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Masjid Ul-Haq Remodeling, Revi-talizing Community | pg 6

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MD Couple Invests In Ummah Through Orphanages | pg 6

At 14, IRHSCA Grows Faster with Youthful Congregation | pg 9

Area Muslim Leaders Denounce ISIS, ExtremismBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

American Muslim leaders from sev-eral organizations and masajid held a press conference at the National Press Club on September 10, 2014. The press conference was titled American Muslim Leaders Press Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism.

Rizwan Jaka of ADAMS opened with a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11. Also part of the opening and not normally part of press conference events was the singing of ‘America the Beautiful by Muslim Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

Much of the time was spent denounc-

ing ISIS/ISIL/ IS and reminding the media and the world that American Muslims should not be looked at as a threat. The 2005 fatwa by the Fiqh Council of North America was reiter-ated. The message— 13 years after 9/11— was clear, that American Mus-lims stand united and categorically condemn terrorism.

“[The] real narrative of Islam is of peace and love,” said Imam Magid. This is the meta-narrative, not the al-ternative narrative, he said. Answer-ing a question from the audience, he

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Crossing Borders, Connecting Without a WordDeaf Du'aat from Qatar Visit Area Deaf Muslims

By Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

Lots of conversations were taking place in the lecture room, but the room was relatively silent because everyone was speaking in sign language. On September 4, 2014, fifty people gath-ered at Dar Al-Hijrah in Falls Church, Virginia to celebrate deaf culture and learn from visiting deaf daees from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Ali Al-Sennari, Chairman of Qatar Cultural and Social Center For Deaf traveled from Qatar. Fellow board member and his hearing interpreter, Saleh Al-Jarhab, accompanied him. Their mission includes introducing Qatari deaf abilities and skills to the society and developing deaf members' minds and culture through a ‘’variable matrix of purposeful programs and ac-

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American University Offers Islamic Finance CourseBy Muslim link staff

Islamic Finance is growing at a rate of 50 percent higher than conventional fi-nance with a $2 trillion industry that is has finance houses across the world ca-pitulating and hankering after a piece of the halal pie. To capitalize on the trend and educate local students, an under-graduate level course on Islamic finance started this week at the American Uni-versity in Washington D.C. taught by an expert in the field, Professor Ghiyath Nakshbendi.

The course provides students with an overview of the principles of Islamic finance and its evolution over the cen-turies with emphasis on the last four decades. The different products are pre-sented and discussed with reference to the modern conventional products in the marketplace. Coverage of the cur-rent Islamic capital markets and the in-stitutions that are the major players in

that market is undertaken. Issues related to insurance, accounting and auditing, and ethical concepts are covered. The course is only open to juniors or seniors.

“Being the first ever course offered in Islamic finance around the DC area (as far as I know), we are trying to get more students registered for the course, so that we could offer it regularly in the coming semesters,” comments Amin

Mohseni, Assistant Professor of Eco-nomics at the American University. The course currently has 17 students and is held on Wednesdays at 2:35-5:15.

Topics ranging from the theory of Is-lamic finance, practice of Islamic banking and investment, to accounting for Islamic banks, Sukuk Market, and Takaful Market, are covered in Islamic Finance in the Global Economy. The class is not taught through an Islamic studies lens, but through an internation-al business perspective. Professor Nakshbendi teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in project finance, microfinance, export-import management, international business and the global marketplace at Ameri-can University. He studied in Syria at the University of Aleppo received his M.B.A. from the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University and Ph.D. from

the American University.

According to the American University website, he has more than 35 years working in developmental financing, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and commercial real estate. Nakshbendi has worked in business in 15 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, the U.K., France and Switzerland. His re-search interests include water financ-ing and doing business in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region. He is active in US and international orga-nizations and has frequent international and domestic speaking engagements, including two speaking tours with the U.S. State Department.

Most of his former students enjoy his lectures, friendliness and gain from his vast real life experience and con-nections in the international business world.

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Annapolis Muslims Start Homeschool UmbrellaBy Muslim link staff

Makkah Learning Center (MLC) at the Islamic Society of Annapolis started a homeschooling umbrella for concerned parents, Medina Homeschool.

A two track program is in offered. One which is academically rigorous— expecting more from students. The second—less academically intensive track— will accommodate hifdh stu-dents and unschoolers so the require-ments are less. “It is our aim at Medina Home School to give parents control of what their children learn and when they learn it,” says Imam Mikaeel Smith, di-

rector of the program. Islamic studies are compulsory under the Medina um-brella. Students can take classes with the Imam at MLC or provide proof of Islamic Studies during semesterly re-

views. The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 13A.10.01 which governs homeschoolers, dictates that ‘all home-

school programs require the supervi-sion of either the Board of Education or an umbrella school approved by the state of Maryland. After parents prop-erly notifying the school system of the intention to use a home study program, umbrella schools provide the necessary supervision required by state law.’ In an umbrella school relationship, a representative from the school must meet with parents to discuss the child’s progress periodically during the school year. State law requires at least one annual review of the child’s academic

“One of the words for umbrella in Arabic is shamsiya, (shade from the sun) whatever environment you are in, we want to be an umbrella. [The] parent knows what is best for Abdullah and Zaynub, we just want to provide the shade,” says Imam Mikaeel.

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Masjid Al-Haq Hopes Building Remodeling Comes with Community RevivalBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

Ever so often a wave of change comes to a community and brings with it uplift-ment and activity. Right now Masjid ul Haqq, the oldest masjid in Baltimore—the Jamia masjid of the city with over 700 people who attend Jumu'ah salah—is going through a renewal with a new board and Amir.

The community —after several years of internal conflict— has had five years of calm, which has given them the ability to plan for the next decade’s education, logistics and financial needs, says the Amir Abdul Hakeem. Approximately 50 Muslim families live in the vicinity of the masjid which incubated several other Islamic center projects over the years.

First on the agenda is the establishment of the Quran and Arabic Institute. Cur-rently the masjid is holding a registra-tion drive for the free program, aimed at congregants to learn Quran and gain a proper understanding of the deen. Sh Muhammad ar Raee of the Noorani Learning Center in Virginia has volun-teered to train the teachers, provide the

materials and the books. His course is designed to train individuals to be able to teach Quranic recitation beginning with basic letter recognition and pro-nunciation to tajweed rules and finally to Quranic recitation. Ustadh Abbass who has an ijazah from Syria in Qiraat will also be involved with the institute.

Imam Aqueel Ingram, formerly of the 18th Street masjid in Washington DC, will operate the Islamic Creed Academy Adult classes, for ages 12 and up, held on Sundays at Masjid ul Haqq.

Bringing on two IT professionals, Habeeb Rushdan and Renny Aboo Baker Bass—at no initial cost—the masjid hopes to provide essential skills training to attendees so they can find employment and then pay the program-mers back on a personal basis. The self-paced course will also help unemployed members of the community ‘get jobs and support the masjid’ says Abdul-Hakeem, otherwise known as Hakeem Lucky, a veteran Islamic teacher and resident of the area. The classes will take place at Masjid Al Haqq in the new computer lab. This lab has 15 comput-ers donated by the Downtown Cultural Art Center in Baltimore.

Independent of weekly donations, the community is planning to attain finan-cial sustainability. One ways of achiev-ing this is the Supplies Project. The masjid will carry cleaning and office supplies for local businesses, matching and beating Jethro’s and Sam’s Club prices. This terrifically thrifty idea is a sure way to provide income for the mas-jid. Another source of steady income are the weekly dinners held on Friday evenings—advance purchase vouchers are available as the hearty dinners are very popular.

After renovating the masjid, which includes plans to make a separate en-trance for the women, new signage, remodeled classrooms, and bathrooms (with sit-down wudu stations), rehab-bing the kitchen, demolition of the caf-eteria, the administration also intends to build a recreation center behind the masjid. The interior renovation will cost $225,000, shares Abdul Hakeem.

The janazah project is another enter-prise that the administration is tackling. According to Abdul Hakeem, they plan to build a ghusl area onsite and been talking to the Director of Finance at

the Parks and Recreations department to see how they can facilitate and de-velop the property. Negotiations are in the works with city government to pur-chase a small parcel of land adjacent to the masjid, says Abdul Hakeem in an interview with the Muslim Link.

The Rec Center —much needed in the inner city—would be ‘run indepen-dently’ of the masjid, so future admin changes will not affect the running of the facility. Hosting an indoor gym (modeled after the Masjid Al Rahmah gymnasium), three classrooms, and daycare facilities. The proposal in-cludes an Arabic immersion daycare center, spinning off from the Quran and Arabic Institute, open to all area resi-dents.

The masjid plans to solicit donations from institutions, as well as individuals. There is a lot of interest from outside donors who are interested in reviving the legacy of Masjid ul Haqq.

If you are interested in being part of the project please contact: Abdul Hakeem Lucky at Masjid ul Haqq 514 Islamic Way, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Germantown Couple Invests In the Ummah Through OrphanagesBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

Usually when people go on vacation they visit family and friends, but for the past four years hundreds of orphans in the North Sulawesi province in Indone-sia have received love and visits from a Germantown couple. Salahuddeen Ab-dul Kareem and Irda Nurwahyuni are a couple with big hearts and smiles.

They met on an online marriage website attracted to each other by a mutual re-spect for family values. She is from Ma-nado, Indonesia, a former radio journal-ist and he is from Adams Morgan DC, an educator, and former principal of the Muslim Community School.”When I found out that she supports her elderly parents with her meagre income, [I] knew she was [the one],” shares Abdul

Kaeem looking at his wife with admira-tion.

A father of five and grandfather of sev-

en grand children, he visits schools to study their education system in every country he travels to, from Morocco to Saudi Arabia. But schools would be

closed in the summers when they vis-ited Nurwahyuni’s mother in Indone-sia so they decided to visit orphanages since they are open year round. The first visit was an emotional experience for the couple and they became attached to the children as the years went by.

Now they look after childrens' needs in 10 orphanages, from helping provide matteresses to pot and pans, gathering money from friends and colleagues in the Washington D.C. area. They find the orphanages through hotels and masajid in the areas they visit. “I walked into a masjid and asked anyone who spoke English,” shares Abdul Kareem.

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Muslim Family Center Starts Hifz ProgramThe Muslim Family Center, a recently formed organization in Howard County, announced a new Quran memorization class offered every Monday night at 6:30 at the Owen Brown Interfaith Cen-ter in Columbia, MD by Shaikh Kha-mees Hasanain.

There is always a high demand for qual-ity Quran programs for children ages 6-12. Sh Khamees is a highly quali-fied instructor and is the teacher of both imams from the Muslim Family Center taraweeh this past Ramadan - Dr. Mo-hamed Abutaleb and Br. Sami Zaharna. Sh Khamees has a Bachelor's Degree in Arabic Language from Al-Azhar Uni-versity as well as a Master's Degree in

Shariah from American International University. His ijazah in Hafs is by way of Aasim recitation. Sh. Khamees cur-rently teaches Arabic and Qur'an in the MD, VA and DC area.

The Muslim Family Center is honored to have him and are excited for his pro-gram, says management. Classes start Monday, September 15, 2014.

For up to date information, join the Muslim Family Center email list at www.muslimfamilycenter.org, and email [email protected] to register children for the class or for more information.

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VA Girl's Smile Raises SpiritsBy Muslim link staff

Raisa Noshin is a ADAMS Girl Scout with Troop 2551in Sterling, VA. She is working on her Gold Award. The Girl Scout Gold Award represents the high-est achievement in Girl Scouting. Open only to girls in high school, this presti-gious award challenges young women to change the world. Noshin is forming a group, called Smiles for the Sick, for the youth of the ADAMS community.

The primary purpose is to ‘visit the sick and raise their spirits’, following in the footsteps of Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu'alyhi wa sallam)

Our dear Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu'alyhi wa sallam) said that "The one who visits the sick is in fact like one who is in the fruit garden of Paradise so long as he does not return." [Sahih Muslim], quotes Noshin in her invitation to her community to send in-

formation to Smiles for the Sick web-site. “It is important that we support the brothers and sisters in our community who are ill. However, this visitation system can only be possible with the help of the members of the ADAMS community. I have seen many times that people inform the Imam leading the prayer that their relative is sick and ask for them to make dua. Now that this group exists, community members can inform the group via email about people they know who are hospitalized or in-stitutionalized, and the group can send members to talk to them and assure them that their Muslim brothers and sisters are there for them,” comments Noshin.

“The group I am forming will also be visiting the elderly once a month at a variety of different nursing homes, re-

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At 14, IRHSCA Growing Faster With Mostly Young Congregation, LeadershipBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

The story of the Islamic Research and Humanitarian Services Center of Amer-ica (IRHSCA) starts in 1999, with six families of seekers who wanted to seri-ously study Islam with a teacher. The original nine adults met in the basement of their homes learning from Shaikh Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Yaki, who had recently graduated from the school of Islamic and Social Sciences in Vir-ginia. As news of the classes spread and more students wanted to join in, they searched for a larger facility. Jamilah Ali was a part of the original few and says that she is really blessed to be a part of the beginning. She has witnessed the mas-jid grow progressively into the current facility that is leased to own in Capitol Heights, MD. It was previously a men-tal health clinic, “perfectly clean and with plenty of rooms.”

The center is located about two miles from the Capitol Heights metro station. Nearly 300 people attend the Jummah salah.

On August 17, 2014, Ali attended the 14th Annual fundraising dinner with

250 people, including several of the other founders. This year’s theme was “Planting Seeds for the Next Genera-tion”; the event was held at the Prince George’s Ballroom, located in Lando-ver, MD. Shaikh Yaki welcomed the guests and spoke at length about the history and vi-sion of the center. He ended the speech with dua for the community. The shaikh travels back and forth from Albany, NY where he is a chaplain.

Imam Talib Abdul-Samad, Executive Director of IRHSCA, presented a video about the activities at the center and

spoke about the doctrine of respect, in-clusiveness and forgiveness that are a part of the center. Currently, the congregation is mostly young new Muslims. “50 to 60 per-cent of the congregation are young converts,” shared Sh Yaki. Many are struggling financially. There are a few Muslim families in the area. The mas-jid offers free Quran, tajweed, aqeedah, and fiqh classes. “It is a hub of young people,” and “youth find home here,” said attend-ees. Lauren Schreiber was searching for a community and found the familiar

‘American’ feel here.

Muhammad Oda in the video said he felt love at the masjid. Sameer Ali, an-other member of the board observed that the center emphasizes Prophetic character and being like him more than just looking like him. Brother Azzam Abdel Karim gave the keynote address and conducted the fun-draising. He urged the community to give generously and compete with each other in the best of deeds. The current shurah of IRHSCA consists of the following members: Saqiq Abdul Haqq, Board Chairman, Jamila Ali, Sa-meer Ali, Abdul Raqueeb, Mujahid Ab-dul Rahman, Aneesah Salim, Yusef Ali, Muhaafiz Khan, Nasir Raheem, Rashi-dah Abdul Haqq, Lauren Schreiber, and Mujahid Abdul Sallam. Several of them are young and new to the community bringing fresh ideas and talent. Firdausa, a youth volunteer, was serving the food for the sit down style dinner. She told the Muslim Link that several not yet Muslim youth come with friends to IRHSCA to attend activities such as

Under Armour for Hijabis? MD Student Has An AnswerBy Hiba AkhtarMuslim Link Contributing Writer

Every woman who has worn hijab to run errands in the humid temperatures dominating the Washington metropoli-tan region during summer knows the feeling of damp hair pressed up against her neck or sweat trickling down her scalp. In many of our home countries boosting year-round heat, the feeling is amplified, and leaving a cool home dur-ing the day is often an impossibility. It seems, then, almost too obvious that the solution- a sweat-proof hijab, some form of hijabi under armour—is need-

ed desperately. And for some reason it seems as though this necessity hasn’t been seriously considered at all. That is, of course, until now, when a group of University of Maryland students de-cided to create just that.

Meet the team of K. Sultana, headed by Omar Goheer, a rising junior at the University of Maryland, College Park. Goheer heard about how Muslim sis-ters complain about the impracticality of wearing ubiquitous and sweat-ab-sorbant hijab fabrics such as cotton or polyester in unbearable temperatures. Curious, he probed the idea of a sweat-friendly hijab- and found it—a type of

georgette which is now the signature product of the brand he named after his mother.

As revolutionary as the idea of a sweat-proof hijab is, it is the social enterpris-ing aspect of K. Sultana which helps the brand stand out amongst its competi-tors. Goheer credits his mother, a single parent who created a daycare business to help raise him and put him through school, as the driving force which has propelled his desire to see a world in which Muslim women are empowered and economically independent.

He enlisted the help of Islamic humani-

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Washington DC Area Muslims Convene to Help Fight EbolaBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

On the evening on September 8, 2014 an emergency meeting was held at the Islamic Society of Washington Area (ISWA) in Silver Spring, Maryland to coordinate the American Muslim com-munity reaction to the Ebola virus in West Africa. Led by Imam Johari Ab-dul-Malik and facilitated by Imam Fai-zul Khan of ISWA, several West Afri-can leaders discussed and coordinated efforts. According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola virus infecting and killing people in West Africa is the worst recorded outbreak.

Since December 2013, there have been 2,615 suspected or confirmed cases, in-cluding 1,427 deaths, attributed to the Ebola virus in four countries in West Africa: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. WHO says it does not pose a significant risk to the U.S. public at this time. According to the Center of Disease Control, the 2014 Ebola out-break is the largest Ebola outbreak in history and the first in West Africa.

Several leaders from the West African communities such as Sierra Leone,

Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria gathered to share resources and plan. Represen-tatives from Islamic Relief were there

to guide the efforts. Coordinator for Is-lamic Relief, Belkacem Nahi, said that even though Islamic Relief does not

have an office in West Africa, it does have local connections. Nahi said those wishing to help needed to know what capacity aid West Africa can handle.

Education, isolating infected people, and good nutrition has helped in this outbreak, said Dr. Mohammad Jack of Howard University, presenting the med-ical facts about the disease, its treatment and transmutation. The meeting was called by Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, Outreach Director for Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, and executive commit-tee member of the Council of Muslim Organizations of Greater Washington.

A multi-ethnic taskforce was formed aimed at addressing how to: develop a public advocacy campaign to encour-age the US government to provide a robust response to the crisis; coordinate the material support drives around the region to collect “in-kind” donations for medicines and medical supplies; and to coordinate fundraising efforts in the region to raise money to support authorized relief organizations efforts, according to Imam Johari Abdul-Malik.

Advocacy at the State Department level is needed to ensure that humanitarian aid will be able to cross borders without corruption, suggested Belkacim Nahi from Islamic Relief.

Minority Group Unveils Executive Report Findings: Under Suspicion under AttackBy Arjumand YousufMuslim Link Staff Reporter

A Muslim American women wearing hijab was chased down 5th Avenue in New York during broad daylight, threatened to be killed, called derogato-ry names, and had a trash can thrown at her this past Wednesday, September 3, 2014, before she took refuge in a nearby bagel shop. Forty seven minutes later law enforcement arrived, but by then the suspect had already fled the scene.

Ironically, the victim was Linda Sar-sour, an Arab American Activist and Executive Director of The National Network for Arab American Communi-

ties (NNAAC). She was attacked right outside her organization's office.

The officer told Sarsour that the police didn’t come right away because they thought it was a “dispute” and not an “assault.” Unfortunately, this attack is not an isolated incident and sheds light on the prevalence and reality of hate crimes in post 9/11 America.

On September 9, 2014 Saalt (South Asian Americans Leading Together) held a press conference at Capitol Hill to discuss the findings of their newly published report Under Suspicion, Un-der Attack.

Saalt, a non-profit, nonpartisan, organi-zation that facilitates forums for discus-sion and works on building partnerships both within the South Asian community and amongst people of other ethnic backgrounds, conducted the study over a four year period. The study looked at the climate faced by the South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hin-du, Middle Eastern and Arab communi-ties from January 2011 – April 2014. It studied two factors that contribute to the antagonistic climates in communities: negative racist remarks from political figures and elected officials, and hate crimes nationwide against the studied groups. Nearly 160 incidents targeting the studied communities were recorded

during this four year period. The study found that xenophobic politi-cal rhetoric has become more frequent, and hate crimes have also increased in volume and intensity since Saalt’s last published report in 2010 (The Rise in Xenophobic and Racist Rhetoric in American Political Discourse 2010).

“Xenophobic political speech target-ing our communities is more numerous, more insidious, and is more likely to be heard on a national platform.” What’s disturbing to the Muslim community is that “an overwhelming majority of the xenophobic political comments, over

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tirement communities, and senior cen-ters,” says Noshin.

“Often times, the elderly who are in re-tirement communities or nursing homes are lonely, because their family can not come visit them very often. Their spir-its are as demoralized as a sick person's would be. Our group seeks to remedy this problem by visiting these people

and find ways to raise their spirits and remind them that they are important and loved.”

Noshin’s efforts could address the growing issue of loneliness. Doctors have quantified the effects of the loneli-ness disease, warning that lonely people are nearly twice as likely to die prema-turely as those who do not suffer feel-ings of isolation, according to Phillipa Perr, a psychotherapist.

Loneliness can be twice as unhealthy as obesity, according to researchers.

The scientists observed 2,000 seniors and found that the loneliest were nearly twice as likely to die during the six-year study than the least lonely.

The elderly are severely affect by the devastating impact of isolation and its the feelings presented by Professor John Cacioppo in Chicago in a report called Rewarding Social Connections Promote Successful Ageing. He says that the pain of loneliness is akin to physical pain.

“If there are any questions for me or

if anybody would like to inform the group of a sick family member or friend who needs visitation, please feel free to email me at [email protected],” says Noshin.

A similar effort is made by Senior Am-bassadors at the Muslim Commnunity Center in Silver Spring, Maryland for area Muslims.

For more information, visit http://smilesforthesick.org, where each sched-uled future visitation will be posted.

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90% were motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment.”

Additionally, of the 76 incidents of hate crimes recorded, most were targeted to-wards Muslims. “Over 80% of the in-stances of hate violence documented for this report were motivated by anti-Mus-lim sentiment.” These attacks leave a psychological impact on the individuals and their communities states Sameera Hafiz, Policy Consultant for Saalt and one of the panel members at Tuesday’s news briefing.

Yet, as negative views towards the South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Middle Eastern and Arab communities continue to increase, the number of col-ored people is also increasing.

The study sheds light on the ethnic shift in our nation: “This growing hostility is especially alarming given the shift-ing racial and demographic fabric of the U.S.” It threatens the safety and security of all Americans nationwide and goes against the core principles of justice and equality. In New York City this safety and security is being threat-ened by surveillance targeting Muslim cab drivers and street vendors around the city explains Fahd Ahmed, Acting Director for DRUM (South Asian Orga-nizing Center).

In spite of the numerous reported in-cidents, Saalt’s investigation also highlights better practices by the gov-ernment, local organizations, and com-munity leaders in shifting xenophobic views. In the aftermath of the Oak Creek Tragedy, policy advocacy orga-nizations came together and requested a Senate hearing on hate crimes. In New York City Advocacy organizations are working together to promote awareness and develop a social media campaign to combat local surveillance and discrimi-natory policing.

The executive summary also gives rec-ommendations to community members, and local leaders including supporting political leaders who promote equality,

and encouraging communities to work collaboratively to build relationships across cultural lines. The NNAAC is sponsoring the “Take on Hate Cam-paign” a grassroots campaign being launched in Detroit, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco to educate the media, the public, and to build partner-ships and provide a platform for Arab Americans to speak up explained Sar-sour, a recent victim herself. The study also suggests working with media out-lets to report negative racial comments and hate incidents, and encourages communities to facilitate healing after incidents of hate violence.

For more information or to view the ex-ecutive summary visit: www.saalt.org.

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Siti Khadijah orphanage,a seven min-ute walk uphill from her house. She is exhausted. She inherited the orphanage from her family and runs it with a few volunteers—without pay. Seventy-eight children depend on her for meals, uni-forms, shots, everything. Ramadan is a generous month with bags of rice stack up against the orphanage walls, but then the donations dry up. Anneka met the couple when they visited her orphanage and their meeting has kept her spirits up as they were a divine intervention for her selfless but tired efforts. It is a blessing of Allah how He connects the hearts of strangers.

Sometimes parents in the village of tin roofs crammed close together drop off babies because they cannot afford to feed the extra mouth. Orphanages in the province receive only about $3000 from the local government, according to Ab-dul Kareem. There are around 8,000 orphanages throughout Indonesia, 10 of them run by the central government, 200 by regional governments and the rest by private institutions, according to data from the Social Affairs Ministry.

Bringing a change in the crippling or-phan culture is their main target. “We want to infuse independence, especially for the girls and break that cycle of helplessness,” says Nurwahyuni.

Other advocates in Indonesia have also been demanding the government pro-vide benefits to orphans. Eti Nurbaeti, the treasurer at the Putra Nusa home, said in an interview with the Jakarta Globe that they have been asking the Jakarta government to provide jobs for the children after they finish vocational school, but their requests were ignored.

Softspoken Nurwahyuni says the love she receives from the orphans keeps taking her back. They roll around, climb on her back, pull her cheeks and give her tight hugs. Who would not want that kind of love she asks herself. They go back to the same orphans every year to check up on the children.

The Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sal-lam, an orphan, changed the world. He lived and breathed these realities, the

loneliness, the deprivation. “I tell the children that they have the potential to walk in the footstep of the Prophet and become leaders with empathy because they have lived the life and feel the hu-manitarian pulse,” says Abdul Kareem. An orphanage is an investment in the Ummah, in his eyes.

An application is pending for non-prof-it status for Kindness & Care Beyond Borders, the charity the couple found-ed. They hope to make Indonesia a base

and spend more time developing the or-phan program.

On their last trip they interviewed and sent two young women to college. “The donations my wife and I received from many caring brothers and sisters, helped pay for these girls college reg-istration fee, one year tuition, and flight to Makassar, Indonesia where the col-lege is located,” wrote Abdul Kareem in a note to his benefactors. “I tried my best to share this unfolding story and

other information related to the orphan-support effort that was entrusted to our care from our Muslim brothers, sisters, and friends here in America.”

“If we return to Indonesia next summer, we hope to find out how these girls per-formed academically in college. If we have the funds, we will make a further donation to their college program of students,” said Abdul Kareem.

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also stated that he would be publishing a theological argument against groups like Shabab and ISIS.

Imam Talib Shareef of Masjid Muham-mad asked the news media to use the moniker ‘Anti Islamic State.’ It is not an Islamic state, of mind, of being, he said.

The coalition of organizations partici-pating was impressive as was the full house of journalists and observers. Par-ticipating were Imam Mohammad Mag-id, Imam, All Dulles Area Muslim Soci-ety (ADAMS), Imam Zia Makhdoom, Imam, MakeSpace, Imam Talib M. Sha-reef, Masjid Muhammad Inc., Humera

Khan, Executive Director, Muflehun, Haris Tarin, Director, Muslim Public Af-fairs Council (MPAC), Ahmed Bedier, United Voices of America, Faizul Khan, Imam, Islamic Society of Washington and Board Member, Islamic Society of North America(ISNA), Dr. Maqsood Chaudhry and Mohsin Ali Khan of Mclean Islamic Center, Najib Moham-med, President, First Hijrah Founda-tion, Arif Mostafa, President, Indone-sian Muslim Association in America (IMAAM), and Azhar Azeez, President of the Islamic Society of North Ameri-ca (ISNA). They were joined by Asma Hanif, Executive Director and Board Member, Muslimat Al-Nisaat, Imam Johari Abdul Malik, Outreach Director, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, and Rafi Ahmed, President of the Muslim Asso-ciation of Virginia who had also spoken at a September 3rd press conference held in Washington.

The ADAMS and Dar al Hijrah com-munities are very involved with inter-faith efforts and this was the first time a Catholic archbishop of Washington D.C. joined in an American Muslim press conference. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick called the leadership in

the room strong and faithful to United States. “We have so much in common,” he said. “Islam is a religion that helps people, not kills them, [Killing is] not the teaching of Islam,” said Cardinal McCarrick. a partner in the faith com-munity.

We [the Muslim community] cannot be partner and suspects at the same time, said Haris Tarin of MPAC. Several anti-radicalization, community-led pro-grams were announced.

“We were also victims in the 9/11 at-tacks ... but there is no shortcut to social change,” said Imam Johari. The men in the Muslim community need to make an effort to help the young men affected by the ISIS rhetoric, he said.

Asma Hanif is the daughter of the last surviving Montford Point Marines, a regiment of African Americans who fought for the country. She gave her condolences to the mothers of the American journalists killed by ISIS. Don’t compare our sinners to your saints, she said.

Ahmed Bedier of the United Voices of America was the final speaker. Rather than only condemning ISIS and lament-ing the loss of lives, Bedier was critical of both the mass media and especially of American foreign policy. “Islam did not produce ISIS. Islam is not the problem, Islam is the solution,” he stated. “It’s the failed policies that are the problem. Thirteen years after 9/11 we have more terrorism today than we had [immedi-ately] after 9/11.” He noted that before the invasion of Iraq there was not a single al-Qaeda member in Iraq, there were no suicide bombings, and we nev-er even heard of ISIS. “Today the whole region is engulfed in violence and ter-rorism.” He spoke about torture and Abu Ghraib and ISIS and the Baathist connections.“When the president ad-dresses the nation tonight I hope we hear a plan of action that goes beyond

air strikes – because using drones and other terrorism tactics to fight terrorism is not working.”

Some other speakers were clearly un-comfortable by his statements. Bedier was told by two of the speakers after the press conference that he "went off mes-sage." He replied, "Did I say anything inaccurate?" They said "No, but we wanted to focus on condemnation and not the policies [and] politics,” which Bedier thinks is understandable. One of the speakers emailed him and thanked Bedier for saying what he wished he had said, but was happy that he "had the courage to say it". Bedier says the feed-back has been overwhelmingly positive from community members who said that they are tired of American Muslim leaders constantly appearing apologet-ic. His name was not included in the of-ficial post-event email. According to Voice of America, about 100 ISIS fighters are Americans. Hu-mera Khan, of Muflehun, said that ISIS members were criminals and terrorists, not martyrs. She spoke about the com-munity led initiative that formed the organization she has run for the past

4 years, with programs available for every masjid and community. Mufle-hun teaches internet safety workshops, counsels youth and works with con-cerned families, and runs social media intervention programs. She emphasized that people on the path to radicalization need exit ramps and rehabilitation.

Imam Magid told the Muslim Link that he believes the invasion of Iraq was wrong, and it led to the demolition of its army and country which led to the chaos. When asked why he didn't de-nounce the actions of the US govern-ment including America’s support of ty-rannical governments overseas, he said those issues were separate from ISIS. He believes that ISIS is not fighting for Muslims. “They are killing the Syrian opposition, they are killing scholars and destroying masajid,” said Imam Magid. He also said to young men and women concerned about US government poli-cies that “we must condemn [those poli-cies], but we must use political means. We are worried about Syria and Gaza, [so] we have to engage [the U.S. gov-ernment] and speak truth to the power.”

Invitations for community members to speak were sent out by Rizwan Jaka of ADAMS Center, according to MPAC. Most masajid in the Maryland area were not present. Sheikh Yaseen Shaikh of Al Rahmah said that he did not receive an invitation to speak, and the same was true of the Imam of the Islamic Soci-ety of Annapolis. ISA held its own out-

reach event which was widely covered by publications in the area. "They speak for no one but themselves," said Imam Michael Smith II about the militants, in an earlier press conference held in An-

“[The] real narrative of Islam is of peace and love,” said Imam Magid. This is the meta-narrative, not the alternative narrative, he said. Answering a question from the audience, he also stated that he would be publishing a theological argument against groups like Shabab and ISIS.

“Islam did not produce ISIS. Islam is not the problem, Islam is the solution,” said Bedier. “It’s the failed policies that are the problem. Thirteen years after 9/11 we have more terrorism today than we had [immediately] after 9/11.”

Muflehun teaches internet safety workshops, counsels youth and works with concerned families, and runs social media intervention programs. Humera Khan emphasized that people on the path to radicalization need exit ramps and rehabilitation.

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| 15september 19th - October 16th, 2014 ADVERTISEMENT SUMMER CAMP

program by a representative of the um-brella school. The representative may discuss the chosen curriculum or edu-cational program, observe instruction for a short period of time, and review portfolio documents to assess the stu-dent’s progress. “We are the reviewer and [the parents] do not have to go to the county,” says Imam Mikaeel who will maintain files on each student and notify the county of their progress. Parents pay fees to the umbrella school for each year a child is enrolled under the umbrella program, to cover the cost of teaching assistance and reviews. “[Many] parents cannot afford the ex-pensive umbrella school fees that range from 250 to 350 per child per year.” Medina Homeschool costs $100 for the first child in the family and the rest of the siblings’ fees are $10 each. These charges will cover the cost of qualified reviewers’ visits. COMAR is clear that the parent or guardian is to be the primary provider of the home instruction. Other adults may assist with a special area of inter-est but such adults are not permitted to replace the parent or guardian as the primary provider of instruction. Keeping this in mind, onsite classes will be offered through the Medina Home School on Thursdays at the Makkah Learning Center facility. A daylong schedule of classes on subjects such as civic engagement, and science will be offered. Parents are encouraged to take advan-tage of these classes. Parents can reg-ister students through the home school but all class fees and availability will be completely at the discretion of the tutor. Families enrolled with Medina Home School will get first priority but the classes will be open to all homeschool-ers in MD. Retired professors will tutor on site at MLC exclusively for home-schoolers as the umbrella grows, other families can also benefit. An umbrella protects you from the elements and we want to offer this protection, says Imam Mikaeel Smith the director of the school. Help make homeschool in-expensive and fulfill the purpose of an

umbrella, which is to covers you from the environment. “One of the words for umbrella in Ara-bic is shamsiya, (shade from the sun) whatever environment you are in, we want to be an umbrella. [The] parent know what is the best for [ie] Abdullah and Zaynub, we just want to provide the shade,” says Imam Mikaeel.

Medina home school will not dictate how your child will be taught but will

provide you with the rescoruces and help families with thier homschool goals.

With several veteran homeschooling families on board, “We want to have luncheons and brunch [for parents] who can pool their extensive online and of-fline resources,” says Imam Mikaeel. “America is beautiful country and [we] have this benefit,” says Imam Mikaeel, who thinks that every masjid should of-

fer this service to parents. M&M Learning Center in Collge Park, MD offers an umbrella program, as does Al Huda School and Al Rahmah School.

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napolis in collaboration with the Anne Arundel Muslim Council and CAIR.

The Ulema Council of DC, Maryland and Virginia which represent twenty scholars who represent various congre-gations around the area were also not invited. Imam Adil Khan, Ameer of the Council stated that none of their mem-bers had been approached by either MPAC or ADAMS. Some community members said that the work anti-radi-calization groups are doing needs to be augmented with the inclusion of more scholars and Imams.

Several Law enforcement officials also participated in the press conference. Senior Adviser to President Obama and former Acting Secretary of the De-partment of Homeland Security, Rand Beers, spoke at the press conference, along with David Gersten also from DHS. We must have tools to work with the communities, he said placing the onus on local communities. Earli-er, Imam Johari Abdul-Malik said the Muslim community is already cooper-ating with law enforcement and intelli-gence agencies, thanking those on duty that come through the front door [of masjids and communities], and not the back door referring to spies and agent provocateurs.

Watch the entire press conference at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6EFKAeZSq4&list=UUtcaCu3VbYmFWvzxJNCDHUw

the cookouts and international bazaar. They are introduced to Islam in the friendly environment and often choose to accept the faith. Approximately, five shahadahs took place a week ago. “Loving her is like food for my soul,” a young spoken word poet, Naeem ‘Nemo’ Owens, wooed the audience

with his verses on maternal love. A stu-dent of optometry and graphic design, Owens performs across the DC Metro. Comedian Said Durrah was scheduled to entertain at the fundraiser, but was not able to attend. Sweet Tooth Cater-ing and the Islamic Relief sponsored the dinner. The community lost their mother three years ago—Ummil Kheer, a sister who gave food and advice with equal fervor.

She opened up her home to the imam and attendees and was a beacon of the masjid. In her honor, the 3rd Annual Ummil Kheer Humanitarian Service Award was presented.

This year’s recipient was the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Islamic Relief. Schrieber, a board member of IRHSCA and outreach man-ager for CAIR National, presented the award to Zainab Chaudry of the CAIR-Maryland chapter . Chaudry thanked

the community on this “memorable evening” and promised to be back to conduct awareness events.

Approximately, $22,000 was raised through the fundraiser and other online donations. The community needs to continue rais-ing funds to keep the lights on. Please use the following link to donate www.irhsca.org

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Anas b. Mâlik relates that an elderly man approached, wanting an audience with the Prophet (peace be upon him), but the people were slow to make room for him, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever fails to show mercy to our children and honor to our elders is not one of us.” [Sunan al-Tirmidhî (1919)]

Narrated Jabir: The Prophet said, “When night falls, then keep your children close to you, for the devil spread out then. An hour later you can let them free; and close the gates of your house (at night), and mention Allah’s Name there-upon, and cover your utensils, and mention Allah’s Name thereupon, (and if you don’t have something to cover your utensil) you may put across it something (e.g. a piece of wood etc.).”Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 54 Hadith 500

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tivities.’ They are also working on an Arabic Sign Dictionary. The Global Deaf Muslims, led by Nashiru Abdulai, Founder and Presi-dent of GDM, served as host for the vis-iting du'aat. Three sign language inter-preters worked simultaneously during the workshop to translate from Arabic sign language to American Sign Lan-guage and into spoken English. Eighty percent of Arabic Sign Language is dif-ferent from ALS. Both groups aim to create a global Is-lamic sign language for deaf Muslims all over the world, so they can give dawah without needing to translate words. “We are trying to start an Islam-ic Sign Language dictionary, since our interpreters struggle to translate such as words like bismillah, subhanallah and so on need to have sign languages re-corded,” shared Abdulai. “I hope the Islamic Sign language or a Muslim Sign Language is one— be-cause our God is one, our Prophet is one, our Holy Book is one,” said Al-Sennari in an interview with the Mus-lim Link. In Qatar deaf children attend school un-til they become adults and are accom-modated by the government with jobs, especially in the IT field and benefits. Al-Sennari thinks Islamic education should be available to deaf people as well like hearing people. The deaf are not dumb and they can learn and are motivated in their Islam, he said. They were joined by Abdul Munim, an active deaf daee who came from Saudi Arabia who also gives dawah on You-Tube. Abdul Munim is sponsored by the Advocacy Foundation of Deaf in Riyadh and he gives dawah to the deaf Muslims in America. Attendees found the translation of one form of sign language into another fas-cinating. Some are very active in their body language while signing, some softer just like when people are speak-ing, some have a soft voice and others have a harder tone. Facial expressions and gestures are also a part of getting the message across.

The visitors said they found that Amer-ican Muslims co-mingle where as the culture in Qatar was different and seg-regation was emphasized. In a room full of deaf people, if one did not understand sign language one felt incapable, perhaps understanding the needs of the deaf with more empathy. Al-Sennari reminded everyone if they are thinking about evil and the devil tempts you risk punishment. He added that Allah will forgive your sins if you ask Him and the believers should not dwell on their past sins but must focus on the present. He urged the audience to find a connection with Allah in their own lives. Forgiveness was a big theme in his pre-sentation, as was building a relation-ship Allah, and becoming a part of so-ciety by not secluding oneself. “Being alone by yourself is not beneficial, in-teract with society, have good relations with each other and stay with the com-munity, Al-Sennari signed. The mes-sage of the Jummah was emphasized. He advised about the rights of friend-ships, concealing their faults and ones’ responsibility is conveying the deen to

our friends and family. He mentioned gifts from Allah like water, and being Muslim is a blessing. ‘Money will not save you, its Allah who saves you… Allah should be on top of your priority list…Having Al-lah in your life is like medicine for you were some gems from his presentation. Another reminder from the lecturer was that newspapers and information are re-sources but they are just publications, the Qur'an is written for us and is God’s words. “Silly magazines will not im-prove your life and there are no bless-ings in reading and memorizing popu-lar news,” he reminded his audience. “My emphasis [is] be in touch with deen, work hard in learning and keep your children in deen. Your job to learn as much as you can and children should earn from us not from other sources. Did you preserve our religion our job first is teaching our children good for Ummah and ourselves,” conveyed Ustadh Sennari with fluid hands and soft gestures. Amina works in the DC Jail and she has many inmates who are deaf she so is talking classes to learn ASL. She hopes

to become an interpreter and sign khut-bahs and talks for the deaf. She enjoyed the event as a hearing person, learning from the visiting daees. The daee from Saudi Arabia, Abdul Munim said he was not a scholar but had studied under many shuyukh. He urged the audience to follow the Sun-nah of Prophet Muhammad and said that those who read and recite Qur'an those are the people who will be saved. He emphasized unity and reminded deaf Muslims not to change the Qur'an or its meaning. He spoke about extramarital relation-ships and socializing with opposite sex and gave advice based on marriage in the Quran. Some takeaways were to go back to the Qur'an to see what is good and correct when friends may be shar-ing things about Islam or saying things that you do not know if they are true or not. Boys and girls, young men and teen-agers hung on to each word that was signed by the Islamic callers who had traveled from so far away. Men and

“I hope the Islamic Sign language or a Muslim Sign Language is one— because our God is one, our Prophet is one, our Holy Book is one,” said Al-Sennari in an interview with the Muslim Link.


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The coalition spoke to the Ambassador of The Gambia to coordinate efforts and ensure that aid gets to the people in need. To date The Gambia has not seen any cases of Ebola, but they are execut-ing a material support drive for medi-cal supplies needed in the area of the epidemic. Efforts by volunteer groups such as Ebola Free Gambia were shared at Tuesday’s meeting.

“Since the meeting we have meet with the Ambassador of The Republic of The Gambia and representatives and the CEO of Islamic Relief who have all given their support to this effort. We hope to meet with representatives from the governments of Sierre Leone, Libe-

ria, Guinea and Senegal on Tuesday af-ternoon get there support in delivering the support from the Washington, DC community,” said Imam Johari.

Advocacy at the State Department level is needed to ensure that humanitarian aid will be able to cross borders with-out corruption, suggested Nahi from Islamic Relief.

Subie Bangura from Sierra Leone broke down in tears at the thought they could help get millions of dollars in aid to her country of origin as she had received reports of dire need. “An entire hospi-tal has been shut down [because] the beds have been used by Ebola patients so they could not be used by other pa-tients,” she says. No specific vaccine or medicine has been proven to be effec-tive against Ebola. A vaccine is under

research by two pharmaceutical compa-nies.

AFP announced on Monday that Presi-dent Barack Obama will try to "turn the tide" on the Ebola epidemic Tuesday by ordering 3,000 US military personnel to West Africa to curtail its spread and China also dispatched more experts to the region.

Another open meeting was planned for Tuesday September 16, 2014 at ISWA to plan fundraising and other relief work. A fundraising dinner is planned at ISWA in two weeks. A pediatrician, Dr Sayed Farooqui asked the task force to discuss a com-munal response for children who attend public school who may be exposed to bigotry based on false information.

“Short responses that children can give to deter hate and fear.”

Needed supplies include but are not limited to: Gloves, Hand Sanitiz-ers, Alcohol Swabs, Tylenol, Facial Masks. Bleach Wipes, Plastic sheet-ing, plastic cups, body bags, cholera mattresses,Syringes, Disposable Dia-pers, Hydrogen Peroxide, Goggles, Chlorine Bleach, Antibacterial Soap, Sanitary Pads, Isolation Gowns, Bio-hazard Trash Bags, Surgical Boot Covers, Monetary Donations of Any Denomination. Drop off locations: Muslimat Al Nisaa office 5115 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21207 and the Islamic Society Washington Area (ISWA), 2701 Briggs Chaney Rd, Sil-ver Spring, MD 20905.

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women —some deaf, some hearing—with deaf children came to attend the workshop. A local treasure and attraction for the deaf is Gallaudet University, a global international deaf university in Wash-ington DC, ‘a world leader in liberal education and career development for deaf and hard of hearing students’. At-tending Gallaudet is an eye-opener for the international students where they see a deaf president, deaf policemen, a deaf provost, and deaf professors. A 'I can' ethos prevails instead of 'I can't.' The United States is a leader in deaf leadership and with the formation of the Qatari Center for the Deaf, Qatar is also joining the ranks of deaf leading the deaf. Several deaf Saudi students who study at Gallaudet University attended the lecture. It was a pleasure for them to see Arabic Sign Language and receive Islamic reminders in Arabic Sign lan-guage. There are about 50 deaf students from Saudi Arabia in DC. Bader Al-Suliman, a father of three who is in his second year in computer programming, is from Riyadh. He sends his children to an Islamic school but misses the Islamic programs for deaf in Saudi Arabia. Like many deaf students in Saudi Arabia, he

will go back to teach. Until the age of seven, students attend Islamic classes in Arabic Sign Language in Saudi Arabia, he told The Muslim Link. Metropolitan Deaf Muslims Execu-tive Director, Issatu Santuraki was also at the event. She looks forward to the universal sign language and says many deaf are illiterate—they can’t read or write— and this would be tool to help people worldwide. She saw the dif-ference in Arabic Sign language, she understood the body language of the visitors but needed the interpreters for a majority of the lecture. Having a global sign language would benefit people ev-erywhere. “GDM arranged this event upon [the visitors] requests to come and talk about Islam. Our deaf community wants to

understand Islam well and we take ev-ery opportunity offered to learn,” com-mented Nash of GDM, the moniker that is most used for Abdulai. He met the brothers in Qatar at the first internation-al forum for deaf Muslims in Doha last year that they had collaborated on. “It was very successful and from there we learned that a majority of deaf Muslims from around the world understand little about Islam,” he shared. The group will travel to France, Brit-ain, and Belgium for the same session. “They would love to go to another state as many deaf have been asking but due to lack of time and our own busy sched-ule, we hope to see this first and then try to arrange more if that is helpful to our community,” he conveyed. Abdulai is originally from Ghana but is also a

proud Virginian. He said that masajid in the are have been improving with their accommo-dation for deaf Muslims. Although cu-riosity has increased and most masajid are welcoming, very few have made tangible efforts to arrange for sign in-terpreters. GDM has been working on an ASL Quran project. “Alhamdulillah, we now have a team that includes deaf signers, scholars and interpreters that are work-ing on the Qur'an in ASL. We continue to raise funds to add more deaf signers and also to train our team well.” This year at the ISNA convention, GDM asked several popular speakers to learn how to sign their name is ASL and filed their videos to raise awareness about deaf Muslims and the need for Islamic resources in ASL. GDM has chapters in Minnesota, Vir-ginia, California, New York, Texas, and chapters forming in Chicago, Ghana, and Canada. GDM also provides week-end Islamic class, ASL classes, Rama-dan and Eid programs, zakat, and so-cial services to deaf people. A popular project is the annual Umrah trip took to Saudi Arabia. The team is actively working on the next international forum in Kuwait in December 2015 and with the Qatari Government to bring Deaf Qataris to visit the US.

Attendees found the translation of one form of sign language into another fascinating. Some are very active in their body language while signing, some softer just like when people are speaking, some have a soft voice and others have a harder tone. Facial expressions and gestures are also a part of getting the message across.

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A Health Initiative with Roots, Purpose, Education, and Spiritual HumilityBy jamal A. Abdul-karim, M.ed.Muslim Link Contributing Writer

On July 23, 2014 on a very temperate day, during the month of Ramadhan, I met with Dr. Stephen Thomas at the University of Maryland. Dr. Thomas is the head of the Department of Health Services Administration Professor and Director at the Center for Health Eq-uity School of Public Health, and he works with a skilled and dedicated staff to coordinate a number of dynamic health oriented programs, including“in-reach”, and outreach projects.

Dr. Thomas is a native of Columbus, Ohio and he is one of six siblings (three boys, and three girls) all of whom are educated and professional individu-als. He arises from humble beginnings; he related the detailed story to us. His parents were working class people, in-digenous African-Americans that set-tled with their families years before in Ohio. They came out of North Carolina, as part of the “Great Migration” from

the south, like others during the first decades after the post-slavery period, and on into the mid-20th Century. He alluded to his mother’s maiden name: “Cradle”, perhaps arising from her an-cestral family’s plantation occupation of making cradles, and this was how many African-American people simi-larly obtained their names during that

infamous period, based on occupation or their slave master’s name .

These are Dr. Thomas’s roots, akin to the story of so many others that share in that treacherous history... In connec-tion with that reflection he mentioned a book “Warmth of Other Suns," authored by Isabel Wilkerson that describes the greatest continental migration in the history of the nation, of African-Ameri-cans leaving the South for places North, Northeast, and Northwest, and then settling in places like Ohio, Chicago, Michigan, and New York etc. The book chronicles that migration with inter-views, which attest to the fact that many had no realization that their movement was considered a “Great Migration".

He also mentioned the fact that in this regional area (and across the nation), Native-Americans have always had a spiritual / ancestral connection to the land, and this must never be over-looked. There are gradual outreach ef-forts to this part of our broader commu-

nity, and it is vital.

Native-Americans (People of the First Nations) suffer from a plethora of health-related illnesses beginning with the drastic impact of the European In-cursion; centuries later that continued impact translates into hyper-tension, diabetes, alcoholism, FAS (Fetal Alco-

hol Syndrome),other substance abuses, mal-nutrition, respiratory ailments, mental illness, suicide, economic dis-placement, socio-political exploitation, poor housing conditions, struggling under-funded education systems, unem-ployment, inadequate access to health care services etc., and overt racism.

The Continuum of Destiny

Dr. Thomas explained that his mother was a nurse, working the night shift from 11:00pm - 7:00am, and still man-aged to provide a community-family dinner everyday, for his siblings and him. His family spent quality time then, and also shared aspirations, and learned lasting family values. The memory of his mother was the image of a hard-working woman, dressed in her nurse’s uniform, hat, and polished white shoes for work in the area hospital. Retro-spectively, he said, “...how did my par-ents get six kids, educated through col-lege (two Ph.D.’s, one Masters Degree, and two Bachelor Degrees,), nobody in prison, nobody dead..., and I marvel at it!” “They made common pay; they were not extraordinary, like someone handed something to them... In fact, they were the descendants of slaves.” His parents met as young people at the then Hampton Institute, which later be-

came Hampton University, VA; his fa-ther was a WWII veteran, like other veterans took advantage of the G.I. Bill, worked hard to make ends meet, in or-der to raise a family.

As his siblings and he matured, he first took interest in becoming a doctor, and began working in the local hospital as a respiratory therapist, with support, encouragement , and help from his mother. In those days, it was generally a nurse’s job. Since this was an emerg-ing field during the late 60's and early 70‘s, he was trained and certified in that field. Later he continued a professional course into the Public Health Field, which was also a broad and develop-ing area of social health at the time. He earned a Doctorate in the health field, and distinctly he is the only one of his siblings that holds such credentials.

A Change of Direction, with a Focus on Inspiration

As Dr. Thomas’s personal account un-folded, I began to realize directly how his professional life began to take shape. Many of the things he shared resonated with me, because we are precisely from

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the same generation, and experienced similar things growing up. Perhaps it was because at one time, I also worked in the public health field, for a com-bined number of years. Dr. Thomas carefully observed the health condition of the people he served through health care therapy, he said “I was providing care for people with chronic obstructive lung disease [a basically generic term in those days, for any number of respi-ratory diseases].........” This profession evolved quickly due to an imminent need correlated to those individuals that took up smoking in the 40‘s, 50‘s and 60‘s “...three pack-a-day; you know,

those people wound up coming to the hospital... there were like so many, the nurses couldn't handle it, so they started training people on the job to be Respi-ratory Therapists, and I was one of the first trained like this, and became certified," Dr. Thomas expressed. He realized the horrible damage that the to-bacco industry was causing to people’s health. “I wasn’t against America, just against products that were sold to, and killing our people!” he said, “...I could protest against that...!”

Dr. Thomas was on the front lines of this health pandemic; direct involve-ment and deep thought prompted the question in his mind, "...Technology had improved... , but I asked myself, ‘Do I have to be at the end of the line...? No matter what we do, if we save them, they only have two or three years, that’s it...!” By destiny, Dr. Thomas said he “bumped” into Public Health, and didn’t even know what that was; the rest unfolds as part of his life’s work and history. “...I realized I wanted to be up there, on the top of the cliff, not

at the bottom where they threw people into the river...!”

So, this became a motivating factor in Dr. Thomas’s professional pursuit: Health education as a preventative source, for the less fortunate, for the many people that comprised the dias-pora of the less solvent, displaced, and other diverse groups not able to obtain accessible health care.

In short, he had a desire to change the perspective of the “health picture”. During the earlier years of his career, it was that very unfortunate health pic-ture of those dying from respiratory diseases that influenced and changed Dr. Thomas’s understanding. He re-evaluated where he could make the

most impact. Some patients he cared for, lingered on for a few more years, while others died summarily in a short period, repercussions of their dreaded condition- The majority of the time the cause was from cigarette smoking! His immediate focus, including the inspira-tion to do something about it created his ongoing pro-active approach to public health, education, and well-being.

Fast Forward: From Grassroots to the 21st Century Health, and Beyond

I was impressed by Dr. Thomas’s so-journ; as a direct result of the Civil Rights Era, Vietnam War, and political anti-war activism his orientation had ef-fectively changed, and he began look-ing at health-related problems in the lower-class communities, and health problems prevalent among soldiers re-turning from the war. It was a unique, and exceptional time. His focus was on Preventative Medicine; in 1976 an op-portunity arose where he was able to travel to Mainland China, with a del-egation of twenty-five others, and he

was the only African-American in the group. He interacted with people, and learned about Traditional Chinese, or Barefoot Medicine. To say the least, this was quite a rewarding, eye open-ing, and mind expanding experience! It was the first time he’d ever been out of the United States, and it also made a cultural impact on him when for the first time he met Africans that as he put it “...spoke French...!” They were also visiting in that cultural exchange pro-gram. All-in-all, it was a turning point in Dr. Thomas’s life...

Pursuant to that trip, he attended Ohio State University, in undergraduate stud-ies and earned a B.S. Degree in Community Health. On scholarship, he attended Illinois State University, and earned his Masters Degree in Public Health. Thereafter in 1985, with further practical experi-ence and eduction he was able to earn a Ph.D, from South Illinois University Carbondale, in “Black and Minori-ties Health”. He drew upon the famous “Tuskegee Syphilis Study / Experi-ment”, as the trajectory for his research

and study. In the 80‘s the *AIDS (Ac-quired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) epidemic loomed large, with its dark cloud; Dr. Thomas stated that this was a signal that given behavior had to change, in response to communities

where the preponderance of this dev-astating [primarily] sexually transmit-ted disease occurred. The hallmark of his profession is how to reach people in communities in an ethical, respect-ful, and humane fashion. There was the challenge of dealing with trust issues, and abuse in the communities.

It was paramount for Dr. Thomas to implement theory into practice: How to reach minority communities through redefining the health approach, health perspective, and best ways to facilitate services for the people living in those areas. In other words, “...these commu-nities must no longer be defined by dis-eases, but by well-being,” he indicated. In 2010 he and his team, embarked on a successful partnership with the Pitts-burgh, PA School System that focused on community-based health, and school aged students. It is called Healthy Peo-ple 2010-2020 and it services 2,000 students. This is an established program centered on cohort approach partner-ship with urban schools.

Parallel to that success, an on-going

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An on-going in-reach program was created where health professionals traveled to the centers of activity, by working through the barber shops that have traditionally served as a meeting hub, or place for community members.

Another project that recently emerged is a partnership between the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Equity School of Public Health and Dar-us-Salaam / Al-Huda School, in College Park, MD.

We spoke of the reclamation efforts of the communities that are planting their own food, and also the high-jacking of their ability to do so, by some more affluent groups, because of a lack of immediate resources.

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Question of Beard and Religious Freedom Unites Groups Who’ve Been OpponentsBy robert BarnesWashington Post, August 31, 2014

Religious groups and some civil liber-tarians were often at odds during the last Supreme Court term, but they have found common ground on a religious freedom case that the justices will take up as one of their first orders of busi-ness in October.

It involves a quarter-inch of facial hair.

Gregory Houston Holt is an Arkansas prison inmate who is also known as Ab-dul Maalik Muhammad. According to his brief to the court, he feels his Mus-lim faith requires him to follow this dic-tate: “Allah’s Messenger said, ‘Cut the moustaches short and leave the beard (as it is).’ ”

Holt said he is willing to compromise with prison officials and keep his beard trimmed to one-half inch. But Arkansas corrections officials allow beards only for dermatological conditions — not religious beliefs — and even then they must be trimmed to one-quarter inch.

Of such, Supreme Court cases are made.

Holt’s case first drew attention because he brought it to the Supreme Court him-self, filing a handwritten plea.

His cause has since been embraced by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which was a leader in last term’s cases freeing private employers who objected because of their faith from providing coverage of certain contraceptives un-der the Affordable Care Act . He is rep-resented by Douglas Laycock, a Uni-versity of Virginia law professor and leading expert on religious legal issues.

Holt’s case has attracted an outpouring

of support from groups who divided last term on important Supreme Court cases involving the health-care act and whether local government meetings could open with sectarian prayer.

In this case, conservative legal orga-nizations such as the Alliance Defend-ing Freedom and the Rutherford Insti-tute are on the same side as Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and the American Civil Liber-ties Union.

And Holt has the support of the Obama administration. Arkansas officials, ac-cording to a brief filed by Solicitor Gen-eral Donald B. Verrilli Jr., have “failed to explain why they cannot adopt the less restrictive means adopted by nearly every other jurisdiction in the country.”

Arkansas is supported by a handful of other states that say beards are prohib-ited or that such decisions are up to prison officials, not judges.

Prison officials go to some length to present Holt as more dangerous than devout. In their brief, they say he once threatened to kidnap President George W. Bush’s daughters and frequently threatens “jihad” against his enemies. He is serving a life sentence for slitting the throat of a former girlfriend and stabbing her in the chest.

Corrections officials say that beards can be hiding places for contraband — razors, for instance, or sim-cards for cellphones. Or that allowing certain prisoners to have beards creates situa-tions where some are seen as “leaders” and others are not. Or that a man with a beard could change his appearance more easily simply by shaving should he escape.

They found a sympathetic federal judge and a panel of the U.S. Court of Ap-peals for the Eighth Circuit, who in a short opinion said the federal law that protects the religious rights of prisoners still provides deference to prison offi-cials on matters of security.

Still, even the federal magistrate who held a hearing in Holt’s case said, “I look at your particular circumstance and I say, you know, it’s almost prepos-terous to think that you could hide con-traband in your beard.”

Holt and his supporters note that Ar-kansas has never found a case of a pris-oner hiding contraband in a beard and that they acknowledge it would be far easier to hide objects in clothes or even the hair on top of a prisoner’s head. Perhaps, they say, being clean-shaven might be more of a risk.

“Respondents cannot issue thousands of razors to prisoners and then claim

to fear that part of a razor blade might be smuggled into prison in a half-inch beard,” Laycock wrote.

He also said it was not enough, as lower courts indicated, that prison officials accommodate some of Holt’s religious requirements, such as providing him a pork-free diet and allowing him to or-der religious materials.

“Presumably, this would work in re-verse: if they let him grow his beard, maybe they could feed him pork every day,” Laycock wrote.

Laycock said the federal law at issue, the Religious Land Use and Institution-alized Persons Act of 2000, was passed expressly to protect religious practice from the whims of state and local of-ficials.

It says that a substantial burden on a prisoner’s exercise of religion can be justified only if it is the least restrictive means to further a compelling govern-ment interest. That is essentially the same test that the court ruled the contra-ceptive mandate failed under a related law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State is one of the groups supporting Holt that was on opposite sides of conservative legal groups in the legislative prayer and contraceptive mandate cases.

Gregory Lipper, an attorney for the or-ganization, said the difference is that the previous cases would affect third parties, such as those who don’t want to hear prayers at municipal meetings or

Arkansas is supported by a handful of other states that say beards are prohibited or that such decisions are up to prison officials, not judges.

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National NewsFeds Shaping City Pilot Programs to Stem Violent ExtremismBy Greg GordonMcClatchy Washington Bureau, September 15, 2014

WASHINGTON — Amid growing con-cern that as many as 100 Americans have traveled to the Middle East to join the Islamic State, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that a series of pilot programs will be conducted in cities across the country to combat vio-lent extremism.

The programs’ rollout will be capped by a Countering Violent Extremism summit at the White House in October, Holder said.

In a video message posted on the Jus-tice Department’s website, he said that

“few threats are more urgent.”

“And with the emergence of groups like ISIL, and the knowledge that some Americans are attempting to travel to countries like Syria and Iraq to take part in ongoing conflicts, the Justice Department is responding appropriate-ly,” Holder said, using one of several acronyms for the terror group tied to al-Qaida.

The White House will announce which cities have been selected for pilot pro-grams in early October, the department said.

That’s about a month before the upcom-ing mid-term congressional elections, and it’s possible that there also will be political advantages from proposals to combat terrorism in jurisdictions where

right races are under way.

Minneapolis is one city that seems a good bet to land a pilot program, be-cause multiple youths from its large So-mali community have migrated to join jihadist movements in Somalia and the Middle East in recent years.

The Justice Department programs will be run in partnership with the White House, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterter-rorism Center.

Experts have long urged collaborative efforts to ensure that American youths are not lured into violent extremist groups, and the government has em-braced that advice by stepping up con-tacts with mosques to discourage in-flammatory language from imams and

attempting to build bridges with other groups viewed as conducive to breeding homegrown terrorists. The challenge for the FBI and other law enforcement agencies is to tamp down fears that the push for improved communication is a ruse to make it easier for law enforce-ment agencies to conduct domestic spy-ing activities.

Concerns that the Islamic terrorists could attack the homeland have been heightened by analysts’ recent declara-tions that the Islamic State is the richest terror group in history, having seized banks whose vaults held hundreds of millions of dollars in cash. News re-ports over the weekend said that the ter-ror group is reaping some $3 million a

New Service Offers Taxis Exclusively for WomenBy winnie HuThe New York Times, September 7, 2014

New Yorkers can already choose from yellow taxis, green cabs or black livery cars. They can tap a smartphone app for a ride, or simply stick out an arm. They can pay with cash or credit.

Now there is one more option: a female driver.

A new livery service starting Sept. 16 in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island will offer female driv-ers exclusively, for female riders, ac-cording to its founder. It will take re-quests for rides through an app, and dispatch drivers sporting hot pink pash-mina scarves.

The service will be called SheTaxis — SheRides in New York City because of regulations barring it from using “taxi”

in its name — and aims to serve wom-en who may feel uncomfortable being driven by men, or who simply prefer the company of other women. The app will ask potential riders if there is a woman in their party. If not, they will be automatically redirected to other car services.

The app will be available only through Apple, starting on Sept. 16 and will eventually be made available for An-droid devices.

“Perfect idea,” declared Gretchen Britt, 51, a school clerk in Manhattan who uses cabs and livery cars three to four times a month, always driven by men. “You feel safer and more comfortable with a woman.”

It got a nod from one Bronx man, Gib-son Pierrelouis, 22, even though he was told he could not use the service him-self. That was fine, he said. He wanted

it for his six sisters.

The women’s livery service was started by Stella Mateo, a mother of two daugh-ters, who said that she could have used a female driver to help shuttle them to soccer, field hockey, basketball and gymnastics practices when they were growing up. Ms. Mateo’s husband, Fer-nando, is the founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, an in-dustry group representing 30,000 taxi and livery drivers.

Ms. Mateo said she also saw her service as a way to help women join an industry that has long been dominated by men.

Of New York City’s 59,999 for-hire drivers of livery cars, green cabs, lim-ousines and luxury sedans, only 2,952 of them, or 5 percent, are women, ac-cording to city data. Even fewer women drive yellow cabs: 574 out of 51,874 drivers, or 1 percent.

The new women’s service comes as the livery industry has become safer, in part, because of required measures, such as bullet-resistant partitions and security cameras in cars. During the 1990s, dozens of drivers were killed in a single year and many more as-saulted or robbed. Even so, it can still be dangerous for men and women alike, as underscored last month by the fatal carjackings involving two male livery drivers in the Bronx.

Miriam Malave, 54, a livery driver in Brooklyn for three decades, said she gets more requests than she can handle, often from Hasidic women in Williams-burg who will only ride with women. Even so, she said, she continues to face discrimination from male drivers who tell her: “This is a man’s job. Go home

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The Self-Appointed Khalifah and His KhilafahWhat the Scholars of the Qur'an and Sunnah Say About Establishing the Islamic State In Light of Recent Events in Iraq and Syria

By sheikh kamil Ahmad

[A Partial Transcription of “Declaring the Islamic Khilafah” by Sh. Kamil Ah-mad, see end of article for a link to the complete lecture – TML]

In the year 1924, the Islamic Khilafah became abolished. That was the Otto-man empire, which ruled for almost 500 years. Before them you had other Khilafahs that ruled the entire Muslim Ummah. This was a continuation of the Khilafah after the death of the Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam.

Now since the Khilafah fell almost a hundred years ago, there have been many attempts to reestablish it. Most of these attempts, however, were failures.

After the enemies of Islam conquered the Muslim lands, they divided the vari-ous Muslim lands into nation states. So what we have today is this division. And so you have several countries that stretch over the entire Muslim Ummah.

However, this year there was an an-nouncement, a declaration of a Khilafah after almost one hundred years. And so many Muslims are asking many ques-tions: is this Khilafah legitimate? Are we supposed to go and make hijrah and give bay’ah (pledge of allegiance) to this new Khalifah? What is the position that Muslims are supposed to take?

These questions have especially been revolving around the youth – many among the youth who are excited to see change. After seeing what has happened to the Muslim Ummah for decades, they want to see change. So when they see something similar to this they become excited and so they pose these kinds of questions.

Before we actually get into the discus-sion regarding the legitimacy of this

Khilafah, or any other questions sur-rounding it, it must always be kept in mind that one can only determine the true path – whether it be regarding this issue or any issue – by putting aside emotions and prejudices, which often blinds us from reality. Then, and only then, will we be able to use our God-given intelligence and make a rational and correct decision. Once we do that, by the Will of Allah, we will arrive at the truth.

Our discussion today is going to be in light of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, in light of how the scholars of Islam, start-ing from the Salaf until our time, have understood the religion of Islam.

Let us first look at it from an Islamic perspective: what does Islam say re-garding the Khilafah? How is it estab-lishied? Who is a legitimate Khalifah? Who is supposed to appoint the Khali-fah, etc ?

First of all, there are many conditions that the scholars have mentioned re-garding who is fit to be the Khalifah of the Muslims. These conditions are gen-eral among who is supposed to be fit to be in charge of the affairs of the Mus-lims, whether he be the Khalifah of the entire Muslim Ummah or whether he be the leader of a certain group among the Muslims, governing their affairs. And so they mentioned many conditions, such as: he has to be a Muslim, he has to be male, he has to be an adult, he has to be sane, etc. Among the most impor-tant of these conditions are two condi-tions: mashurah and tamkin.

Mashurah is basically to consult – to consult a group among society who are known as Ahl al-Hal wal-‘Aqd. They are basically the scholars and the noble individuals in society, those who have a say in the affairs of the Muslims. In order for anyone to be appointed as a

leader of the Muslims, they must be consulted. Without their consultation no one is declared to be the leader of the Muslims or the Khalifah of the Muslims. This is based on what ‘Umar (Allah be pleased with him) mentioned, which has been reported in Sahih al-Bukhari. He said, “If any person gives the pledge of allegiance to somebody (to become a Khalifah) without consulting the other Muslims, then the one he has selected should not be granted allegiance, lest both of them should be killed.” And so what Umar (Allah be pleased with him) feared was that if the vast major-ity of the Muslims are not consulted in such great affairs, then there would be bloodshed. This is what he meant by this statement. So the point here is that without mashurah, without this condi-tion, no one can be declared as being the leader of the Muslims. Why? Be-cause it would cause bloodshed, for if it was permissible to simply announce that anyone can be the Khalifah with-out consulting the Muslims and those who have authority over them, then this would lead to pretty much anyone and everyone coming out and saying that, “I am the Khalifah.” So, one of the most important conditions of appointing the Khalifah is this condition of mashurah.

Now, let us analyze what has taken place regarding the declaration of the Khilafah that we have seen in these days. What they have claimed is that they approached Ahl al-Hal wal-‘Aqd and that they gave them the green light. But who are Ahl al-Hal wal-‘Aqd ac-cording to them? They are basically their own supporters. So they consider Ahl al-Hal wal-‘Aqd to be their own followers and not the notables, not the scholars living in their area.

So what we can see here is that they

What Umar (Allah be pleased with him) feared was that if the vast majority of the Muslims are not consulted in such great affairs, then there would be bloodshed.

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Salaah times for September 19th - October 16th, 2014

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

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don’t have the support of Ahl al-Hal wal-‘Aqd in their own locality. The scholars and the people of authority in Iraq and Syria have not given them any support. This is on the one hand. On the other hand, if we were to say that, “Okay, he can be the leader of that area where he is ruling, but how about the entire Muslim Ummah?” To say that one has become the Khalifah of the Muslims at large, it requires not only the consultation of the people in that area where he is, but the consultation of the scholars throughout the Muslim Ummah. What we can see here is that this new “Khalifah” does not have any support, not among his own people, nor among the scholars and the people of authority in his own area, nor anywhere else in the Muslim Ummah.

The second condition that I mentioned was that of tamkin. Tamkin basically means empowerment; having the power and ability to ward off the harm of the enemies from the land where this lead-er is ruling and protecting the lives of those who are under him. If we were to analyze this current claim to the Khilafah, we will see that this current “Khalifah” is not only weak to defend himself and his own followers, but even those around him, even those in

the neighboring lands. He may have an army numbering in the thousands, but without aerial support, for example, he is defenseless. So one of the conditions for an individual to claim the Khilafah is that he needs to be powerful enough to protect his land and the surrounding lands, and to protect his subjects who are under him from outside attack. If he is not able to protect his own region and not able to protect his own people, then how about the entire Muslim Ummah

whom he claims to be a Khalifah for? So, as we can see, this current claim to the Khilafah does not fulfill this condi-tion of tamkin.

Here I want to bring to our attention a very important difference. That is that one may become the ruler of a certain area, of a certain land, which he cap-tures by force. In this case, he can be-come the legitimate ruler of that area if he takes it by force. But that does not mean that he becomes the Khalifah for the entire Muslim Ummah. So the least we can say is that this individual who has claimed to be the Khalifah of the Muslims, is a ruler ruling in that par-ticular land where he is, that particular part of al Iraq or Syria, not over the rest of the Ummah. This is something we have seen throughout Islamic history, where there have been certain nations

What we can see here is that this new “Khalifah” does not have any support, not among his own people, nor among the scholars and the people of authority in his own area, nor anywhere else in the Muslim Ummah.

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'Never Forget': Homework on the 9/11 AttacksMy son was told to interview me about what I remember about 9/11. This is what I told him.By Hena Zuberi

Yesterday my son brought home a school project on 9/11 and he couldn't understand why I snapped at him—'Never Forget' is not just a slogan.

Today I apologized to him for not giv-ing him an interview about where I was and what are my worst memories of the day, and what exactly happened on 9/11. He said, “It's okay, Mama. My sis-ters told me your about friend, Rahma.”

I haven't spoken to my boys about her or even about what happened that hor-rific day in detail; it's so much harder explaining it to a boy, especially a boy who will grow up be a brown man in this country; a brown, bearded man. One who I want to raise knowing Jus-tice and Peace.

We lost Rahma on 9/11 en route to Los Angeles on Flight 11. She was going to be a mother. I hadn't seen her since her engagement because I had left the US. After coming back, I had taken time for granted—marriage, motherhood ... you think you have all the time in the world to catch up. But you don't. 'By Time, In-deed mankind is in loss' (Qur'an 103:1-2)

I hate having to remind people of her death, but every life matters and her life mattered. Maybe her life doesn't fit into the narrative because she was a Sri Lankan/Japanese Muslim, her husband Micky —a Greek convert to Islam, and their unborn baby, an American, who would have been the same age as my Zayni this year - 13.

Love you Rahma! God took you and In Shaa Allah gave you a maqam (a sta-tus) that we can only pray for. Girl, ask about me if you don't see me there. Jan-nah, insha'Allah.

The memories of all the hundreds of thousands of people who have died on and after 9/11: here in the US, in Af-ghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan and elsewhere is something we will never forget even if we try to.

How do I explain to my son what this world has become after 9/11, with the creation of more terror, more death and destruction? Maybe one of the questions

in that school interview project should have been: How many loved ones have you lost in a terrorist attack?

Six. Umm… I should say 7.

Yesterday, my cousin Amna passed away. They say she had leukemia for the past 6 months, but I think she died of a broken heart, a terrorized heart. Her body was not making healthy blood cells. Would yours, if your soul had been ripped apart? She was raising 3 boys: Abdullah, Hamza, and Hafeez. She raised a Muslim man, Abdullah. A bright, beautiful, brown man, a 16 year old who completed the memorization of

the Qur'an.

'He was glowing [that day as he left for Jumu‘ah], so I took a photo of him on my phone,” she said sharing a rare photo of his, something that she rarely did in this age of selfies. He walked his grandfa-ther, his 'buddy', my uncle who dropped gems of wisdom with classic snark, to the Parade Lane masjid in Rawalpindi Saddar, in the officer's residential colo-

ny, to pray Jumu‘ah. They reached early so they could be in the first row, near the imam. They never came back, killed by a suicide bomb attack.Martyred, In shaa Allah. Allah must re-ally want them in Heaven, my nephew and uncle, the suicide bombers not so much, son. …Despite what the Islamo-phobes try to sell you and extremists try to tell them about the 72 virgins.

'The attack definitely had an anti-mili-tary angle to wreak vengeance against military personnel for not stopping the US drone (pilotless planes) strikes in the area,' said analysts.

I am worried about Hamza and Hafeez, they needed a mother's love to nurse the pain of losing their brother to radicals. They needed their grandfather's wisdom to bear the loss of their mother. Ya Al-lah, watch over them.

But they have their father, Col. Kaleem Zuberi, and Mamu sahab (Uncle) and Mami sahab (Aunt) raised a fine Mus-lim man. He balances his Deen (reli-gion) and his Dunya (world) like very few. Amna Baji and Kaleem Bhai were one of those couples that were totally in tune with each other. Both of them are my cousins and I grieve for his loss, his sweet love, but sometimes mothers ask Allah for some strange things and after 5 years, Amna Baji is with her Abdul-lah.

I grieve for him, and her and Rahma, and those who died innocently in the Twin towers, those who died to help them like Salman Hamdani, a first responder, and for Nabila's grandmother. Nabila is the 9-year-old who came to testify to the US Senate about her grandmother, who was shattered to death on Eid day by a US drone. I grieve for countless others.

I also grieve for the young men who are used as suicide bombers and the fami-lies they leave behind: what horrific circumstances crushed their youthful spirits? What propaganda brainwashed their dreams? Who used their youthful brown bodies for what gain? What in-justices made them break the sanctity of a masjid on a Friday? How devalued were their lives for them to devalue other lives? Where were their mothers?

So how do I tell my son about Rahma, without telling him about Abdullah? It's all connected. How do I explain to my American son of Pakistani origin that

I haven't spoken to my boys about her or even about what happened that horrific day in detail; it's so much harder explaining it to a boy, especially a boy who will grow up be a brown man in this country; a brown, bearded man. One who I want to raise knowing Justice and Peace.

How do I explain to my son what this world has become after 9/11, with the creation of more terror, more death and destruction?

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and cook.”

SheTaxis will partner with existing livery companies to provide the rides at competitive rates, Ms. Mateo said. SheTaxis, which has a staff of six, has already recruited 50 female drivers, ranging in age from 21 to 70. The ser-vice will collect fares through its app, using credit or debit cards, and then send payments to the drivers. “I have a lot of friends, they think it’s danger-ous picking up guys in the street,” said Stephanie Rodriguez, 21, a college stu-dent who earns about $700 a week driv-ing a livery car in the Bronx.

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tinue reading the main storyContinue reading the main storyMeera Joshi, chairwoman of the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commis-sion, said she saw it as another amenity for riders: “As with so many service industries, the for-hire vehicle industry continues to get more and more special-ized in terms of the products and ser-vices it offers.”

Ms. Mateo said she envisions the liv-ery service expanding to Washington, Miami, Chicago and other cities during the next year. Similar women’s driving services exist in other countries, includ-ing India.

At a recent lunch in Manhattan, more than a dozen livery company owners and their representatives welcomed the women drivers, with several noting that

women tended to be their best employ-ees. “We can recruit more women and provide better service to the commu-nity,” said Jose Viloria, the owner of El-egante car service, where currently only 10 of the 350 drivers are women.

Cristina Velos, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, said she decided to become a livery driver after 17 years as a hotel housekeeper, earning $25 an hour. “I think there’s more opportuni-ty,” said Ms. Velos, 42. “You have more time for family. You feel more comfort-able. You never have a supervisor.”

Lizette Colon, 30, a marketing repre-sentative for a liquor distributor, said she will not only drive for the service on weekends, she will use it herself when she goes to clubs. If she rides with a male driver, she said, she snaps a

picture of his license with her cellphone and sends it to a friend as a precaution. “I really don’t like getting into a car with a stranger,” she said. “You don’t know anything about him.”

Others, like Josephina Soto, 25, an as-piring singer looking for flexible hours, said she saw her new job as empower-ing to women, both in the front seat and the back. As a teenager, she recalled, she once tired of men flirting with her while she was working out and joined a Lucille Roberts gym for women only.

“This is the cab version of the gym,” she said. “I love the whole SheTaxis thing. Most of the time, there’s a lot of men-to-men stuff, but it’s not usually about the women.”

his cousin was killed because Uncle Kaleem is an army man who works to protect the land where my mother lives, by groups who are “against those of-ficers and ministers who are American by hearts and minds and Pakistani just by faces.”

It's so complicated, dear 4th grade teacher, this project of yours.

What do I want him to remember about 9/11? Let's see.

After 9/11, terrorist attacks have dou-bled in Pakistan. Since the War on Ter-ror started over 49,000 people have been killed in Pakistan, 24,000 by ter-rorist attacks in 2001-2008.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, an independent journalist organization, reports that from June 2004 through mid-September 2012, available data in-dicates drone strikes killed 2,562-3,325 people in Pakistan, of whom 474-881 were civilians, including 176 children.

Nicolas J. S. Davies writes on Alternet: The U.S. dropped 17,500 bombs during its invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. It conducted 29,200 air strikes during the

invasion of Iraq in 2003. The U.S. Air Force conducted at least another 3,900 air strikes in Iraq over the next eight years before the Iraqi government fi-nally negotiated the withdrawal of U.S. occupation forces. But that pales next to at least 38,100 U.S. air strikes in Af-ghanistan since 2002, a country already occupied by U.S. and NATO forces, with a government pledged by its U.S. overlords to bring peace and justice to its people.

The Obama administration is respon-sible for at least 18,274 air strikes in Afghanistan since 2009, including at least 1,160 by pilotless drones. The U.S. conducted at least 116 air strikes in

Iraq in 2009 and about 1,460 of NATO's 7,700 strikes in Libya in 2011. While the U.S. military does not publish fig-ures on “secret” air and drone strikes in other countries, press reports detail a five-fold increase over Bush's second term, with at least 303 strikes in Paki-stan, 125 in Yemen and 16 in Somalia.

And now we have ISIS, luring our young men and women into radicaliza-tion, and the drums are beating for yet another war, luring our young men and women into combat. Brown bodies will be on both front lines.

It's a long story, my son. Never Forget.

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that emerged, even when there was a main Khilafah in place. The scholars have said that basically these rulers are legitimate rulers in their particular local-ities, but they are not rulers for the entire Muslim Ummah.

Now, another very important point to mention here is that if we were to ex-amine certain nations that tried to imple-ment the Shari’ah and tried to have an Islamic rule – which is one of the main objectives behind establishing the Is-lamic Khilafah in the first place – some of them who were successful in doing that did not rush to proclaim the Khila-fah. We have several examples of this.

We have, for example, the Ottoman Em-pire, who originate from Aal ‘Uthman, the family of ‘Uthman, a Turkish fam-ily. Before they came into power and before they proclaimed their Khilafah, they started as a small state. This family ruled over a part of Turkey and expand-ed gradually over a period of three hun-dred years before they announced their Khilafah. And then their Khilafah lasted for five hundred years after that.

We also have in our times certain at-tempts by Muslims who came into pow-er in certain Muslim countries, they did not rush to proclaim the Khailafah even though they could have. An example is in Afghanistan, when the Taliban took over and ruled the country for a few years; they did not rush to proclaim the Khilafah. Why? Because they learned from history that when you rush to pro-claim the Khilafah, it is unwise and il-

logical to do so.

Now, if we were to analyze what has taken place today, in terms of the dec-laration of the Khilafah, we can see that many evils, calamities and tribulations have resulted from this incident. Among these are the following:

1. Announcing the Khilafah in this par-ticular manner demolishes the entire purpose and objective of establishing the Khilafah. What is the objective of es-tablishing the Khilafah? To preserve the sanctity of Islam and to govern the land by Islam. When we do not have a Khila-fah, we cannot establish the religion of Allah as Allah wants us to and we can-not guard Islam from the enemies, as we are seeing today.2. Those who have proclaimed the Kh-ilafah today, they basically consider that the entire Ummah is committing an of-fense, that the entire Ummah is at sin for not supporting this “Khilafah.” What this has resulted in is that these individ-uals are making the blood of Muslims halal (lawful). Thus, what we have seen in Syria and Iraq is that they are killing innocent Muslims who refuse to give their pledge of allegiance to this newly founded “Khalifah.” And we all know of the great crime and how severe it is with Allah to shed the blood of an innocent Muslim.3. They have distorted the image of Is-lam by showing that Islam is a religion of bloodshed, that it revolves around killing and beheading, as we have seen recently when they beheaded an Ameri-can journalist. This method of killing and beheading was never performed by the Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam, nor by any of the companions after him.

4. It has weakened the Muslims, and in particular the efforts of those who are fighting an unjust regime in Syria. This group came to Syria from Iraq and start-ed fighting the various Muslim groups that are fighting an unjust ruler. Thus, it has led to disunity among the ranks of those fighting the unjust Syrian govern-ment and mistrust among them.5. It has given the opportunity for some non-Muslim countries to once again come and attack Muslim lands. As a result of what these individuals are do-ing, we see once again that some non-Muslims have yet another justification for invading the lands of the Muslims, killing and attacking innocent Muslim civilians.

I conclude with a few pieces of advice, especially for our youth, regarding these current times of fitnah.

Firstly, even if after all what we have mentioned today of the illegitimacy of this proclaimed “Khilafah,” you are still not convinced of its illegitimacy, then at least consider it to be a fitnah. And what did the Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sal-lam advise us regarding times of fitnah? In the hadith of Hudhayfah bin Yaman (Allah be pleased with him), who used to always ask the Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam about the times of fit-nah, about the future, and the Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam always used to answer him. One of the things that the Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam mentioned is that in the future there will be a lot of disunity, a lot of fitnah. So Hudhayfah asked the Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam, “What should I do in such times?” The Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam said, “Stick to the main

body of the Muslims and their leaders.” If there is no main body of the Muslims, then the Prophet Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam said, “Then withdraw from all of them, even if you have to bite on to the trunk of a tree and die in that state, then do it.” And so if, after everything that we have mentioned, you are still not convinced, then at least consider this to be a fitnah. And the best thing to do in times of fitnah is to stay away from all parties, stay away from all groups, and stick to yourself.

Another very important piece of advice is that we need to be patient. In times of fitnah we need to be patient. We are see-ing a lot of atrocities being committed against Muslims. We are seeing a lot of things unfolding in the world today. So in these times we need to have patience, and we need to stay far away from jump-ing to conclusions and judgments. We also need to stick to and refer to the peo-ple of knowledge in such times. In the time of the companions, as the Muslim empire was expanding, Khalid bin Walid (Allah be pleased with him) and Abu ‘Ubaydah bin Jarrah (Allah be pleased with him), who were both command-ers of the Muslim army, used to write letters to the scholars from among the companions who use to live not on the frontiers of the Muslim lands, but rather who used to live in Hijaz, in Makkah and Madinah. What is the lesson that we gain from this? That, in times of fitnah, and even if you are deep in the trenches of the battlefields, don’t forget to refer to the scholars and the people of knowl-edge.

The full lecture can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xswLkhPhTc

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the barber shops that have traditionally served as a meeting hub, or place for community members. Here, conversa-tions are held, community events, and business shared, and vital information can be obtained, along with establishing health links that community members can really benefit from. The acronym for this health organization was aptly called H.A.I.R. [ Health Advocates In-Reach].

Dr. Thomas’s prime view or philosophy of the urban center is that it is like a “walled city”. Within this containment structure are centers of activity, which reflect various groups of people, their interaction, and inherent needs. The task of providing accessible health care rests on working to improve those rela-tionships in those centers, and by open-ing out the diversity of the areas, and regions there. “We must remain open to change...,” he said.

Spiritual Presence and Humility

Our exceptionally wonderful talk was drawing to a close. Even though my interview with Dr. Thomas was just about complete, his work continues. Another project that recently emerged is a partnership between the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Equity School of Public Health and Dar-us-Salaam / Al-Huda School, in College Park, MD. I believe that Dr. Thomas would undoubtedly agree that at the root of health care is the innate core of spiritual well-being. This center core is the reason why personal and social health care comprises components of great human sensitivity. Dr. Thomas was quite clear that there was an inex-tricable connection between the spiri-tual side of life and the necessary care,

or needs of all people, no matter where they dwelt on the earth. Undoubtedly, his personal travels, experience, and re-search affirmed that for him.

So, this is where Dr. Thomas also in-troduced the idea of health and Food Culture, the way people ate, obtained their nutrition, or the lack thereof. It is another area that addresses the di-versity of human beings, culture, their relationship with food-stuffs, and their ability to be healthy as related to what they eat. In brief, I shared a bit of my understanding about that, concerning the dirge of agricultural development in some parts of the world, the presence of food deserts in pockets of our nation’s communities, the impact of GMO (Ge-netically Modified Organisms: that es-pecially include foods here and on the global market), and the continued food habits that people practice because of poor food choices, or none!

We spoke of the reclamation efforts of the communities that are planting their own food, and also the high-jacking of their ability to do so, by some more af-fluent groups, because of a lack of im-mediate resources. Even this movement is in danger of the trendy affluent, up-scale individuals that want to access and control the growing in abandoned community lots, and consumption of whole foods, in places like South Cen-tral L.A., California, Detroit, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York, Washington, DC, and other places. Dr. Thomas made it clear that this fact il-lustrated both positive and negative aspects of such movements. It also il-lustrated the disparity between the orga-nized corporate food industry, distribu-tion for profit through privatization vs localized independent growers that of-fer affordable healthy foods to common folk. This is on an international level, but we were not here to talk politics.

Finally, Healthy Al-Huda 2020 is a positive ambitious project that gener-ated pro-activity through the sharing of cultural foods consumed by the di-verse groups of Muslim people within the Dar-us-Salaam and Al-Huda School Community. The aim was to produce a quality cookbook that will represent the foods, recipes, individual, and commu-nal story experiences about food prepa-ration, how it is utilized, and enjoyed for good health.

Dr. Thomas was able to join forces with Sr. Norah Aljohani, who will be completing her doctoral studies soon, at the university. She helped coordinate the partnership and ensuing activities with Principal Br. Haroon Baqai, As-sisant Principal Br. Abdul Qaadir Ab-dul-Khaaliq, Assistant Principal Aisha Elahi, and some of their staff members. It was an excellent opportunity that generated a meeting between Al-Huda’s Administration, and a team of volun-teers that accepted the task. A schedule of meetings was created, a time table, class projects, community involve-ment, and successful inter-related school-wide health fair held. Thus far, all of the efforts were successful, and we anxiously await the finished prod-uct (Al-Huda Cookbook) as a manifest fruit, of our collective labor. Presently, the cookbook is being edited, collated, and undergoing finalized design, with enhanced nutritional information in-cluded.

Another part of the project aims at track-ing some of the health improvements of the school’s students, and general com-munity as the dietary habits improve, more quality foods and preparation are provided, general health awareness increased, and food service qualifica-tions are obtained. This includes envi-ronmental health as well. Dr. Thomas is an advocate for and supporter of the AFHCA (Affordable Health Care Act),

which many know as “Obama-Care”, and its numerous provisons that aim at helping to improve health care in the nation.

At last, there was mention of the Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy, which is a joint endeavor with Catholic Chari-ties /Archdiocese of Washington, and the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity / School of Public Health. It is an actual mission to pro-vide a two day free dental clinic to people that need the care, have little or no insurance to cover the costs, or who will benefit from the immediate attention of dental examination. Den-tal screening, X-rays, cleaning, filling, and extractions will be provided, along with follow-up recommendations for conclusive care. This affair will serve hundreds of people within the region. Earlier in the year, a successful clinic was convened in Southern Maryland. Volunteers will assist with attendants to the Mission of Mercy, which was held September 5-6, 2014, at the UM Com-Cast Center. For further information, contact: www.midmdmom.org

It was a rewarding afternoon, and Dr. Thomas’s words rang true when he cor-related his work with the idea that an-other part of the objective was to give people the ability to obtain the “low hanging fruit” (meaning accessible, quality health care, and health educa-tion etc.). “Subhana Allah!” I said, and referred him to one of the ayats revealed in Qur’an, which states that the people of Jannah (Paradise) will have access to the delectable low hanging fruit, grant-ed to them from various fruit trees, as they desire. Certainly, it was a fitting way to end a very healthful meeting, with a humble handshake, and positive thought that we’d see each other again!

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| 35september 19th - October 16th, 2014OBITS & EVENTS

Request For Duaa To Allah We Belong, and to Him is Our Return

08-06-2014 Dr. Momtaz Ahmed of Germantown passed away. His son, Nabil, and his daughter, Famin, request everyone to make dua for him and forgive any hurt he may have caused. May Allah grant this brother Jannatul Firdaus. (Source: ISG)

08-08-2014 My sister in law, Naheed Sarfraz Mian, wife of my elder brother, Professor Dr. Sar-fraz Mian has passed away. She is survived by her husband and their three young daughters. Janazah prayer was on August 8, 2014 in Sterling, Virginia. Please make Duaa that Allah (SWT) may forgive all her sins, that He may grant her Jannah-tul-fir-dous and give sabr to family and friends. (Source: S. Mian)

08-08-2014 Br. Umer Khan, brother of Ahmed khan passed away . Janaza was on August 10, 2014 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Please make dua for the brother. (Source: ISG)

08-09-2014 Omar Khan, son of Sister Farida Khan, brother of Ahmed and Mansoor Khan (brother in law of Sisters Faiza Ahmed Khan and Sarwat Mansoor Khan) has passed away. Salaat ul Janazah was on August 10, 2014 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. May Allah accept his good deeds, for-give his shortcomings and enter him into Jannat ul Firdaus, Aameen. (Source: ICM)

08-10-2014 Sister Yusuf un Nisa has passed away. Loving mother of Br. Mujahid, Javed, Moh-sin, Hamid, Sr. Bilquis, Sr. Faheem, Sr. Najma and Sr. Waseem. Grandmother of Br. Asef, Al-taf, Sarah Mir and over 20 grandchildren. Great grandmother of Ismail, Ishaq, Amaan, Ameen, Hana, Muhammad and over a dozen more grand-children. Also, she was a grandmother in law of Sr. Zohra Mir. Janazah prayer was on August 10, 2014 in Springfield, Virginia. May Allah Subhana Wa Taala shower His mercy on her and Grant her highest level in Jannat-ul-Firdous. - Ameen. May Allah Subhana Wa Taala give Sabr to the family members to bear this great loss of a beloved fam-ily member - Ameen. (Source: N. Baig)

08-09-2014 Omar Khan, a 2007 accounting grad-uate of the University of Maryland, has passed away. Janazah prayer was on August 10, 2014 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. May his soul rest in Jan-nat Al Firdaus, ameen. May Allah (swt) forgive his sins and give his family patience. (Source: H. Rashid)

08-10-2014 The Prince George's Muslim As-sociation (PGMA) Imam, Boards, Management, and entire community in Lanham, MD extend their deepest condolences to Br. Omar Khan for the passing of his mother, Sr. Perween Khan, who has passed away. She is in the care of (Al Rah-man) the Merciful one. Janazah prayer was August 11, 2014 in Silver Spring, Maryland. May Allah SWT accept all her good deeds, and admit her to Jannatul Firdous; and may He grant her family patience contentment, and ease. (Source: PGMA)

08-10-2014 It is with great sadness that we an-nounce the passing of Sayeda Willayetunissa, mother of Mohammad Ibrahimuddin and grand-mother of Ayub Ibrahimuddin. The Salat ul Janaza was August 11, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland. We ask Allah (SWT) to shower her with His mercy,

compassion and forgiveness, grant her the highest ranks in paradise and give her family support and patience during this difficult time. (Source: ISB)

08-11-2014 It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of sister Shakila Shaheen, the mother in law of our dear brother Chairman Nazar Mohl. The Janazah prayer was on August 11, 2014 in Silver Spring, Maryland. May Allah swt forgive her, have mercy upon her, and grant her jannatul firdous. We also pray that Allah swt grant patience and strength to the family. (Source: ICCL)

08-12-2014 It is with tremendous sadness that we share with you the passing of Dr. Unaiza Hayat. Though the loss was sudden and unexpected, Dr. Hayat led a fulfilling and blessed life. She was a devoted healer, community leader, friend and much more. She had a passion for helping her friends, loved ones and patients live more enriching, healthier lives. She was blessed to do this through her philanthropic work and through Avecinia Wellness Center. Her legacy will live on through the good health and well-being of all those she served. Please remember her by shar-ing a smile with someone today. Dr. Hayat is sur-vived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hayat, siblings, Sumera, Aamer and Aatif, brother-in-law Jeff, sister-in-law Amy, nephew Ilyas, and nieces Alya and Sonia. (Source: F. Bee)

08-14-2014 It is with great sadness that we an-nounce the passing of Sr. Farida Abdullah, mother of Mohamed Karachiwalla, aunt of Aisha Ka-rachiwalla and sister of Remat Mughal. The Salat ul Janaza was on August 14, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland. We ask Allah (SWT) to shower her with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, grant her the highest ranks in paradise and give her family support and patience during this difficult time. (Source: ISB)

08-15-2014 Sr. Sayeda Begum Ajmeri, Mother of Br Arshad Ajmeri and mother-in-law of Sr Naila Ajmeri, has passed away. Salatul Janazaa was on August 15, 2014. The Ajmeri Family requests the community to pray that Allah SWT forgive all Mrs Sayeda Begum Ahmeri's sins, and grant her the highest level in Jannah, Aameen. (Source: ICM)

08-15-2014 Br Syed Monzur Ahmed from our ICM community has lost two brothers – Syed Farooq Ahmed (63) and Syed Ferdous Ahmed (65). May Allah accept their good deeds, forgive their shortcomings and enter them into Jannat ul Firdaus, Aameen. (Source: ICM)

08-19-2014 16-year old Abid Mallick returned to Allah SWT. He is survived by his parents, Br. Saeed and Sr. Rabia Mallick, and sister Fatima. May Allah SWT forgive his sins and grant Abid the highest level of Jannah. Ameen. (Source: B. Sami)

08-20-2014 Brother Faizullah Abdullah has re-turned to Allah. Janazah prayer was August 21, 2014 in Sterling, Virginia. May Allah Subhana Wa Taala shower His mercy on him and Grant him highest level in Jannat-ul-Firdous. - Ameen. May Allah Subhana Wa Taala give Sabr to the Family members to bear this loss. (Source: A. Ahmad ) 08-20-2014 It is with a heavy heart that we an-nounce the loss of our Brother, Khalid Durrani, younger brother to Sajjad Durrani. Br Khalid has passed away. His janaza prayer was on August 20, 2014. We ask Allah to forgive our brother and to envelope him in His mercy, and that He grant pa-tience to his family. (Source: MCC)

08-21-2014 It is with great sadness that we in-form you of the passing of sister Attia Gull, the mother of Riaz Ali and sister Beenish Ali, and mother in law of Amer Ali. The Janazah prayer was on August 22, 2014 in Laurel, Maryland. May Allah swt forgive her, have mercy upon her, and grant her jannatul firdous. We also pray that Allah swt grant patience and strength to the fam-ily in this difficult time. (Source: ICCL)

08-22-2014 The Prince George's Muslim Asso-ciation extends sincere condolences to the family of Brother Mamadou Bah who has passed away. The Janazah Salat was on August 22, 2014 in Lanham, Maryland. May Allah SWT admit him to Jannatul Firdaus, and may He grant his family patience and ease. (Source: PGMA)

08-22-2014 The Prince George's Muslim Asso-ciation extends sincere condolences to the family of Brother Mohamed Bangoura who has passed away. The Janazah Salat for Brother Mohamed Bangoura was on August 23, 2014 in Lanham, Maryland. May Allah SWT admit him to Jannatul Firdaus, and may He grant his family patience and ease. (Source: M Sabr)

08-22-2014 The Prince George’s Muslim Asso-ciation extends sincere condolences to the fam-ily of Brother Al Haji Abu Bakarr Jalloh who has passed away. The Janazah Salat for Brother Al Haji Abu Bakarr Jalloh was on August 24, 2014 in Lanham, Maryland. May Allah SWT admit him to Jannatul Firdaus, and may He grant his family patience and ease. (Source: M Sabr)

08-24-2014 Br. Ishfaq, the owner of Zam Zam Grocery store has passed away. Br. Ish-faq's Janazah prayer was on August 24, 2014 in Springfield, Virginia. May Allah (SWT) forgive all of his sins, may He grant him jannah-tul-fir-dous and give sabr to family and friends. (Source: Dar Alnoor )

08-26-2014 Br. Rashid Abbasi has passed away. Br. Rashid's Janazah prayer was on August 27, 2014 in Manassas, Virginia. May Allah (SWT) forgive all of his sins, may He grant him jannah-tul-firdous and give sabr to family and friends. (Source: Dar Alnoor )

08-30-2014 Br. Abdul Majid, uncle of Br. Iyad Muhammad, has passed away. Br. Ma-jid's Janazah prayer was on August 30, 2014 in Manassas, Virginia. May Allah (SWT) forgive all of his sins, may He grant him jannah-tul-firdous and give sabr to family and friends. (Source: Dar Alnoor)

09-01-2014 The Dar Al-Hijrah Board of Direc-tors, Imam, Executive Director, the staff of Dar Al-Hijrah and the Muslim community in North-ern Virginia extend its deepest condolences to Br. Ashraf Abou Hamda Family. He is the son of our dear brother Atef About Hamda His wife, Martha Abou Hamda, who worked as secretary at ISA. His siblings, Ayman and Amal. The Janazah was September 1, 2014 in Falls Church, Virginia. (Source: Dar Al-Hijrah)

09-02-2014 Dr. Ibrahim Mahmoud Shalaby, fa-ther of Gila Rana and father-in-law of Dr. Sohail Rana, both MCC members, made his transition to the next life at the age of 90 years old. He was a distinguished Islamic and Arabic language schol-ar and a teacher. He served as a graduate profes-sor in African Studies at Howard University for 20 years and was Co-Director of the Islamic Cen-

ter in Washington D.C. He taught Quranic Arabic at the MCC for several years as well. A humani-tarian and a loving family man, he leaves behind his wife Nadia, 7 children and 9 grandchildren. His Janaza prayer was on September 3, 2014 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Source: MCC)

09-02-2014 Sister Fahima Shaffi has returned to Allah. Janazah Prayer was on September 3, 2014 in Sterling, Virginia. Please make dua for Sister Fahima to forgive her sins and accept her in the highest Jannah. May Allah give her and her fam-ily peace and comfort. (Source: A. Ahmad)

09-02-2014 Bilqis Jahan Begum, mother of Si-min Yasin Shah and mother in law of Ghulam Ya-sin Shah has passed away. Salaat ul Janazah was on September 3, 2014 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. May Allah accept her good deeds, forgive her shortcomings and enter her into Jannat ul Firdaus, Aameen. (Source: ICM)

09-03-2014 It is with great sadness that we in-form you of the passing of the sister in law of our dear brother Iqbal Qasim Vohra. May Allah swt forgive her, have mercy upon her, and may He grant her the highest level of Jannah. Ameen. (Source: ICCL)

09-04-2014 It is with great sadness that we in-form you of the passing of the father in law of our dear brother Iqbal Qasim Vohra. May Allah swt forgive him, have mercy upon him, and may He grant him the highest level of Jannah. We also pray that Allah swt grant patience and strength to brother Iqbal Qasim Vohra's family in this diffi-cult time. (Source: ICCL)

09-08-2014 Tahir Ali, father of Amir Ali, Shawn Ali and husband of Qamar Ali, has passed away. He was also the brother in Law of Mumtaz Khan and Sabiha Zuberi. Salaat ul Janazah was on Sep-tember 9, 2014 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. May Allah accept his good deeds, forgive his short-comings and enter him into Jannat ul Firdaus, Aameen. (Source: ICM)

09-08-2014 It is with great sadness and heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Br. Omar Ndiaye's twin infant boys Rahman & Ra-him Ndiaye. The Janaza was on September 9, 2014 in Ellicott City, Maryland. We ask Allah (SWT) to shower them with His mercy, com-passion and forgiveness, and to grant them the highest ranks in paradise, and give their family support and patience during these difficult times. (Source: Dar Al Taqwa ) 09-11-2014 It is with great sadness that we an-nounce the passing of Br. Asem Bayoumi. The Salat ul Janaza was on September 11, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland. We ask Allah (SWT) to shower him with His mercy, compassion and for-giveness, grant him the highest ranks in paradise and give his family support and patience during this difficult time. (Source: ISB)

09-12-14 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Brother Hussein Ahmed Mohamed, father of Anisa, Safiyah, Abdulaziz, De and Ab-dirashid. The salatul Janaza was held on Septem-ber 13, 2014 in Silver Spring, Maryland. We ask Allah to forgive our brother and to envelope him in His mercy, and that He grant patience to his family. (Source: DUS & MCC)

“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)”

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------All Muslim Brothers Association

3900 king street, Alexandria, VA 22302

Tel: 703-647-0515jumma Prayer Only - 1:15 P.m

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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.orge-mail: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Baitul Mukarram:

2116 s nelson st., Arlington, VA, 22204,

Tel: 703-778-1550---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Zakaria Islamic Academy:Galesbury lane,

chantilly, VA 20151Tel: 571-969-2123|www.ziacademy.org

e-mail: contact@ziacademy.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------Badr community center Of Dumfries:

17794 Main street, dumfries, VA 22026

Tel: 703-554-7983 www.bccd.orge-mail: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar Ul-ghuraba (Masjid Ur Rahmah):

155 Baker st., emporia, VA 23487

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar Al Hijrah:

3159 rowe st., Falls church, VA 22044,

Tel: 703-536-1030 | www.hijrah.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Moroccan American community Organization center

5613 lessaburg Pike,#1Falls 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

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Richmond (ISGR):6324 rigsby road,

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

Masjid Al Rahman:1305 Hull st.,

richmond, VA 23224Tel: 804-232-7640

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjidullah Of Richmond:

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 Heritage center (IHc):262 A-3 cedar ln., Vienna, VA 22180Tel: 703-206-9056

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14918 jefferson davis Hwywoodbridge, VA 22191

Tel: 703-490-2220|[email protected]

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------Ivy city Masjid:

2001 Galludet st. ne, washington, d.c. 20002

Tel: 202-904-9668e-mail: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Muhammad:

1519 4th st. nw, washington d.c. 20001

Tel: 202-483-8832www.masjidmuhammad.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------The Islamic center:

2551 Massachusetts Avenue nw washington d.c. 20008

Tel: 202-332-8343www.theislamiccenter.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------First Hijra Muslim comm. center:

4324 Georgia Ave, nw washington, d.c. 20011

www.firsthijrah.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Masjid Al-islam:4603 Benning rd.,

se, washington, d.c. 20019e-mail: [email protected]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------new Africa Islamic community center

of Washington. Dc.

1628 Good Hope road, sewashington, dc. 20020

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

Muslim Society Of Washington, D.c.:Howard center, room 805

(Above Hu Bookstore)Tel: 202-328-3236

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2635 riva rd. suite 110, Annapolis, Md 21401

Tel: 410-266-6660www.isamd.org

email: info@islamannapolis.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------Bait-Allah Masjid of Baltimore Inc

200 s. calhoun streetBaltimore, Md 21223

imam’s cell: 571-721-9938email: baitallahmasjid@yahoo.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bilal Dawah center, Inc:1910 Frederick Avenue, Baltimore, Md 21223

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

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

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4624 York rd., Baltimore, Md 21212

Tel: 443-438-7986---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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, 21228Phone: 410 800 4880

email: [email protected]: www.masjidfatima.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------IRHScA (Islamic Research And Hum.

Services center Of America):1 chambers Ave,

capitol Heights, MdTel: 301-324-5040

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Islamic Society Of Southern Pg county (ISSPGc):

P O Box 99, clinton, Md 207355410 indian Head Hwy, Oxon Hill, Md 20745Tel: 240 603 4618

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Dar-us-Salaam:5301 edgewood rd.,

college Park, Md 20740,Tel: 301-982-9848

www.duscommunity.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Society Of Easton126 Port street unit # 1

easton, 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 21042

Tel: 443-574-5188 www.maryumcenter.com

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11064 livingston road unit l (101) Ft. washington, Md 20744,

Tel: 301 292-9009---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Society Of Frederick (ISF):1250 key Parkway,

Frederick, Md 21702Tel: 301-682-6090

www.isfmd.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic center Of Maryland (IcM):

19411 Woodfield Rd. Gaithersburg, Md 20879

Tel:301-840-9440www.icomd.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Makkah Learning center (MLc):

814 Brandy Farms ln., Gambrills, Md 21054

Tel: 410-721-5880www.isamd.org

email: info@mlcmd.org----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Islamic Society Of Germantown (ISG):

19900 Brandermill rd., Germantown, Md 20876

Tel: (240)-277-7758www.isgtown.org

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Ibn Taymiyyah:8000 Mlk Highway,

Glenarden MdTel: 301-322-8105

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Western Maryland:2036 day rd.,

Hagerstown, Md 21740Tel: 301-797-0922

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Islamic center (SMIc):1046 solomons island rd, Huntingtown, Md, 20639

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

Avondale Islamic center:4637 eastern Ave.,

Hyattsville, Md, 20782

Tel: 301-779-9292---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Prince Georges Muslim Assoc.(PGMA):9150 lanham severn rd., lanham,

Md, 20706,Tel: 301-459-4942www.pgmamd.org

Imam’s Office: 301-459-1441e-mail: [email protected].

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9704 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

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10601river road,Potomac Md 20854

www.iccpmd.com | 301-983-0383e-mail: [email protected]

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9019 Marcella Ave. randallstown, Md 21133

Tel: 410-971-4018www.ricbaltimore.org

e-mail: info@ricbaltimore.org---------------------------------------------------------------------------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: (Jumuah Only)jumuah: 12:50pm

3201 randolph rd, wheaton, Md 20906

www.imaam.orgemail: [email protected]

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

5418 ebenezer road, white Marsh, Md 21162

Tel: 410-663-9637Fax: 410-663-9817

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-inshirah:

7832 Fairbrook road, windsor Mill, Md 21244

Tel: 410-298-2977

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