” and the current runaway hit stage production of “’BROTHER IMAM’ – The Life, Leadership & Legacy of Wallace D. Mohammed [son of Elijah Muhammad]” respectively. He has penned 19 books thus far beginning with: NuNETICS – Insights Into Fitrah-based Meanings Of Arabic Letters, The ‘N’ Word—Insights Into the Bastardization of Base Meanings In the English Letter System, and The “Nature” OF Life.
Benjamin Bilal is currently the C.E.O. of Nunetics Institute, Inc., a not-for-profit organization designed to teach the meanings of every Arabic letter, so that the truer meanings of Qur’anic words will be made clearer. The premise of NuNetics is captured in the idea of a TREE. The motto for NuNetics is: “Seed Letters, produce Root words, which sprout into Branches of knowledge!”.
Benjamin (affectionately known as Instructor Bilal) has been teaching a course called the UniverCity Online Learning Course since 2013 which is currently in its 19th semester. Information on how to join can be obtained by emailing him at – [email protected]. Request his book list while you are there.