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the audience. Others walked out of the room. Other made passionate statements.

Muslim Link Staff Baltimore County schools will not be closing for the two Eidain. On August 23, 2016, the Board of Education (BOE) met in Towson, MD and voted regarding the permanent Eid holiday closings for public schools in Baltimore County. The 6-5 vote brought emotional protests —“Injustice!” shouted some members of

Islamic Society of Baltimore President Muhammad Jameel (foreground, left) stands with Baltimore area Muslims who came to Towson to urge the Baltimore County Board of Education to finally add the two Eids as official school holidays. The Board voted 6-5 against the addition. Photo courtesy of the Baltimore Sun.

Some school board members, including Steve Verch, Committee Chair Romaine Wi l l i a m s a n d M i c h e a l Collins, spoke ardently in favor of closing. "It is time to do the right thing. Set aside your ambivalence. >> VOTES Pg 12

MD Muslims Have New Options for Eid Zabiha By Hena Zuberi

Muslim Link Staff Urban farming is rising in popularity and Muslim farmers in the region are planting their seeds in this fertile soil. In Ellicot City, a few minutes from the Dar at Taqwa Islamic Center, down

the road from the petting zoo at the Clark's Elioak Farm is the 33-acre Omar Farm. Driving 100 miles to Pennsylvania looking for a lamb for his son’s aqeeqah

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Med Student Arrives At Gym, Helps Save Man's Life | pg 5 President Nominates First Muslim for Fed Judiciary | pg 6 Self-Defense Training Attracting More Muslimahs | pg 8 PHOTO ESSAY: Where Do the Children Sleep? | pg 18 Reflecting on the Life of Prophet Ibrahim ‘Alyhissalaam | pg 22

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Helping Hands Settles Into New Baltimore Headquarters

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Muslim Link Staff With a new office and warehouse, Helping Hands for Relief and Development USA (HHRD), is set to serve the DMV community more efficiently. This American Muslim organization is working in 51 countries with a budget of $45 million. The front office featured a glass encasement showcasing indigenous handicrafts made under the HHRD Skills Development Program- a socio-economic development program for women from vulnerable

and disaster hit communities. Neatly labeled open boxes line the warehouse so donations can be sorted and shipped. The far end of the warehouse hosts piles of bags that will be sorted by volunteers. Girl Scout troops, youth groups and middle school/ high school students are urged to come and volunteer at the warehouse. An open house was held on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the warehouse on 1817 Whitehead Rd, Woodlawn, MD. The close proximity to several large masajid, as well the relative low cost per sq footage was the incentive that facilitated the move from

Ijamsville, MD for Khan. “We needed a larger space”, Khan says of this new 4600 sq ft office. “This is giving me flexibility. When people give in-kind donations of items like hospital beds, they don’t want to wait.” “We ship stuff and it is easier to get to the port from here,” he said. “There is a larger base of volunteers as we are now near a large Muslim community,” Dr. Calvin Ball, Howard County Council Chair, performed the ribbon cutting

ceremony, surrounded by a crowd of well wishers. He is the sponsor of the letter to the Maryland governor to welcome Syrian refugees to Howard County. “Our shared values of justice, celebrating diversity and reaching out that helping hand are shared values that link our humanity,” said Dr. Ball. “I thank you and honor your investment into the future of humanity.”

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Med Student Arrives At Gym For Workout, Helps Save Man's Life By Jennifer Davis

out on a stationary bike had just collapsed while leaving the cardio room.

CLARKSVILLE, Md. - Medical students study how to save lives, but generally it is a while before they get to put that education into practice. But for one University of Maryland medical student, he was put to the test during a trip to the gym. Let's just say he passed with flying colors.

“I checked his pulse and I didn’t feel anything and I didn’t notice that he was breathing, so I rolled him over and I just quickly started doing compressions just because that is something I remember from medical school,” Mohammed recalled.

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Isa Mohammed got to The Columbia Gym hours later than normal on August 26, but he was just in time to handle an emergency. A man in his 60s who had been working

He is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Maryland and learned CPR

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President Nominates First American Muslim for Federal Judiciary Source: Muslim Advocates On September 6, 2016, President Obama nominated Abid R. Qureshi to serve as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. A litigation partner at Latham & Watkins LLP in Washington, DC, Mr. Qureshi is the first American Muslim to be nominated to serve on the federal judiciary. “I commend President Obama for taking this important step in continuing to pick the best and brightest from every community to serve as part of our nation’s judiciary,” said Farhana Khera, former counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and executive director of Muslim Advocates,

a national legal a d v o c a c y organization. “A judiciary that reflects the rich diversity of our nation helps ensure the fair and just administration of the law, and it is vital for American Muslims to be included. Mr. Qureshi’s profound commitment to the rule of law and justice for people of all backgrounds makes him an exceptional nominee.” Mr. Qureshi has a long and distinguished legal career. He has served as lead

counsel in numerous trials before state and federal courts across the country and has represented clients at the trial and appellate levels and before state and federal regulators and national and international arbitral tribunals. Mr. Qureshi has also served as Chair of Latham’s Global Pro Bono Committee since 2012, overseeing one of the world’s largest pro bono programs. His pro bono work has included working with Muslim Advocates on two cutting edge civil rights cases. Mr. Qureshi is the recipient of the “Champions of Justice” Award in 2012 by the National Law Journal’s Legal Times for upholding the profession’s core values

through public service, pro bono work, and advocacy for civil liberties. In 2014, he was included in the Washington, DC Super Lawyers list, which recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice. Mr. Qureshi sits on the DC Bar Legal Ethics Committee. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School. While a number of American Muslims have served with distinction as judges at the state level, there has never been a Muslim judge at the federal trial or appellate levels. Muslim Advocates calls for a prompt hearing and full and fair consideration of this sterling nominee by the U.S. Senate.

Montgomery College Institutes Diversity Training After Takoma Campus Incident By Hena Zuberi

Muslim Link Staff When Casie*, a student at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, MD, walked past the group of pro-life activists tabling on campus, she was not expecting the outside group to be aggressively harassing college students. She heard the inflammatory statements being made about Islam and saw a few Muslim students intimidated by the anti-Muslim vitriol. One young man had tears in his eyes, heartbroken to hear

such viciousness on his college campus. The courageous young woman spoke and challenged the comments. And this is when the group turned on her. They started using verbally offensive language and aggressively shouted untruths about Islam. Soon after a professor stopped to see the cause of the ruckus. He sided with the outside protesters. Casie* informed security when she felt harassed but to no avail. Casie* then contacted CAIR and the organization started communicating with

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college administration. Margaret Latimer, the Vice President and Provost, was horrified according to CAIR and promised to do an investigation.This happened in early February. “On February 25, a student at that campus was reportedly subjected to hostile and intimidating behavior by an outside activist group that was disparaging Islam and Muslims, and by a professor supportive of the group’s rhetoric. The student, who is not Muslim, challenged the group’s disparaging comments and came to the defense of Muslim students

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who heard the Islamophobic comments,” reads a statement by the civil rights organization. “Part of the incident was caught on video and submitted to campus administrators who were notified of the incident. CAIR submitted a letter to the college calling for an apology from the professor involved, and urged administrators to pass specific measures to protect the student involved and prevent similar incidents in the future.”

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Self-Defense Training Attracting More Muslim Women As Violent Attacks Continue Across Nation By Hena Zuberi

Muslim Link Staff On September 1, 2016, sixty-year-old Nazma Khanum, a Muslim woman of Bangladeshi descent, was murdered near her home in Queens, New York. Her husband was walking a block behind his wife who was dressed in traditional clothing with her head covered.

When a man started yelling anti-Muslim slurs at her in her neighborhood, she was scared. “What would I do if I got attacked while I was with the kids?” she questioned herself.

Police are still under investigating the crime and have made an arrest, but many members of the Muslim community fear the attack may be a hate crime, as none of her belonging were stolen. Many Muslim women report harassment and fear as they are visible targets in hijab: from the high schooler in San Diego who had her hijab ripped off her head, to a neighbor attacking a woman in Chicago after repeated calling her ‘ISIS’. Women

are often urged to travel in pairs and carry mace. “My mother lives alone and rarely ventures out alone,” says Namira Islam, Executive Director of the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, who is also of Bangladeshi

descent. It is harder for women, especially elderly women. “Immigrant and Muslim identities intersect and Muslim women face a rabid kind of hate.” She thinks it is worse for the older generation- their kids are grown and many live alone, hesitant to go out by themselves.

“American Muslim immigrant aunties often feel like they don’t belong anywhere- they have been away from their birthplaces for so long and are made to feel less human because of their accents. Some feel uneducated and backward when they speak with an accent as a result of virulent anti immigration discourse,“says Islam. With the younger crowd it is a concern about kids and their safety,” she adds. Aqabah Karate, a martial arts studio operating in College Park, MD and a project of the Dar-us-Salaam community, is holding a series of self-defense seminars exclusively women in the community. Loud cries of ‘Oos’ ring through. “Step

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says Adila. Ali’s father would slaughter the animal himself. This is an act of worship. “Outside meat wasn’t allowed in our homes as it wasn’t clear who was performing the zabih [harvest],” shares Ali. Many Muslims believe that consuming haram contributes to spiritual diseases.

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was what finally convinced Ali Omar, an engineer from East Turkistan, that he needed invest in his own farm. “It was inconvenient, expensive and many farms are really far from residential areas,” says Adila, his wife and business partner. “Usually, it takes the whole day on Eid to perform the udhiya ... clean the animal,” says Adila, “because the farms are so far away.” Urban farming makes food as "local" as possible, and decreases the "food miles" associated with longdistance transportation. “We utilize a well-preserved, traditional techniques of livestock breeding and are integrating them into the American way,” says the couple, who is passionate about their new venture. The Omars are not new to business; they ran a successful 150 room hotel and renowned restaurant in Shanghai. But the pursuit of a life without religious restrictions forced them to sell everything and head to the United States. As Uyghurs, they have lived under Chinese oppression for decades. The opening of the farm has sent a ripple of excitement in the Uyghur diaspora. Serene, lined by trees, with horse fencing, pastures where sheep roam free, woods, a pond, a barn, an organic vegetable garden, the 33-acre farm yields hay and pasture-

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“Her stance emboldened the Muslim students on campus,” says CAIR’s outreach manager for Maryland Dr Zainab Chaudry. “The MC administration were really cooperative and we had a positive ending.” She hopes this motivates more people to speak out. According to the Montgomery County Police Anti-Bias Report, of the 31 incidents motivated by bias towards religion, 74 percent (23) were considered anti-Jewish, despite Jewish persons making up only 3.1 percent of the population. Muslims don’t report their incidents. “We know of instances of bigotry and xenophobia that are not being reported

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The manager is from El Salvador and used to run his own farm.

raised livestock: sheeps, and goats. Adila and Ali bought the farm, in cash, this May. Each animal is taken care of by the Omars for at least three months before they are harvested. They roam the pastures and are grass fed. There is enough brush and brambles for the goats which prefer it to grass. “We make sure they don't eat weeds,” she said. A major benefit of raising animals on pasture is that their products are healthier. Compared with feedlot meat, meat from grass-fed beef, bison, lamb and goats has less saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. It also has more vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and a number of health-promoting fats, including omega-3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acid. The animals are also low stressed. “It was so hot a few weeks ago, so we took

because students don't want to come under scrutiny,” added Dr Chaudry. “We have been observing the trend of educators, school admins, supporting antiMuslim commentary,”says Dr Chaudhry. “[Casie] was brave and courageous,and she articulated herself really well,” says Dr Chaudhry. College administrators recently concluded their investigation and worked with CAIR to reach a satisfactory resolution that included 1) an apology from the professor, 2) protection of student from reprisal, 3) diversity training for staff involved in the incident, and 4) steps taken to ensure policy enforcement regarding outside groups visiting campus. On April 18, 2016, the Takoma Park/Silver

them to the pond in forest [to] protect them from the heat.” says Adila. “We are busy from fajr to Isha. The entire family— my mother in law, sister in law, brother in law, husband— pitches in,” “We wanted to know where the meat we were eating was coming from,” says Ali Omar. “I want to know who is doing the zabiha of my meat, is the person a practicing Muslim?” When you grow up under sanction on your religious expression than you take your religion seriously. Both Adila and Ali grew up taking care of the animals in their homes. “In my country we eat fresh meat, we raise the animals in the gardens, in our backyards,”

Spring Campus hosted Dr. Amer Ahmed, who spoke on Addressing Islamophobia: Dispelling Myths to Break Down Barriers. Earlier in the academic year, the MSA on the Rockville campus also held a seminar on anti-Muslim bigotry. The Montgomery College professor and advisor to the Muslim Student Association says that the first time he heard about the Takoma Park campus incident was through the CAIR email listserv. “I was not informed by MC,” he adds. Dr Durrani says there have been other incidents where MSA members were exposed to Islamophobic remarks. In one incident, as students were putting posters up around the campus for an MSA hosted talk. They overheard students calling them “ISIS is also in MC.”

Animals are available for Udhiya for $280 with a $30 processing fee. The Omar Farm has teamed up with Ar-Rashidun Community Center and will distribute the portion for the needy to families in Washington D.C. A slaughter house is being built, as well as a covered picnic pavilion, and a playing lot so families can spend time at the farm while their Eid sacrifice is taking place. The farm will start serving organic chicken, and vegetables in the near future. Goats and sheep are also available for sale throughout the year. “We hope this year a lot of people will benefit from our services,” she says. “If you provide ease for a Muslim, then Allah will provide ease for you,” he adds. The Omar Farm is located on 4713 Manor Lane Ellicott City, Maryland 21042. Cell:301-919-3329 Email: omarfarm@ uymerica.comWebsite: www.uymerica. com

In a statement, CAIR Maryland Outreach Manager Dr. Zainab Chaudry said: "In their handling of this incident, Montgomery College administrators have demonstrated that this institution of higher learning is indeed committed to protecting its diverse student body, preserving its integrity and upholding the values of tolerance, inclusivity and religious freedom that serve as the cornerstones of our state and our nation. We especially thank Vice President and Provost Ms. Margaret Latimer, and look forward to developing and strengthening the relationship we have established in order to enhance students' learning experiences moving forward." Name changed for privacy*

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… Recognize the realities of Baltimore County, the nation and the world," said Collins,. "We will say something powerful and something correct. We will clearly do the right thing." Others sided with the argument that schools can only close for secular reasons and based on rate of absenteeism. Many Muslims continue to send their children to school on Eid- fearing drops in GPAs. School board member Ann Miller spoke against giving the Eid Holiday, stating that there was no data on absenteeism to justify a closing. The Policy Review Committee, given the task of studying the issue, recommended that schools be closed on Eid for the sake of equity. “This is the time we should move forward- these arguments [against] are just strawmen,” said Collins. The room erupted in applause. “It's an unfortunate decision not to approve the Eid holidays during the Baltimore County school year The growth of Muslim families in Baltimore County increases every year; therefore, the school board should take that into

The Muslim community in Baltimore has been advocating for school closings on Eid for more than a decade. Some fathers have been come grandfathers in the process. consideration since no true data is collected on how many Muslim students attend their schools. However, what this has shown is that the Baltimore County School Board will remain having that wall of being non-inclusive and the challenges of diversity and collaboration will remain a difficult task for the Muslim community,” stated Sean Stinett, of the Baltimore County Muslim Council. This year Baltimore County schools will be closed on Eid-ul-Adha day. This decision was made last year, when the school board decided to schedule a teacher training day on the day of Eid, following the lead of Montgomery County. Dr Bash Pharoan, a father, is an advocate who has spoken at every meeting on this topic in favor of closing schools for Eid. Due to his advocacy, Baltimore County's

school board designated the holiday as a professional day for 2016. The Muslim community in Baltimore has been advocating for school closings on Eid for more than a decade. Some fathers have been come grandfathers in the process. Muhammad Jameel, President of ISB, has been involved in Eid advocacy since 1988. “Justice does not require numbers. Logistically it is all possible, but the board is very reluctant,” he stated in an earlier meeting about the issue. Pharoan and Jameel have previously also brought up factual issues in the Baltimore County curriculum regarding Islam to the BOE. The Eid movement picked up momentum in the last year with more Muslim

>> continued from pg 5 Dwane Baysmore, representative from County Executive Kevin Kamenetz office, Guy Guzzone, Maryland State Senator and Dr Jay Jalisi, Maryland state Delegate, were also in attendance. Imam Yahya Hendi, Georgetown University’s Muslim Chaplain, led the audience in a dua. “Politics of Justice, economics of equity and covenant of community- we will never be true to the tenets of our faith if we don't establish a community with a strong covenant that keeps us together (misaaq). We are in a covenant with God to care for our fellow brothers and sisters,” said Imam Hendi. Interns were honored. A presentation by youth on their visit to Jordan to a Syrian

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“We needed a larger space”, Khan says of this new 4600 sq ft office. “This is giving me flexibility. When people give in-kind donations of items like hospital beds, they don’t want to wait.” refugee camp left many with tears in their eyes. “Before the Prophet (Sallallahu’alyhi wa sallam) was a messenger he was a humanitarian worker,” said Dr Ansari, Chairman of the board of HHRD, as he spoke about the mission and work of HHRD. 15,000 orphans are supported by HHRD, including non Muslim orphans are

supported by the organization, he shared with the audience of wellwishers, volunteers, donors and elected officials. Khan agrees that the current way of fundraising needs to change— there is too much wastage of resources and food in the ‘dinner at grand hotel fundraising scene’. The office was a mess when we first moved

parents getting involved. A Facebook group was formed online to facilitate communication: BCPS movement for Eid Equality. News of New York City New York City closing schools for the Muslim holy days and the success of Equality for Eid in Howard and Montgomery County also rejuvenated interest. “The success of MCPS is a beautiful example of why local, grassroots efforts are so essential to achieving national goals. Many communities share the desire for Eid Equality, but each community may have a unique approach and need. Advocates of Eid Equality in MCPS, I understand, asked to preserve the Muslim holiday as a professional day. That is a different from what advocates in NYC asked, which was to preserve the Muslim holiday for students and employees. Local efforts have the pulse on local needs and local expressions of important values. As a parent-participant in the BCPS movement for Eid Equality, I hope that our local community can successfully achieve our goal of a system wide school closing, like the closings which occur for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah,” wrote Dannette Zaghari-Mask, who started the group last year. Muslim activists and parents are set to regroup and restrategize after this defeat.

in, says Asif Khan. It took a year to clean up and a $15,000 renovation to make the office into the bright, cheerful place that it is today. The conference room is open for any nonprofit to hold meetings. A remodeled kitchen and bathroom for staff and visitors. HHRD has signed ten year lease and looks forward to building allies and a larger donor base in the region. (Note: Within the past two months, I have visited two Helping Hand USA offices on two continents and have witnessed the focus on the cost consciousness and immense scope of the work conducted without lavish expenditure.) With a new staff of four part-time staff members, the team is set to conduct many more projects. The staff has sent four containers — medical supplies to Kenya, computers and school supplies to Pakistan, >> HQ Pg 13

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and two clothing container to Syria and Pakistan. Each container costs three to five thousand dollars to ship depending on the destination and takes two months to prepare for shipment. “Our goal is to make it more efficient and send a container every month,” added Khan. A shipment of two trucks of shoes rolled in from Virginia Beach. Khan had received a call from the owner of a shoe store. The 5000 pairs of shoes were in mint condition but were out of fashion. Khan promised to make the 5 hour trip down to check out the merchandise. “They were good shoes retailing at $25.00,” he said. He drove one truck of shoes up himself earlier this week, commented a father of a volunteer about Khan. With this kind of devotion, under Khan’s leadership, HHRD-Mid-Atlantic has emerged as a revitalized chapter of this world-class humanitarian organization.

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>> continued from pg 5 at school. He used it a few times on trauma and cardiac surgery rotations. But he had never saved a life outside the hospital until now. “It was actually about 10 minutes of straight compressions, which was a solid exhausting workout,” he said. “I checked the pulses in between. Luckily, I had some help and by the end of it, he had a pulse. The EMT came in perfect timing and they were able to feel a solid pulse in his neck.” Staff inside the 57,000-square foot gym is CPR trained and a lifeguard jumped in to help about halfway through. But everyone at the gym was very relieved the 24-year-old Mohammed was there to do the heavy lifting. “We are so grateful to Isa and his timing was perfect,” said Steve Mendelsohn, general manager for The Columbia Gym. “He couldn’t have been more valuable and helpful in that moment to save a life.” “In the hospital, I'm a medical student so I always have someone watching my back,” Mohammed said. “But here, I was

completely by myself, which was a little scary, but glad things worked out. I did it a few times in hospital and it sometimes works out and sometimes it doesn’t. So I was glad this time it worked out for the best.” Mohammed is training to be an ophthalmologist, so he said his ultimate goal is to save people's eyesight – not their lives. But he said it is wonderful to help out where needed.

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Nearly Half Of Refugees Entering The U.S. This Year Are Muslim By Phillip Connor

PEW Research Center, August 16, 2016

The U.S. has received 28,957 Muslim refugees so far in fiscal year 2016, or nearly half (46%) of the more than 63,000 refugees who have entered the country since the fiscal year began Oct. 1, 2015, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center. That means that already this year the U.S. has admitted the highest number of Muslim refugees of any year since data on self-reported religious affiliations first became publicly available in 2002. Christians are the second-largest group of refugees to the U.S. so far this fiscal year; 27,556 Christian refugees have entered the country, nearly as many as the number of Muslim refugees. A slightly lower share of 2016’s refugees were Christian (44%) than Muslim, the first time that has happened since fiscal 2006, when a large number of Somali refugees entered the U.S. People seeking to enter the U.S. as refugees are processed overseas. As part of the process, they are asked a series of questions, including their religious affiliation. When their applications are approved, refugees travel to the U.S. to be resettled by nonprofit groups associated with the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Refugees to the U.S. are different from

Just two countries – Syria (8,511) and Somalia (7,234) – were the source of more than half of this year’s Muslim refugees. The rest are from Iraq (6,071), Burma (Myanmar) (2,554), Afghanistan (1,948) and other countries (2,639). asylum seekers, who claim asylum after already being in the U.S. or crossing into the U.S. via an airport or land border. Refugees make up a small percentage (about one-in-ten) of the roughly 1 million immigrants granted lawful permanent residency in the U.S. each year. Because the U.S. government does not keep track of the religion of new legal immigrants, it is not possible to say what share of all recent immigrants are Muslim. A 2013 Center report, however, estimated that as of 2012, roughly six-in-ten new legal immigrants were Christian, compared with one-in-ten who were Muslim. Just two countries – Syria (8,511) and Somalia (7,234) – were the source of more than half of this year’s Muslim refugees. The rest are from Iraq (6,071), Burma

(Myanmar) (2,554), Afghanistan (1,948) and other countries (2,639). Overall, a far larger total number of Christian refugees than Muslim refugees have entered the U.S. since fiscal 2002, the first year for which data on selfreported religious affiliations are publicly available. During the past 15 years, the U.S. has admitted 389,712 Christian refugees and 269,395 Muslim refugees, meaning that 46% of all refugees who have entered the U.S. during this time have been Christian while 32% have been Muslim. This year, about 6,552 refugees (10%) are members of faiths other than Islam or Christianity. More than 2,500 belong to Buddhist traditions while about another 1,500 are Hindu. A much lower number of

refugees in 2016 are atheists or claim no religious affiliation (338 refugees overall, or 1% of all refugees this year). As of mid-August, the U.S. has received more than 63,000 refugees, about 22,000 short of the 85,000 ceiling set by the Obama administration at the beginning of fiscal 2016. Burma (Myanmar) (10,464 as of mid-August), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (10,417), Syria (8,569) and Iraq (7,479) are the top origin countries of refugees arriving thus far in 2016. Together, refugees from these four nations represent more than half (58%) of all refugees admitted to the U.S. this fiscal year. The administration set the goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. this year. As of the middle of August, the administration is about 86% of the way toward its goal [Update: This goal has now been met – TML] Among the 8,569 Syrian refugees received, 99% are Muslim and less than 1% are Christian. As a point of comparison, Pew Research Center estimated Syria’s religious composition to be 93% Muslim and 5% Christian in 2010. Note: This post has been updated to clarify that fiscal 2002 is the earliest year for which self-reported religious affiliation data for refugees are publicly available.

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Activists Pushing for Divestment from Israel Face Travel Risks, Deportation By Hena Zuberi

Muslim Link Staff On July 17, 2016, a group of American human rights delegates were deported from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. This was a predecessor to a move by the apartheid nation to remove all Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists In August, a new Israeli government task force was formed to deport all BDS activists in the country. "Deporting BDS activists in order to silence them and undermine their principled support for Palestinian human rights is not only anti-democratic; it is yet another incident of Israel shooting itself in the foot. If anything, we expect such acts of heightened repression to boost support for boycotting Israel back in these activists' home countries," stated Abdulrahman Abunahel, a spokesperson for the Palestinian BDS National Committee. “As a human rights attorney in the US, I am outraged by this level of blatant discrimination. Working on human rights and criminal defense in the US, I see these patterns of discrimination in my work every day, where US police officers and security personnel routinely train with and share tactics and profiling systems with Israel. The deportation of a majority Muslim and people of color group is an example of how Israel engages in Islamophobia and racism, and silences debate by preventing the world from hearing the testimony of those who bear witness to the plight of Palestinians,” says Bina Ahmad. Ahmad, is an attorney from Manhattan where she has worked for the past 11 years as public defender. Her focus has

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been international human rights work and animal right law. She was one of the key legal adviser during the New York session of the Russell Tribunal. She is a long time Palestinian supporter. “I worked during law school in Al Haq in Ramallah,” says Ahmed. She also worked at the BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, which is an independent, human rights non-profit organization. Ahmed lived in the West Bank in 2004 and revisited the area in 2005. “I have always travelled through Tel Aviv, except the first time I went, we entered through the Egyptian border through a bus. Every other time I have entered through Tel Aviv.” Monitored from D.C. to Ethiopia, Ahmed went through special security. “I was picked for secondary security clearance of my name before I could even get a boarding pass,” she shares. Flying through Ethiopia, Ahmed was made to go through three separate security checkpoints there. “Israel has additional agents in several world countries,” she shares. “This [one] checkpoint seemed to be set up especially set up for the delegation. All the people with Muslims names or who looked Muslim were brought through this checkpoint.”

She says her legal and political life became more public and prominent since the last time she travelled and the internet is wider tool that is used to monitor activists. “Israel is increasing surveillance on people of color, Muslims and activists. The treatment is getting harsher. Israeli power only grows and so do the rates of denial of entry,” says Ahmed. Ramah Kudaimi is a Syrian-American

who is active in American Muslim spaces. She was travelling with an indigenous and people of color delegation including immigration rights activists, Black Lives Matter activists, focused on the reemergence movement for black liberation in the country. “People are becoming politically aware. Palestine is taking center stage and this progressive cause too touchy of an issue for many liberal activists. Palestine needs to be put in the center. Palestinian liberation is connected to the liberation of the Black people,” she elaborated. “I was expecting a hard time getting in; I didn’t let myself get excited about getting in. I went through Jordan, [knowing] that I was going to be interrogated on the bridge. I chose not to go through the airport, as i would be deported back to the U.S., with the bus [route] I just get to go back Jordan,” says Kudaimi, knowing that she was visibly Muslim. “I chose the bridge, thinking where am I going to get treated better. People have to take this into consideration. That is not what you have to do when you are traveling to a place that calls itself the beacon of western civilization in Israel,” says Kudaimi. "The woman interrogating me called me a terrorist in the main waiting area ... where there were plenty of people around, accusing me of coming to do bombings and threatening to tell the U.S. government this," said Ramah Kudaimi, Director of Grassroots Organizing, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Ahmed describes a harrowing experience when she landed Tel Aviv. After being interrogated and jailed in a ‘filthy deportation center cell without water’, she was deported back to the United States along with 4 other activists.

Some were barred from entering Israel or the occupied Palestinian territories for the next 10 years. Deplaned in Ethiopia, without a boarding pass or her passport, Ahmed was terrified. “Ethiopian Airlines and the Israeli government pulled my ticket. My family and friends were frantically calling the U.S. embassy!” she says. In the end she was charged $2200 for a one way ticket to - stiffed by the Israeli government. The United states and Israel have a visa waiver. “You get the visa at the border, this was a violation of the visa waiver program,” says the public defender. As activists reached out the the United States Consulate, “some officials made comments indicating they had no power over the treatment of U.S. citizens held at the airport despite visa agreements between Israel and the United States,” reads a statement. Kudaimi has been banned for five years. “The US government is an active partner in Israel's war crimes against Palestinians, providing billions in military aid every year,”she says. “Our experience traveling to witness the reality of life for Palestinians is proof once again that both countries are plagued with institutionalized racism, Islamophobia, and militarism." “My tax dollars are used in Israel and my government can’t do anything about it,” says Kudaimi. “Any person giving taxes – you are complicit in the occupation of the Palestinian people. It is essential that Americans take action locally and be in the struggle of the Palestinians. You are complicit in the oppression. You have a more direct role than other people aboard,” she emphasized.

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Where the Children Sleep

A photo exhibit about refugee children in Europe and the Middle East by Magnus Wennman A girl afraid to close her eyes. A boy without a bed. A child who dreams of when bedtime didn’t bring terror. More than two million children have been forced from their homes by the war in Syria. Refugee children in neighbouring countries or making journeys through Europe show us where they sleep while they await an uncertain future.

Swedish photographer Magnus Wennman, winner of two World Press Photo Awards, has partnered with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to raise awareness about refugee children.UNHCR, in close collaboration with Fotografiska - The Swedish Museum of Photography, has brought his award-winning exhibit to the United States for the first time.

3) Iman, who fled Syria, has pneumonia and a chest infection. This is her third day in this hospital bed. “She sleeps most of the time now. Normally she’s a happy little girl, but now she’s tired. She runs everywhere when she’s well. She loves playing in the sand,” says her mother Olah, 19.

1) Farah, who fled Syria, loves soccer. Her dad tries to make soccer balls for her using anything he can find, but they don’t last long. Every night, he puts Farah and her big sister Tisam, 9, to bed hoping that tomorrow will bring them a proper soccer ball to play with. All other dreams seem to be beyond his reach, but he is not giving up on this one.

4) There’s a difference between closing your eyes and sleeping, as six-year-old Gulistan knows. She prefers to shut her eyes and just pretend, because every time she falls asleep, the nightmares start. “I don’t want to sleep here. I want to sleep at home,” she says. She misses the pillow she had in their home in Kobane, Syria. Sometimes she lies against her mother and uses her as a pillow.

2) Mohammed loves houses. Back home in Aleppo, Syria, he used to enjoy walking around the city looking at them. Now, many of his favourite buildings have been destroyed by the war. Lying in his hospital bed, he wonders whether he will ever fulfill his dream of becoming an architect. “The strangest thing about war is that you get used to feeling scared. I wouldn’t have believed that,” says Mohammed.

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5) When Syrian refugee Selam, 37, puts Esra, Esma and Sidra to bed, she takes comfort in the knowledge that her children are safe, and won’t be attacked in the night. What saddens her is the fact that they often wake up distraught because they constantly dream about their father, who disappeared after being abducted. “I often dream that Daddy is bringing me candy,” says Sidra.

6) Five-year-old Tamam is scared of her pillow. She cries every night at bedtime. The air raids on her hometown of Homs, Syria, usually took place at night, and although she has been sleeping in exile for nearly two years now, she still doesn’t realize that her pillow is not the source of danger.

7) Eight-year-old Maram had just come home from her school in Syria when the rocket hit her house. A piece of the roof landed right on top of her. Her mother took her to a local hospital, but she had to be airlifted across the border to Jordan. The head trauma caused a brain hemorrhage, and for the first 11 days Maram was in a coma. She is now conscious, but she has a broken jaw and can’t speak.

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8) Ralia and Rahaf live on the streets of Beirut. They are from Damascus, where a grenade killed their mother and brother. The girls and their father have been sleeping on the street for a year. They huddle close together on their cardboard boxes. Rahaf says she is scared of “bad boys”, at which Ralia starts crying.

9) Moyad and his mother needed to buy flour to make a spinach pie. Hand-in-hand, they were on their way to the market in Daraa, Syria, when they walked past a taxi that was carrying a car bomb. Moyad’s mother died instantly. The boy, who has been airlifted to Jordan, has shrapnel lodged in his head, back, and pelvis.

10) Walaa wants to go home. She had her own room in Aleppo, Syria, she tells us. There, she never used to cry at bedtime. Here, in the informal settlement, she cries every night. Resting her head on the pillow is horrible, she says, because nighttime is horrible. That was when the attacks happened. By day, Walaa’s mother often builds a little house out of pillows, to teach her that they are nothing to be afraid of.

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September 9th - October 6th ,2016 unbearable, and they made it to Libya where they boarded an overcrowded boat. On the deck of the boat, a pregnant woman gave birth to her baby after twelve hours in the scorching sun. The baby was stillborn, and was thrown overboard. Fatima saw everything. When the refugees’ boat started to sink, they were picked up by the Italian coastguard.

11) Abdullah has a blood disease. For the last two days, he has been sleeping outside the central station in Belgrade. He witnessed the killing of his sister in their home in Daraa, Syria. “He is still in shock and has nightmares every night,” says his mother. Abdullah is exhausted and is in poor health, but his mother does not have any money to buy medicine for him. 14) Amir was born a Syrian refugee. His mother, Shahana, 32, believes her son was traumatized in the womb. “Amir has never spoken a single word,” she says. In the plastic tent where the family now lives, Amir has no toys, but he plays with whatever he can find on the ground. “He laughs a lot, even though he doesn’t talk,” says Shahana.

12) It is after midnight when Ahmed falls asleep in the grass. The adults are still awake, formulating plans for how they will continue their journey through Hungary. Ahmed is six years old, and he carries his own bag over the long stretches that his family walks by foot. “He is brave and only cries sometimes in the evenings,” says his uncle, who has taken care of Ahmed since his father was killed in their hometown of Deir ez-Zor in northern Syria.

13) Every night, Fatima dreams that she’s falling from a ship. She fled from the city of Idlib, Syria, with her mother, Malaki, and her two siblings to escape the terrible violence. After two years in an informal settlement in Lebanon, the situation became

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15) It is 93ºF (34ºC) outside. Flies crawl on Juliana’s face and she shifts uneasily in her sleep. Juliana’s family has been walking through Serbia for two days. This is only part of their journey after fleeing Syria three months ago. The girl’s mother lays her thin shawl over her daughter on the ground, and Juliana calms down. A few meters away from their resting place, feet are shuffling by in a seemingly never-ending flow of people. As soon as evening comes, Juliana’s family will take their chance to cross the border and try to enter Hungary.

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16) Shiraz was three months old when she was struck with a severe fever. The doctor diagnosed her with polio, and advised her parents not to spend too much money on medicine for the girl who “didn’t have a chance.” Then the war in Syria began. Her mother, Leila, starts crying when she describes how she wrapped her daughter in a blanket and carried her over the border from Kobane, Syria to Turkey. Shiraz, who can’t talk, was given a wooden cradle in the refugee camp. She lies there, day and night.

17) Lamar left her dolls, toy train, and ball back home in Baghdad, Iraq. She often talks about these items when home is mentioned. One bomb changed everything. Her family was on its way to buy food when a bomb was dropped close to their house. “It was not possible to live there anymore,” says Lamar’s grandmother, Sara. After two attempts to cross the sea from Turkey in a small rubber boat, they have made it to the Hungarian border. Now Lamar sleeps on a blanket in the forest, scared, frozen, and sad.

18) Mahdi is 18 months old. He has only experienced war and flight. He sleeps deeply despite the chaotic situation at the border.

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19) Even sleep is not an escape for Ahmad; this is when the terror returns. He was at home when a bomb hit his family’s house in Idlib, Syria. Shrapnel hit him in the head, but he survived. His younger brother did not. The family had lived with war as their closest neighbour for several years, but without a home, they had no choice – they were forced to flee. Now Ahmad lays on the asphalt among thousands of other refugees along the highway leading to Hungary. This is day 16 of their flight, and the family has slept in bus shelters, on the road, and in the forest, Ahmad’s father explains.

20) Shehd loves to draw, but recently, all of her drawings have had the same theme: weapons. “She saw them all the time, they are everywhere,” explains her mother while the little girl sleeps on the ground. Now she does not draw at all. The family did not bring paper or crayons with them when they fled. Shehd does not play anymore, either. The escape has forced children to become adults and share concern for the future. The family has had difficulty finding food during their journey, and some days they have had to make do with the apples they pick from trees along the road. If they had known how hard the journey would be, they would have chosen to stay and risk their lives in Syria.

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Reflections on the Life of Prophet Ibrahim ‘Alyhissalaam By Faqir Hussain Shakir Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was born over four thousand years ago in Uur, a city situated in the south east of Iraq/Arabian peninsula with an estimated population of well over a quarter of a million people. Modern archaeological findings report that Uur was a thriving city ruled by king Nimrod. There were pagan cults and a variety of deities associated with sun, moon, stars and many other phenomena that were worshipped by the people at the time. Nimrod was also worshipped as one of many deities by his people under his strict religio-political and economic system and this is not something new. Every empire builder of the past and more so of today has always used brute force to coerce people to prostrate in front of him. Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) found himself in the midst of “Shirk” (polytheism). So much so, that his own father Aazer used to worship statues that he made with his own hands and also to sell them to others. It was a good thriving business. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was granted the office of Prophet hood in his young age through God’s Mercy. His mission was to turn his people from idol worship to God’s worship alone. He started his mission by talking to his own father who was outraged and threatened to throw him out of his home. From his father’s point of view, Ibrahim should have towed the line. “You are either with us or against us!” as the age old saying of brute rulers of the past and present goes. If you think seriously, the new and the old human agendas, perceptions etc are not that much different despite a distance of several thousand years. Prophet Ibrahim presented an open challenge to change the status quo and to replace it with God’s Will and Guidance. The sociopolitical and religio-economic leaders and their well-established institutions came out in full force to silence this new revolutionary voice as they were fearful of losing their grip on power.

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“ O, Ibrahim, Stop! I do not want the life of your son. It was a test of your love and obedience to Me. You have obeyed my commandment even when it was given to you in your dream. Now here is a ram, offer it for sacrifice in place of your son”.

Every prophet in every age has been opposed, even killed, by the ruling classes of his time. The opposition to Prophet Ibrahim’s revolutionary Message got worse throughout the land and eventually the ruling authorities decided to burn him alive both as an example to others and in order to safeguard their own interests and apparently to secure the public law and order. The blazing fire, by a divine miracle, did not even touch the Prophet. It went out or turned into bed of flowers according to some traditions. The Bible, surprisingly, does not even mention this

part of Prophet Ibrahim’s life but Talmud, the Jewish holy book, does go into some details of Prophet Ibrahim’s earlier life. God commanded Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) to leave his homeland with his wife Sarah and nephew Lot (pbut) for the land of Palestine where he continued to spread the Message of God for the rest of his life. When he said farewell to his homeland, he prayed to God to grant him a righteous son (Surah 37 Assafaat: verse 100). The fulfilment of this prayer was deferred by God for many years till

a time when he took another wife named Hajirah who gave birth to a son named Ishmael (peace be upon him) when Ibrahim was 86 years old (according to Genesis 16:16). The son was a reward granted to Ibrahim by God for his long patience and perseverance. However, there still remained one final act to test Ibrahim’s steadfastness and resolve on the Path of God. Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was commanded by God in his dream to sacrifice his first born son Ishmael (peace be upon him) who was about 12 or 13 years old at the time. Dream of a Prophet is much more than a mere dream. Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) talked with his son about this unsettling dream. It is amazing to observe the resolve of his son who said, “O, father, do what your Lord has commanded you to do. You will, by the Will of God, find me among the most patient ones”. (Assafaat 37: verse 102). Ibrahim was grateful to God that his prayers for a “righteous son” were truly answered by God. And now he was ready to sacrifice his first born as God had commanded. It is almost impossible to imagine the depth of Ibrahim’s love and obedience to his God. Nothing could stand between him and his God – not even his only son who could have been a pillar of support for ageing Ibrahim. At the last moment, God intervened and said, “ O, Ibrahim, Stop! I do not want the life of your son. It was a test of your love and obedience to Me. You have obeyed my commandment even when it was given to you in your dream. Now here is a ram, offer it for sacrifice in place of your son”. It was such a momentous and an unprecedented event and God appreciated it so much that it became an integral part of Islamic Hajj for ever and ever. There are a number of lessons to be

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learned from the life of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him).

21) At the front of the border between Serbia and Hungary, next to the 13-foot-tall iron gate, Sham is laying in his mother’s arms. Just a few inches behind them lies the Europe they are so desperately trying to reach. They now wait for a better future, along with thousands of other refugees.

22) Abdul Karim Addo bought a ferry ticket to Athens with the last of his money. Now he spends the night in Omonoia Square, where hundreds of refugees arrive every day. He is able to borrow a telephone to call home to his mother in Syria, but he will not tell her how bad things are. “She cries and is scared for my sake, and I don’t want to worry her more.” He unfolds his blanket in the middle of the square and curls up in fetal position. “I dream of two things: to sleep in a bed again, and to hug my younger sister.”

1. 1 The first lesson is “abstaining from Shirk” ie polytheism or joining partners with Almighty God. Shirk divides and Tawhid or the Oneness of God unites mankind. Prophet Ibrahim feared none except his God. He let no fear enter into his heart. Today, we are living in an environment of different fears. We fear the “governments of big brother”, we have a fear of being sacked from our job or lose our business, we fear to lose our social place or standing in the society, we fear individual or state terrorism, we fear the criticism of our friends, families or even our own grown-up children if we remind them of their religious obligations to God. In our hearts, all kinds of fears reside except the fear of God. The reality is that no “other” fear can dare to live in a heart where God’s reverential fear lives. This is the heart that becomes so fearless that it fears none except God and as a result becomes a heart which is the most fearsome, the most brave, the most free and the most kind. This was the heart of Prophet Ibrahim. We are Muslims by faith but the day we understand the deeper meaning of Prophet Ibrahim’s symbolic sacrifice and bring it to the forefront of our conscious mind, our thought process will change and we will become free from all the worldly fears.

tribulations in this world to hurt or grieve us but rather to test us in our resolve, steadfastness and trust in Him in order to raise us up to the higher moral and spiritual levels. 3. Lesson number three is that when we are in difficulties God shows us a way out of them provided one is patient and has trust in Him. 4. Lesson number four is that God has no need of our wealth and other valuable possessions. In reality, everything belongs to Him in the first place. However, He wants us to spend “His wealth given to us as a trust by Him” willingly, on His Path and for His good pleasure leading to a higher reward for us in the Hereafter. The final lesson is stupendous. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) is revered equally by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. Ibrahim and his household have been guiding mankind for ever and ever without people being aware of it. His two sons Ishmael and Issac were prophets, his grandson Jacob was a prophet, his great grandson Joseph was a prophet and then they were followed by hundreds of prophets from Ibrahim’s household including Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, John the baptist, Jesus and finally Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Seal of all the prophets (peace be upon them all). This is the reward that God has granted to Prophet Ibrahim in perpetuity. Can there be a better reward than this? --------------------Source: fhshakir-islamicwritings@ hotmail.com

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“Empowering language is great, but at the same time, [Muslims] are being killed in their homes and in their cabs. I feel like the self defense classes— in an scary world— is a sense of illusion. A self defense seminar may make some people more comfortable but there are limits to self defense in front of guns and knives with intent to do harm,” she sighs.

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She started the seminars after she saw news reports and Muslim women sharing stories of harassment on Facebook.

forward. Push, step forward with right leg, push at the elbow,” Ryhana Dawood is on the mats ‘attacking’ a young woman. “Block, Shock, Grab and strike,” she instructs them on the technique if an attacker grabs a woman’s hijab from the front. “Get big and get loud,” she urges the women to use their voice as a weapon. “People don't want to attack people who are loud.” she yells. A certified black belt in two disciplines, Dawood is founder of MARTIAL SMARTS, a non-profit organization that encourages confidence and empowerment for women through free self-defense workshops in the Greater Toronto Area. Recently she was featured in a short film, called the Good Fight shown at the DC Film Festival. She believes that martial arts is a way of life and integrates well with her faith. Don’t walk around distracted, and checking the backseat of the car before getting in are some tips that Dawood shares with the students. Shahnaz, a mother from Laurel, is in the basement where the Aqabah self defense class is taking place with her two daughters, 15 and 14. “I used to watch Bruce Lee when I was a child in Bangladesh wished we had these opportunities growing up,” she said. Her daughters are timid and she wants to introduce them to this sport which is the ‘best for protection and exercise.’ Shamma, 26, from Bowie, is a mother of three. She joined Aqabah to ‘get fit and have time for herself’. When a man

started yelling anti-Muslim slurs at her in her neighborhood, she was scared. “What would I do if I got attacked while I was with the kids?” she questioned herself. She thought the self-defense class was very helpful. “It will give you confidence to deal with this type of situation,” she said. Ayesha Akhtar, the black belt instructor at Aqabah Karate, says Nazma Khanum’s death case is very important and everyone needs to know about the situation. “Allah has written everyone’s time but we [need] awareness of the issue.” Akhtar is a mother of six children and started training in 2008, after her 5th child. “In Bangladesh, I was raised in a very protective environment, it was hard to break that barrier. Through martial arts, I got to meet people. Non-Muslims would see 60 students from Aqabah Karate at the tournament. It is not easy being presented in hijab in front of judges. It was a very positive thing for me,”she shares. Since the community she lives in wanted separate classes for men and women, all classes at Aqabah are completely segregated. “She was attacked near her house, our sisters should beware of [their]

surrounding, whether you are on a college campus or outside,” says Akhtar. Womens safety is not prioritized in our communities, says Akhtar. “It is hard to convince leadership that this is an issue. InshaAllah, I am hoping that the entire community is reached and all the high school girls are trained to defend themselves,” noted Akhtar. Teenagers, 50-year-old women who lived alone, and single mothers from DC have attended the three seminars held so far. “We teach situational awareness,” says Akhtar. “Fake it til you make even if you are scared,” she shares tips from her own teachers with the students, ”and don't let them see that you are scared.” Akhtar will be holding more free seminars in other Islamic Centers around the DC Metro, along with Sensei Jalees Muzikir. She started the seminars after she saw news reports and Muslim women sharing stories of harassment on Facebook. “We focus on some Muslim specific challenges, but we cannot have heavy men attack us like they do in RAD classes,” she stated, commenting on other self defense classes offered at universities. Namira Islam says that sometimes the language surrounding the self defense classes make her uncomfortable.

“That, this,” she says with a pause, “this is all that we can do in this type of hate.” “It is terrible that it is on us to keep ourselves safe,” she adds. “The climate has changed in North America,” says Dawood. “Before Trudeau, we had Stephen Harper and his [Trump-esque] nonsense,” she adds, about her own country. There are concerns by women about the safety in masajid, as so many of the women entrances are unlit and often in the back or side of the building. “We need more safety in our masajid,” says Dawood. “We cannot expect others to keep our women safe if we don’t give them a place of respect in our places of worship,” she stressed. “We cannot live in fear, we have to tie the camel,” says Ayesha Akhtar. “Training is not a guarantee that you will never be attacked,’ she says, “ but you will have some techniques.” “Many Muslim girls [in our community] are very shy; we teach them to use their voice use your voice they don't want use their voice to talk loudly. Some of them are very shy, even in front of other women. Very important for them.” Aqabah Karate holds classes on Mondays and Wednesdays 6:15 PM-7:15 PM, at the Al Huda School. The seminar is at the Islamic Center of Laurel on October 1, 2016.

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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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Do you have additions, changes, or corrections to the event listings in the Muslim Link? Email us at events@muslimlinkpaper.com, or call us at 301-982-1020. Listing is organized by name of city. NORTHERN VIRGINIA --------------------------------------------------------------------------All Muslim Brothers Association 3900 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302 Tel: 703-647-0515 Jumma Prayer Only - 1:15 P.m --------------------------------------------------------------------------ICNA VA Center: 2913 Woodlawn Trail, Alexandria, VA 22306. Tel: 703-660-1255 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Idara Dawat-o-irshad: 4803 VAlley St, Alexandria, VA 22312 Tel: 703-256-8622 | ww.irshad.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Mustafa Center: 6844 Braddock Rd., Annandale, VA 22003 Tel: 703-658-7134 www.mustafacenter.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Baitul Mukarram: 2116 S Nelson St., Arlington, VA, 22204, Tel: 703-778-1550 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Madani Masjid 43083 John Mosby Hwy., Chantilly, VA 20152 Tel: 571-969-2123|www.ziacademy.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Zakaria Masjid 26243 Gum Spring Road, Chantilly, VA 20152 Tel: 571-969-2123|www.ziacademy.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Badr Community Center Of Dumfries: 17794 Main Street, Dumfries, VA 22026 Tel: 703-554-7983 www.bccd.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar Ul-ghuraba (Masjid Ur Rahmah): 155 Baker St., Emporia, VA 23487 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar Al Hijrah: 3159 Rowe St., Falls Church, VA 22044, Tel: 703-536-1030 | www.hijrah.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Moroccan American community Organization Center 5697 Columbia pike , #200 Falls Church , VA 22041 Info@macous.org | www.macous.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Center Of Northern VA Trust (Icnvt): 4420 Shirley Gate Road, Fairfax, VA, 22030 Tel: 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: 703-580-0808 Fax: 703-221-8513 www.daralnoor.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Manassas Mosque: 12950 Center Entrance Ct, Manassas, VA Tel: 703-257-5537 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Center Of Virginia: 1241 Buford Rd., Richmond, VA 23235 Tel: 804-320-7333 www.icva1.com

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Greater Richmond 6324 Rigsby Road, Richamond, VA 23226 Tel: 804-673-4177 | www.isgr.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al Rahman: 1305 Hull St., Richmond, VA 23224 Tel: 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 22153 Tel: 703-451-7615 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Adams Center: 46903 Sugarland Rd, Sterling,VA 20164, Tel: 703-433-1325 www.adamscenter.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Ummah of Fredericksburg Masjid Ar Raja 10127 Piney Branch Rd, Spotsylvania, VA 22553 sheikh.ummah@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Heritage Center (IHC): 262 A-3 Cedar Ln., Vienna, VA 22180 Tel: 703-206-9056 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-Falah 14918 Jefferson Davis Hwy Woodbridge, VA 22191 Tel: 703-490-2220|masjidal-falah.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------WASHINGTON D.C. --------------------------------------------------------------------------Ivy City Masjid: 2001 Galludet St. NE, Washington, D.C. 20002 Tel: 202-904-9668 E-mail: masjidivycity@yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Muhammad: 1519 4th St. NW, Washington D.C. 20001 Tel: 202-483-8832 www.masjidmuhammad.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------The Islamic Center: 2551 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington D.C. 20008 Tel: 202-332-8343 www.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. 20019 E-mail: Imammusa@hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

New Africa Islamic Community Center of Washington. DC. 1628 Good Hope Road, SE Washington, DC. 20020 202.678-1881 | www.naiccdc.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Darr ul Tawheed 3765 First St SE Washington DC 20032 202-248-4628 Islamicheritage123@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Muslim Society Of Washington, D.C.: Howard Center, Room 805 (Above Hu Bookstore) Tel: 202-328-3236 --------------------------------------------------------------------------MARYLAND --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Annapolis: 2635 Riva Rd. Suite 110, Annapolis, MD 21401 Tel: 410-266-6660 | www.isamd.org Email: Info@islamannapolis.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Bait-Allah Masjid of Baltimore Inc 200 S. Calhoun Street Baltimore, MD 21223 email: baitallahmasjid@yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Bilal Dawah Center, Inc: 1910 Frederick Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21223 Tel: 410-945-1515 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Bilal Ibn Rabah Hall 4903 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21207 www.islamicleadership.org/bilal --------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar ul Uloom: 6334 Dogwoood Rd, Baltimore, MD 21207, Tel: 410-493-0785 Email: Darululoommd@aol.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Ul-haq: 514 Islamic Way (Wilson St.), Baltimore, MD 21217 Tel: 410-728-1363 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-mumineen: 2642 Harford Rd., Baltimore, MD 21218 Tel: 410-467-8798 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Jamaat Al-Muslimeen: 4624 York Rd., Baltimore, MD 21212 Tel: 443-804-5620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-rahmah/ISB: 6631 Johnnycake Rd., Baltimore, MD 21244 Tel: 410-747-4869 | www.isb.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid As Saffat: 1335 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217 Tel: 410-669-0655 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Brentwood Islamic Community Center

4411 41st Street Brentwood, MD 20722 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Fatima 1928 Powers Lane Catonsville MD, 21228 Tel: 410 800 4880 Email: info@masjidfatima.com www.masjidfatima.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Research And Hum. Services Center Of America: 1 Chambers Ave,

Capitol Heights, MD Tel: 301-324-5040 | www.irhsca.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Dar-us-Salaam: 5301 Edgewood Rd., College Park, MD 20740, Tel: 301-982-9848 www.duscommunity.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Easton 126 Port Street Unit # 1 Easton, MD 21601 Tel: 410-829 7924 islamicsocietyofeastonmd.yolasite.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Zamzam 1510 Lynch Road, Dundalk, MD 21222 Tel: 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) 9150 Rumsey Rd., Suite A-4 Columbia MD 21045 Tel: 443-574-5188 www.maryumcenter.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-Hikmah: 11064 Livingston Road Unit L (101) Ft. Washington, MD 20744, Tel: 301 292-9009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Frederick (ISF): 1250 Key Parkway, Frederick, MD 21702 Tel: 301-682-6090 | www.isfmd.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Center Of Maryland (ICM): 19411 Woodfield Rd. Gaithersburg, MD 20879 Tel:301-840-9440 www.icomd.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Makkah Learning Center (MLC): 814 Brandy Farms Ln., Gambrills, MD 21054 Tel: 410-721-5880 | www.isamd.org Email: Info@mlcmd.org--------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Germantown (ISG): 19825 Blunt Rd., Germantown, MD 20874 Tel: 301-540-4748 | www.isgtown.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Ibn Taymiyyah: 8000 Mlk Highway, Glenarden MD Tel: 301-322-8105 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society of Western Maryland: 2036 Day Rd., Hagerstown, MD 21740 Tel: 301-797-0922 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Southern Maryland Islamic Center (SMIC): 1046 Solomons Island Rd, Huntingtown, MD, 20639 Tel: 410-535-0000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Avondale Islamic Center: 4637 Eastern Ave., Hyattsville, MD, 20782 Tel: 301-779-9292 -------------------------------------------------------------------------Prince Georges Muslim Assoc.: 9150 Lanham Severn Rd., Lanham, MD, 20706, Tel: 301-459-4942

www.pgmamd.org E-mail: Imam@pgmamd.org. --------------------------------------------------------------------------Turkish American Community Center 9704 Good Luck Rd, Lanham, MD 20706 Tel: 301-459-9589 | www.taccenter.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------La Plata Masjid: 111 Howard Street, La Plata, MD 20646 Tel: 301-609-8769 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Com. Center Of Laurel (ICCL): 7306 Contee Rd., Laurel, MD 20707 Tel: 301-317-4584 | www.icclmd.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-Ghurabaa: 8220 Washington St., South Laurel, MD 20724. Tel: 301-604-3295 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Center Of Lexington Park 22583 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, MD 20619 Tel: 240-538-7839 or 561-414-0994 www.iclpmd.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of Southern Pg County P O Box 99, Clinton, MD 20735 5410 Indian Head Hwy, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Tel: 240 603 4618 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Community Center of Potomac 10601River Road, Potomac MD 20854 www.iccpmd.com | 301-983-0383 E-mail: info@iccpmd.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Society Of The Washington Area (ISWA): 2701 Briggs Chaney Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20904 Tel: 301-879-0930 | www.iswamd.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Education Society of Maryland 11504 Veirs Mills Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20902 Tel: 301- 933-3838 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Muslim Community Center (MCC): 15200 New Hampshire Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20905 Tel: 301-384-3454 | www.mccmd.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------IMAAM Center (Indonesian Muslim Association of America): 9100 Georgia Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910 Tel: 301-588-0693 | www.imaam.org Email: infoimaam@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid An-nur: 5418 Ebenezer Road, White Marsh, MD 21162 Tel: 410-663-9637 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Masjid Al-inshirah: 7832 Fairbrook Road, Windsor Mill, MD 21244 Tel: 410-298-2977 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Randallstown Islamic Center 3117 Rices Lane Windsor Mill, MD 21244 Tel: 443-845-3504 www.ricbaltimore.org E-mail: Info@ricbaltimore.org

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Upcoming Events In Your Area ICNA Muslim Family Day at Six Flags Saturday, September 17, 2016 11:00am - 07:00pm In Shaa Allah all proceeds from Muslim Family Day will benefit ICNA Relief local Women's Shelter. Entire Park is Reserved! Ethnic Bazaar, Rides and Games, Family Entertainment, Halal Food Vendors. $30 Presale, at the Gate $35. Season Pass holders: $10, Kids under 2 Free. To buy tickets or for info, visit: www.MuslimFamilyDay.com. For sponsorships or to get a booth at the event, email: washingtondc@muslimfamilyday.com Location : Six Flags America, 13710 Central Avenue, Bowie/Mitchellville, MD 20721 Contact : 1-866-DIAL-MFD =================================================== Free Day of Dentistry at Vienna Smiles Saturday, September 17, 2016 Dr. Hisham Barakat, Dr. Jennifer Bobbio, Dr. Aly Elgeddawi, and Dr. Rania Khoury, will volunteer time, resources and dental care to local residents in need of free dental care. Doors will open at 7:30AM and the event will go all day, with no appointments necessary. The only stipulation is that the services will be on a first come, first serve basis. This will be the fourth annual event for The Smiles Team, comprised of offices in Vienna, Fairfax, Arlington, and now, The Plains, VA. Location: Vienna Smiles, 2553 Chain Bridge Road, Vienna, VA 22181 =================================================== English Language Classes at the MCC Sunday, September 25, 2016 02:00pm - 04:30pm English language classes will start again on Sunday, September 25, 2016 for 10 weeks (Sundays only 2-4:30 pm ). The cost is $50 which includes the textbook and workbook. Registration is online at http://mccmd.org/ english-language-classes . You can also call 301 503-0827, Karen Bashir, ESOL Program Director, to find out more. Location : Muslim Community Center, 15200 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, Md. 20905 =================================================== Qur'an and Arabic Institute 2nd Annual Fundraiser Saturday, October 01, 2016 02:00pm - 07:00pm Qur'an and Arabic Institute of Maryland 2nd Annual Fundraiser, Dinner and Lecture. Building a Stronger Community. Scheduled speakers: Aqil Ingram, Hakim Lucky, Shadeed Muhammad. Tickets: $20 - $10 Dinner/ $10 Donation. Vendors: $50. Free popcorn and cotton candy for children. Location : Masjid ul Haqq, 514 Islamic Way, Baltimore, MD 21217 Contact : Br Hakim Lucky 443-938-4172, Fatimah Smith 443-452-4928, Bahiyah Abdul Aziz 410-710-1787 ===================================================

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The Statue of Liberty Was Originally a Muslim Woman "The New Colossus" was actually born in Egypt By Erin Blakemore SMITHSONIAN.COM The United States has debated immigration since the country's founding, and the Statue of Liberty—a potent symbol for immigrants—is often invoked as an argument for why we should usher in those who seek safety and opportunity with open arms. A littleknown fact about Lady Liberty adds an intriguing twist to today's debate about refugees from the Muslim world: As pointed out by The Daily Beast’s Michael Daly in a recent op-ed, the statue itself was originally intended to represent a female Egyptian peasant as a Colossus of Rhodes for the Industrial Age. That might be surprising to people more familiar with the statue’s French roots than its Arab ones. After all, the statue’s structure was designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel (yes, that Eiffel), and Lady Liberty was given to the United States by France for its centennial to celebrate the alliance of the two countries formed during the French Revolution. The statue’s designer, FrédéricAuguste Bartholdi, was also French, but he found inspiration in a very different place: Egypt. In 1855, he visited Nubian monuments at Abu Simbel, which feature tombs guarded by gigantic colossus figures. Bartholdi became fascinated by the ancient architecture, developing what the National Park Service calls a “passion for large-scale public monuments and colossal structures.” Eventually, he channeled that passion into a proposal for the

inauguration of the Suez Canal. Bartholdi envisioned a colossal monument featuring a robe-clad woman representing Egypt to stand at Port Said, the city at the northern terminus of the canal in Egypt. To prep for this undertaking, Barry Moreno, author of multiple books about the statue, writes that Bartholdi studied art like the Colossus, honing the concept for a figure called Libertas who would stand at the canal. “Taking the form of a veiled peasant woman,” writes Moreno, “the statue was to stand 86 feet high, and its pedestal was to rise to a height of 48 feet.” Early models of the statue were called “Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia.” Edward Berenson, author of Statue of Liberty: A Translatlantic Story, writes that Bartholdi’s concept morphed from “a gigantic female fellah, or Arab peasant” into “a colossal goddess.” But Egypt, which had invested enormous amounts of time and money into the landmark canal, was not as eager about Bartholdi’s idea. Isma’il Pasha, the reigning khedive, rejected the plan as too costly. Eventually, a 180-foot tall lighthouse was installed at Port Said instead. But Bartholdi was not discouraged. He eventually repurposed his concept into “Liberty Enlightening the World”—the official name for the statue that has been overlooking New York Harbor since 1886. Source: http://www. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ statue-liberty-was-originallymuslim-woman-180957377/?no-ist

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To Allah We Belong, and to Him is Our Return “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)” 08-17-2016 It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Br Sheku Abdukadiya Mansaray. Janazah was on August 18, 2016 in Ellicott City, Maryland. We ask Allah to shower him with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, and to grant him the highest ranks in paradise, and give his family support and patience during these difficult times. (Source: Dar Al-Taqwa) 08-18-2016 One of our community members, Durdane Berberoglu, passed away. Salat-al-Janazah was on August 19, 2016 in Lanham, Maryland. May Allah forgive the deceased and grant her family patience during this difficult time. (Source: Diyanet Center of America) 08-18-2016 Brother Usman Mirza 26 years of age, son of Br. Mohammad Yusuf Mirza, has passed away. Janazah for Brother Usman Mirza was on August 19, 2016 in Springfield, Virginia. May Allah have mercy on his soul, forgive all of his sins and may He grant him Jannah. May Allah grant sabr to her family and friends. (Source: Dar Alnoor) 08-19-2016 Sister Naziro Shafiq, mother of Brothers Mohammad Shafiq and Shahmahmood Shafiq, has passed away. Janazah for Sister Naziro Shafiq was August 20, 2016 in Manassas, Virginia. May Allah (swt) have mercy on her soul, forgive all of her sins and may He grant her Jannah. May Allah grant Sabr to her family and friends. (Source: Dar Alnoor) 08-20-2016 Mother of Brother Muzammil Chaudhri has passed away. Salatul Janza was on August 20, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. We Ask Allah to shower her with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, and to grant her the highest rank in Jannah, and give her family support and patience during these difficult times, Aameen. (Source: Masjid Al-Falaah) 08-20-2016 It is with great sadness and heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of our youth community member Br. Rommy Hesham Warrak. He was the son of Brother Hesham and Dr Suzan Warrak. Janazah was on August 21, 2016 in Ellicott City, Maryland. We ask Allah to shower him with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, and to grant him the highest ranks in paradise, and give his family support and patience during these difficult times. (Source: Dar Al Taqwa) 08-23-2016 Our beloved community member Dr. Mohammad Safa has passed away. Janazah for Dr Safa was on August 25, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. May Allah have mercy on his soul, forgive all of his sins and may grant him Jannah. May Allah grant sabr to her family and friends. (Source: Dar Alnoor) 08-24-2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mohammad Shafi, father of Mohammad Rafiq and Mohammad Sajid (Haji sahib Sajid). The Salat ul Janaza was on August 24, 2016 in Ellicott City, Maryland. We ask Allah to shower him with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, grant him the highest ranks in paradise and give his family support and patience during this difficult time. (Source: ISB) 08-25-2016 We are saddened by the death of young Syed

Asad Hassan, son of Syed Ziaul Hassan (brother of Khalida Ali). Namaj-e-Janaza was on August 25, 2016 in Silver Spring, Maryland. May Allah forgive his sins and honor him the best place in Jannah, Aameen. May Allah grant the bereaving loved ones and other family members patience and strength to bear this huge loss. Aameen. (Source: MCC) 08-26-2016 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Brother Amin Zaqzouq. The Janazah was on August 26, 2016 in Falls Church, Virginia. May Allah bestow his mercy upon him and grant his family strength and patience during this difficult time. (Source: Dar Al-Hijrah) 08-27-2016 Br. Kaleem's mother passed away. Janazah was on August 27, 2017 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Source: Al Taufique) 08-27-2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gulzar Chaudhry, husband of Fatima Chaudhry. The Salat ul Janaza was on August 27, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. We ask Allah to shower him with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, grant him the highest ranks in paradise and give his wife & family support and patience during this difficult time. (Source: ISB) 08-29-2016 We are saddened and grieved to inform you of the passing of one of our beloved first grade students, Mohtashem Mujaddadi. Salaat Al-Janaazah was on August 29, 2016 in College Park, Maryland. We ask Allah to grant patience to his parents and give them the strength to go through this difficult time. (Source: Dar-us-Salaam) 08-29-2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sayed Alay Ahmad Hashmi. He is the husband of Shahrukh Hashmi, father of Maaria Alvi and Afifa Hashmi, and brother of Sayed Mustafa Hashmi and Syed Mahboob Hashmi. The Salat ul Janaza was on August 30, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. We ask Allah to shower him with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, grant him the highest ranks in paradise and give his wife & family support and patience during this difficult time. (Source: ISB) 08-31-2016 It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of our brother Masood Hussain Qureshi, son of Mansoor Qureshi. Salat-ul-Janaza was on September 1, 2016 in Catonsville, Maryland. We Ask Allah to shower him with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, and to grant him the highest rank in paradise, and give his family support and patience during these difficult times. (Source: Masjid Fatima) 09-04-2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Uzma Parveen, wife of Ijaz Ahmed. She is the mother of Nadia Ijaz, the mother-in-law of Dr. Mian Kamal Khalid (son of Khalid Mian and Dr. Azra Ahmed). The Salat ul Janaza was on September 4, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. We ask Allah 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)

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