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These Muslims Are Fighting Islamophobia in the Most Heartwarming Way PossibleBy Sarah HarvardMIC.com, May 31, 2016 On Sunday, a group of Muslim volunteers took to the streets of Baltimore and handed

out 700 "Mercy Bags" — kits filled with toiletries and other essential goods — to homeless and low-income residents and seniors.

The volunteers traveled to the city over Memorial Day weekend with about 25,000 other Muslims as part of the 41st annual Islamic Circle of North America

conference. The aim of the gathering was to break down misconceptions about Islam

ICM Breaks Ground for $8M First Phase BuildingBy Muslim Link Staff

M o n t g o m e r y C o u n t y Executive Ike Leggett was the first elected official to arrive at the Islamic Center of Maryland on June 10, 2016, the first Friday of Ramadan.

ICM was finally breaking ground on its first building in a three-building, three-phase expansion project that goes back to 1990. It was also the day the nation witnessed the

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in response to anti-Muslim incidents in 2016, according to the Baltimore Sun.

But distributing the "Mercy Bags for Baltimore" had a separate goal altogether: to give back to the community.

"We came up with the idea that thousands of Muslims are coming to Baltimore [for ICNA], what are we going to do for the city of Baltimore?" ICNA President Naeem Baig told the Sun.

The idea to provide toiletries, water, undergarments, laundry essentials and other goods to those in need at no-cost came to fruition in response to issues the city faced last year. During protests over Freddie Gray's death at the hands of police, much of the country's news coverage doubled down on the looting of convenience stores that followed without

discussing what items were being stolen: toilet paper, tampons and diapers, among other basic necessities for survival.

To Baig, this was the inspiration behind starting the Mercy Bags service project.

"People were going through difficult times," Baig said. "Many seniors and homeless people were in need of sanitary products."

ICNA anticipates at least two more annual conferences in Baltimore, but one resident said the Mercy Bags are already giving people a far better representation of Islam than the story told by the mainstream media.

"They're doing what's in their heart," Katie Crowder, a 68-year-old Baltimore resident, told the Sun. "If everybody stopped judging one another, they'd be a lot better off. It'd be a better world, I'm telling you."

With "zakat," or "charity," being one of the five pillars of Islam — tenets the religion requires all followers to adhere to — the act of giving is a common expectation for Muslims around the world.

This has manifested itself in various ways: In the United Kingdom, Muslims donate the most money of any religious group to charities, ahead of both Christians and Jews. In July 2015, when several majority-black churches were set ablaze across the American South, three Muslim organizations raised over $100,000 to help repair them.

Whether they're donating to charities, providing about 200,000 water bottles to residents of Flint, Michigan, during the city's recent water crisis or raising nearly $200,000 for the families of the San Bernardino shooting victims, in which 14 people were killed in December, American Muslims have a strong track record of giving back to their communities.

Perhaps this pattern of charity will help people recognize Muslims as more than the stereotypes heaped on them by much of the mainstream media.

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Virginia Cabbie Faces 48 Years In Prison After Driving Aspiring Terrorist To AirportBy Murtaza HussainThe Intercept, May 27 2016

A FEDERAL GRAND JURY charged a 26-year-old Virginia taxi driver with helping provide support for terrorists after he transported one of his associates, a would-be member of the Islamic State, 90 minutes to the airport.

The cabbie, Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, was also charged with making false statements to federal agents. He faces up to 48 years in prison under

federal sentencing guidelines — more than twice the maximum of 20 years faced by the budding terrorist he transported.

The charges raise questions over the government’s use of informants, three of whom were involved in Elhassan’s case, at least one of them paid. They also underline questions over how involved Elhassan really was in a terrorism plot.

Federal prosecutors say that before driving aspiring ISIS member Joseph Hassan Farrokh to the airport, Elhassan

introduced Farrokh to people Elhassan believed would assist Farrokh in traveling to join the Islamic State. Elhassan later lied to FBI agents about where Farrokh was going and how, the government claims.

Farrokh, 28, pleaded guilty to material support charges this March. Elhassan’s case, meanwhile, has been presented in the press as part of a straightforward prosecution of homegrown terrorism. But the terms of the criminal complaint against him cast doubts on the extent of

his complicity.

According to the complaint, no one involved with the case was ever actually in touch with the Islamic State, only with the three informants who helped snare Farrokh and implicate Elhassan. While Farrokh seems to have desired to travel abroad and fight with ISIS, making several belligerent statements to that effect, that goal did not appear to have appealed to Elhassan, who told Farrokh

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What Maryland's Test Lab Can Teach Minnesota About Thwarting Radical Recruiters A Muslim-led nonprofit's effort to reach people before radical recruiters do is held up as a model for the nation.

By Mila KoumpilovaStar Tribune, May 16, 2016

Imam Jamil Dasti preaches vigilance in the affluent northwest suburbs of Washington, D.C.

At the Islamic Society of Maryland, Dasti hosts a Q&A with FBI agents, warns about radical propaganda on social media and echoes the Department of Homeland Security’s “If you see something, say something” mantra.

“If we see a threat, we have to report right away,” he tells worshipers.

Maryland’s Montgomery County has become the nation’s test lab in an intensifying hunt for ways to prevent extremist violence — a search that has also gripped Minneapolis. In Maryland, a nonprofit led by Muslims has teamed

up with police and county leaders to create “a neighborhood watch system.” They’ve trained educators, parents and religious leaders like Dasti to spot young people vulnerable to radical recruitment and started a counseling program to steer them away.

“It’s impractical to think we can arrest our way out of this problem,” Hedieh Mirahmadi, the founder of the nonprofit World Organization for Resource

Development and Education, told lawmakers recently. “It’s irresponsible of us not to create alternatives.”

In the wake of terror attacks in Paris; San Bernardino, Calif., and Brussels, Belgium, federal officials have said such programs offer the best hope to avert violence by enlisting communities to intervene with fledgling radicals early. They’ve held up Montgomery County as a model for Minneapolis, where a high-

profile federal trial against three young men accused of trying to join the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant opened last week. Minneapolis is one of three cities chosen to test pilot projects to prevent extremism.

But such efforts are also under growing scrutiny amid concerns that they inflate the extremist threat, stigmatize Muslim communities and push them to spy on themselves. Critics of the Montgomery County program point out leaders have disclosed little about how they intervene with young people and the role of law enforcement.

“If this is in fact a successful program,” said Faiza Patel at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, “they should

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“People could be labeled as suspected violent extremists based on something that’s unproven and about which we have no transparency,” she said.

Students Develop Combination Backpack-Jacket for HomelessBy Lindsay PowersThe Frederick (Md.) News-Post, May 21, 2016

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Haroon Pasha said he learned during a hajj pilgrimage what it’s like to have only what he could carry.

For Pasha, a Hood College senior graduating this month, the journey in Saudi Arabia was an important part of his Muslim faith. He said there was a period when he and his parents left behind nearly all of their possessions. He recalled staying in a valley one night.

“In the valley, it’s just dust and rocks, and you’re just sleeping there, and you’re among all these people,” Pasha said. “And you’re just like, ‘OK, yesterday I had a bed. Yesterday, I had hot water. Yesterday, I had a nice car.’ And now it’s all gone, in, like, a matter of seconds.”

That experience helped inspire Pasha’s idea for a product designed for homeless people. Pasha and other members of Hood’s Enactus group have developed the “Backet” — a combination backpack and jacket.

In March, the Hood team was named a regional champion and a rookie of the year in a regional competition by Enactus

— a social entrepreneurship organization — in Washington, D.C.

After he returned from the hajj, Pasha said, he got an email from a relief organization with a video showing a Syrian woman and her children in a refugee camp. Thinking about his hajj experience and what those refugees would need, he focused on a jacket and a backpack, in the same way his smartphone combined functions.

Several months later, Pasha successfully pitched his idea as a project for the college’s Enactus group. David Gurzick, an assistant professor of management at Hood and the Enactus group’s adviser, said the club’s students recognized that Pasha wasn’t offering just a product concept.

“He had a passion for it and I think that motivated people as well,” he said.

Pasha and senior Scott Johnson, a friend,

created the first physical version of the product using items they bought from Goodwill, plus a sewing needle, tape and fishing line. Recognizing that the students needed a push to move from concept to reality, Gurzick gave them money to buy jackets and backpacks, telling them to tinker around “and see what you learn from it.”

“That was, like, the beginning of something that was really special,” Pasha said.

Johnson said he initially questioned how the product would work and whether there was a market for it. With Pasha’s enthusiasm, however, those questions didn’t bother him.

“As he mentioned it to me, a lot of what was persuasive about it is his story, like,

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ISWA Hopes for Post-Eid Parking Lot GroundbreakingBy Muslim Link Staff

Signs of the ever growing Muslim community are dried mud tracks across masajid parking lots after a rainy Friday. Worshipers park on the grassy fringes of masjid parking lots and drive out with mud-caked tires.

The Islamic Society of the Washington Area (ISWA) in Silver Spring, Maryland is one such growing community. This Ramadan, they’re hoping to solidify their growth and their parking lot.

For the past few years, ISWA has been working with Montgomery County and with area environmental groups to pave over the large grassy area spread out in front of the masjid, an area larger than their existing paved parking lot. On Friday, May 6,2016 the Montgomery County Planning Department approved ISWA’s new parking lot plan, a plan which

utilizes eco-friendly pervious asphalt so rain water seeps through the parking lot surface and into the ground, minimizing storm water run-off. A pervious parking lot surface is more expensive than standard black asphalt, and at an estimated cost of

$500,000 for the additional parking space, ISWA will be spending about $4,000 per parking spot, ISWA Vice-President Dr. Riyad Alie told the Muslim Link. “The permitting process is under way and we have bidders coming to give estimates this

week … Insha'Allah the work can begin as soon as Eid ul' Fitr is over,” said Alie.

On Saturday, May 7, 2016, ISWA held a fundraiser on the second floor of their center to raise money in hopes of a groundbreaking in the very near future.

After an opening recitation of Qur’an from college student Taariq Mohamed and a welcome from Dr. Riyad Alie, Imam Faizul Khan gave a brief overview of ISWA’s on-going activities and achievements. Opening with an ayah from surah Ali-Imran where Allah says a group of believers should invite to all that is good and forbid all that is evil, Imam Faizul reminded the approximately 100 attendees of ISWA’s history. “Alhumdulillah, we are observing 43 years of ISWA, having grown from a

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ISWA Partners With First Annual Montgomery Country Interfaith 5KShaare Torah Jewish Community, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and the Islamic Society of the Washington Area (ISWA) are partnering to create the first annual Montgomery Country Interfaith 5K Walk/Run and Kids Fun Run. This is an inclusive event, designed to bring together people of different backgrounds to meet, socialize and work together to better the entire community. While many attendees are people of faith, the event respects all backgrounds and does not embrace any one specific religion or belief system. Our goal is to bring together all the communities in the county so people from diverse backgrounds can join forces to share a fun and health-promoting activity, teach tolerance through exposure and friendship and enjoy each other’s company while supporting a worthy cause.

Proceeds from the race will be donated to Gaithersburg HELP. Gaithersburg HELP was formed by local churches

and synagogues to meet the immediate needs of families affected by financial challenges by providing short-term assistance in a coordinated fashion. Today, the network is comprised of more than 25 member congregations and 160 volunteers working together to help those in need within the greater Gaithersburg area. They also receive substantial support from local businesses and civic organizations.

The Montgomery Country Interfaith 5K will take place on September 5, 2016, starting at 8:00 am. The run will be held at the Maryland Soccerplex, located at 18031 Central Park Circle, Boyds, MD 20841.

There are various opportunities to support the Interfaith 5K through sponsorships and in-kind donations. Please see the attached form or contact [email protected] for more opportunities to sponsor.

Congregations can also participate as supporters or participants. More information is available on the attached form or contact [email protected] for more information.

Walk/Run participant registration is expected to open on June 1 online at www.mocointerfaith5k.org. Pricing to participate will start at $25 and increase incrementally the closer we get to the Labor Day event. Those of all athletic ability are encouraged to come out and

have fun. Stroller runners will be allowed at the back of the pack. There will also be two kid’s fun runs - one for 2-3 year olds and one for 4-6 year olds. Pricing to participate in the kids runs will be announced soon.

We hope everyone will come out and help support Gaithersburg Help and show what our diverse community can do when we work together. [Source: ISWA]


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burial of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The coincidence was not lost on Leggett.

Wael Elkhoshairi, the Chairman of ICM’s Board of Trustees and the master of ceremonies for the day’s groundbreaking, i nv i t ed Legge t t t o address the approximately 300 community members gathered under a large tent in front of the construction site, eager to witness the milestone decades in the making.

Leggett said the day was unique day because “a person who was initially rejected [by America] for what he had to say and for his belief” was honored today as “people came together today not only to celebrate him as a great fighter, but also as a great American and a person who believed in his faith and demonstrated it throughout the world.” In the same way, said Leggett, the ICM expansion is an expression of strong faith. “What you are doing here today, what you are building is a symbol against all the hatred today, and we are confident it will stand for generations to come.”

ICM raised $4 million to reach the Friday groundbreaking, the start of the first phase of a three-phase master plan, each phase representing the construction of a multi-purpose community center building, a masjid facility, and a full-time school building, respectively.

The ceremony offered a platform for some of the founding members of the ICM community to remind younger members about how Allah made the groundbreaking day possible.

Founding member Dr. Amin Ezzeddine said in the mid-1980s only about twenty Muslim families lived in the Gaithersburg area of Montgomery County, Maryland. The families would meet at homes and then community centers, and they established juma’ prayer at the Bechtel Building on Shady Grove Road. In 1990, the group rented out Casey Community Center for juma’ prayers. Around that time, recalled Ezzeddine, they were meeting at the home of Ahmed El-Haggan when he asked the group why they didn’t try to start an Islamic center. “Every one of us was thinking about that but no one had the courage to really spell it out because it has a lot of implications as far as volunteering and time and money,” said Ezzeddine.

Soon after that meeting, ICM came into existence as an incorporated organization in 1990. The first fundraiser held that same year netted about $20,000 and “got the ball rolling,” said Ezzeddine.

Abdullah Shamim, another founding member, described the purchase of ICM’s property on Woodfield Road.

The property served as a plant nursery when it went up for auction, and the young ICM organization decided to bid on it, said Shamim. ICM lost the auction to a developer, but the following

day the developer called Shamim and said he had a change of mind and that a community use would be a better fit for the property. However, Shamim declined the developer’s offer to sell because the price was too high. Instead, ICM waited until a new owner took over the facility, and then negotiated with the new owner to purchase the property for $750,000 payable over one year. “When I came back a lot of [community members] criticized me saying ‘why did you do that, we don’t have the money’ but alhumdulillah here is the reality,” said Shamim to loud applause.

Nadeem Ahmad, a member of ICM’s Board of Trustees and the head of the Engineering and Construction committee explained the significance of the day’s ground breaking as “a significant milestone” and reminded the community that although it seems like it has taken a long time to reach a ground breaking, the work and progress on the master plan “never stopped.”

The original master plan conceived in 1999 called for one large building housing all of ICM’s services. A new analysis done in 2007 convinced ICM leaders that a multi-phase master plan consisting of three separate structures – a multi-purpose building, a masjid, and a fulltime school building – is a better expansion strategy, explained Ahmad. Friday’s ground breaking was the official start of construction on the 48,000 square-foot multi-purpose building. Targeted for completion in 2018, ICM is calling the $8 million building the “Islamic school,

youth and community center building” said Ahmad. ICM will continue using the existing temporary buildings while the multi-purpose building is being built. Once completed, all ICM services and functions will move inside the multi-purpose building and the temporary structures will be torn down in preparation for the next two phases of the master plan. The masjid – to be built during the second phase – is planned for completion in 2020. No tentative date has been set for the fulltime school building. Fundraising will continue throughout the construction process; ICM has around $1.6 million on hand for the phase 1 construction, leaving a significant amount yet to be raised.

After his presentation, Ahmad asked the approximately one dozen volunteer engineering and construction committee members, architect, and contractors to assemble on stage so the community will know who is tasked with building out ICM’s future. Hubert Construction based in Gaithersburg, Maryland will lead the actual construction.

Also speaking at the ceremony were county council members Sidney Katz and George Leventhal, Reverend Mannsfield Kaseman, and Montgomery County Police District Commander Nancy Hudson.

The ceremony ended with photos of guests and community members digging in the dirt with golden shovels. A catered iftar and dinner followed. A major fundraising dinner is scheduled for Sunday, June 19, 2016 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.

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The Blind Attorney Who Drove Himself Into Bankruptcy Defending Accused TerroristsBy Terrence McCoy The Washington Post, May 17, 2016

Day and night, the most feared people in America contact Ashraf Nubani.

So it was in June 2003, when a team of FBI agents rapped at the door of Randall “Ismail” Royer and arrested him on charges of helping a “network of militant jihadists” in Northern Virginia. So it was when authorities cuffed Majed Hajbeh after discovering he’d been convicted in Jordan for involvement in bomb attacks there. And so it was when agents carted away Mahmoud Elhassan in January, charging him with aiding and abetting a local man’s attempt to join the Islamic State.

In the past 15 years, Nubani, a Springfield, Va., lawyer, has represented either in the media or legally at least 21 people accused of terrorist ties. He defended Osama

bin Laden’s son-in-law. He defended a 23-year-old man accused of plotting to assassinate then-President George W. Bush. He defended another man said to be a Hamas operative.

In some of the region’s most notorious cases, where allegations of Islamophobia and terrorism have collided, there was Nubani. “He’s in a lot of cases,” said Charlie Swift, director of the Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America. “He’s stepped up, and he has taken a lot of cases.”

One of the unexpected byproducts of the war on terrorism has been the emergence of a small fraternity of lawyers who have a speciality in defending alleged terrorists. Following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, investigators turned their attention to America’s suburbs, and Washington’s in particular, where seven of the 19 al-Qaeda hijackers spent time before the

attacks. This has since precipitated more than 500 terrorism-related prosecutions, according to a 2014 Human Rights Watch report, and a need for lawyers who know how to defend clients embroiled in them. A federal court in New York, where

many are waged, has even established a “terrorism panel” of 27 lawyers the court could tap to represent alleged terrorists.

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Send Muslims in Prison a Gift this RamadanDear NCPCF Supporters,

In two weeks Muslims worldwide will be celebrating the start of Ramadan.

While my family and I look forward to the blessings of this holy month, it is also a very real reminder of how much we miss my brother Mohamad, who is serving a life sentence after being unjustly entrapped by an FBI informant.

Mohamed’s favorite part about Ramadan was the congressional gathering for Salat Al- Taraweeh every night. He also enjoyed the blessings of the last 10 days of Ramadan where he used to stay all night with my father in the mosque. For iftar Mohamed’s favorite dish was Makloobah, followed by our Ramadan dessert tradition of Katayef.

My family is one of so many that will have an empty seat on the table this Ramadan due to the policies of the War on Terror. These past 15 years have ripped so many families apart. But knowing how hard it is for the families, I can’t begin to imagine what is it like for Mohamad and all the other men and

women who are in prison. How do they feel breaking their fast every night by themselves? How do they keep their spirits up every day knowing they are not able to experience the communal part of Ramadan? How do they keep up their faith when it seems like their trials are too great for any one person to handle?

While we continue to work with groups like NCPCF to fight back against the policies and Islamophobia that led to people like Mohamad being jailed, it is also important to make sure we take care of the needs of Muslims in prison now. That is what is so great about NCPCF’s Ramadan gift program: you get to directly support people who need to know others are thinking about them and committed to their freedom.

NCPCF’s goal is to help 200 prisoners this year, and we are already halfway there. Each $110 donation you make will help one prisoner with $100 going to his or her canteen account, and the remaining $10 will cover the cost of getting them the money.

You can donate by going to our website at http://www.civilfreedoms.org/?p=21597 and clicking on the Paypal donate button (note when you make your contribution that it is for Ramadan gift). Or you can send a check to NCPCF, Ramadan Gifts Program, P.O. Box 66301, Washington, DC 20035.

Thank you for helping Mohamad and so many others.

Sincerely, Inas Shnewer

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Established in October 2010, the NCPCF is a coalition of national and local organizations as well as prominent individuals, whose mission is: To educate the public about the erosion of civil and political freedoms in the society, and the abuses of prisoners within the U.S. criminal justice system especially after 9/11, and to advocate for the preservation of those freedoms and to defend those rights according to the U.S. Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its related UN Conventions, and the Geneva Conventions.

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“Homestead in the Hereafter”By Jann McClaryMuslim Link Contributing Writer

In May of 2011, Sister Jann McClary and her husband Tariq moved from the Washington DC metropolitan area to establish a new home in the mountains of Colorado, building it from the ground up as part of their plan to become free of the spiritual and physical stress of modern urban life. Sister Jann is documenting her experiences for the Muslim Link. See her earlier installments at www.muslimlinkpaper.com by searching for "Running for the Hills". Make sure you select "Exact Phrase" in the search options. – TML

Well, we've finally done it. We built ourselves a house, bi'idhnillah. One thousand, seven hundred and thirty days since we broke ground for the foundation, minus about 387 days for weather too wet or cold to work and the occasional sick day. “But wait a minute Sis. Jann”, you say, “You started this column in 2014, so it's only been a little over two years, right?” Ah...no. We started building way before I began sharing our experiences with you. It's just that our plans and the

plans of Allah 'azza wa jal don't always match up. But that's fine because as much as we keep telling ourselves 'Maybe it'll be this winter', Allah is al-Khair-ul Maakireen, the Best of Planners, and He knows when it will be best for us to finally haul in the furniture, plug up the solar panels and move in. (Pssst... ya Rabb, make it soon...please?)

Ma sha Allah, here's what we've been able to accomplish: Our cabin is officially dried in! That means doors and windows keep out the wind, and the metal roof over our heads protects from snow and rain. Getting the roof up was such a mercy because Allah subhana wa t'ala kept us from any harm as I teetered on top of the roof frame screwing in each 17-foot long plank that Tariq pushed up to me. And he kept us from harm when Tariq donned a safety harness and did his best imitation of Spiderman as he clung to the ridgepole to tack the moisture barrier onto those planks. Once the metal roof went on with the help of neighbors, neither drafts, nor snow, nor rain was able to sneak through,

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Delaying or avoiding diagnosis for dementia could be a risk not worth taking, a new Johns Hopkins study suggests.

The study, reported in the June issue of Journal of the American Geriatrics

Society, found that people who show signs of dementia but lack a formal diagnosis are twice as likely as those diagnosed with dementia to partake in potentially unsafe activities like driving, cooking, and managing finances and medication.

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National NewsHow Muhammad Ali Did DawaBy Shaheen AhmmadSoundvision.com

[This interview with Muhammad Ali was conducted by Shaheen Ahmed and Abdul Malik Mujahid almost exactly 20 years ago at his residence for "Young Muslim" magazine published by Sound Vision.]

About 20 years ago, Br. neQiniso Abdullah, may Allah have mercy on his soul, a former president of Muslim Community Center in Chicago, and Br. Abdul Malik Mujahid, the founder and president of Sound Vision, used to distribute a Dawa brochure, "Is Jesus really God?" on the 95th Street in the south side Chicago.

Muhammad Ali came to know about this particular brochure and showed up to the Muslim Community Center (MCC) with two rolling travel bags to pick up these brochures for distribution. Since MCC didn't have this brocure, they offered him other titles, but he refused to accept them. He was only interested in the "Is Jesus really God?" brochure, written by neQiniso Abdullah.

Later on he connected with Amir Ali from Institute of Islamic Information and Education, who would print these brochures for Muhammad Ali in bulk.

Muhammad Ali would carry around loads of these brochures in a rolling travel bag.

Whenever and wherever his fans approached for an autograph, Muhammad Ali would take out this brochure, sign it, and hand it over to the person. This is one way he did Dawa.

Muhammad Ali's mission of sharing the beautiful message of Islam continued throughout his life. If you visit Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY, you would find an entire exhibit on Islam and Muslim culture.

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It all started with an innocent question: You have beaten some of the toughest men in the world in the ring. What scares you the most?

Ali: [Points to his wife, to much laughter]

Lonnie Ali: Come on, Muhammad, joking aside, tell them what really scares you.

Ali: Nothing.

Lonnie Ali: Nothing on this earth maybe, but ... tell them Muhammad.[There is a long pause]

Ali: Not going to heaven.[Everyone present became silent. Sister Lonnie Ali had tears flowing down her cheeks. Others present were also shaken and silent. A few wiping their eyes. Br. Malik Mujahid broke the silence, patting Muhammad Ali on his arm.]

Malik Mujahid: "No, Insha Allah, you will enter Jannah because you have helped so many people."

Ali:[Muhammad Ali turned his face towards Br. Malik Mujahid, looking at him as though asking: Are you sure? Are you sure about yourself?]

Malik Mujahid: "The Mumin lives between hope and fear." ...

Young Muslim: What responsibilities accompany being talented?

Muhammad Ali: To lead a good life.

Lonnie: Muhammad believes that Allah made him famous so that he could do Dawa work. I've heard him telling people that the fame he obtained in the ring was all for his spiritual work.

Young Muslim:How do you do Dawa?

Muhammad Ali: Passing out pamphlets about Islam.

Howard: Every morning he wakes up and he's at the desk downstairs all day signing pamphlets. Everyone wants his

autograph. He has presigned pamphlets that he is going to give away instead of signing what everyone gives him. [Muhammad Ali leaves in the middle of the interview and returns with a heavy crawling bag which he opens. There are

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and we felt as sheltered and protected as when Allah says in Surat-ul Anbiyaa that He made the heaven a roof, safe and well-guarded.

One of the main features of a home that makes it feel all snug and welcoming is its source of heat. We knew we didn't have the expertise required to build a stone fireplace, so we bought an old-fashioned wood-burning stove. It looked like a weather-worn, rusted, hot mess when we got it from the homestead of some friends, and truth be told, it was, because sitting outside on a pallet year after year at the mercy of the elements that reign at 8,000 feet up in the mountains will do that. So our friends hauled it down the mountain for us, glad to be rid of one more piece of forsaken funky furniture. My dear Ummi, wanting to give us a house warming gift, took the concept quite literally and paid to have our stove refinished, refurbished and refitted with new piping. Another friend, with seemingly little fear of Allah's stratosphere, clambered up an absurdly high ladder to install our stovepipe through our equally steep roof. So the stove that initially took six people to move has been put in place and fired up this past winter. It warms the cabin so well that salaat during the cold months will be a cozy affair, insha Allah.

I won't bore you with the success of my garden other than to say that its lack of such is teaching me patience, and in spite of my best niyyah, du'aat and soil manipulations, Allah has seen fit to allow me to patronize our farmers' market again this year for my vegetable needs. Alhamdulillah for those whose thumbs are greener than mine.

We have a permanent places to store lots of city water, until Allah grants us the rizq to be able to dig a well of our own. We have a small wood shed for now, but plan to expand it to house all the dead and dying trees we've tagged for future cutting and splitting. And we've installed the plumbing that will allow us to finally banish our bevy of 7-gallon water jugs to the storage shed. And my darling Binti has a teen's dream: her very own bayt. It's a free-standing, private, tiny-cabin with bed, wudhu room, and space for entertaining a friend or two, all less than

twenty feet from our door, if she feels so moved to visit us.

Designing our homestead's layout, constructing foundations, raising buildings and caring for the land, all under the watch of Allah 'azza wa jal has made us very aware of what we're trying to do: build on two levels. There are adventures, situations, crises and issues, both with the land and people around us. They are constant reminders of His Power in all that

we are able to achieve and experience, and in what we receive and what is removed from us. It's a constant reinforcement of Who is really in control (and it's not the building permit office), and Who we need to rely upon (and it's not friends with power tools and trucks), and in Who we will ultimately meet. The things we do here, now, in this life, are the blue print for the house we hope to have in Jannah. It's been a challenging, but worthwhile five years building this house. We'd like

to rest now, but we still have work to do to meet the One “Who, out of His Grace, has lodged us in a home that will last forever, where toil will touch us not, nor weariness will touch us." (Surat-ul Faatir; Ayat 35). “Salaamun alaikum, for you have persevered in patience. Excellent indeed is the final home.” (Surat-ul Ar Raad; Ayat 24).

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‘This Reminds Us of the Times of Hitler’: In The Heart of Europe, Anti-Islam Politics Are On the RiseBy Anthony FaiolaThe Washington Post, June 6, 2016

ERFURT, Germany — This medieval city of timber-framed buildings and cobblestone streets is on the front lines of the escalating culture war over Islam in the West.

Donald Trump may be calling for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. But on this side of the Atlantic, too, Islam is under fire, with political opposition to the faith growing as an anti-Muslim message emerges as the rallying cry of Europe’s far right.

In few places is the shift more startling than here in Germany, where attacks by Islamist radicals in neighboring nations and a record wave of Middle Eastern migrants are testing the national will to protect minority rights adopted after World War II.

Once a libertarian force opposed to the euro and Greek bailouts, the fast-growing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has now squarely joined the anti-Islam

Muslim Student Feeds Hundreds During RamadanAboutIslamJune 12, 2016

LONDON – Every night during the holy month of Ramadan, Omar Salha and his fellow Muslim volunteers roll out banquet paper in perfect rows in the middle of London, preparing free iftar meals to people of all faiths.

“In 2011 when we started, we had only a [shopping] trolley with a handful of foods donated to us,” recalls 28-year-old Salha from London, a postgraduate student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Buzz Feed news reported on Saturday, June 11.

“It wasn’t healthy at all – we only had things we could get our hands on. Most of the stuff was [from] the supermarkets. Around 10 to 15 of us would go and buy pizzas, crisps, tea, coffee, water, and dates – you know, the simple stuff.”

Salha is the founder of Ramadan Tent, a grassroots crowd-funded project that has grown rapidly, with tents pitched in seven cities across the globe including Manchester, London, and Plymouth in the

UK, Istanbul in Turkey, Ndola in Zambia, and Toronto and Portland in Canada.

Five years after launching the project, around 400 volunteers have signed up to help, while over 300 guests now turn up in London’s Malet Street Gardens each night.

“All that’s needed is a tent, a generator, banquet rolls, plates, bin bags, patient volunteers, food parcels, funding, T-shirts for volunteers, and a PA system. And you need desserts,” Salha said.

“It’s a simple concept and in Muslim-majority countries it’s very normal during Ramadan to have these open tents where people can come and collect free food.”

The idea of Ramadan Tent came after Salha saw some of the difficulties and challenges international students faced during Ramadan in a large city such as London, away from the warmth of their own families and communities.

“I wanted to embody that spirit here in

London where there was a space – an alternative space so to speak, a third space – where you can invite people from all faiths, all backgrounds to come and learn and to connect with their Muslim neighbors,” he said.“But it’s also for Muslims to reach out to their local community, and not just the Muslim community, but with communities in general.”

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little house to this wonderful center here,” said Imam Faizul. Referencing a five page report he had prepared for his address, he said ISWA’s activities were too numerous to list completely. He highlighted the weekend school with its 120 students, the monthly Voice of Islam newsletter, prison outreach and da’wa efforts, the burial and janaza seminars, the successful matrimonial program going on for almost 17-years and other social and civic activities, among many others.

Assis tant Imam Youssef Sl i t ine demonstrated the new ISWA website which he said will be “interactive” and allow community members to communicate with ISWA leaders more easily. Communication will also be improved with an upcoming phone app, said Imam Slitine. A computer institute and an Arabic language institute are also in the planning stages, he added.

A little over $50,000 was raised at the fundraiser which closed with a silent auction and dinner. To donate to ISWA, visitwww.iswamd.org.

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hundreds of Islamic pamphlets in piles, each with his signature]

After 2 hours in New York, there will easily be about 1,000 people who have come up to see Muhammad Ali and who each go away with a signed pamphlet. They take it for the signature, but maybe they'll also read it when they get home. Another thing he's interested in doing are examining questions that the Bible brings up.[Muhammad Ali shows us a booklet called Bible Contradictions]

Muhammad Ali: I wrote this.

Howard: He also has sheets with Bible verses on them and gives out Bibles to non-Muslims, telling one, "You read that verse," and telling another, "Read this verse." This way, he shows them the contradictions in the Bible. That's how he does his Dawa work.Does that leave you any time for hobbies?

Muhammad Ali: No.

Howard: You know what, his only hobby is sitting downstairs at his desk, signing his pamphlets. I'm telling him, "Muhammad, you've got to get out, get some fresh air..." but he doesn't listen. He hates to run out of these [pointing to the autographed pamphlets] when there is an opportunity to give them out. He only says, "I should have signed some more."

Muhammad Ali: Every day. In two hours I can sign 500.

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Your Best Companion EverBy Dr. Ali Al-HalawaniAboutIslam, April 7, 2016

In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad Ibn ̀ Ataa’illah As-Sakandari says: A true companion is the one who accompanies you knowing your faults and shortcomings, and this in none but your Generous Lord. Your best choice for company is He who accompanies you expecting nothing in return from you.

This word of wisdom by Ibn Àtaa’illah comprises two pieces of wisdom that can be understood as follows:

Firstly: Your true companion and friend is the one who accompanies you and grants you from his encompassing benevolence while knowing your faults and shortcomings, and this is none but the Generous Lord.

Secondly: Your best friend and the best choice for company is he who accompanies you and cares for you while expecting

nothing in return, and this is none but Allah, the Clement Lord; so, you should depend on Him alone.

Here, Ibn Àtaa’illah urges every one of us to avoid the company of people and to suffice ourselves with the company of the Benevolent and Clement Lord; a matter which needs some sort of explanation as it cannot be generalized or simplified in any way.

According to Ibn Àtaa’illah, no one will ever be sincere to you but the one who accompanies you while knowing your shortcomings and overlooking them for your own sake; this can be none but Allah the Almighty Who created you.

He also says that the best company to be sought is the company of the one who befriends you for nothing but yourself and while expecting nothing in return from you, and – according to Ibn Àtaa’illah – none in the whole universe is accompanying

you while expecting nothing in return but Allah the Almighty Who cares about you, helps you, blesses you through drawing you nearer to Him, and gives you out of His limitless Bounty and Benevolence.

Certainly, Ibn ̀ Ataa’illah is telling the truth when he says that it is Allah the Almighty Who accompanies you while knowing your faults and shortcomings which He knows best and better than anyone else. He is also true in saying that it is Allah the Almighty Who accompanies you without

anticipating anything in return as He is the Owner of everything in this whole universe and beyond.

However, do all those – other than Allah – who accompany you and declare their love for you do this for a reason? For they expect something in return? Do all those who befriend you become unable to put up

Revive Your Relation with the Quran (10 Hadiths)By Muhammad FathiAboutIslam, May 26, 2016

Amidst our fast-paced life we tend to forget a very important question: How well is our relationship with the Qur’an? How much time and effort do we spend in reciting, studying and understanding this Guide, granted to us by Allah to lead a successful and happy life? I think it will be embarrassing for many of us to try to compare the amount of time spent browsing the internet or following Facebook/Twitter accounts with the time dedicated to the Book of Allah. Some of us may not even open their copies of the Qur’an except in the month of Ramadan only. The following Hadiths draw our attention to a treasure many of us indifferently overlook. Read this collection with attention and care; it will encourage you to revisit and revive our relationship with the Qur’an.

An Elevated Rank

1. À’ishah (may Allah be pleased with

her) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “One who is proficient in reciting the Qur’an is associated with the noble, pious (angel)

scribes. As for he who stammers when reciting the Qur’an and find it difficult for him, he will be granted a double reward” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

2. Àbdullah ibn Àmr ibn Al-Àas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The one who was devoted to the Qur’an will be told [on the Day of Resurrection:] ‘Recite [the Qur’an] and ascend [in ranks] as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last verse you recite.“‘ (Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi)

3. Ùthman ibn Àffan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

You always either forget or pretend to have forgotten His Favors and Bounties while He keeps favoring you with His Grace and Grants.

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ranks. In recent weeks, the AfD unveiled a scathing denunciation of the faith, warning against “the expansion and presence of a growing number of Muslims” on German soil. Adding fuel to the party’s campaign, German authorities on Thursday arrested three Syrian men who had posed as migrants, accusing them of plotting an attack on the historic center of Düsseldorf in the name of the Islamic State.

Saying it wants to protect women’s rights, national security and German culture, the party — supported by almost 1 in 6 voters — is calling for a ban on headscarves at schools and universities and is preparing to release an anti-Islam “manifesto” based on “scientific research.” Here in the formerly communist east, the party has gone further, startling local Muslims by launching an effort to stop the construction of Erfurt’s first mosque.

According to city records, 75 percent of Erfurt’s 200,000 residents say they have “no religion.” But AfD officials are outraged by the thought of minarets rising only a few tram stops away from the steeples of Erfurt’s ancient churches.

“This issue is too important to remain silent about,” said local AfD politician Stefan Möller. “We owe it to our country to speak out. We are patriots.”

Muslim leaders and progressive politicians, meanwhile, are sounding the alarm, while calling the AfD’s move against Islam a sign of the times. This year, at least two German universities have closed Muslim prayer rooms, arguing that places of higher education should be secular and that Islam should not receive “special treatment.” They are encouraging Muslims who want to pray to use generic “rooms of silence” designed for all students.

In Germany, as in other parts of Europe, there has also been a recent spate of attacks on mosques, including attempted arsons and vandalism.

‘Reminds us . . . of Hitler’

Some here — and not only Muslims — are deeply worried by the trend.

“The crematoriums for the concentration camps [of World War II] were built in Erfurt,” said Bodo Ramelow, the left-wing governor of the state where Erfurt is located.

“Buchenwald and Dora concentration camps were here. The first big wave of racism was directed against our fellow Jewish citizens. . . . We must never again allow a majority vote to prevent a minority from thriving.”

Muslim leaders see rising opposition in Germany as part of the same phenomenon that has turned Islam into a campaign issue in the United States, as well as in France, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland and other nations in Europe.

“For the first time [since World War II] there

is a party again attempting to existentially constrain an entire religious community and to threaten it,” Aiman Mazyek, chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, said about the anti-Islam stance of the AfD. “This reminds us of the times of Hitler.”

Political opposition in Europe to more conservative forms of Islam has been growing for years. In 2009, Switzerland effectively banned a new mosque, and a year later, France passed a law outlawing headscarves in public. But Muslim leaders fear a resurgence of anti-Islam sentiments

throughout the West.

In the United States, Trump is targeting Muslims, while in Austria last month, a “Muslim invasion” of migrants fleeing war became the dominant theme of a presidential race narrowly lost by the far right. In Britain, London’s first Muslim mayor faced a campaign in which even Prime Minister David Cameron sought to link him to extremists.

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Over time, the project team grew into its current 17 members, with students serving in development, research and communication roles, among others. The Backet concept developed as students joined the team. A sixth prototype was recently finished.

Joe Hutchins, a junior who has volunteered at the Frederick Rescue Mission, said he was drawn to Pasha’s passion and desire to make a difference. Hutchins was given a spot on the project’s development team after persistently offering ideas to improve the product.

“I was surprised that things were actually

popping into mind because I’ve never done anything like this,” he said.

Team members conducted research on homelessness, including surveys with homeless people, and met with community groups. Alex Smith, media director and communications coordinator for the project, said one person at the Frederick Community Action Agency shared that donated clothing given to the homeless can deteriorate quickly in the outdoors.

“Not only would the Backet provide the water resistance and provide warmth, but then they could layer up underneath with the clothes they already had,” Smith said.

Pasha wore the fourth prototype of the product on a recent Tuesday. At first, it appeared to be a normal winter jacket. He demonstrated how the jacket could be folded into a compartment, leaving only a

backpack visible. The backpack portion, which has foam padding inside, can also be used as a pillow.

In the next step of the project — for which the students raised $10,000 for startup costs — the plan is to hire four homeless people to make 50 Backets, giving them an opportunity to gain job skills and a paycheck. The students are working with the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs to bring that program to life in the fall, Pasha said. The Backets would then be handed out through community organizations.

The team is looking to develop a premium version of the Backet, which would be available for anyone to buy, Pasha said. Each purchase of a premium Backet would mean a basic version would go to a homeless person.

Mike Greenberg, public relations manager

at the Frederick Rescue Mission, said he gets multiple requests a day from homeless people in the community for backpacks.

“It’s their livelihood that they’re carrying around in their backpack,” he said.

Everyone can use a jacket and everyone can use a backpack, Greenberg said. The Backet would make it simpler for the nonprofit ministry to provide those items.

The Enactus group has achieved a lot in an academic year, Gurzick said, including developing prototypes, working with community organizations and raising money.

“What I think is really pioneering is that they’ve crafted the vision and the framework for the next class to follow,” he said.

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“It’s a speciality,” said David Ruhnke, a lawyer with the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel who has represented terrorism defendants in New York. “There are lawyers who do nothing but sue people whose elevators blow up, and there are lawyers that do this.”

The rise of the Islamic State, which has the most sophisticated recruiting apparatus of any terrorist organization in history, has accelerated the push to root out alleged terrorists in the United States and called forth a familiar cast of names who defend them.

One is Nubani, a controversial lawyer who makes no bones about the fact that he isn’t a criminal lawyer by training — a matter some clients now say harmed their cases.

He’s an immigration lawyer who, as a part-time imam at Dar Al-Hijrah, was suddenly thrust into a national maelstrom when members of his Islamic community were accused of terrorist ties and called for help. And soon, this seemingly demure man who writes poetry on the side was standing before the cameras — on the steps of the Alexandria courthouse, in front of the home of an accused terrorist — almost always in a pair of dark sunglasses.

He doesn’t don them for aesthetic reasons. Nubani is legally blind, and his eyes, which don’t perceive color, absorb substantially more light than they should. His is a gray, bright world.

What others can see at 200 feet, Nubani can see only right next to him. This means he can’t drive. He can’t use a computer unless the text is so large others can read it from across the room. And earlier this year, when his client Elhassan was arrested on charges that could put him away for 20 years, Nubani could read them only by bringing the criminal complaint within an inch of his nose.

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There’s a story Ashraf Nubani tells when explaining how he became who he is. It begins with a T-shirt that landed him in a world of trouble.

Nubani, a Palestinian who came to the United States from Kuwait when he was 4, was a teenager. He wasn’t raised in a religious household, and he said his parents mostly wanted their three children to fit in. But Nubani’s high school years in Chicago were particularly significant for Palestinians. Israel had just invaded Lebanon, and the tensions that would years later culminate in the First Intifada had started simmering.

So Nubani went to a local store and asked a clerk to make him a shirt that said “Free Palestine” on one side and “PLO” on the other. He called that moment an “emotional awakening,” when, over the protestations of his parents, he embraced

a controversial political position and strutted into school, shirt on. Teachers, he said, told him to take it off. But he refused, bringing the case to a local American Civil Liberties Union branch, which sent the school board a letter saying he had the right to wear the shirt.

That was when Nubani started thinking about being a lawyer. He got his law degree at Indiana University, then picked up a New York internship with the famed radical lawyer, William Kunstler, who made a career out of defending hated people and causes.

It was 1993. Kunstler was representing Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, whom authorities arrested shortly after the World Trade Center bombings, charging him with urging additional attacks. The case was one of the country’s first prosecutions against an alleged Muslim terrorist that hinged on plans, not actions.

“The case that Ashraf worked on was a template for future prosecutions,” said Ronald Kuby, who was a partner at the firm and also worked the case. “ . . . Ashraf got to know [Abdel Rahman] and participate in legal meetings because he

could translate” Arabic. Kuby recalled Nubani’s seriousness: “His blindness helped create a discipline in him that tended to be lacking in law students of his age cohort.”

Those weeks sketched out the contours of what would become Nubani’s career. They taught him the difficulties of defending widely despised people who can often afford little for legal aid. “There is a lack of competition” for the cases, Kuby said, later adding that Abdel Rahman paid nothing for his defense. “You can’t mon etize them, and everyone hates you.”

But Nubani realized he could play an

important role. “There are a lot of cultural and religious variables in terrorism cases, and very few criminal defense attorneys can begin to deal with that,” said Stanley Cohen, a lawyer who has also defended accused terrorists and who pleaded guilty to obstructing the Internal Revenue Service in 2014, serving nearly a year in prison. He called Nubani an “invaluable conduit” between culture and criminal defense.

But Nubani wasn’t sure he wanted to be a conduit. He took a job at a Springfield law firm, working immigration cases. He and his wife, Fayzah, whom he met in Jordan, enrolled their children in local Islamic schools and were soon stopping by a nearby mosque, Dar Al-Hijrah. Nubani became active there, delivering sermons, translating for visiting sheiks — and sinking deeper into a community that would become the focus of numerous investigations in the years following Sept. 11, 2001.

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In a region of power attorneys, Ashraf Nubani is not one. His office is the size of a studio apartment. He doesn’t

advertise. The Virginia Bar reprimanded him in 2008 after he overdrew a client’s trust account three times in six months. He declared bankruptcy in 2009, listing his liabilities as somewhere between $100,000 and $500,000.

“I don’t make what other lawyers make,” he said, blaming the reprimand on “bad record keeping” and his blindness. “I don’t even make the average. And I know that. But I am what I am. . . . I’ve taken a lot of cases pro bono.”

It was a decision he made shortly after the twin towers went down, when federal authorities started investigating people who attended his mosque, and Nubani’s phone started ringing. The Muslims in the community wanted someone they thought they could trust — and for many, that was Nubani.

“I was a part of that community,” Nubani said, “and being an attorney, I was a wanted commodity.” He added: “Everyone needs representation — a child murderer, a rapist, and people ask, how could I even do that? But everyone needs representation.”

Others have had a different view of lawyers who defend accused terrorists, questioning their motives as well as who pays their fees when they don’t take cases pro bono.

Although no such charges have been directed publicly at Nubani, he said his defense of accused terrorists made the partners at his former firm uncomfortable. He decided to leave in 2003 and start his own law firm. Two partners at Becker, Hicks, Irving & Hadeed, however, said in interviews that they have no recollection of that. “He did defend controversial figures at the time,” Larry Becker said. “ . . . I don’t remember any acrimony.”

The departure came at the same time as one of the region’s most notorious terrorism cases. It featured Randall “Ismail” Royer, an activist with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who said he first met Nubani in the late 1990s through contacts in the Muslim community. So when authorities began investigating him and other members of what was called the Virginia Jihad Network, Royer and his wife called

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hold it up to public scrutiny.”

In a newly completed, federally funded evaluation, John Horgan, a Georgia State University professor who focuses on terrorism, found the program forged trusting relationships between government and minority communities. But he said it must open up about its approach to counseling and its outcomes. “Ultimately, decisions are being made about people’s lives here,” Horgan said. “We can’t afford any kind of obscurity.”

Montgomery County Model

What’s become known as the Montgomery County Model was an idea that Mirahmadi had weighed before the bombs went off at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. It quickly gained momentum after that.

Along New Hampshire Avenue, dubbed “the Highway to Heaven” because of the houses of worship lining it, pastors, rabbis and imams joined forces. Mirahmadi introduced some of them such as Dasti to county, police and school district officials.

The timing was opportune. As ISIL and other militant groups have stepped up online recruiting in the West, the government has become increasingly interested in Countering Violent Extremism initiatives (CVE). In recent years, some U.S. officials have looked to Europe, where a slew of programs have attempted to stem a flow of young men and women to the battlefields of Syria and Iraq.

With federal and local grants flowing in, the World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE) annual budget skyrocketed to more than $600,000 in 2014, from less than $20,000 for much of the 2000s. The group drew accolades from the White House and set out to create a CVE guidebook for law enforcement.

Leaders say WORDE’s program is unique in the United States. A community nonprofit, rather than law enforcement or the federal government, is the driving force. That has pre-empted some of the resistance that has greeted the Department of Justice-led pilot projects.

It’s a broad effort that goes beyond security issues, a network that brings diverse communities and authorities together to troubleshoot a variety of concerns. The partners have put on a campaign against school bullying, food drives for the homeless and a vigil after the San Bernardino attack.

“Our biggest fear is that our work will be described as an anti-radicalization program,” Mirahmadi said. “That stigmatizes our clients and doesn’t do justice to our holistic approach.”

Montgomery County Police, which prides itself on its diversity and outreach to minority groups, recently brought on Imam Mohamed Abdullahi as the department’s first Muslim chaplain. Abdullahi, a Somali-American, leads the sprawling Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Maryland’s largest mosque.

Police Chief J. Thomas Manger joined the mosque’s members to break the daily fast during Ramadan last year and hosted open forums about his department’s work. Community service officer Sharif Hidayat, who is Muslim, took questions about police use of force from preteens in the mosque’s Sunday school. “We want them to feel connected and responsible to the larger community,” he said.

The effort has fostered a sense of trust and connectedness — key in deterring radical recruitment — according to Horgan’s evaluation.

‘Nobody wants to lose their kids’

The Montgomery County partners have also tried to cultivate a league of community interveners on the lookout for young people who might become radicalized.

WORDE hosted a Super Bowl Sunday panel discussion titled “Is Someone Recruiting Our Kids?” that featured a former Islamic radical and a former white supremacist, who reminded the audience that right-wing extremists have killed more people than Muslim radicals in the U.S. since 9/11. At monthly “halaqas” — traditional discussions of Islam that WORDE streams on YouTube — Tarek Elgawhary, the director of religious studies, debunks radical groups’ ideology with a scholarly mix of Qur’an textual analysis, history and philosophy.

After a recent event, Yasmin Burns, a kindergarten instructional assistant, said she worries today’s young people — self-styled “Internet scholars” — can fall for the messages that radicals peddle online. “Parents are fearful, and they have good reason to be,” she said. “Nobody wants to lose their kids.”

Montgomery County’s approach is an alternative to what WORDE senior fellow Mehreen Farooq calls the “eject principle,” a history of banishing troublesome members like the Boston Marathon bombers, instead of engaging them or alerting authorities.

WORDE has trained more than 200 people on a grab bag of risk factors gleaned from research into the motivation of convicted terrorists. Factors include political grievances, social isolation, a yearning for belonging, mental illness and the “acculturation stress” that new immigrants and their children experience.

For Abdullahi, the Muslim Community Center imam, it’s not just theory. He recalls his shock back in 2009 when he learned that Nidal Hasan, a military psychiatrist who once worshiped at the mosque in his U.S. Army uniform, had killed 13 in a Fort Hood base. The imam had never noticed anything amiss. So he was quick to act, recently, when a mosque member grappling with marital strife told Abdullahi he was “that person sent to fix the world.” Abdullahi pushed the man’s family to get him mental health treatment — after alerting a police officer who worships at the mosque.

“If I find out anyone is even a little bit of a threat, I would not hesitate to report them to the authorities,” Abdullahi said.

But parents and community members also need an alternative to calling police, said WORDE’s Farooq. Residents can refer a young person to WORDE’s counseling service, which specializes in working with immigrants from Africa and Asia.

Most of what the counseling program does has little to do directly with terrorism. Counselors tackle domestic violence, depression and anxiety, and connect clients with services from food stamps to housing.

Saida Hentati, a family liaison in a Montgomery County Public Schools’

program for English learners, said she has referred several students struggling to fit in at the district’s large high schools. The students — who grapple with academic challenges, bullying and isolation — can benefit from the support of counselors who understand their culture. “I work with WORDE on prevention,” Hentati said. “I don’t mean these kids will become terrorists if we don’t help them.”

Interventions raise questions

WORDE’s one-on-one intervention program has drawn considerable interest. Officials such as Andy Luger, the U.S. attorney for Minnesota, have said they are exploring the possibility of community-based programs that steer young people off a path to radicalization. But that’s a part of the program that WORDE won’t discuss.

Leaders won’t say how many interventions they have conducted or who made referrals. They won’t talk about the treatment approach or the outcomes for the young people involved. They invoke patient privacy laws and say discussing the counseling program’s anti-extremism work can scare off potential clients.

“Everything you do in CVE is extremely charged,” Mirahmadi said.

A 2014 federal grant application and a contract with the police department offer a glimpse of WORDE’s intervention work. Police and community members have referred more than 25 people to WORDE since 2013, the application said. One high school student referred by a school resource officer had threatened a peer and “scared an administrator into thinking he might have been radicalized.” A counselor found the student was suffering from PTSD after spending time in a Middle Eastern refugee camp.

Another student, a recent immigrant who had become withdrawn and dropped out of school, turned out to be extremely homesick. The application does not describe the outcomes for these students.

The grant documents, obtained by the Brennan Center for Justice, said that when police get tips through the program, a social worker with help from WORDE staff would decide whether a person’s

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Nubani.

“I never paid him a penny,” Royer said from federal prison in Hopewell, Va., where he is serving a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to helping American friends join Lashkar-e-Taiba, later designated a terrorist group, fighting Indian forces in Kashmir. “And I don’t know how many people have paid him. He was operating on charity.”

But after the charges came down — and Royer realized he was facing life in prison — he became frustrated with Nubani. “A more experienced criminal attorney could have been able to do that job better,” he said. In a letter, he commented: “I think he was over his head after my arrest. . . . His desire to help exceeded his ability to help.”

It’s a concern Nubani would hear again. The judge disqualified Nubani from Royer’s defense, citing an undisclosed conflict of interest, which Nubani said he cannot recall. “I was working with an experienced attorney at that time,” Nubani said of Royer’s comment. “ . . . And I never felt in over my head.”

Then in another case in 2005, the government denied Nubani’s request for security clearance to review evidence a judge said could help his client, who had been accused of plotting to kill President Bush. The reason was not disclosed, but Nubani said that the government told him it was his “family ties” and didn’t specify further.

And finally, in 2013, Reuters reported, a judge warned an al-Qaeda spokesman against having Nubani as his lawyer, noting that his disability could interfere with his ability to get a security clearance. “I was offended,” Nubani said.

But Muslim clients continue to turn to him. “It’s trust more than experience,” said Majed Hajbeh, who retained Nubani after he was arrested on an immigration violation following authorities’ discovery that a Jordanian court had convicted him in a terrorist attack. The conviction was later overturned. “You saw him, and you saw he prays five times a day,” Hajbeh continued. “And that’s the issue.”

So perhaps that explains what happened

in January. Within two days of authorities arresting Elhassan, who is Sudanese and Muslim, Nubani’s phone lit up. It was Elhassan’s family, Nubani said. They had heard of him and needed help.

And so, understanding he is one in a tiny cadre of lawyers willing — and perhaps able — to help a man accused of terrorist ties, Nubani agreed to take Elhassan’s case.

Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Zapotosky contributed to this report.

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with your shortcomings and faults?!

Some would say that no human being will ever accompany another while putting up with his faults and shortcomings and while anticipating nothing in return! They base their judgment on the history of social relationships which attest to the fact that human beings do not communicate with one another save when they are in need of one another, or when they want their needs to be fulfilled in one way or another. Besides, for this communication to be effective – according to them –, they should wrap it with cordiality and complimentary phrases and gestures. Let me put it as, ‘to lubricate it’ a little bit in order to prevent friction of any sort!They also say, when one finds from his friend who communicates with him in that way a personal fault, shortcoming or mistake, their company becomes corrupt and their relationship may turn into enmity or hostility.

However, though these claims may seem reasonable to many, we should not ignore the fact that man is naturally sociable and that he has a natural propensity for amicability and friendly relations. Basically, these feelings of amicability and cordiality

are built in human beings for the purpose of facilitating human interaction and communication that is inevitable for the very existence of the human race.

Besides, though a great deal of the above is correct, we should not ignore the fact that love, doing good deeds, and tolerating troubles caused by fellow humans for the sake of Allah, are all forms of the relationships that do exist among so many people who live among us.

No one can deny the fact that some people may love others for the Countenance of Allah Alone and without anticipating any worldly gain or reward from anyone except Allah the Almighty. If we admit that no one ever loves or deals fairly with another without expecting anything from him, then, we would declare sincerity as gone and faded away from our world; a matter which cannot be supported by any factual proof or material evidence.

Yes, indeed, there are utilitarian people. But, at the same time, there are many others who do good deeds and love others for the Sake of Allah Alone while anticipating nothing from people and awaiting their rewards from Him Alone on the Day of Judgment.

If not, how can we understand the many hadiths by the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) that speak of love for the sake of Allah such as the following: “None

of you has complete faith until he loves for people what he loves for himself, and until he loves a person only for the Sake of Allah the Exalted.” (Musnad Ahmad), and also the hadith:

“There are seven whom Allah will shade in His Shade on the Day when there is no shade except His Shade” among them are, “two men who love each other for Allah’s Sake, meeting for that and parting upon that.” (Al-Bukhari)

Now, let us put the words of Ibn ̀ Ataa’illah in context. What is meant here, as far as I understand, is that while the relationships among humans are based on interests, one can find many humans who do things for the sake of Allah. Though these sincere people are there and can be found among us and elsewhere, the only one who accompanies you absolutely without anticipating anything from you and while overlooking your shortcomings is none but Allah. This can be clarified in the sense that:

Allah is the One Who always benefits you with His Company while He is in no need of you;

He accepts you with your faults and defects without being affected by those faults or defects in any way;

He cares for you and protects you from all evils and dangers while you are always

totally vulnerable to both;

He keeps advising and warning you though you are persistent in committing sinful deeds and shameful acts;

You always either forget or pretend to have forgotten His Favors and Bounties while He keeps favoring you with His Grace and Grants;

You always disobey His orders and commit sins in violation of what He commands and commends; and

Finally, He forgives you when He finds in your heart even the slightest measure of intention for repentance and returning to Him.

Last but not least, it is a fact they those whom you love and care about and those who love and care about you will forget you after you pass away either after hours, days, or even years; while, the Creator and True Friend of yours will never desert you. He will relieve your loneliness and alienation in the grave and will revive your hopes with His eternal Mercy and Compassion.

Yet, there is no other way for you to enjoy all these Divine Graces but through two fundamental steps: to get to know Him, Glory be His, and to take Him as a Friend for real!

“The best among you [Muslims] are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.” (Al-Bukhari)

A Treasure of Good Deeds

4. Àbdullah ibn Masùd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever recites a letter of the Book of Allah will be credited with a good deed and a good deed is multiplied into ten. I do not say that [the word:] “Alif Lam Meem” is [counted as] one letter. Rather, Alif is one letter, Lam is one letter and Meem is one letter” (At-Tirmidhi)

Help in Critical Time

5. Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Recite the Qur’an, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection.” (Muslim) 6. An-Nawwas ibn Smàn (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“On the Day of Resurrection, the Qur’an will be brought with its people who acted according to it in this world. The Surahs of Al-Baqarah and Aal-Ìmran will be at the front arguing on behalf of their [devoted] reciter.” (Muslim)

Overwhelming blessings

7. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whenever a group of people assemble in one of the Houses of Allah (i.e. Mosques), reciting the Book of Allah and studying it, tranquility descends upon them, Mercy covers them, angels surround them and Allah makes a mention of them among those who are with Him.” (Muslim)

Invest in Learning the Qur’an

8. Àbdullah ibn Àbbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “A person who has nothing of the Qur’an in his heart is like a ruined house.” (At-Tirmidhi)

9. Abu Musa Al-Ashàri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet

(peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Keep refreshing your knowledge of the Qur’an for [I swear] by the One in whose hand the soul of Muhammad is, it is more liable to escapes [from memory] than camels do from their hobbles.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

10. Àbdullah ibn Ùmar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Envy is not justified but in case of two persons only: – One who has been given [knowledge of] the Qur’an by Allah and thus he recites it during the night and day, – and a man who has been given wealth by Allah, so he spends it during the night and the day (in ways that please Allah).” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

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Moreover, the anti-Muslim rhetoric in the public sphere was another factor.

“I wouldn’t say it was a reaction, as we should be doing this irrespective of the climate,” Salha, who is of Lebanese-Turkish heritage, added.

“But we can’t be naive and not acknowledge the climate that we’re living in, and it’s important to say that despite the media onslaught there’s nothing to be afraid about – please come and have a look. We’re not forcing people to come; the doors are open and it’s an open-door policy for everyone.”

Hosting iftars over the past five years, some encounters proved Salha was going in the right way.

He recalled an encounter with a group of

Polish men who were on a night out. “We invited them in and said there was free food, and they said, ‘We haven’t got anything else to do’ and they came and sat with us,” Salha said.

“When they saw the call to prayer being made and saw us praying, I sat with a couple of them. It was very interesting to hear what they had to say: ‘Oh Muslims are pretty cool, you’re fun, you’re laughing, and before I came I thought all Muslims are terrorists.’ It’s funny when you hear these comments and think, In 2016, really? So it only gives us the impetus to do more and to carry on with this project.”

Moreover, there have been some challenges along the way.

“It’s nothing to shy away from. On some evenings we have run out of food – there were too many people so we made an announcement and said, ‘Can you please share a food parcel with your neighbor?’ If

people are upset then they’ve missed the point. That’s the whole point of Ramadan – to share and care and be generous.”

One evening the generator for the lighting failed. “But that evening probably proved to be the most memorable night ever,” Salha reminisced.

“I still have people telling me that that’s one of their best nights, where people used the light from their phones’ screens, and put flashlights under bottles so there was a lantern-esque feel around the tent.”

Help was also coming from everywhere without planning.

One time, an elderly couple walked into Malet Street Gardens calling out Salha’s name.“I didn’t know who they were. They said they were from Kuwait and here for a short period of time,” he said.

“They said they heard about us on Kuwait TV and said they called the news channel and reporter who interviewed me, asking for the address. I’m talking about a couple who were over 70 years old. So they arrived and they had an envelope and said: ‘This is for you and we want this to go towards the project.’ And this was at a time when we were thinking where we’d get funds.”

Salha hopes to continue and expand his project, including looking at ways he can help in places affected by the refugee crisis.

“I tell the committee if one person attends, just one person, but we made that person feel welcome and fed them, that’s a success for me,” he said.

“But if one person came and felt neglected then that’s a failure despite us serving 300 people.”

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In France, acts of violence against Muslims surged more than threefold in 2015, jumping from 133 incidents to 429, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. In May, Polish police entered university dorms in Krakow to question a number of foreign students about connections to terrorism, prompting allegations of racial profiling and Muslim-bashing.

In January, the Danish city of Randers passed a resolution requiring public institutions to serve pork. Supporters rallied in favor of the bill by saying Danish food culture should trump the religious requirements of Muslim immigrants.

In April, the Italian province of Veneto adopted a change in a law that critics say makes it harder to build mosques.

“I’m absolutely against the construction of new mosques,” Luca Zaia, Veneto’s governor from the right-wing Northern League, told the Nuova di Venezia newspaper. “I’ve already met some of

these preachers, and I told them clearly that sermons need to be pronounced in Italian, for reasons of transparency.”

Criticism becomes broader

Germany has long been a bastion of tolerance in Europe, with many citing World War II history as an example of the danger when religious and ethnic minorities are targeted.

Some AfD supporters point to the growing influence of radical Islam in Germany as evidence of what happens when the faith is left unchecked. In 2014, for instance, a group of ultracon ser vative Islamists staged a publicity stunt in the city of Wuppertal, dressing up as “sharia police” — a reference to Islamic religious law — and allegedly telling bystanders not to drink alcohol or visit nightclubs.

Islam’s critics, although insisting they have nothing against progressive Muslims, are increasingly taking aim at the faith more broadly. They note a lack of respect for gays and lesbians, as well as women, allegedly shown by some Muslims — including suspects in a series of sexual assaults on

New Year’s Eve in the German city of Cologne.

But opponents of the right wing argue that its own stances against gay rights and in defense of “traditional” roles for women suggest that anti-Islam positions are merely being used as a political ploy to win votes.

The AfD “basically represents the same authoritarian, homophobic and sexist — in short: inhumane — position as ultraconservative Islamic associations,” Mina Ahadi, an Iranian dissident and critic of fundamental Islam, wrote in an open letter to the group.

An attempted meeting between the AfD leadership and senior Muslim officials in Germany broke down last month, with both sides blaming each other. To produce materials arguing that Islam is incompatible with German democracy, the AfD is relying on authorities such as Tilman Nagel, a former professor of Islamic studies at Göttingen University who, in a telephone interview, lashed out at “political correctness.”

“The fundamental principles of Islam can’t

be reconciled with our free constitution,” he said. In Erfurt, the AfD’s opposition to a new mosque has stunned the small local community of 70 Muslims who are seeking permission to build it, the city’s first, on a grassy patch of land in an industrial quarter on the outskirts of town. In fact, the AfD found out about the plan only when a local Muslim leader told the party about it during a meeting last month.

“I could see the hate in their eyes when I told them,” said Suleman Malik, a 33-year-old immigrant from Pakistan who is leading the effort.

“They want to violate our freedom of religion, but I don’t think they will succeed,” he said. “This is a national issue now, and I don’t think Germany wants to see this happen.”

Stephanie Kirchner in Berlin, James McAuley in Paris and Stefano Pitrelli in Rome contributed to this report.

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"Either the patients themselves or their family members are self-regulating and doing these activities less frequently as their disease is progressing," Amjad says.

However, the study also revealed a significant gap between those with formally diagnosed dementia and those with undiagnosed but probable dementia, with the latter group proving far more likely to take part in unsafe activities. For example, while about 17 percent of volunteers with diagnosed dementia were still driving, nearly 28 percent of those with undiagnosed dementia were doing so. Additionally, nearly 22 percent of the diagnosed were still handling their own medications, compared to around 50 percent of the undiagnosed.

Amjad says the findings should encourage more formal screenings for dementia for elderly patients having difficulties with activities.

"Families are really the front line in recognizing when someone shouldn't be driving or needs more help with managing medicine," she says.

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situation calls for professional counseling, mentoring from a community member or a criminal investigation.

In January testimony to the U.S. Senate, Mirahmadi stressed that WORDE counselors do not share client information with law enforcement unless that client is deemed a threat to national security. She went on to acknowledge, “We have no formal legal guidance on what constitutes a national security threat, and we do not know what would happen to those individuals we report.”

At the Brennan Center, Patel said WORDE needs to disclose more about how it evaluates its clients and exchanges information with authorities — work powered by public dollars. Experts have not figured out a reliable way to predict who might engage in extremist violence, she cautioned, and the grant application examples leave her unconvinced that young people whom WORDE has counseled pose any threat.

“People could be labeled as suspected violent extremists based on something that’s unproven and about which we have no transparency,” she said.

At the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), director Corey Saylor said teachers and social workers could damage crucial relationships if they also are monitoring students for signs of radicalization. CAIR, a CVE critic, is now working on its own community-led intervention program, after hearing from parents in places such as Minneapolis that the organization must offer an alternative.

It is unclear whether the Montgomery County trainings and interventions have actually thwarted extremist violence. Police Chief Manger did not respond to an interview request, but he recently told Bethesda Magazine that department investigations have uncovered credible threats, at one time recovering bomb-making equipment.

Mirahmadi readily acknowledged it’s impossible to know whether WORDE’s interventions have stopped anyone from becoming a terrorist. In any case, she said, it would be irresponsible to work on preventing violence without a close

relationship with law enforcement, including the FBI — which would step in if interventions fail.

Horgan said his evaluation did not cover WORDE’s training and intervention, which were just beginning when he started more than two years ago. But he said WORDE and other interveners can disclose the effectiveness of their work without compromising client privacy. “I understand the sensitivities,” he said. “But we can’t simply accept at face value claims that these programs are effective.”

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For information regarding this job, please contact Ambereen Hasan at 240-547-3401 or

301-412-5277.

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and exclaims “Who is this!” in Punjabi, one of two phrases he can still muster in his childhood tongue, before wandering back to the couch. Now 65, Dr. Amjad was living the American dream until the dream fizzled into dementia.

My father, a retired dentist, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) when he was 60. He first had trouble speaking, and later became gruff, indifferent, and easily frustrated before his disease progressed to difficulty with simple activities, extreme restlessness, inappropriate laughter, and agitation. As a geriatrician-in-training, I have seen many cases of caregiving and too many cases of dementia. But my father’s is the only story of caregiving and dementia I have experienced so completely—from the perspective of the physician making the diagnosis, the patient who first sensed something was wrong, the wife whose life revolves around a fading husband, and the children who struggle to provide support while building their own lives.

What I’ve learned from my father, who forged his way from a rural Pakistani village named Bismillahpur to a comfortable American life, is that caring for a person with dementia takes a village. As my father becomes more childlike, with giggles, stubborn refusals, and diapers, he has sadly come full circle.

Halima Amjad's parents at Acadia National Park in Maine in 2012, on their last trip together.Halima Amjad’s parents at Acadia National Park in Maine in 2012, on their last trip together.

My mother is the heroic village leader, the primary caregiver robbed of her golden years. Golden now are the moments where my father suddenly understands that

she has a migraine and stops pulling the blanket off her to get her up. Despite the pain, fatigue, frustration, and heartbreak, she remains steadfast and strong. She has managed to harness support systems and build an infrastructure that keeps the village standing.

The heart of the village is in the home, in the family that rallies around its patriarch. We each do what we can. We daughters provide emotional support, with daily phone calls and shared tears with mom and kisses and laughs with dad. My brother who lives minutes away provides technical support, serving as dad’s personal groomer and on-call emergency service when mom is faced with the dreaded combination of diarrhea and adult diapers that don’t hold as much as they should. Aunts, uncles, and cousins who owe their American dream to my father’s generosity also join the effort. They tend to the yard, take my dad out for car rides, and even help him use the bathroom.

A thriving village, however, is more than one home or family. A key structure in this village is the local branch of Senior Helpers, through which paid companions come to our home several times a week. We were initially apprehensive, uncertain how dad would react, but certain mom needed a break. My dad jumped at the chance for outings, however, and strangers quickly became family. Linda, his first caregiver, understands what he wants when he gestures or says, “Who is this?” Linda cries with my mom when they notice declines and emphasizes the kindness and humor that still shines in my dad’s personality. She and George both laugh rather than scold when he pushes them in excitement. While money can buy respite, there is no price tag for genuine concern, support, and encouragement.

The challenges in caring for my father are endless, from the financial burden of forced retirement and care needs to the physical challenges of bathing, toileting, and sometimes chasing him. But nothing

is more difficult than coping with dementia itself and caring for a husband and father who is a shell of the man we loved. In this struggle, we discovered a less visible infrastructure in our village, the solid foundation laid by other caregivers and families. I remember vividly the first caregiver event hosted by the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) that my mother and I attended after my father was diagnosed. Just walking in and seeing all the other families there, I had to swallow the growing lump in my throat. As a speaker acted out how individuals with FTD understand and react to others, my mom could not swallow her tears. We were watching replays of my dad.

The challenges in caring for my father are endless, from the financial burden of forced retirement and care needs to the physical challenges of bathing, toileting, and sometimes chasing him. But nothing is more difficult than coping with dementia itself and caring for a husband and father who is a shell of the man we loved.

In the emotional roller coaster that followed, my mother joined a local caregiver support group through the AFTD that meets monthly. Re-energized, she would regale us with the stories others had shared. As my father’s needs increased, it became difficult to get to meetings. So I looked online. I found Facebook groups that were serving as online support groups for dementia caregivers and made my mom a Facebook account to join these groups. We have both found ourselves active members in FTD caregiver groups, sometimes posting or commenting, but often simply reading, empathizing, and realizing that we are not alone in this nightmare. From these groups, we’ve learned ways to deal with wandering outside, with an inexpensive homemade barricade of a removable chair and alerting bell attached to the doorknob. We’ve learned that others also deal with incontinence disasters or “poop-tastrophes” as one person called it. And we’ve learned that other families are struggling with the

same emotions that we are.

Most others would find it crazy to feel jealous of people dealing with other illnesses that drain strength and even life but leave the mind intact. Only families juggling dementia understand the pain of losing a loved one twice, once in mind and later in body. And only these friends understand the emotionally and physically exhausting experience of caring for someone who cannot appreciate you or love you back in the same way.

Compared to a life with dementia in Bismillahpur, my father is still living the American dream in the village my mother has built here. He seems happy, enjoying his grandchildren, desserts, drives, and family photos. For the most part, we keep him from swallowing raw meat and other inedible items. When a new crisis or challenge arises, we tap into different members and networks in the village. As mom recovers from knee replacement surgery, Linda and George come more frequently. When dad developed new jerking body movements, Facebook support group members had seen this problem arise in FTD, and our physician who prescribed medication to address it agreed with their input.

Every dementia story is unique, but it is clear that “It takes a village” applies to more than children. Caregiving in dementia means returning to the village. The key is to build one.

Halima Amjad, MD, MPH, is a clinical and research fellow in geriatric medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a focus on improving care for older adults with dementia. Dr. Amjad did her pre-med studies at Lehigh University and graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine. She did her internal medicine residency at Yale University.

Source: The John A. Hartford Foundation, March 12, 2015

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Salaah times for June 17th - July 21st 2016

If a person had a stream outside his door and he bathed in it five times a day, do you think he would have any filth left on him?” The people said, “No filth would remain on him whatsoever.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said, “That is like the fi ve daily prayers: Allah wipes away the sins by them.”

---Hadith in Sahih al Bukhari and Muslim

Day Date Hijri Fajr Sunrise Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha Fri June 17 12/9 4:08 5:42 1:10 5:06 8:37 10:11 Sat 18 13/9 4:08 5:42 1:10 5:06 8:37 10:12 Sun 19 14/9 4:08 5:42 1:10 5:06 8:37 10:12 Mon 20 15/9 4:09 5:42 1:10 5:07 8:37 10:12 Tue 21 16/9 4:09 5:43 1:11 5:07 8:37 10:12 Wed 22 17/9 4:09 5:43 1:11 5:07 8:38 10:12 Thu 23 18/9 4:09 5:43 1:11 5:07 8:38 10:12 Fri 24 19/9 4:10 5:43 1:11 5:07 8:38 10:12 Sat 25 20/9 4:10 5:44 1:11 5:08 8:38 10:12 Sun 26 21/9 4:11 5:44 1:12 5:08 8:38 10:12 Mon 27 22/9 4:11 5:44 1:12 5:08 8:38 10:12 Tue 28 23/9 4:12 5:45 1:12 5:08 8:38 10:12 Wed 29 24/9 4:12 5:45 1:12 5:08 8:38 10:12 Thu 30 25/9 4:13 5:46 1:12 5:08 8:38 10:12 Fri July 1 26/9 4:14 5:46 1:13 5:09 8:38 10:12

Sat 2 27/9 4:14 5:47 1:13 5:09 8:38 10:11 Sun 3 28/9 4:15 5:47 1:13 5:09 8:37 10:11 Mon 4 29/9 4:16 5:48 1:13 5:09 8:37 10:11 Tue 5 30/9 4:16 5:48 1:13 5:09 8:37 10:10 Wed 6 1/10 4:17 5:49 1:13 5:09 8:37 10:10 Thu 7 2/10 4:18 5:49 1:14 5:09 8:36 10:09 Fri 8 3/10 4:19 5:50 1:14 5:09 8:36 10:09 Sat 9 4/10 4:20 5:51 1:14 5:09 8:36 10:08 Sun 10 5/10 4:21 5:51 1:14 5:09 8:35 10:07 Mon 11 6/10 4:22 5:52 1:14 5:10 8:35 10:07 Tue 12 7/10 4:23 5:53 1:14 5:10 8:35 10:06 Wed 13 8/10 4:24 5:53 1:14 5:10 8:34 10:05 Thu 14 9/10 4:25 5:54 1:15 5:10 8:34 10:04 Fri 15 10/10 4:26 5:55 1:15 5:09 8:33 10:03 Sat 16 11/10 4:27 5:56 1:15 5:09 8:32 10:03 Sun 17 12/10 4:28 5:56 1:15 5:09 8:32 10:02 Mon 18 13/10 4:29 5:57 1:15 5:09 8:31 10:01 Tue 19 14/10 4:30 5:58 1:15 5:09 8:30 10:00 Wed 20 15/10 4:31 5:59 1:15 5:09 8:30 9:59 Thu 21 16/10 4:32 6:00 1:15 5:09 8:29 9:58

Prayer times generated from www.islamicfinder.com for the

WASHINGTON, DC area.

*The begining of Ramadan depends on the sighting of the new moon. Check with your masjid for the begining and

end of Ramadan.

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NORTHERN VIRGINIA---------------------------------------------------------------------------

All Muslim Brothers Association3900 King Street,

Alexandria, VA 22302Tel: 703-647-0515

Jumma Prayer Only - 1:15 P.m---------------------------------------------------------------------------

ICNA VA Center:2913 Woodlawn Trail, Alexandria, VA 22306.

Tel: 703-660-1255---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Idara Dawat-o-irshad:4803 VAlley St,

Alexandria, VA 22312Tel: 703-256-8622 | ww.irshad.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mustafa Center:6844 Braddock Rd.,

Annandale, VA 22003Tel: 703-658-7134

www.mustafacenter.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Baitul Mukarram:2116 S Nelson St.,

Arlington, VA, 22204,Tel: 703-778-1550

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Madani Masjid

43083 John Mosby Hwy.,Chantilly, VA 20152

Tel: 571-969-2123|www.ziacademy.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Zakaria Masjid26243 Gum Spring Road,

Chantilly, VA 20152Tel: 571-969-2123|www.ziacademy.org

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Dumfries:17794 Main Street, Dumfries, VA 22026

Tel: 703-554-7983 www.bccd.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dar Ul-ghuraba (Masjid Ur Rahmah):

155 Baker St., Emporia, VA 23487

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Falls Church, VA 22044,Tel: 703-536-1030 | www.hijrah.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Moroccan American community Organization Center

5697 Columbia pike , #200Falls Church , VA 22041

[email protected] | www.macous.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Center Of NorthernVA Trust (Icnvt):

4420 Shirley Gate Road, Fairfax, VA, 22030Tel: 703-591-0999

www.icnvt.org | E-mail: Info@icnvt.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar Al-noor (Muslim Assoc. Of

VA):5404 Hoadly Rd.,

Manassas, VA 20112,Tel: 703-580-0808Fax: 703-221-8513www.daralnoor.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Manassas Mosque:

12950 Center Entrance Ct, Manassas, VA

Tel: 703-257-5537---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Center Of Virginia:1241 Buford Rd.,

Richmond, VA 23235Tel: 804-320-7333www.icva1.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Greater

Richmond6324 Rigsby Road,

Richamond, VA 23226Tel: 804-673-4177 | www.isgr.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Al Rahman:1305 Hull St.,

Richmond, VA 23224Tel: 804-232-7640

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211 North Ave., Richmond, VA 23222

Tel: 804-321-8864/804-647-4297---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dar-ul Huda:6666 Commerce St.,

Springfield, VA 22150,Tel: 703-922-0111 www.darulhuda.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Foundation of America:

6606 Electronic Drive, Springfield, VA 22151

Tel: 703-914-4982---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Noor:8608 Pohick Rd,

Springfield, VA 22153Tel: 703-451-7615

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Adams Center:

46903 Sugarland Rd, Sterling,VA 20164,Tel: 703-433-1325

www.adamscenter.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Ummah of Fredericksburg Masjid Ar Raja

10127 Piney Branch Rd,Spotsylvania, VA 22553

sheikh.ummah@gmail.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Heritage Center (IHC):

262 A-3 Cedar Ln., Vienna, VA 22180Tel: 703-206-9056

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-Falah

14918 Jefferson Davis HwyWoodbridge, VA 22191

Tel: 703-490-2220|masjidal-falah.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON D.C.---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ivy City Masjid:2001 Galludet St.

NE, Washington, D.C. 20002Tel: 202-904-9668

E-mail: masjidivycity@yahoo.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Muhammad:1519 4th St.

NW, Washington D.C. 20001Tel: 202-483-8832

www.masjidmuhammad.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Islamic Center:2551 Massachusetts Avenue

NW Washington D.C. 20008Tel: 202-332-8343

www.theislamiccenter.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

First Hijra Muslim Comm. Center:4324 Georgia Ave,

NW Washington, D.C. 20011www.firsthijrah.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-islam:4603 Benning Rd.,

SE, Washington, D.C. 20019E-mail: [email protected]

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New Africa Islamic Community Center of Washington. DC.

1628 Good Hope Road, SEWashington, DC. 20020

202.678-1881 | www.naiccdc.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Darr ul Tawheed3765 First St SE

Washington DC 20032202-248-4628

[email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Muslim Society Of Washington, D.C.:

Howard Center, Room 805 (Above Hu Bookstore)

Tel: 202-328-3236---------------------------------------------------------------------------

MARYLAND--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Islamic Society Of Annapolis

(ISA):2635 Riva Rd. Suite 110, Annapolis, MD 21401

Tel: 410-266-6660 | www.isamd.orgEmail: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Bait-Allah Masjid of Baltimore Inc

200 S. Calhoun StreetBaltimore, MD 21223

email: baitallahmasjid@yahoo.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bilal Dawah Center, Inc:1910 Frederick Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21223

Tel: 410-945-1515---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bilal Ibn Rabah Hall4903 Liberty Heights Ave,

Baltimore, MD 21207www.islamicleadership.org/bilal

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar ul Uloom:

6334 Dogwoood Rd, Baltimore, MD 21207,

Tel: 410-493-0785Email: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Ul-haq:

514 Islamic Way (Wilson St. ), Baltimore, MD 21217

Tel: 410-728-1363---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Al-mumineen:2642 Harford Rd.,

Baltimore, MD 21218Tel: 410-467-8798

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Jamaat Al-Muslimeen:

4624 York Rd., Baltimore, MD 21212

Tel: 443-804-5620---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Al-rahmah/ISB:6631 Johnnycake Rd., Baltimore, MD 21244

Tel: 410-747-4869 | www.isb.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid As Saffat:1335 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217

Tel: 410-669-0655---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Fatima1928 Powers Lane

Catonsville MD, 21228Tel: 410 800 4880

Email: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------IRHSCA (Islamic Research

And Hum. Services Center Of America):

1 Chambers Ave, Capitol Heights, MD

Tel: 301-324-5040 | www.irhsca.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar-us-Salaam:

5301 Edgewood Rd., College Park, MD 20740,

Tel: 301-982-9848 www.duscommunity.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Easton

126 Port Street Unit # 1Easton, MD 21601Tel: 410-829 7924

islamicsocietyofeastonmd.yolasite.com----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Zamzam1510 Lynch Road,

Dundalk, MD 21222Tel: 410-284-2840

www.masjidzamzam.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dar al-Taqwa:10740 Rte. 108,

Ellicott City, MD 21042,Tel: 410-997-5711 | www.taqwa.net---------------------------------------------------------------------------Maryum Islamic Center (MIC)3280 Pine Orchard Lane, Suite A

Ellicott City, MD 21042Tel: 443-574-5188

www.maryumcenter.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Al-Hikmah:11064 Livingston Road Unit L (101) Ft.

Washington, MD 20744,Tel: 301 292-9009

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Frederick (ISF):

1250 Key Parkway, Frederick, MD 21702

Tel: 301-682-6090 | www.isfmd.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Center Of Maryland (ICM):19411 Woodfield Rd.

Gaithersburg, MD 20879Tel:301-840-9440www.icomd.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Makkah Learning Center (MLC):

814 Brandy Farms Ln., Gambrills, MD 21054

Tel: 410-721-5880 | www.isamd.orgEmail: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society

Of Germantown (ISG):19825 Blunt Rd.,

Germantown, MD 20874Tel: 301-540-4748 | www.isgtown.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Ibn Taymiyyah:

8000 Mlk Highway, Glenarden MD

Tel: 301-322-8105 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Society of Western Maryland:

2036 Day Rd., Hagerstown, MD 21740

Tel: 301-797-0922---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Southern Maryland Islamic Center (SMIC):

1046 Solomons Island Rd, Huntingtown, MD, 20639

Tel: 410-535-0000---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Avondale Islamic Center:4637 Eastern Ave.,

Hyattsville, MD, 20782Tel: 301-779-9292

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Prince Georges Muslim Assoc.:

9150 Lanham Severn Rd., Lanham, MD, 20706,Tel: 301-459-4942www.pgmamd.org

E-mail: [email protected].

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Turkish American Community

Center9704 Good Luck Rd, Lanham, MD 20706

Tel: 301-459-9589 | www.taccenter.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

La Plata Masjid:111 Howard Street,La Plata, MD 20646Tel: 301-609-8769

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Com. Center Of Laurel

(ICCL):7306 Contee Rd.,Laurel, MD 20707

Tel: 301-317-4584 | www.icclmd.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Al-Ghurabaa:8220 Washington St.,

South Laurel, MD 20724.Tel: 301-604-3295

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Center Of Lexington Park

22583 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, MD 20619

Tel: 240-538-7839 or 561-414-0994 www.iclpmd.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Southern Pg

County P O Box 99, Clinton, MD 20735

5410 Indian Head Hwy, Oxon Hill, MD 20745Tel: 240 603 4618

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Community Center of

Potomac10601River Road,

Potomac MD 20854www.iccpmd.com | 301-983-0383

E-mail: info@iccpmd.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Society Of The Washington Area (ISWA):

2701 Briggs Chaney Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20904

Tel: 301-879-0930 | www.iswamd.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Education Society of

Maryland11504 Veirs Mills Rd,

Silver Spring, MD 20902Tel: 301- 933-3838

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Muslim Community Center (MCC):

15200 New Hampshire Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20905

Tel: 301-384-3454 | www.mccmd.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

IMAAM Center (Indonesian Muslim Association of America):

9100 Georgia AveSilver Spring, MD 20910

Tel: 301-588-0693 | www.imaam.org Email: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid An-nur:

5418 Ebenezer Road, White Marsh, MD 21162

Tel: 410-663-9637---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Al-inshirah:7832 Fairbrook Road,

Windsor Mill, MD 21244Tel: 410-298-2977

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Randallstown Islamic Center

3117 Rices LaneWindsor Mill, MD 21244

Tel: 443-845-3504www.ricbaltimore.org

E-mail: [email protected]

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Upcoming Events In Your AreaISB 30th Annual Community Iftaar and FundraisingDinnerSaturday, June 18, 2016 08:00pm - 11:00pm The Islamic Society of Baltimore Council would like to invite you and your family to our 30th Annual Community Iftaar and Fundraising Dinner. An evening is set aside, every year, at The Islamic Society of Baltimore, to raise funds for most of the operational needs and upkeep of our masjid. Please join in the barakah of breaking fast with more than 1,500 community members. Alhamdolillah, we have begun the plans to meet the community’s immediate need for expanded Nursery to double its enrollment. Insha’Allah an annex will be built by the Fall of 2017. Insha’Allah we shall also embark on projects of major improvements i.e. replacement of one roof, parking lot repairs, security fence, to meet the necessary upkeep of the existing facilities. Location : ISB, 6631 Johnnycake Road, Baltimore, MD 21244. Contact : 410-747-4869 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ICM Ramadan Fundraising DinnerSunday, June 19, 2016 07:00pm - 11:00pm The Islamic Center of Maryland cordially invites you to our 2016 Ramadan Fundraising Dinner. By the time of this event construction of the new ICM youth, school community center building will have started. We ask you to put aside a few hours in your busy Ramadan schedule to continue to support this center and this community through your attendance and charitable contribution. Our current confirmed speakers are : Dr. Altaf Hussain & Sr. Dalia MogahedWe will start the program at 7pm with project updates, then we will break fast and pray Maghrib. We will then have a splendid buffet as we listen to our speakers. After conclusion of fundraiser we will pray Isha'a and 8 rakkahs of taraweeh for those who would like to stay. We ask for your continued engagement and support so that we can complete this building quickly Insha'Allah. Daycare with kids dinner will be availabel at no charge. Free parking. Location : Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Rd, North Bethesda, MD 20852. Contact : For questions, contact Br. Aslam at Tel: (301) 840 9440 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MCC Ramadan Fundraising EventSaturday, June 25, 2016 07:30pm - 10:30pm Speaker, Imam Mohamed Abdullahi, MCC. Ticket price: $50 for 15 and over, $20 for 14 and under, Childcare is available at no cost. Location : Muslim Community Center, 15200 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20905. Contact : Br Akhtar Zubairi 301-346-6518, Br Issa N'Dour 240-441-9140, Kamila Barbour 301-384-3454 ext 11. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fighting Injustice By Building Our PowerSunday, June 26, 2016 06:30pm Join the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms' annual Ramadan fundraiser. Dr. Jonathan Brown will be the keynote speaker and will

speak about Islamophobia in the "War on Terror." In addition, several impacted families will share their stories of government persecution in the War on Terror and the impact of their loved one's imprisonment on their lives.Tickets:$25. Contact: Dr. Maha Hilal [email protected]. Location : Northern VA Community College, Annandale VA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADAMS Eid Extravaganza Shopping SpreeSaturday, July 02, 2016 12:00pm - 12:00am Henna, Shopping, Food. Vendor Fee = $250. Food Vendor fee varies. All proceeds will go towards ADAMS Sterling's expansion. For business sponsorships, please contact [email protected] Free admission. Location : Hyatt Regency Dulles, 2300 Dulles Corner Boulevard, Herndon, VA 20171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Annual International Bazaar at ISWASunday, July 17, 2016 11:00am - 05:00pm International Food and Delicacies, Caribbean Specialties Food, Cultural clothing, Islamic books, Videos and CDs, Children Activities, Games/Free Health Screening, Entertainment for the whole family. Free admission. Vendors are invited to participate, for more information and details, please contact ISWA at 301-879-0930. Please come, have fun, bring your family, meet friends and support a worthy cause. Location : 2701 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISWA Marriage EventSunday, July 24, 2016 10:30am - 01:30pm Are You Single, Divorced, Widowed? Are you looking for a compatible mate for marriage? Then, plan to attend the Nineteenth (19th) session of Muslim brothers and sisters who are seeking life partners. Agenda: Pre-marital Counseling, Marriage in Islam, Introductions and Interviews. Breakfast Buffet provided. Registration fee: $30. Location : ISWA Center, 2701 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring, MD. Contact : For futher information, please call 301-879-0930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PGCMC Community CookoutSunday, August 07, 2016 12:00pm - 04:00pm Save the Date - Moon Bounce, Carnival Ride, 3 on 3 Basketball, Food, Arts and Crafts, Sports and Games, Fellowship, Salah. Lots of fun activities! $8 Unlimited Carnival Rides.Location : Prince Georges Muslim Association, 9150 Lanham Severn Rd, Lanham, MD. Contact : If you are interested in more information, contact us at [email protected] or visit www.pgcmc.org


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“Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and good, and to Us you will be returned.” (Surah Al-Anbiya:35)”

05-21-2016 Hameeda Bano, mother of Mohammad Ali, has passed away. Salaat ul Janazah was on May 21, 2016 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. May Allah accept her good deeds, forgive her shortcomings and enter her in Jannat ul Firdaus, Aameen. (Source: ICM)

05-22-2016 The Prince George's Muslim Association (PGMA) extends sincere condolences to the family of Brother Moussa Maiga who has passed away. Salat-ul-Janazah was on May 23, 2016 in Lanham, Maryland. May Almighty Allah shower his soul with mercy, grant him Jannat-Ul-Firdaws, and may HE Subhaanahu Wa Ta'aalaa bestow on the family patience, tranquility and ease. Ameen. (Source: PGMA)

05-23-2016 It is with great sadness and heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Br. Ahmed Ahmed, son of Br. Suhail Ahmed. He was 27 years old. Janazah was on May 24, 2016 in Clarksville, Maryland. We ask Allah (SWT) to shower him with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, and to grant him the highest ranks in paradise, and give his family support and patience during these difficult times. (Source: Dar Al Taqwa)

05-27-2016 It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Sister Rabia Shaikh, mother of Br. Muhammad Salim Shaikh (not our ICCL member). Jazaazah prayer was on May 27, 2016 in Laurel, Maryland. May Allah forgive her sins, grant her Jannatul Firdaus and grant the family patience during this time. Ameen. (Source: ICCL)

05-29-2016 Br. Iqbal Mir Zafar has passed away. Janazah was on May 30, 2016 in Manassas, Virginia. May Allah (swt) have mercy on his soul and may He grant him Jannah. May Allah (swt) also grant sabr to his family and friends. (Source: Dar Alnoor)

06-04-2016 It is with great sadness and heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Sr. Marie Bah. Janazah was on June, 4 2016 in Lanham, Maryland. We ask Allah (SWT) to shower her with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, and to grant her the highest ranks in paradise, and give her family support

and patience during these difficult times. (Source: Dar Al Taqwa)

06-04-2016 PGMA also sends condolences to the family of Brother Johnnie Kamara who has passed away. Salaat al-Janazah was on June 4, 2016 in Lanham, Maryland. May Allah (SWT) forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannat ul Firdaus. May Allah (SWT) also grant his family patience and ease, Ameen. (Source: PGMA)

06-05-2016 It is with great sadness and heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Sister Zabun Nissa. She was survived by her husband Mohammad Ashraf, two sons Br. Saeed Malik and Br. Asim Malik and two daughters Sister Rifat Jamil and Erum Yavuzel. Janazah was on June 6 2016 in Clarksville, Maryland. We ask Allah (SWT) to shower her with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, and to grant her the highest ranks in paradise, and give her family support and patience during these difficult times. (Source: Dar Al Taqwa)

06-09-2016 PGMA sends condolences to the family of Brother Donell Baker who has passed away. Salaat al-Janazah was on June 9, 2016 in Lanham, Maryland. May Allah (SWT) forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannat ul Firdaus. May Allah (SWT) also grant his family patience and ease, Ameen. (Source: PGMA)

06-09-2016 It is with Great sadness we had to inform to the community that Br.Salim Akgul has passed away. Salat-el-Janaza was on June 10, 2016 in North Chesterfield, Virginia. May Allah SWT bless the departed soul with high status in Jannah. Ameen and May Allah (SWT) give strength and patience to the loved ones left behind, Ameen. (Source: ICVA)

06-11-2016 It is with great sadness that we announce Br. Ghulam Haiderzada, husband of Sr. Meskoya Haiderzada and father of 7, has passed away.His Janaza was on June 11, 2016 in Silver Spring, Maryland. May Allah (SWT) allow him to smell the sweetest smells of Jannah, bless him with the highest level in Jannah and grant him a place near the Prophet Sallahu Alayhi wa salam in Jannah, Aameen. (Source: MCC)

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that Farrokh was an “extremist.”

Farrokh was initially reached by a government informant through Elhassan. The informant, a f o r m e r a c q u a i n t a n c e o f Elhassan’s, began contacting Elhassan to tell him that he had a “message” for Farrokh, suggesting that he would be able to help him link up with others to facilitate Farrokh’s travel abroad. This man was a paid government informant who had begun cooperating to receive favorable treatment on separate criminal charges.

After connecting with Farrokh, the informant introduced him to another man, also a government informant, who later introduced him to yet another man, who was also government informant, all of whom assured Farrokh (against his openly expressed doubts) that they could be trusted and would help get him to Syria.

Farrokh spent a lot of time with the informants over the next several months, planning his travel and saying he hoped to later bring his family to Syria. At the suggestion of the informants, Farrokh even pledged an oath of allegiance to the leader of ISIS, despite expressing that he “did not understand why he needed to give it here.”

At the close of one conversation with the informants, he told them that he had been asking God to help him get to Syria for over a year, and that they had “made him very happy.”

On January 1, the informant Elhassan had known previously contacted him. In a recorded c o n v e r s a t i o n , E l h a s s a n allegedly confessed that he knew that Farrokh was planning to leave the country to join ISIS and that Farrokh had lied to his family by telling them that he was going to Saudi Arabia to study. Elhassan also expressed

his own anxieties about the situation, saying that “he didn’t want to see Farrokh go to prison” and adding that he had forwarded

Farrokh an article about another government sting operation that had targeted a man in upstate New York.

Two weeks later, Farrokh packed his bags and prepared to depart the United States on a flight to Jordan. The car he took to reach the vicinity of Richmond International Airport was a taxi, driven by Elhassan. The two men spent roughly two hours together before Farrokh proceeded on his own to the airport terminal. It is not known what they discussed in this time.

After Farrokh checked in at the airport, cleared security, and proceeded to his departure gate,

he was arrested by FBI agents.

That same afternoon, FBI agents contacted Elhassan, who consented to be interviewed. According to the complaint, Elhassan told them that he believed Farrokh had been traveling within the United States for family reasons. When asked which airport Farrokh used, the complaint states that Elhassan “hesitated,” and then told them Farrokh had flown from a different airport than he actually had.

Elhassan was then arrested.

Even accepting the government at its word, the alleged plot seems to have involved Elhassan in a very marginal capacity, if at all, while the number of informants in the case exceeded the number of supposed conspirators. Elhassan now

faces the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence, based primarily on Farrokh’s conversations with several government informants and on Elhassan’s taxi drive with Farrokh to the vicinity of the airport.

In the days following Elhassan’s arrest, his lawyer at the time, Ashraf Nubani, said that the men had been the victims of public hysteria over ISIS, as well as the overzealous use of informants by the government. “I think it’s unfortunate that in the media and public discourse we allow these cases to be dictated by the position of the government,” he told WTVR. “They had three informants in this case that were looking for people to get in trouble.”

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