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Running Muslim: The Other Boston Story By Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

On April 15, 2013, seventeen thousand runners had already crossed the finish line when two explosions left three people dead and over 200 injured at the Boston Marathon, an iconic international sports event.

The suspects - one killed and one captured - are Muslims.

There are many important stories that will come out from this tragic crime. A spotlight once again shines on Islam's relationship to the suspected terrorists. But on story which must also be told is Islam's relationships to others involved - runners, volunteers, and first responders.

The Muslim community in Boston was quick to respond to the tragedy in their city. Imam Suhaib Webb, a prominent

religious leader in Boston, led efforts by opening up his home to the runners. The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) volunteered the services of around 40 doctors from its congregation, and also hosted a vigil for the victims on Friday.

"Cling to the rugged rope of positivity. Knowing that nothing happens except God's grace blinds the murk of evil. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Face this with faith and contribute to the good sprouting from the dark soil. This is not a time for helplessness. It is a time to build," Imam Suhaib Webb advised Bostonians and the greater American Muslim community.

Unfortunately, this tragedy reminded everyone of the vicious face of tabloid journalism and the dangers of keyboard sleuths who sat on internet channels and churned out suspects, from the Saudi student, to the 'dark skinned' bag-men,

to missing university students. While many media outlets were restrained, there were also commentators and pundits who spun a tale of Muslim guilt. The Yemeni Embassy in Washington, D.C. raised concerns about MSNBC's Chris Matthews' comments that 'indirectly branded the people of Yemen as terrorists.'

Out of the 176 victims at the finish line, the only one who was tackled to the ground and whose apartment was searched by the FBI was a Muslim, 20 year old Saudi Arabian student Abdurrahman Alharbi. Watching the marathon near the finish line when the two bombs exploded, Abdurrahman sustained injuries on his body and started running like other bystanders, only to be grabbed by suspicious members of the public.

The first explosion didn't seem to register with many people who thought it was a gas line exploding, said Firas Naji, a

Muslim doctor who was volunteering in medical tent B. "We had no idea what it was," he told the Muslim Link. "The mood swiftly shifted from secure to panicky."

Like American Muslims across the nation, Dr. Naji "kept hoping it was not a Muslim." An internal medicine resident at the Cambridge Health Alliance and Boston resident, Dr. Naji loves to run and dreamt of volunteering at the marathon as a physician. Risking more explosions, he continued to treat less acutely injured after the blasts; many runners and spectators were emotionally traumatized and needed attention.

Interestingly, he received a call from worried family members in Syria while tending to the injured. "Two hundred

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Getting Shot to Get the Shot - The Story of Palestinian Journalists By Fatimah WaseemMuslim Link Staff Reporter U.S. soldiers gunned down Palestinian Mazen Dana – a cameraman for Reuters – on August 19, 2003 outside the Abu Ghraib prison, mistaking his camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Caught in the fog of war, the award-winning jvournalist was endangered by the army of the same people who rely on Dana for news thousands of miles away from home.

Dana’s story, one of many invisible to the public eye, highlights the increasing importance of Palestinian journalists who work behind the scenes, cameras,

and bylines to help produce U.S. news from Jerusalem to Nablus, according to assistant professor of anthropology at Tufts University, Amahl Bishara.

How does news from the streets of Gaza by its very people make it to U.S. papers? Could the presence of many international cameras on the West Bank make Palestinians and Israelis mere performers on a world stage?

Author of “Backstories: U.S. News Production in Palestinian Politics,” Bishara explored the role of Palestinian journalists – also known as fixers – in U.S. news-making at a talk by the Palestine Center Monday, April 15,

2013. Setting aside concerns of news laced by U.S. bias and news filtering, Bishara focused on news-making from the ground up based on interviews with forty journalists, shadowing journalism sites, fieldwork for over four years, and

interviews with Palestinians about U.S. news texts.

VA Anti-Hijab Event Results In Formation of Muslim Women's GroupBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

From Ukrainian ultra-feminist group Femen to Act for America!, everyone wants to speak for Muslim women. Sometimes Muslim women just want to speak for themselves.

And a newly formed group – the Muslim Women of Northern Virginia (MWNV) – did just that on April 28, 2013.

"So many are campaigning to speak for, and about Muslim women; rarely in a good way," said Sandra Amen-Bryan who attended an event hosted by the Republican Women of Clifton (RWC) on February 20, 2013 in Northern Virginia featuring Act for America's Stephanie Reis. The topic of the provocative was the hijab and how it can be a “catalyst for terrorism”.

Amen-Bryan said MWNV and their first event on April 28, 2013 are a direct result of last February's Republican

“hatchet job”.

People from other faiths from the Fairlington community were present at the event, including Delegate Rob Krupicka (D) of Virginia's 45th District. But despite Amen Bryan's several attempts

to reach out to the RWC, no one from the RWC attended the event. Amen-Bryan continues her outreach.

The founders say Muslim Women of Northern Virginia is a platform for Muslim women so "they can speak

about themselves, for themselves, in a thoughtful manner, led by scholarly insights."

The group was launched due to the conversations dominated by those who are waging propaganda campaigns against Muslims.

A large number of Muslim women attended the event held at the Fairlington Community Center although they were not the target audience. A volunteer stationed in the parking lot to help attendees noted an unidentified women taking pictures with an iPhone of Muslim women as they walked in. According to an eyewitness account, she circled the parking lot three times.

MWNV seeks to correct misconceptions about Islam as it relates to the roles and rights of women. It aims to promote the faith through dialogue, education, and

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Stories of Those Left Behind: The Wife of Farooque AhmedOn Friday, May 3, 2013, helplessness and resolve were draped in a cream hijab and coral shawl, showing on a face shielded behind over-sized sunglasses.

A young wife and mother stood before the Department of Justice in Washington DC, holding her head high as she clutched a poster showing a photograph of the love of her life. Pedestrians walked by.

Sahar Ahmed married a network engineer from a decent Pakistani family. The kind of guy most girls dream about, pray for: good looking, fun-loving, and well educated.

Her husband, Farooque Ahmed, has been sentenced to 23 years in federal prison, and is currently being held in a Communications Management Unit.

H e h a s b e e n c h a r g e d w i t h a t t emp t ing t o provide material s u p p o r t t o a d e s i g n a t e d t e r r o r i s t o r g a n i z a t i o n , c o l l e c t i n g information to

assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit system, and attempting to provide material support to carry out multiple bombings to cause mass casualties.

Ahmed immigrated to the United States from Pakistan in 1993, attended college in New York and moved to Northern Virginia in 2005 to work in the telecommunications field.

"I had to sell everything and find an

alternative place to live,” said Sahar Ahmed. The family lived in a motel for almost a month after the arrest, and then moved from Virginia to New York.

"I prefer not to talk about the case... I have never had an unmonitored conversation with my husband after his arrest,” Sahar told the Muslim Link.

She has as many unanswered questions as does the rest of the world. However, she believes that her husband Ahmed was targeted due to his religious beliefs and is a political prisoner of pre-emptive prosecution.

"My local Muslim community, except for a very few friends, abandoned us ... I felt very disappointed with them" she says. Sahar Ahmed had been a part of a new mothers group in Northern Virginia which

disbanded in the aftermath of the arrest. She now finds solace in meeting other Muslim families through civil liberties groups like the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF) and Project Salaam who have similar stories.

But this misery would rather not have company.

She works full time to support herself, son & husband. "I send him money for seasonal clothes, to be able to communicate with us via emails and phone calls, to purchase additional food items and to buy books, ," says Sahar Ahmed in a matter of fact tone, not demanding any pity, as in the background another family took the stage to demand justice.

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Cabbie Exposes Ugliness of Anti-Muslim Hate With Cell Phone VideoBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

“You killed in the Boston marathon. You people killed Christians. You deserve to die.” Bam. A broken jaw.

On April 26th, 2013 Muhammad Salim, a Somali-American picked taxicab driver, picked up Edward Dahlberg from the Fairfax Country Club in Virginia.

The conversation meandered from Salim’s place of birth to Dahlberg’s Manassas-based company, Emerald Aviation, but quickly escalated into an expletive-laden

diatribe against Islam and Muslims and threats of violence from Dahlberg.

Salim has had several agitated customers before but says that he does not take their comments personally, and tries to calm them down.

Questions on the meaning of jihad followed. Salim says he tried to explain the concept of different kinds of jihad, or “struggle” to Dahlberg but “he did not like my answer.”

Sensing that his life could be in danger, Salim started recording the conversation.

“The way he was cursing, he [seemed] like a violent person. I did not know if he was armed; I was praying secretly to God. I was helpless; he lives in a rich area and if something will happen to me to, I need to defend myself,” said Salim. He told the attacker that he is recording, but that did not faze him.

“I will slice your [expletive] throat right now!" Dahlberg clearly said on the recording. Minutes later outside the cab,

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Think About ItFrom The Washington Post's May 12, 2013 article “Pentagon grapples with sex crimes by military recruiters”, it seems the US Army understands something about Islamic rules of gender interaction:

The Army Recruiting Command, based at Fort Knox, Ky., has recorded a far higher number of sexual misconduct cases. Over the past five years, 387 incidents were investigated. Of those, 327 were “substantiated,” said Lt. Col. S. Justin Platt, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon. The Army has about 10,800 recruiters, by far the most of any of the armed services.

The Army expanded its definition of misconduct in 2011 to include such transgressions as sending inappropriate text messages to recruits or failing to observe the Army’s new “buddy system,” which requires two recruiters to be together at all times in the presence of an applicant of the opposite sex.

The Army did not provide an annual breakdown for its sexual misconduct figures. Platt said allegations have dropped since the service adopted the buddy system and began stricter screening of recruiters last year.

In the wake of the Boston bombings and the outpouring of support from not only Americans but also from compassionate people around the world, Gary Younge, a journalist from Britain's Guardian newspaper tweeted this on April 16, 2013:

“I'm up for us 'All Being Bostonions Today'. But then can we all be Yemenis tomorrow & Pakistanis the day after? That's how empathy works.”

From the Los Angeles Times May 2, 2013 story “Terror database too vague to flag Boston suspect”,it seems the government's database of “possible terrorists” is close to 1 million. Does that mean 1 out of every 10 American Muslims (or 1 out of every 6 depending on whose statistics you believe) is a possible terrorist?

“The Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment list, known as TIDE, was the government's attempt after the Sept. 11 attacks to consolidate a hodgepodge of watch lists, and ensure that every law enforcement agency would be alerted when it came into contact with a possible terrorist.

“But TIDE has ballooned to 875,000 records, and critics say it is so all-encompassing that its value has been diminished. The database includes the names of young children of suspected terrorists and of people who have been cleared of suspected links to terrorism, officials say. A single credible tip raising "reasonable suspicion" is enough to add someone to the list.

“TIDE is not a watch list — it is a highly classified intelligence database, a master list that feeds information at various secrecy levels to agencies that maintain their own watch lists.

“Its biggest customer is the FBI, which runs the Terrorist Screening Database, also known as the consolidated watch list, which has hundreds of thousands of names. That database in turn feeds the "selectee list," whose members are pulled aside for searches at airports, and the self-explanatory no-fly list of just a few thousand members. The FBI database also feeds the State Department's watch list, which is designed to ensure that suspected terrorists don't get U.S. visas.”

From the Christian Science Monitor's May 4, 2013 story “Teenagers, social media, and terrorism: a threat level hard to assess”, it seems some senior officials of the New York Police Department believe “guilty until proven innocent” is a legal precept for today's free society. Really.

“The greatest mystery in life is the human mind. We don’t know what other people do until it becomes known. Our job is to figure it out, but we need indicators to know something’s not right,” says Sgt. Ed Mullins of the New York Police Department, who is also president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, the city’s second-largest police union.

“Using a zero tolerance approach to track domestic terrorists online is the only reasonable way to analyze online threats these days, especially after the Boston Marathon bombing and news that the suspects had subsequently planned to target Times Square in Manhattan, Mullins says. The way law enforcement agencies approach online activity that appears sinister is this: “If you’re not a terrorist, if you’re not a threat, prove it,” he says.

“This is the price you pay to live in free society right now. It’s just the way it is,” Mullins adds.

“That method can result in arrests of teenagers whose online activity may be more aptly characterized as stupid pranks.

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Associated Press – May 11, 2013 - - Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in a rural cemetery in Virginia, infuriating some members of the area's Muslim community as well as local officials who said they were not consulted.

Some of the officials said on Friday that that they would examine whether all laws were followed and could seek to have his body moved elsewhere.

They said they were not informed about the burial and were concerned about the site becoming a shrine to anti-US sympathizers.

This week's interment at a small Islamic cemetery ended a long search for a community willing to take the body, which had been kept at a funeral parlour in Massachusetts.

Tsarnaev was killed on April 19 after a gun battle with police. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, was captured later and remains in custody.

The ethnic Chechens, who had lived in the US for several years, are accused of setting off two shrapnel-packed pressure-

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Anger Over Burial Of Boston Bomb SuspectThe Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia said in a statement there were no political motivations behind the burial

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Muslim Cemetery Some of you may have heard different stories in the news about this burial. Here are some things you need to know also. Al-Barzakh Islamic Cemetery is owned and operated by Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia, Inc., a 501(c)(13) nonprofit cemetery company we formed a few years ago due to the dire need for it in the Muslim community. It was the first Islamic cemetery in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Effort to Put Eids On MoCo School Calendar Now Formal CampaignBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

The Eid outfits are pressed, the last gift is wrapped, and the English mid-term paper is printed and placed in a book bag.

Many children in Montgomery County and elsewhere in Maryland will most probably not spend the most precious days of the Islamic year in the warmth of family and friends. They will either be at school or rushing through the Eid Salah, stuffing their Eid finery into a backpack. Instead of visiting friends and family, they will be worrying while changing into school clothes with an excused tardy.

On May 1st, 2013 the Maryland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MD) launched its "Equality for Eid" (E4E) campaign. "This is a grassroots community-based initiative led by CAIR-MD seeking Montgomery County Public School closing for Eid holidays," says CAIR-MD Board Member Saqib Ali.

"Next Eid al-Adha, October 15th, I will keep my son home from school," pledges Montgomery County Council Member George Leventhal, who has been working closely with the newly formed coalition on developing an effective, appropriate plan of action. The coalition is planning a sit out.

The coalition urges all Montgomery County residents to follow suit. This is not a Muslim issue, it is an equality issue say E4E backers."E4E is trying to mobilize the entire Montgomery County community, regardless of faith," says Zainab Chaudry, Vice-President of CAIR MD.

Last November the Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) Board of Education met to adopt a school calendar for the academic year 2013-2014 and decided not to include Eid as a holiday. A coalition building meeting was held in January under the leadership of Councilman Leventhal.

E4E members include Montgomery County parents, students, school staff, businesses, non-profit organizations, and county residents.

Coalition co-chairs include Anhar Karim, a high school junior who is class president and president of the Montgomery County Muslim Students Association; Mimi Hassanein, Vice President of the Montgomery County Muslim Council and co-chair of the Middle Eastern Advisory Group for Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett; Samira Hussein, long-time CAIR volunteer/activist and Family Service Worker for Pre-K programs for Montgomery County Public Schools; Zaffer Mirza, Board of Trustees Member of Muslim Community Center and Muslim community representative of the Montgomery County Public Schools' "School Calendar Committee"; Mumin Barre, president of the Somali Diaspora Network and Co-Chair of County Executive's African Affairs Advisory Group; and Saqib Ali, CAIR-MD director of government relations and former Maryland State Delegate.

Many Muslim students make use of the excused absence and miss a day of instruction to celebrate Eid. Other students, especially high schoolers, have no choice but to skip Eid prayers since making up class work for a missed day can take up to three weeks.

Montgomery County is known for its exemplary public school system, rated amongst the highest in the nation. All 25 MCPS high schools outperformed the nation in the percentage of graduates scoring a 3 or higher on at least one AP exam. According to a 2012 U.S. News & World Report ranking, 62 schools in Maryland made the list of the best in the country, and of those, the top 8 were located in Montgomery County.

The Muslim community needs to unite on this issue, regardless of differences over methods to establish Islamic dates, said Chaudhry.

"Instead of being counteractive the community needs to realize the importance of this issue," says Chaudhry. "There maybe resistance. Some groups may pop up claiming creeping shariah but this is not a reason to be discouraged but a reason to take this seriously," she said. What is at stake is the recognition of the Islamic faith, holidays and community as equal to others in the county, added Chaudhry.

Montgomery County Council Member George Leventhal, whose letter to Montgomery County Public School officials last year urging them to consider making Eid a recognized school holiday gave new momentum to the “Eid Equality” effort, told guests at the CAIR-MD inaugural banquet on April 28, 2013 that he would keep his son home on Eid. Leventhal is not Muslim.

equality 4 eid supporters Are Being Asked To do Four Things:

• Sign a petition at www.equality4eid.com declaring their support for schools closing on Eid holidays

• Urge MCPS students and staff to sit out school in solidar-ity on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 (estimated date for Eid al-Adha 2013)

• Visit E4E website and use the link to email MCPS Super-intendent Joshua Starr and Board of Education members urging them to treat Muslim students and staff equally and fairly

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For Dar Al Hijrah, Having the Biggest Ramadan In Town Means A Lot of HiringBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

Ramadan preparations are in full swing at Dar Al Hijrah, Falls Church, VA. Every evening about 2000 worshipers will visit the center in the blessed month. Several new initiatives are planned for this trend setting Islamic Center. This year Dar Al Hijrah will be attempting to be more environmentally friendly and avoid using consumable products. The prayers will be led by the director of the Quran Institute, instead of bringing the reciter from overseas to reduce the carbon footprint.

Dar Al Hijrah prepares approximately 1000 meals a night for Iftar. An Islamic Center the size of Dar Al Hijrah cannot rely on just volunteers to efficiently run its massive Ramadan program; it hires temporary workers during Ramadan and has been doing so for the past 15 years. According to The Executive Director Samir Abo-Issa, to be able to serve the

community better on several levels, they have found the best way is to get people who have the time and are able to work. Nine kitchen positions are open to help prep vegetables, prepare salad, prep meats and fish, and clean kitchen. A Suhur cook position is also available to cook eggs, feta cheese, foul, salad, and pita or other suhur diet for the 200 people who eat the pre-dawn meal at the center. The center is also looking for two dishwashers with experience in using a commercial dish washing machine.

An Iftar Team will help serve food, set up and clean up. Several people are needed. To ensure a pleasant and sanitary worship experience, two extra positions are open to clean bathrooms, hallways, and lobby.

Learning from problems and experiences from previous years Dar Al Hijrah administration has some solid plans in the works.

"We have had challenges with families

leaving their children and going to other centers or other activities during the evening prayer time," says Imam Johari, the outreach director. "This year we will institute new programs and policies to encourage parents to stay with their children or take the children with them at the activity that they are attending."

Dar Al Hijrah is enhancing the youth program by providing on-site and off-site activities. To facilitate this a Taraweeh school and new youth program is planned

for Ramadan. Dar Al Hijrah is hiring Youth Activities Assistant (three boys and 2 girls) to assist the Youth director in supervising youth, ages 8 and up, in the game room, Cleaning the game room every night and taking the trash out before closing will be part of the responsibilities. The youth will also be selling candy and drinks to kids in the game room.

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Preparing for Ramadan – Advice for Masajid from the Muslim Link• Start early

• Retain temporary staff and volunteers from the previous year to benefit from experience

• Conduct surveys from the community and staff regarding the quality of the services.

• Notify the county, local police, the media and the community around the masjid that Rama-dan is coming.

• Make all logistical renovations well before Ra-

madan- sound system, fans, carpeting etc

• Have backups for Qaris for Taraweeh

• Qiyam schedule should be posted ahead of time so worshipers can make plans.

• Have a welcoming team ready for both the womens' and mens' section equipped with sign in sheets and plenty of Islamic literature. The masjid will see many faces during Ramadan that may not attend regularly. Having a sign in sheet can help administration reach out to them

after Ramadan is over. Ramadan is a time when many interfaith visitors visit Islamic Centers- have plenty of printed material to handout and someone interfaith savvy on the teams for the men and women's section.

• Because of Ramadan generosity, and extra re-ward for giving during Ramadan, many masjid members give above and beyond their usual sadaqah at the end of the year. Masajid should be prepared to document the giving, and se-curely handle the increased donations and sadaqah; provide receipts etc.


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ILIA Rekindles Love of Learning with Book FairBy Hena ZuberiMuslim Link Staff Reporter

It is easy to see the difference between someone who reads and someone who does not read. The word choices, ideas and creative thinking book lovers tend to have gives them away.

However, for the first time in history more people are reading more words, but our attention spans are decreasing.

An article in Scientific American by Coco Ballantyne -- written before the widespread adoption of e-readers and tablets – attempted to describe the dif-ferences in reading online from reading books.

Citing a study from the Journal of Re-search in Reading, she states that the simple acts like scrolling and change-able dimensions of text are affecting our neural reasoning. It is warping our attention spans and decreasing our tol-

erance for longer works.

To encourage Muslim youth to read

demanding books, the Islamic Leader-ship Institute of America (ILIA) based in Ellicott City, Maryland hosted a book

fair on April 27, 2013.

The event was organized to celebrate the contributions of Muslims to the body of knowledge and showcased 200 titles including works of Al-Ghazali, Ibn Araby and Ibn Sina’s medical can-non.

Abdel Qadir Sennaar, ILIA’s Director of Development, father of eight and grandfather of seven, was the curator of the book showcase. The book fair was his idea, and he chose the titles. Five hundred are online, and 200 titles were presented at the book fair.

“We come from a well read Ummah,” says Sennaar, ”Even before Allah said His name in the Quran, He said Iqra. The first word is read, and the last word is mankind, so Allah is telling human beings to study. This is what brought

Abdel Qadir Sennaar, ILIA’s Director of Development, came up with the idea for the book fair and selected the titles to showcase. About 200 on-site book titles and 500 titles online were presented at the book fair. Photo by Muslim Link.

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On Friday March 15, 2013, Islamic Center of Frederick arranged an fundraising event for Dar ul Uloom New York. The keynote speaker was former Pakistani popstar Junaid Jamshed, who gave up is lucrative music career for a life of dawah.

The evening started with Maghrib Prayers led by Shaikh Hasan Abunar and after the prayer Shaikh Hasan recited verses of Quran with tafseer. He is a world renowned qari and has judged Quran recitations competitions all around the

world. Later, he was joined by Khalid Mahmood who presented a few nasheeds.

After fundraising and Isha prayers, Junaid Jamshed spoke about his journey from a music icon to a devotee of Islamic work. The crowd was moved by his experience. After the program, Jamshed autographed CDs, the proceeds of which went to Dar ul Uloom. The evening ended with dinner. (Photo by Haroon Khan)


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Regional Debate Tournament Promotes Confidence, Quick ThinkingBy Raadia KhanMuslim Link Contributing Writer

Of the many skills required of an adolescent to thrive as an adult, debating is one of them. However, many young Muslims have yet to learn how to present an argument in a respectful, logical manner supported with evidence.

That’s what the Muslim Youth Debate Tournament (MYDT) is for. Since 2004, Maryland based non-profit Mafiq Foundation has organized essay, speech, and debate competitions throughout the greater Washington and Baltimore metropolitan region.

The Annual Essay Panel Contest (EPC) assists in establishing proper formatting and writing skills, building confidence and effective oratory delivery, as well as planting the love of Islam in the hearts of youth. The debate segment empowers young Muslim voices. To be able to present an argument, back it up with reason and statistics, and win over your opponent is something everyone needs to learn how to do.

On April 27th, 2013, Mafiq held a three-hour-long debate workshop to prepare those planning to participate in the upcoming debate tournament on June 29th. Students were taught methods of powerful delivery, concise note taking, utilization of time, building a strong argument, and proper refutation.

After being drilled on the topics by instructor Faraz Ahsan (an MYDT veteran, and a debate champion for the last several years at the annual DC Muslim Interscholastic Tournament – DC MIST), an informal mock-debate was held. Attendees were called from the crowd to present their argument

on topics like “whether or not there should be a minimum age to obtain a provisional driver’s license”, and competitors volunteered to refute it. The debate went on for a good half hour before finishing. Commentary and constructive criticism followed. Contestants ranged from middle to high schoolers, with proud parents watching from the back of the room. “The [workshop] was helpful and easy to understand,” said attendee Danya Chowdhury.

Three additional workshops are planned to take place before the tournament.

Saturday, May 11, 2013; ISWA, Silver Springs, Maryland

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Saturday, June 8, 2013; PGMA, Lanham, Maryland The annual Annual Muslim Youth Debate Tournament is scheduled for June 29, 2013 at the Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB), in sha Allah.

For more information, visit http://debate.mafiq.org/.

Faraz Ahsan, right, debates another high schooler at the 2013 DC MIST tournament. Many of the MIST debate winners honed their skills at the annual Mafiq Foundation Muslim Youth Debate Tournament. Photo courtesy of DC MIST.

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ISWA Keeps Up Drive for Parking LotIt seems the more the Muslim com-munity builds, they more they have to build.

Despite completing their new masjid just a few years ago, the Islamic Soci-ety of the Washington Area is already

working hard to alleviate Friday and Ramadan parking congestion by adding more parking space.

At a May 4, 2013 fundraising dinner at ISWA, President of the ISWA board Zamal Housein (center) said the com-munity is trying to add 100 parking spaces. To do that, they need Montgom-ery County to grant them an environ-mental exception. Montgomery County

is known to be very strict when it comes to environmental issues and develop-ment.

The goal for the dinner -- themed "Sup-porting Charity, Civic Engagement, Education, and Youth" -- was $50,000.

Imam Faizul Khan pointed out ISWA's key role in educating the children of the community so they can keep their

religious identity. Two young examples delighted the crowd with surahs they memorized at ISWA. Maryam Sosmoth (far right) memorized 20 surahs, while Abdullah Tour (far left) memoirized 2 surahs.

After a keynote address from Imam Bashar Arafat and fundraising by Yu-suf Slitine, guests enjoyed dinner after maghrib prayers.

CAIR MD Inaugural Banquet Sold OutWith representatives from most of Maryland's counties present, it was clear at the April 28, 2013 inaugu-ral banquet for the newly relaunched Maryland chapeter CAIR that advocacy work for Muslims is greatly needed

in the Old Line state. Introducing the CAIR MD board, President Mudusar Raza sounded the alarm on civil rights. "A written law means nothing unless it is enforced, and we are losing the bat-tle, more and more rights are being lost [and] we have to draw the line," he said. CAIR MD said the event was a success. Imam Johari Abdul-Malik conducted the fundraising.

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On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan placed a ceremonial stone on a 15-acre construction site in Lanham, Maryland that will likely become the largest and most striking examples of Islamic architecture in the western hemisphere.

The Turkish American Culture and Civilization Center (TACC) is a project of the government of Turkey and is meant to"serve as a social, cultural, and religious center for all visitors, including activities for the promotion and introduction of the values of the Turkish Civilization" according to an information packet distributed by TACC at the invitation only ground breaking ceremony,

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The cost of the 5-buidling complex is estimated to be around $100 million according to sources familiar with the engineering aspects of the project. The entire complex will be serviced by an underground garage.

The Muslim Link covered the ceremony and presents these images to capture the event as well as the monumental construction project for our readers. -- TML

Prime Minister: Masjid Complex 'A Treasure' for Turkish Americans, Will Showcase Turkish Culture, Civilization

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Ed Dahlberg is a resident of Clifton, VA, the same small town where the Republican Women of Clifton hosted an anti-Muslim speech a few months back. Dahlberg turned himself into the Fairfax police but is out on bond. Police charged him with a misdemeanor assault.

Salims’s attorney, Gadeir Abbass and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) would like the prosecutor to upgrade the charges to a felony hate crime to reflect the severity of the crime. “Criminal law is the standard of conduct of a community and certain acts are outside acceptable behavior. The prosecutor has to send a clear message to the American Muslim community and the entire country that hate has no place in our society,” says Abbass.

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A naturalized citizen, Salim served as an Army reservist in Iraq and Guantanamo

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Salim came to the U.S. in 1998 seeking political asylum, fleeing from persecution in Somalia. He said he joined the army to give back to the country that helped him and gave him respect.

“I escaped persecution to find peace. Now I do not feel like I belong even after being a sacrificing, law abiding citizen,” Salim told the Muslim Link. “They ask me, are you safe?” he said of his family of four children and his wife.

Dahlberg’s attorney, Demetry Pikrallidas, insists that there was no assault.

Muhammad Salim is paying for his medical treatment out of pocket. He is currently not working while he recovers. He still suffers pain, blurred vision and has lost hearing in one ear.

Some critics have called the extensive media coverage over a small incident, from Russian TV to CNN, pandering to the Muslims. Abbass says the compelling video caused great outrage.

Anti-Muslim rhetoric emanating from powerful sources such as politicians like Michele Bachmann eventually lead to violence. The aftermath of the Boston Bombing has caused a spike

in the rhetoric about profiling and surveillance of Muslim community at large. Rhetoric often leads to policies. ”When politicians make anti-Muslim statements it corroborates, perhaps, the ignorance of some Americans and raises innocent ignorance to hardened forms of bigotry that will inevitably lead to acts of violence,” says Abbass. “What happened to Muhammad is not particularly unique to American Muslims. Anti-Muslim violence is common. What is unique is that he has it recorded; it is very rare that [the public] gets to hear the ugliness of anti-Muslim prejudice,” says Abbass.

Jihadist, terrorist, Muslim- these words keeping echoing in Salim’s mind. He is having a hard time accepting that someone would assume that he was a terrorist just because he is a Muslim.

“Ed Dahlberg... as wild as his ideas are -- they came from somewhere. They are a result of a toxic mixture of tolerance of mainstream outlets for anti-Muslim bigotry,” says Abbass. If they were regarding any other religious, ethnic, racial groups they would not be tolerated, he said.

The Pew Research survey, released earlier this month, found that 42 percent of

Americans believe Islam is "more likely" than other religions to encourage violence among believers while 46 percent say it's not any more likely to promote violence than other faiths.

Other taxi-cab driver colleagues have also suffered similar treatment but have not come out publicly. Salim says that he was also verbally harassed for being Muslim during his time in the army. Even a Muslim sounding name often leads to harassment in the Army, as a May 10, 2013 Christian Post report shows. Soldier Nadia Hosan, a christian, suffered on-going harassment from fellow soldiers because of her Muslim sounding name.

On May 6, 2013, an 82 year old Sikh man was badly beaten outside the Gurdhwara in Fresno, California. Americans often confuse Sikhs with Muslims because of the turban and the long beards worn by Sikh men.

Mohammed is his own best advocate. He plans on becoming an advocate against anti-Muslim bigotry. “I love America, I am going to fight for my rights and the rights of 7-10 million American Muslims; I will be a Muslim activist against Islamohate,” said Salim.

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Ramy Osman is an old friend from the masjid Ahmed attended in New York; he was at the rally with a big sign that read "The FBI is good at catching terrorist that they trick into becoming terrorists, in the real world the FBI can't even catch people they monitor." Osman lives in Virginia. He thinks many people in the community were scared that they would be called terrorist sympathizers and abandoned Sahar. "People take the headlines for granted without trying to understand that it is more complicated than that," says Osman, who is part of an organization called Muslims for Liberty."I have not talked to him about the case or his thought process," says Osman. Could Ahmed have ever brought anything to fruition if the FBI was not involved in

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He thinks someone befriended Ahmed, an informant, and 'worked' on Ahmed's weaknesses on behalf of the FBI: his short temper, and naiveté. Someone who targeted Ahmed after his verbalization of unpopular views, opposition to foreign policy, which is within his rights. Someone who was a new addition to Farooque's life prior to his arrest sent on a mission to entrap Ahmed. "I can not trust any new [friendships] after an experience like this," says Osman.

In a clipped British accent, Sahar Ahmed hesitantly tells me how she works full time while her mother in law takes care of her son. Brave enough to protest her husband's case on the streets of the capital CMUs permit eight hours visitation, in a month, and no contact, meaning the visitor and inmate are in separate rooms with viewing through a glass window and talk via telephone. Prisoners in the CMU, alone out of all general population prisoners within the federal system, are categorically banned from any physical contact with visiting friends and family,

including babies, infants, and minor children. According to the Center for Constitutional Rights, Muslims make up two-thirds of the CMU population.

"My son keeps me going; he asks to hug his father when we make the trip out to Indiana to see him, It seems unfair that we cannot even sit in the same room as him. They visit him when they can, a long trip that costs several thousand dollars. The bus arranged by the National Coalition of Protection of Civil Freedom and Project Salaam for the families of is ready to leave after the rally. They could have been any group of tourists, but they were here on a mission to ask the red, white, blue to stand up for justice.

Face after face, name after name of brothers, sons, husbands whom they call political prisoners and the justice system calls convicted terrorists. Many of these families have been marginalized, emotionally and economically isolated."I did not know anything; they came to my son's house and started ransacking everything," Ahmed's mother, who was at the house that day, slipping from gentrified English into Punjabi tinted Urdu. Eyelashes wet with tears that have fallen every night as she remembers his jokes, his quirks, habits. "He loved, no, loves eating home cooked food ." She is

desperately lost for a second, in time, still not coming to terms with what happened, while sitting on a bench across the street from the FBI headquarters.

His face was plastered all over the news even on Pakistani news channels. Friends and family around the world saw the headlines, her family, her parenting indicted in the court of public opinion. "He was angry, could not stand injustice and hated politics, but he never hurt anyone," says Mrs. Ahmed, shielding her face from the D.C. sun with a poster. "He was a good husband and a good son, and now my son who would not let a fly near him is in a gulag," she cries as she tries to put the puzzle together.

"What am I supposed to do?" Mrs. Ahmed laments. Her daughter in law is young. "I feel for her; how will she spend the rest of her life?"

The Ahmeds were booked to leave for Hajj just five days after his arrest, now Sahar Ahmed is on a long pilgrimage through life with baggage that she never prayed for.

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Regardless to what conclusion you have come to and how you feel about him, Tamerian Tsarnaev was a human being. His dead body deserved to be buried. The dead body of Adam Lanza who killed 26 people (including 20 children) at Sandy Hook Elementary School deserved to be buried also... and was buried with little notice. Your dead body will also deserve to be buried, regardless to how you die or what you did before you died, whether you are Muslim, Christian, Jew, or don't identify with any religion.

The reporter misquoted me. I did not say anything about "his violent actions." I said "He has been buried. His dead body

deserved to be buried." I do not know of any of his violent actions. He had not been convicted of any crime, except by the media and government agencies. Adam Lanza evidently tried, convicted himself and carried out his own execution. I believe he was buried as a Christian which he professed to be. G-d knows best. Tamerian Tsarnaev professed to be a Muslim. G-d knows best.

Imam Ammar Amonette of the Islamic Center of Virginia is quoted as saying that " ...He is not happy about it," and "...The whole Muslim community here is furious. Frankly, we are furious that we were never given any information. It was all done secretly, behind our backs." Imam Amonette does not speak for the "whole Muslim community here."

Nothing was done behind anyone's back. Some discretion was needed due to the media-incited controversy swirling around this matter from the beginning. Further controversy and incitement was not needed.

I and other members of the Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia, Inc. have been flooded with media and personal calls concerning this matter. Here is sound basis for the action taken by the Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia:

It is reported that Prophet Muhammad (prayers and peace be upon him) stood up for a bier that was passing by containing the body of a Christian. When asked why he stood up, he said "...that dead body has obeyed its Lord." So Islamic

Funeral Services of Virginia did not need to consult the whole Muslim community to bury a dead body. It consulted among its members, supporters and the Qur'an and the sunnah (traditions and practices of our Prophet). Prayers and peace be upon him. That is our way of life, or our religion. What would Muhammad have done? What would Moses have done? What would Jesus have done? Peace be upon them.

We pray that Allah, The All-Knowing, The Most Merciful, will bless us to follow the best paths, strengthen our faith and judgment, forgive us and have mercy on us and guide us always to the best in this life and the next.

Peace, Bilal Yasin El-Amin

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With the summer in full swing, the Dar-us-Salaam community in College Park, Maryland is inviting area Muslims to relax and reconnect for a few hours on the Potomac River, and support a great cause at the same time.

The “Home of the Heart” campaign is Dar-us-Salaam's effort to raise $10 mil-lion needed to acquire and develop a new home campus in Howard County, Maryland. The campus will be home to their primary project, the preK-12th grade Al-Huda School. All ticket sales – $99 before June 9 and $129 after-wards – go towards the Home of the Heart campaign.

The Potomac river cruise is set for Sunday, June 23, 2013 and will allow guests to enjoy a few hours of relax-ation with family and friends, get up-close views of the iconic waterway and some of Washington DC’s most historic sights. While taking in the view and the breeze from the top deck, guests will enjoy a grand buffet featuring the finest

halal cuisine east of the Potomac River.

The cruise liner – the Spirit of Wash-ington – was the venue for two other Dar-us-Salaam events in previous years.

“People really enjoyed themselves on those cruises, its something different and we're able to provide guests with a peaceful, relaxing getaway in an Is-lamic atmosphere,” said Fadlullah Fir-man, the Home of the Heart campaign manager. There will not be any fund-raising on the cruise and guests will be free to spend time on the deck taking in the views and relaxing, he added.

The cruise will pass by the following historical sights: Washington Monu-ment; General’s Row waterfront prop-erties; Fort Lesley J. McNair; US Na-val Research Lab; Woodrow Wilson Bridge; Jones Point Lighthouse; Ad-miral’s Row colonial homes; Torpedo Factory; Old Town Alexandria; and Reagan National Airport.

To purchase a ticket, visit www.ho-meoftheheart.org/cruise.

All Aboard for Home of the Heart Lunch Cruise

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The Taraweeh School will need two teachers to teach youth between the ages of 4 to 8, and to facilitate fun activities for the children. Four babysitters will be hired to receive children from the parents and provide a safe environment for the children.

"Ramadan has become an American holiday, and as such it affects not only Muslims but their neighbors as well," says Imam Johari. Parking, traffic, and noise are all valid concerns of the neighboring community, and prior notice keeps communications line open. Dar Al Hijrah will have heightened security to assist with traffic flow and safety.

Six men and two women will be hired for the Security team whose responsibility will be to control parking – ensure no illegal parking, traffic flow control, prevent selling from cars or in the parking lot.

This team will also ensure children are in their assigned programs and not playing or loitering in the parking lot; observe and

report suspicious items or activities and guide community members with courtesy and respect.

All positions are for 7 days a week every day of the month. Positions pay 10-12 dollars per hour. Experience preferred, references required. For more information, visit the Dar Al Hijrah website.

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our deen to the forefront of human-ity, the zenith of Islamic scholarship through discovery.”

He brought many worn-with-love books from his personal collection.

Some titles included: One Woman’s

Jihad, the life of Nana Asma’u the daughter of the most prestigious Mus-lim figure in the history of the Western Sahara Usman Dan Fodio; locally au-thored Young Muslim Voices; and titles from publishers such as Kazi Publica-tions, World Wisdom, and two dozen additional publishers. ILIA hopes to be-come a distributor for these publishers.

How to read a book by Mortimer Adler is a classic that Muslims need to read

and teach their youth. Adler sums up why reading demanding books is es-sential:

"A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser. Not just more knowledgeable—books that provide nothing but informa-tion can produce that result. But wiser, in the sense that you are more deeply

aware of the great and enduring truths of human life" (pp. 340-341).

The book fair was also held to create a planned giving scenario, so visitors could learn about ILIA and join the or-ganization.

The list of the book selection will be available on the ILIA website in the near future. Visit www.islamicleadership.org to become a member for 27 cents a day.

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DMV Youth Groups Form Unity CouncilBy A Muslim Link Contributing Writer

On February 7, 2013, youth group lead-ers and representatives from eight Mas-jids came together at Al-Huda School for their inaugural meeting as the Mus-lim Youth DMV Council (MY DMV

Council).

The members agreed that there was a lack of communication among the youth groups, and that there was more they could do to reduce overlap of ac-tivities, collaborate on region-wide ini-tiatives, and share resources and best practices.

“The MY DMV Council represents an opportunity for the young Muslim’s dream: Be a part of one masjid, but be connected to all, and know what's go-ing on in all of your friends’ and fami-

lies’ communities,” said Haris Qudsi, a youth leader from Baltimore.

Currently, 18 youth groups are con-nected through MY DMV including: (VA) ADAMS Center, Dar Al-Hijrah, MakeSpace, Mustafa Center and McLean Islamic Center; (DC) Avon-dale Islamic Center, IRHSCA, and First Hijrah Foundation; (MD) Dar Al-Taqwa, Dar-us-Salaam, Islamic Center of Maryland (ICM), Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB), Islamic Society of Frederick (ISF), Islamic Society of Washington Area (ISWA), Maryum Is-

lamic Center, Masjid Fatima, Muslim Community Center (MCC), and the Prince George’s Muslim Association (PGMA). The youth leaders meet regu-larly at a new Masjid every month.

"Unity is powerful - if our youth un-derstand this, than the future of this ummah looks bright," said Amira Ali, a teacher at ICM. Muhammad Ishaq, program director at Maryum Islamic Center, concurred. “The goal of uni-fying masaajid through the youth (the energizer bunnies of the community) is something revolutionary and a model we hope to implement throughout the country. We admire the legacy our elder generations have left behind and hope to raise the bar even further.”

Members of the Council recognize that many such unity-focused initiatives at the Masjid and MSA levels have either dissolved or became inactive. However, they are optimistic.

“For the first time, we are seeing youth coming forward to lead their peers and also engage the larger Masjid commu-nity,” shared Ibrahim Khan, youth di-rector and executive council member at PGMA. “They have been brought up here in America, and are invested in their community’s future. We now want to create a model where we can train youth and make sure this runs strong even after the current leaders have moved on.”

MY DMV Council's upcoming projects include organizing a Domestic Vio-lence awareness campaign through the Friday khutbas, area wide sports events like the upcoming 3Di Annual Basket-ball Tournament in June, a joint bar-beque in late summer, and a Ramadhan Qur’an competition which would also bring together area imams for one night of taraweeh.

"It is truly humbling to be a part of something of this magnitude. I’m ex-cited to see many youth leaders from the area coming together for the sake of Allah. A great step towards a greater fu-ture, In Shaa Allah,” said Abdul-Saboor Khan, a youth leader from ICM.

The author is co-founder of the Muslim Youth DMV Council.

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service projects with others who share mutual values, ethics, and morals.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Zainab Alwani. The lively, multi-ethnic panel also featured Sr. Zahra, Zareena Shakir, and Dewita Soeharjono; the panel was moderated by Tanaz Haddadi. Each woman told her own story.

Author of several publications, an Islamic Scholar, a mother and grandmother, Dr. Alwani laid out the Quranic foundation for gender relations in Islam with the following verses:

O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer. Quran: Surah Nisa' verse 1

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. Verse 49: 13

She urged the audience to question their own understandings. "Any question on women in Islam, we have to ask how does it fit with the Quranic model?" said Dr. Alwani.

With an agnostic father and conservative mother, Dewita Soeharjono an interfaith activist, was never forced to learn Quran. She knows just enough to communicate with God she told the audience. Raised in a Javanese Buddhist and HinduIslam mix, she did not embrace her faith until later in life when she found Allah. She explained that culture and religion can play a big part in the mistreatment of women. "No religion teaches mistreatment of another human being including women," she proclaimed.

"I am a human being who happens to be a woman," said Zareena Shakir, the host of the TV show Perspectives of Interfaith. She said being an African American, a Muslim, and a women, some might say she already has three strikes against her. "I do not have any strikes against me- well it depends on what game you are playing; baseball or bowling; let's bowl," said Shakir.

Zareena uses quips to shoot down misogyny and bigotry. When people thrust her with misinformed questions about the status of a woman in Islam, she often answers. "Did God make a mistake? Allah knows best."

Her work in the media has made her aware of the mistreatment of women everywhere. She broadcasts awareness of the humanity of Muslims through film and her show. Her latest project is a movie documentary of three Muslim women who started their spiritual journey to Islam in the late 40s, early 50s. Their Muslim journey covers 50 years each,

living, worshiping in the nation's capital.

Sr. Zahra, born in Vietnam, grew up in four different countries. "1.5 million Vietnamese were lost to Agent Orange, massacred, raped. My parents were Buddhist; five of my siblings are Buddhist, and five are Catholic. "Growing up, I was taught that female are inferior to males," she said.

She was raised in Africa. Her step-father was a cross between Norman Schwartz and John Wayne. He used to kick his Muslim servants, who would be praying on a prayer mat, with his cowboy boots.

"I needed solace and found it with the missionary kids- church gave me peace and contentment," said Sr. Zahra. It was an intellectual exercise in monotheism that led her to Islam: the rights of women in the religion, system of justice gave space in her heart for Islam.

With her real life witty stories, she informed the audience that there are many Asian American Muslim stereotypes. Her section really cemented MNVA's mission that one doesn't have to be famous to relay their own stories about women in Islam.

The audience asked a variety of questions. One question asked was statistically which country treats women the worst. To this question, Sr. Zareena said that she didn't know about other countries but the U.S. treats women the worst when it comes to the prison system. America has 2.5 million people in jail - the largest amount in the world- a portion of that are women incarcerated for drug charges that

the men in their lives were involved in.

Soeharjono said that she could only speak about Indonesia, her birthplace. In Indonesia women have equality- equal pay, a female president, ambassadors and ministers.

Another question asked by the audience was about the two testimonies for women and one for men.

Dr. Alwani explained verse 2:84--the longest verse in the Quran – which deals in debt, transactions with financial issues. "Revealed as if preparing women to be involved in the economy, in developing the economy of that time," she explained to the room. She said that over time it took a turn and the interpretation shifted from empowering a woman to devaluing one into half a man, whereas the Quranic objective was to empower women with that verse.

"Speak out online, network, stand tall and walk tall. Predict [dangers] and carry your cell phones, we live in dangerous times," Sr. Zahra advised the Muslim women in the audience.

The organization of Muslim Women of Northern Virginia seeks to build coalitions and community partnerships with other faith-based groups, and with civic organizations that promote the empowerment of women.

A grassroots organization MWNV is open for membership. A website will launch in the near future.

Many Israeli soldiers inhibit Palestinian journalists in two ways: by rescinding press cards, restricting movement, limited news production, and maligning claims to professionalism and objectivity or by shooting journalists to limit news production claims to professional and objectivity and create climate of fear, Bishara said. But even within the Palestinian border, public backlash against reporters remains high due to fear and uncertainty, she said, showing footage of Palestinian civilians shoving Dana off the streets at a protest.

Despite this violence and the lack of ability to directly influence news coverage, many Palestinians are valuable assets to foreign correspondence, providing skills of proximity like language, knowledge of multiple customs and ways of life while still being able to stay safe, understand language and custom, and use piles of dirt – once yesterday’s rubble – as today’s tripod stand.

Palestinian footage, information, and news interviews, however, do not have a clear effect on international coverage. Despite this lack of control over coverage, on-the-ground journalists use their role to challenge the occupation with their bodies, their words, and

establish meaning by interviewing a network of Palestinians and Israelis.

The burden or proof lies on readers to read between the lines of international coverage, Bishara said, citing that a simple statement from a grieving father she once tracked, Abu Karam, “My son’s blood lay in a pool on the street like the blood of a slaughtered sheep.” A producer based in Jerusalem said the statement revealed how Palestinians felt Israeli forces treated them like animals, while another fixer based in Nablus said the statement was not a political critique, rather an observation using images the man had known.

“There are multiple relationships

between fact and narrative,” Bishara said. “This poses a challenge for us: How do we recognize these multiple perspectives?”

Objectivity may not be the solution to understanding the duplicity of multiple perspectives, she said, saying that this universal news value operates differently in different contexts.

For example, including quotes from both Israeli and Palestinian sources could create the illusion that the conflict is balanced and the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue is a clear back

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people die there every day; we are very fortunate that we live our daily lives in safety," he reflected.

Dr. Nissrene Elmadhun, a general surgery resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, researcher at Brown University, and a member of the Islamic Society Boston Cultural Center, was in Rhode Island when she heard about the attack.

The pregnant doctor made a decision to come back to Boston to help.

"As surgical residents, we are trained to manage trauma patients, but its moments like these of human suffering in the face of such a cowardly attack and witnessing my colleagues come to the aid of others that one begins seeing things through one's faith," she said. "With the rush of victims coming in so brutally hurt, I couldn't help but think of their families and pray for them. Amidst all of the chaos, tragedy aside, it was a proud moment, not only an American moment, but a proud human moment ... people were making whatever sacrifices they could to help other people and do what they can for the betterment of human life," said Dr. Elmadhun.

In the days following the attack, several Muslims have been assaulted in New York, Boston, and other parts of the

country. Dr. Firas Naji told the Muslim Link his friend was attacked, and soon reports appeared in local media of a Palestinian doctor who became a victim on an apparent hate crime motivated by Monday's bomb blasts.

Heba Abolaban said she and her friend, both in hijab, were walking with their children on Commercial Street when a man punched her left shoulder and began shouting at them, asking her to go back home and saying that she was responsible for the bombings.

Bangladeshi-American Abdul lah Faruque, 30, was beaten at a Bronx restaurant hours after the Boston Marathon bombing. Three or four males followed him and called him a [expletive] Arab. They punched him on the head and body, dislocating his left shoulder.

On Wednesday morning, Salah Barhoun, 17, a Morrocan American spectator at the marathon and a high school runner found his picture plastered on the front page of the New York Post and social media as a suspect in the bombing. He says he went to police the next day to clear his name after he found himself tagged in pictures online.

Barhoun's younger brother told ABC News that it made his mother "sick and upset" that her son had been connected to the tragedy. "My brother is not the bomber," the younger brother said.

Azeem Khan, 25, was running in the marathon for the American Liver Association. Training for the past 6 months, he was among the runners redirected at mile 24. Law enforcement authorities took away everything for investigation from all runners and spectators. After the explosion, he was taken to a safe house with other runners. "People were very united and offered me their cell phone as my battery was dead," he said. His keys, credit cards, IDS were returned on Wednesday.

Khan didn't sleep in the two days following the bombings. He told the Muslim Link he was struggling with emotional stress. "I saw grown adults crying [and] it reminded me of 9/11," said Khan, a Pakistani-American who grew up in New York and New Jersey.

Jalon Fowler is an African-American Muslimah who runs marathons; this was her third Boston Marathon and she ran for the Boys and Girls Club of Boston and the Ron Burton Training Village.

She told the Islamic Circle of North America that she trained for over six months running through rain, wind and snow." "I kept up with the training through busy times at work, sick kids and other life events. I remained committed because training for a marathon is simply something you put your heart and soul [into] and [you] believe that you get out of it what you put into it," said Fowler.

"Charity, helping others, and being the best emotional, spiritual and physical person [one can be] are major parts of being a Muslim. The marathon allowed me to strive towards these goals," she said. Keeping with her faith, she does not plan on giving up. "I will run the Boston Marathon until my body cannot take it anymore, God willing, for those that cannot," she said.

Imam Suhaib Webb was asked to represent the Muslim community at the interfaith event where President Obama was the keynote speaker on Thursday. However, the Governor's office replaced him with Nasser Weddady from the American Islamic Congress (AIC), a group unknown to most American Muslims. Unlike most mainstream Islamic organizations in America, AIC receives significant funding from the US State Department according to the Washington Post.

The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and many other Muslim organizations offered support, set-up funds, and issued statements in solidarity with the Boston community. One such fund can be accessed at http://links.masboston.org/?healthfund.

As the story of the Boston bombings is written, America must make sure not to focus on the Muslim names in the headlines, only to miss the many Muslim names scattered throughout its pages.

and forth, thereby heightening the role of American journalists as perceived peace negotiators and reproducing U.S. power, Bishara said.

“Foreign correspondents are not a disinterested party. In the second intifada, they were living right in the middle of it,” Bishara said, revealing that journalists may be emotionally invested in their relay of news such as in the case of Mohammad Al-Aza.

When a handful of Israeli soldiers entered a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday evening, the photojournalist and Palestinian refugee began shooting pictures with his camera. Angered by Al-Azza’s refusal to put down his

camera, an Israeli soldier returned the shots with a rubber bullet, shattering the 23-year-old’s right cheekbone.

B i sha ra has a l so p roduced the documentary “Across Oceans, Among Colleagues,” an ethnography about the work the Committee to Protect Journalists. The assistant professor is currently researching the relationship between Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank, projects which were inspired by her stumbling out of bed every morning to read the paper, her life line to the world.

In the words of slain journalist Dana before an awards acceptance speech before the Committee to Protect Journalists, “Words and images are a public trust.”

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took responsibility for the body after Tamerlan's wife, Katherine Russell, said she wanted it released to her in-laws.

He said his nephew was buried in a cemetery in Doswell with the help of a faith coalition. "The body's buried," he said. "That's it."

'Reviled and maligned'

Dozens of communities approached about hosting a gravesite had refused, many with concerns about vandalism and a backlash from the public.

Martha Mullen, a mental health counsellor who helped arrange the burial, told the AP news agency in a brief telephone interview that she had offered to help after seeing news reports about the refusals.

Mullen said she was not the only person who helped with arrangements.

She said the backlash from some local

officials, some cemetery neighbours and online critics has been unpleasant, but she has no regrets.

"I can't pretend it's not difficult to be reviled and maligned," she said. "But any time you can reach across the divide and work with people that are not like you, that's what God calls us to do."

Mullen, a graduate of United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, sent emails to various faith organisations to see what could be done.

She heard back from the Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia, which arranged for a funeral plot at the Al-Barzakh cemetery.

The cemetery is hidden among the rural woods and hills, about 50km north of Richmond, and contains only 47 graves in all.

No consultation

Sheriff Tony Lippa and Board of Supervisors chairman Floyd Thomas of Caroline County said no state or

local officials were told that Tsarnaev would be buried there.

Permission is not required from officials as long as laws are followed. The officials said they do not want the county remembered as the resting place for someone allegedly tied to a horrific act, but it was unlikely they would be able to do anything.

Imam Ammar Amonette, of the Islamic Centre of Virginia, said his group was never consulted and that Mullen reached out to a separate group, the Islamic Society of Greater Richmond.

"The whole Muslim community here is furious. Frankly, we are furious that we were never given any information. It was all done secretly behind our backs," Amonette said, adding it "makes no sense whatsoever" that Tsarnaev's body was buried in Virginia.

"Now everybody who's buried in that cemetery, their loved ones are going to have to go to that place."

Bukhari Abdel-Alim, vice president

of The Islamic Funeral Services in Virginia, said in a statement that they disagree with Tsarnaev's actions but are obligated to "return his body to the earth".

"Its not a political thing, it's more so we have somebody that has passed away, he can't bury himself," he said.

" S o m e b o d y n e e d e d t o t a k e responsibility, we were able to do so, and that's what we did," he said while reading the statement from the cemetery."

Tsarnaev's death certificate shows he was shot by police in the firefight on the night of April 18 and run over and dragged by a vehicle.

He died a few hours later on April 19. Authorities have said his brother ran over him in his getaway attempt.

Tsarnaev's mother said Russia refused to allow his body into the country so she could bury him in her native Dagestan, but Russian authorities refused comment.

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Immigrants Fear Split Families As Debate Underway in Senate By Fatimah WaseemMuslim Link Staff Reporter

For ten years, a local University of D.C. student waited for a green card from Ethiopia. His sister, a U.S. citizen from Silver Spring, Maryland, asked their mother to call him over, knowing that the waiting period would be shorter if his mother sponsored him.

The ten years passed by slowly. By the summer of 2008, new immigration legislation was being debated in Congress, forcing the DC resident to wait longer.

In a major overturn of an immigration system that traditionally favors family ties over economic criteria, senators could dramatically limit the number of green cards for extended families of U.S. citizens while easing the immigration path for high-skilled foreign workers, according to proposed amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

If passed, the proposal would make it harder for siblings and married adult children of U.S. citizens to become citizens by eliminating 90,000 VISAs for those categories, a move proponents say would address the 4.9 million backlog of immigrant applications and address the country’s economic needs. Such family members would still be able to apply for VISAs but would need qualifications like tech skills and English proficiency to increase chances of getting a VISA.

However, critics say cutting extended family VISAs would rattle the core of an immigration platform that has long supported immigrant family unification, shelving the social costs of family preservation in favor of measurable economic benefit that would compound the existing problem posed by long waiting lists.

“An integral part of our humanity is the understanding that children – at any

age – are our family. That brothers and sisters are our family,” wrote Stewart Kwoh, executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. “Families must not be manipulated and used as a bargaining chip in a misleading and misguided attempt to characterize immigration as a zero-sum game.”

Nearly 60 percent of VISAs are granted based on familial ties and about 15 percent of VISAs are granted on an employment basis, according to Demetrios Papademetriou of the Migration Policy Institute. The government currently gives spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens top priority, followed by unmarried children older than 21.

“For years, the problems within this system have frequently resulted in long term separation from our families for years or even decades to the backlogs, waiting lists, and visa caps,” Manar Waheed, policy director of the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a national non-profit, told The Muslim Link, “The backlogs and waiting lists must be eliminated and visa caps raised so that families are not separated for years or decades on end.”

Republicans have shot down these recommendations in the past. Conversely, a 2007 bill that would have reduced the number of family VISAs did not advance in the senate following protest from some

Democrats and the Catholic Church.

The proposals, backed by four senate Democrats and four Republicans, have been overshadowed by a fierce focus on laying a citizenship for the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants. Seven Democratic senators asked the bipartisan group to reconsider their “troubling plans.”

“Different types of family members can play an important role in each other’s lives, and for some Americans, a brother or sister is the only family they have.”

Giving a green light to foreign workers would provide a “needed complement to the native-born labor force,” said Ben Johnson, executive direct of the American Immigration Council said in a March 5 statement to the House judiciary committee.

“Economists, social scientists, business leaders, and a broad range of other experts agree that innovation is the key to growing the economy and creating jobs. And the key to innovation is building, growing, attracting, and retaining a skilled workforce,” Johnson said, citing a 2012 report which found working foreign-born graduates created an average of 2.6 jobs for American workers.

Waheed, however, said this focus on framing the economic benefits of

employment-based immigration was ungrounded. “Though South Asian Americans are often framed as benefiting exclusively from policy reform related to skilled workers or graduates of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), our community comprises of a diversity of individuals from janitors and domestic workers to doctors and engineers, from undocumented individuals to visa holders, legal permanent residents, refugees and asylees, and American citizens,” she said.

But even across the isle, experts agreed something has to give in a system with a large backlog of VISAs and long waiting periods.

“We need reform that improves our system, not reform that separates us from more family members,” Waheed said.

She sa id she would l ike to see comprehensive immigration reform that creates accessible pathways to legislation, keeps families together, eliminates backlogs, and increases caps for family and employment visas, stressing the importance of a “holistic approach” to allow all members to “effectively contribute to our society in a way that allows our nation to flourish, prosper, and succeed.”

Contending otherwise, Papademetriou said, would refute “our longstanding American tradition of valuing, respecting, and honoring brothers, sisters, and children as beloved close family members” – even if that longstanding traditions may have existing flaws.

Senators are currently debating the immigration overhaul legislation along with dozens of amendments dealing with scores of immigration related issues including border security; they are expected to finalize the legislation and vote later this month.

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Soon after the Islamic Society of Bal-timore move into its newly constructed masjid and community center in the 1980s, they started Al-Rahmah School.

Few could have imagined growing from the initial student body of 27 students in 1987 to 350 students today,

On their 25th year anniversary and with the support of around 800 guests who attended the April 27, 2013 fundraising dinner for the school , a new group of visionaries is planning for the next 25 years.

Dr. Zoobia Chaudhry, an Al-Rahmah parent and the chairperson of the school's Board of Education, laid out the vision for the future of Al-Rahmah in eight areas.

The first priority is to further develop the administrative structure of the school. This year long time principal Laura Abdur-Rahman announced her retirement, and after a long search in-volving 23 applicants Al-Rahmah hired Dr. Fawzia Fazily who holds a doctor-ate in Education in Executive Leader-ship. Dr. Zoobia added that department chairs for each school level are part of the leadership plan.

Other future priorities outlined by Dr. Zoobia include investing in dedicated on-site healthcare services for the stu-dent body; hiring a trained secondary school counselor; further implementing 'smart classroom' technology; open-ing up more professional development opportunities to the teaching staff; re-vamping the Arabic and Islamic stud-ies curriculums; and enhancing campus security.

The highlight of Dr. Zoobia's presenta-tion involved the Board of Education's conceptual drawing for their vision of a new campus. A fly-through video showed dedicated school buildings, athletic fields, and fountains on the ISB

property. She closed her presentation by thanking past and present leaders and volunteers who were "key to our present and future success."

After nasheed and Qur'an presentations from Al-Rahmah students, the keynote speaker for the evening, Boston Imam Suhaib Webb, addressed the packed gymnasium.

"If you remember only one thing this evening, it is this: don't be like an ant"

said Imam Suhaib, referring to an ara-bic anecdote that described the death of an ant who did not have the courage to climb a hill.

Deluged by the bombings in Boston, Imam Suhaib spoke about the effect Muslims should have on society, and how American Muslim culture is tied to the culture of America.

"I challenge Islamic schools to ask 'are you preparing children or incubating

them'?" said Imam Webb. "The best of

you are those who beneift people." As for the fundraising, Imam Webb was blunt in his speech. Referencing a Jew-ish community in Boston that recently raised $22 million at a fundraiser, he said until Muslims bring numbers like that to their institutions, "we will be plagued by mediocrity".

Brother Moutasem Atiya conducted the fundraising with some help from Dr. Maqbool Patel. About $171,000 was raised of the $200,000 target.

Top right, Al-Rahmah students per-form for the full house crowd. Bot-tom right, the conceptual future plan of the Board of Education for the ISB campus has steady growth in mind. ISB is currently remodeling the former Imam's residence for use as high school classrooms. Bottom left, keynote speaker Imam Suhaib Webb. "The longevity of your insti-tution is a testament to the greatness of your community," he said. He gave a standing ovation to the Is-lamic school teachers in attendance. Photos by Salam Aref Shaguj.

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With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in AfghanistanBy MATTHEW ROSENBERGThe New York Times, April 28, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency.

All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the C.I.A. to the office of President Hamid Karzai, according to current and former advisers to the Afghan leader.

“We called it ‘ghost money,’ ” said Khalil Roman, who served as Mr. Karzai’s deputy chief of staff from 2002 until

2005. “It came in secret, and it left in secret.”

The C.I.A., which declined to comment for this article, has long been known to support some relatives and close aides of Mr. Karzai. But the new accounts of off-the-books cash delivered directly to his office show payments on a vaster scale, and with a far greater impact on everyday governing.

Moreover, there is little evidence that the payments bought the influence the C.I.A. sought. Instead, some American officials said, the cash has fueled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington’s exit strategy from Afghanistan.

Will Pakistan Finally Stand Up Against Illegal US Drone Attacks?The Peshawar high court has delivered a damning verdict on the strikes. Pakistan must now move towards protecting the security of its citizens

By Clive Stafford Smith

May 12, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"The Guardian" - Thursday's landmark decision by the Pakistani high court in Peshawar is a remarkable document: Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan examines the US use of drones against Pakistan's tribal areas and reaches several conclusions that, while obvious to most sensible observers, seem to have eluded American authorities for several years.

The case was filed last year by Shahzad Akbar, of the Foundation for Fundamental Rights (FFR), a legal charity based in Islamabad. The case was brought by families of victims killed in a US drone strike on 17 March 2011. The strike – one of more than 300 Obama has launched at Pakistan – is infamous: more than 50 people were killed, including many community elders who had gathered to settle a local dispute over a chromite

mine. For the locals it was the equivalent of a strike on the high court itself.

The chief justice's first finding is perhaps the most obvious: "[Drone strikes] are absolutely illegal and a blatant violation of sovereignty of the state of Pakistan." The strikes are, he says, international war crimes, given that there is no state of war between the US and its nominal

ally, Pakistan.

It does not matter whether General Pervez Musharraf gave the CIA a wink and a nod when he was the country's dictator. "[T]here is nothing in writing to the effect," writes the chief justice. In any event, no government can legitimately authorise the murder of its own citizens – certainly not without a public announcement

through the democratic process. Indeed, Musharraf is currently facing the music for a number of illegal acts he allegedly took while in office.

The American use of drones is, in the chief justice's legal opinion, wholly disproportionate under international law. He notes that 9/11 still provides the US administration's pretext for a "global war on terror", yet there has been "not a single … terror incident … anywhere in the USA" emanating from Pakistan in more than a decade since. How, then, can it be proportionate to kill more than 3,000 Pakistanis, including "infant babies, pre-teen and teenage children, women and others".

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solve the dispute through the rule of law. The Pakistan government must make an immediate and genuine complaint to the UN. If the UN security council reaches the appropriate conclusion (which he feels legally it must, absent a US veto), or the general assembly adopts a resolution, and "the US authorities do not comply … the government of Pakistan shall sever all ties with the USA and as a mark of protest shall deny all logistic and other facilities to the USA within Pakistan".

Then he makes another self-evident pronouncement: the Pakistan military's first obligation must be to preserve the

security of its own citizens. The "security forces shall ensure that in future such drone strikes are not conducted and carried out within the sovereign territory of Pakistan". Again, rather than shoot first, the government shall administer a "proper warning"; if this does not work, the Pakistan air force must immediately shoot down the drones. Even though I am American myself, I find it hard to argue with this unhappy suggestion: after all, if the Pakistanis were terrorizing Texas with Predator drones, I would expect Barack Obama to send the US air force into immediate action.

Ultimately, the US must bear full responsibility for its actions. "The government of Pakistan shall mak[e] a request to the UN secretary general

to constitute an independent war crime tribunal, to direct the US authorities to immediately stop the drone strikes ... and to immediately arrange for the complete and full compensation for the victims' families."

This judicial decision is all about democracy and the rule of law. America has held itself out as a proponent of these ideals for more than 200 years. It is a shame that the CIA's supposedly secret drones campaign marks such a sharp departure from both, following on from earlier policy catastrophes such as Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.

In contrast, Saturday's election marked the first time in its 66-year history that Pakistan has made the transition from

one democratically elected government to another. The apparent victor, Nawaz Sharif's PLM-N party, has promised to stop US drone strikes in Pakistan. The court's decision will light a judicial fire under this vow.

Clive Adrian Stafford Smith is a British attorney who specializes in the areas of civil rights and the death penalty in the United States of America. He has represented some of the detainees held since 2002 at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp as enemy combatants. He is the Legal Director of the UK branch of the human rights not-for-profit Reprieve. In 2005 he received the Gandhi International Peace Award.

“The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan,” one American official said, “was the United States.”

The United States was not alone in delivering cash to the president. Mr. Karzai acknowledged a few years ago that Iran regularly gave bags of cash to one of his top aides.

At the time, in 2010, American officials jumped on the payments as evidence of an aggressive Iranian campaign to buy influence and poison Afghanistan’s relations with the United States. What they did not say was that the C.I.A. was also plying the presidential palace with cash — and unlike the Iranians, it still is.

American and Afghan officials familiar with the payments said the agency’s main goal in providing the cash has been to maintain access to Mr. Karzai and his inner circle and to guarantee the agency’s influence at the presidential palace, which wields tremendous power in Afghanistan’s highly centralized government. The officials spoke about the money only on the condition of anonymity.

It is not clear that the United States is getting what it pays for. Mr. Karzai’s willingness to defy the United States — and the Iranians, for that matter — on an array of issues seems to have only

grown as the cash has piled up. Instead of securing his good graces, the payments may well illustrate the opposite: Mr. Karzai is seemingly unable to be bought.

Over Iran’s objections, he signed a strategic partnership deal with the United States last year, directly leading the Iranians to halt their payments, two senior Afghan officials said. Now, Mr. Karzai is seeking control over the Afghan militias raised by the C.I.A. to target operatives of Al Qaeda and insurgent commanders, potentially upending a critical part of the Obama administration’s plans for fighting militants as conventional military forces pull back this year.

But the C.I.A. has continued to pay, believing it needs Mr. Karzai’s ear to run its clandestine war against Al Qaeda and its allies, according to American and Afghan officials.

Like the Iranian cash, much of the C.I.A.’s money goes to paying off warlords and politicians, many of whom have ties to the drug trade and, in some cases, the Taliban. The result, American and Afghan officials said, is that the agency has greased the wheels of the same patronage networks that American diplomats and law enforcement agents have struggled unsuccessfully to dismantle, leaving the government in the grips of what are basically organized crime syndicates.

The cash does not appear to be subject

to the oversight and restrictions placed on official American aid to the country or even the C.I.A.’s formal assistance programs, l ike financing Afghan intelligence agencies. And while there is no evidence that Mr. Karzai has personally taken any of the money — Afghan officials say the cash is handled by his National Security Council — the payments do in some cases work directly at odds with the aims of other parts of the American government in Afghanistan, even if they do not appear to violate American law.

Handing out cash has been standard procedure for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan since the start of the war. During the 2001 invasion, agency cash bought the services of numerous warlords, including Muhammad Qasim Fahim, the current first vice president.

“We paid them to overthrow the Taliban,” the American official said.

The C.I.A. then kept paying the Afghans to keep fighting. For instance, Mr. Karzai’s half brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, was paid by the C.I.A. to run the Kandahar Strike Force, a militia used by the agency to combat militants, until his assassination in 2011.

A number of senior officials on the Afghan National Security Council are also individually on the agency’s payroll, Afghan officials said.

While intelligence agencies often pay

foreign officials to provide information, dropping off bags of cash at a foreign leader’s office to curry favor is a more unusual arrangement.

Afghan officials said the practice grew out of the unique circumstances in Afghanistan, where the United States built the government that Mr. Karzai runs. To accomplish that task, it had to bring to heel many of the warlords the C.I.A. had paid during and after the 2001 invasion.

By late 2002, Mr. Karzai and his aides were pressing for the payments to be routed through the president’s office, allowing him to buy the warlords’ loyalty, a former adviser to Mr. Karzai said.

Then, in December 2002, Iranians showed up at the palace in a sport utility vehicle packed with cash, the former adviser said.

The C.I.A. began dropping off cash at the palace the following month, and the sums grew from there, Afghan officials said.

Payments ordinarily range from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, the officials said, though none could provide exact figures. The money is used to cover a slew of off-the-books expenses, like paying off lawmakers or underwriting delicate diplomatic trips or informal negotiations.

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Much of it also still goes to keeping old warlords in line. One is Abdul Rashid Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek whose militia served as a C.I.A. proxy force in 2001. He receives nearly $100,000 a month from the palace, two Afghan officials said. Other officials said the amount was significantly lower.

Mr. Dostum, who declined requests for comment, had previously said he was given $80,000 a month to serve as Mr. Karzai’s emissary in northern Afghanistan. “I asked for a year up front in cash so that I could build my dream house,” he was quoted as saying in a 2009 interview with Time magazine.

Some of the cash also probably ends up in the pockets of the Karzai aides who handle it, Afghan and Western officials said, though they would not identify any

by name.

That is not a significant concern for the C.I.A., said American officials familiar with the agency’s operations. “They’ll work with criminals if they think they have to,” one American former official said.

Interestingly, the cash from Tehran appears to have been handled with greater transparency than the dollars from the C.I.A., Afghan officials said.

The Iranian payments were routed through Mr. Karzai’s chief of staff. Some of the money was deposited in an account in the president’s name at a state-run bank, and some was kept at the palace. The sum delivered would then be announced at the next cabinet meeting. The Iranians gave $3 million to well over $10 million a year, Afghan officials said.

When word of the Iranian cash leaked out in October 2010, Mr. Karzai told reporters that he was grateful for it. He then added: “The United States is doing the same thing. They are providing cash to some of our offices.”

At the time, Mr. Karzai’s aides said he was referring to the billions in formal aid the United States gives. But the former adviser said in a recent interview that the president was in fact referring to the C.I.A.’s bags of cash.

No one mentions the agency’s money at cabinet meetings. It is handled by a small clique at the National Security Council, including its administrative chief, Mohammed Zia Salehi, Afghan officials said.

Mr. Salehi, though, is better known for being arrested in 2010 in connection with a sprawling, American-led investigation that tied together Afghan cash smuggling, Taliban finances and the opium trade. Mr. Karzai had him released within hours, and the C.I.A. then helped persuade the Obama administration to back off its anticorruption push, American officials said.

After his release, Mr. Salehi jokingly came up with a motto that succinctly summed up America’s conflicting priorities. He was, he began telling colleagues, “an enemy of the F.B.I., and a hero to the C.I.A.”

Mark Mazzetti contributed reporting from Washington.

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By Max Blumenthal The Electronic Intifada, New York City 7 May 2013

On 18 April, three days after a bombing killed three and left many more wounded at the Boston marathon, a figure unknown to most Americans stepped suddenly into the national spotlight. At a nationally broadcast interfaith service addressed by President Barack Obama, a Mauritanian-born social media activist named Nasser Weddady appeared on stage as the desig-nated representative of Boston’s Muslim community. Introduced as the chairman of the New England Interfaith Council and the civil rights outreach director for the American Islamic Congress (AIC), Wed-dady delivered a well-received sermon ref-erencing Jewish and Islamic scripture on non-violence.

Unlike the notable Jewish, Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Protestant religious figures chosen to speak at the service, Weddady was not an ordained clergy member, nor was he known to many members of the community he claimed to represent. In fact, he was a last-minute replacement for Su-haib Webb, a Muslim educator and imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, the largest Muslim house of prayer in New England.

Commenting on Twitter that the office of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick “made the call” to replace him, Webb said the governor chose “Muhammad Wed-dady,” misidentifying Nasser Weddady. When another Twitter user asked Webb who Weddady was, he responded, “No idea.”

A report by the right-wing, pro-Israel website JNS.org suggested that Webb’s replacement by Weddady was politically motivated (“Muslim Brotherhood-linked mosque’s imam replaced as speaker at ser-vice for Boston Marathon attack victims,” 21 April 2013).

According to the article, groups including self-styled “terror expert” Steven Emer-son’s Investigative Project on Terrorism, the anti-Muslim outfit Americans for Peace and Tolerance created by David Project founder Charles Jacobs, and the Anti-Def-

amation League (ADL) claimed Webb’s mosque “has an anti-Semitic and anti-Isra-el history that started with its founding by members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the parent organization of Hamas.”

The allegations stemmed from a failed campaign directed by Jacobs and assisted by the ADL, Emerson and other anti-Mus-lim elements to block the construction of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center. In May 2010, after the dust cleared,

Governor Patrick appeared at the mosque, seemingly rebuking the cast of Islamo-phobes that smeared it as a terrorist front. Patrick told the congregation, “Yours is a peaceful faith, and I know that … .” Massa-chusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley also offered support for the mosque, dis-patching a staffer to attend Patrick’s speech and earmarking $50,000 in funds to “sen-sitivity training for law enforcement offi-cials” (“‘Yours is a peaceful faith’,” Boston Globe, 23 May 2010).

Disturbing history

The JNS.org report has not been confirmed by Governor Patrick’s office, Webb, or by Weddady. However, the replacement of Webb, perhaps the most notable Muslim religious authority in New England, with an obscure lay figure raises questions about why the local Muslim community was not able to delegate its own representative.

And who was Weddady? Was he, in fact, a rising human rights activist promoting tolerance among Bostonians and spreading freedom abroad? And was his employer, the AIC, simply a group of earnest Muslim do-gooders “trying to build bridges among people of different faiths and ethnicities,” as Public Radio International’s The World claimed it was on its 16 April edition?

An investigation of the American Islamic

Congress by The Electronic Intifada re-vealed a disturbing history that stretches back to the invasion of Iraq, with political patronage from the Bush administration building the organization from the ground up. Despite its claim to promote tolerance, the AIC has depended on substantial sup-port from the very same elements that fought tooth and nail to sabotage the Islam-ic Society of Boston, and which seem de-termined to undermine Muslim communal organizing efforts across the country.

The organization has managed to maintain US government funding during the Obama era, serving as a faithful arm of soft Ameri-

can power in the Middle East while nurtur-ing the creation of Weddady’s new “Free Arabs” website, a self-proclaimed portal to “Democracy, Secularism, [and] Fun” that eschews criticism of Western policies to-wards the Middle East while promoting US military intervention in Syria.

Weddady and AIC co-founder and Execu-tive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij did not re-spond to calls and emailed queries request-ing comment for this article.

According to Internal Revenue Service 990 information filings, the AIC is funded largely by a pool of right-wing donors re-sponsible for bankrolling key players in America’s Islamophobia industry, from Charles Jacobs to Emerson’s Investiga-tive Project on Terrorism and Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Forum. These same donors have pumped millions into major pro-Isra-el organizations, including groups involved in settlement activity and the Friends of the IDF, which provides assistance to the Is-raeli army.

Among the AIC’s most reliable support-ers is the Donors Capital Fund, which has provided at least $85,000 in funding since 2008. Donors Capital was among the seven foundations identified in the Center for American Progress’s 2011 report Fear Inc. as “the lifeblood of the Islamophobia net-work in America.” Another foundation sin-gled out in the report, the Lynde and Harry

Bradley Foundation, has donated $325,000 to the AIC between 2005 and 2011.

The Bradley Foundation is one the most generous donors to the American conserva-tive movement, according to People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch proj-ect, pumping millions into right-wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, key bastions of neoconservativism. It has also supported the work of Charles Murray, a right-wing author who notoriously argued in his 1994 book, The Bell Curve, that intelligence was based on race, and that blacks and Latinos were genetically inferior to whites and Asians.

Some of the most virulent anti-Muslim agitators, from David Horowitz to Frank Gaffney to Daniel Pipes, who has called for razing entire Palestinian villages and other forms of collective punishment, have received more than $5 million from the Bradley Foundation.

Aided by Adelson

In 2009, the AIC received a $95,500 dona-tion from the Adelson Family Foundation, the charitable entity of Las Vegas casino baron Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miri-am. Adelson is best known for his attempts to unseat President Barack Obama through million dollar donations to the 2012 presi-dential campaign of Republican former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

A major donor to the American Israel Pub-lic Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Birthright Israel program that sends Jew-ish American youth on free trips to Israel, Adelson is also a key financial benefactor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu’s political career (“The Bibi Con-nection,” Al Akhbar English, 12 January 2012).

In December 2011, Adelson told a Birth-right Israel group that Palestinians were “an invented people.” “Don’t let Muslim stu-dent organizations take over the campus-es,” he urged the Jewish college students. Adelson has never explained his funding of the AIC, perhaps the only Muslim-oriented recipient of his donations (“Sheldon Adel-son to Birthright group: Gingrich is right to call Palestinians ‘invented people,’” Haaretz, 26 December 2011).

Getting to Know America's Favorite MuslimsWeddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress And The Pro-Israel Funders Who Helped Them Rise

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CAIR-MD Criticizes Senator Ben Cardin for Discriminatory BillRecently CAIR-MD submitted a major Op-Ed to the Baltimore Sun criticizing Senator Ben Cardin for co-sponsoring a bill in the US Senate that would codify into US law discrimination against American Muslims and Arab-Americans. We proudly co-wrote this piece with Jewish Voice For Peace and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. We are pleased to report that it was published by the Baltimore Sun and gained wide national attention. You can take a look at the article by clicking here. We have also included the full text of the article below for your convenience.

Don't Let Israel Discriminate Against Americans Based On ReligionBill on visa waivers for Israel would allow it to keep out those it suspects for any reason — including their religion

By Zainab Chaudry, Saqib Ali, Shelley Fudge and Abed AyoubApril 29, 2013

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would allow a foreign country, Israel, to discriminate against select groups of American citizens — including Americans who have expressed criticism of its policies. Disappointingly, the bill, S.B. 462 (also known as the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013), is co-sponsored by Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin. Those who stand to be most affected by this piece of legislation are Arab Americans and Muslim Americans. However, it may also apply to individuals who wish to visit or work in Israel and/or the Palestinian territories that Israel has occupied since 1967. It would enshrine into U.S. law a provision allowing another country to discriminate against Americans based on their ethnicity or religion.

The purported intent of the bill, originally introduced by Sens. Barbara Boxer (a California Democrat) and Roy Blount (a Missouri Republican) at the behest of American Israel Political Action

Committee (AIPAC), is to provide Israel entry into the United States' visa waiver program, but with special allowances not afforded any other country. Normally, the visa waiver program permits, under certain conditions, foreign individuals to enter the United States without a visa. A key aspect of the program is reciprocity, meaning that countries admitted into this program must also permit Americans to enter their country without a visa. Currently, 37 countries participate in this mutually beneficial arrangement with the United States. All reciprocate by allowing American citizens to cross their borders without obtaining visas.

H o w e v e r , S . B . 4 6 2 c o n t a i n s discriminatory provisions that allow Israel to bar entry to Americans of Arab heritage or Islamic faith, anyone who is viewed to be critical of the actions of the Israeli government, or even anyone who is supportive of Palestinian rights — this, while Israel would enjoy the full benefit of the program for its own people. Rather than requiring reciprocity, the bill, as drafted, requires only that Israel make "every reasonable effort" to ensure that reciprocal travel privileges are extended to all U.S. citizens. No other waiver

program nations are granted similar exemptions.

Earlier this year, Nour Joudah, a 25-year-old Palestinian-American woman, was denied entry to Israel at Ben Gurion International Airport despite holding a valid one-year multiple-entrance visa. Ms. Joudah was a full-time English teacher at the Quaker Friends School in Ramallah who had traveled to Amman for the Christmas holidays. However, when she tried to return through Israel, she was denied entry. Numerous efforts by USAID representatives and congressional staffers to secure Ms. Joudah's re-entry were in vain. Ultimately, Ms. Nour had to inform her students via Skype that she could not return to Ramallah.

The issue of entry denial has been contentious for decades. Israel is widely recognized for especially discriminating against Arab-Americans and Muslims by preventing or making difficult their entry to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. When Americans of these two groups arrive in one of Israel's ports of entry, they are often put through intense interrogations and strip searches, and in many cases are denied entry without any explanation.

The State Department's website advises U.S. citizens "that all persons applying for entry to Israel, the West Bank, or Gaza are subject to security and police record checks by the Government of Israel, and may be denied entry or exit

without explanation." In 2006, then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Arab-Americans, "I will continue to do everything in my power to support your good work, and to ensure that all American travelers receive fair and equal treatment." Unfortunately, almost one decade later, its increasingly obvious that much work remains to be done on this front.

On Senator Cardin's website, he states: "Civil rights and civil liberties are the building blocks of the rule of law in our country." We couldn't agree more. Senator Cardin has a history of championing civil rights. So it is ironic, disturbing and deeply disappointing that — at the behest of a foreign nation — he would try to chip away at the basic rights of the citizens of his own country. We strongly urge Senator Cardin to either promptly introduce amendments that would strike out discriminatory clauses of the Boxer/Blount bill, or publicly rescind his support for this offensive legislation that is in such stark contrast to American values.

Zainab Chaudry ([email protected]) is vice president of the Maryland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Saqib Ali ([email protected]) is the group's government affairs director. Also contributing to this article were Shelley Fudge, director of the Jewish Voice for Peace Washington D.C. Chapter and Abed Ayoub, the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee's director of policy and legal affairs.

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Of all the right-wing, pro-Israel donors to the AIC — and there are too many to men-tion here — none has been more gener-ous than the Klarman Family Foundation, which provided the group with $425,000 from 2005 to 2011. The foundation is the charitable vehicle for Boston-based pro-Israel billionaire Seth Klarman. He is the principal funder of The Israel Project, an Israeli government-linked public rela-tions and lobbying group run by former AIPAC spokesperson Josh Block, which has, among other things, taken dozens of journalists on helicopter tours in Israel and the territories it occupies (“Israel Project brags on planting story in CNN and taking 38 journalists on helicopter trips in Israel,” Mondoweiss, 18 April 2013).

Besides the AIC, Klarman has donated to a who’s who of anti-Muslim and pro-Israel groups, including the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the Ameri-can Jewish Committee, The David Proj-ect, Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Forum, and Friends of Ir David Inc., the US tax-exempt fundraising arm of the settler organization behind a wave of Palestinian expulsions in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.

Klarman is also a major donor to Birth-right Israel, AIPAC-founded think tank the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and the pro-Israel neoconservative Founda-tion for the Defense of Democracies.

The AIC is not the only putatively Mus-lim group funded by Klarman. In 2011, Klarman made his first donation to the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, the shell organization that serves as the personal platform for Zuhdi Jasser. The previously unknown Jasser, a physician from Arizona with no academic or theo-logical credentials, is one of the country’s most outspoken Muslim proponents of law enforcement surveillance of Muslim com-munities.

Two years earlier, Jasser was welcomed onto AIC’s board of directors, joining a host of like-minded neoconservatives.

“Demographic jihad”

Daniel Pipes, one of America’s foremost anti-Muslim activists, has promoted the AIC as one of the “moderate groups” pre-senting a counter-weight to Muslim orga-nizations like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which he has repeatedly labeled as a front for a secret plot to place the US under the control of “sharia law.” A staffer for a major Muslim-

American civil rights organization told me that AIC’s leadership refused to participate in any initiative with the organized Muslim American community.

Described by his frequent host Glenn Beck as “the Muslim we were all looking for after 9/11,” Jasser starred in an Islamo-phobic propaganda film, The Third Jihad, warning that Muslims were organizing a takeover of the US through “demographic jihad.” He gained prominence as the lead Muslim witness in the congressional hear-ing on “Muslim radicalization” hosted by New York Republican Congressman Rep. Peter King, and has vehemently defended the New York Police Department’s profil-ing of Muslims.

In October 2012, AIC director Zainab Al-Suwaij signed a letter authored by Jasser and addressed to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging her to bar Pakistani politician Imran Khan from entering the US (“AILC Press Release: Secretary Clin-ton should bar Imran Khan from entering the U.S.,” 23 October 2012).

Jasser described Khan, one of Pakistan’s most outspoken opponents of US drone strikes, as “an anti-American politician who regularly defends the Taliban.” The letter contained the signatures of more than a dozen obscure Muslim figures, includ-ing Farid “Frank” Ghadry, a neoconser-vative favorite and AIPAC member who has attempted to promote himself, Ahmed Chalabi-style, as the future leader of a free Syria, including before the Israeli Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Another neoconservative activist seated on the AIC’s board, Hillel Fradkin, is a scholar of Islamic studies who signed the notorious Project for the New American Century letter calling for the United States to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Then there is Khaleel Mohammed, a professor of reli-gion at San Diego State University whose views have endeared him to hardline Is-lamophobes. A contributor to Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Quarterly, Mohammed argued in a friendly interview with David Horow-itz’s far-right FrontPageMag that the Quran states that “Israel belongs to the Jews.” “Only when Muslims themselves accept Israel will they be following their Quran,” Mohammed claimed (“The Koran and the Jews,” 3 June 2004).

Mohammed is the faculty advisor for AIC’s student group at San Diego State Univer-sity, Project Nur, and to the school’s Gradu-ate Program in Homeland Security. On his personal website, Mohammed declared that Muslims who did not rise up to fight “the world terrorists” were betraying their Is-lamic duty. “The Quran makes it absolutely clear that Muslims must bear arms against errant Muslims in times of need,” he wrote.

“It is either one or the other. We must either fight against terrorism or deem our silence as evidence of complicity” (“Statement on Terrorism,” 10 September 2004).

Bush’s Iraqi fixer

In August 2004, two years after she found-ed the AIC, Zainab Al-Suwaij appeared before the Republican National Conven-tion to speak in support of George W. Bush’s re-election and the invasion of Iraq. “America, under the strong, compassion-ate leadership of President Bush, has given Iraqis the most precious gift any nation has ever given another — the gift of democ-racy and the freedom to determine its own future,” Suwaij proclaimed, according to a Fox News transcript.

Al-Suwaij was born into a Shiite family in Iraq that suffered under the regime of Sad-dam Hussein. When she appeared at the helm of the AIC just months after the 11 September 2001 attacks and with an inva-sion of Iraq on the way, her organization was little more than a shell, with no board of directors and only a little more than $12,000 in its coffers. By 2004, however, Al-Suwaij was earning six figures, with government contracts pouring into her organization along with requests from na-tional media outlets. The US occupation of Iraq was propelling her ambition.

On 21 March 2003, two days after the US invasion of Iraq began, Al-Suwaij appeared on ABC’s 20/20 alongside three other Iraqi women representing a now-defunct group called Women For Iraq.

The women told host Barbara Walters that those protesting the invasion were “miss-ing the point,” and thanked the US military for “freedom and liberty.” Days before, the four of them were invited to the White House to meet with a grateful Bush.

The following year, Secretary of State Co-lin Powell announced a $10 million grant for women’s “democracy training” in Iraq. Much of the money went to the Independent Women’s Forum, a militantly anti-feminist Republican organization then run by Lynne Cheney, the wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, and originally founded as Women For Clarence Thomas — a support group for the embattled, ultra-conservative Su-preme Court nominee. Two organizations were brought in on the mission as subcon-tractors: the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, the hard core neoconserva-tive think tank currently promoting a US military assault on Iran, and the AIC.

In 2004, the Bush administration fun-neled $542,123 to the AIC; a year later, the Independent Women’s Forum paid the AIC $533,052 in State Department grants to serve as its “subcontractor” in Iraq. In

2006, the AIC received $465,780 in com-pensation from the Independent Women’s Forum for its work. According to IRS 990 information returns filed by the AIC, hefty State Department grants poured in to the group’s coffers throughout Bush’s second term in office.

An Independent Women’s Forum report on its work in Iraq contained few details about the concrete results it achieved. However, it hinted at a slew of embarrassing failures, including an Iraqi women’s conference held in Jordan in 2005 where participants arrived exhausted, famished and shell-shocked after being shot at by unnamed assailants. According to the report, the women were not provided with the food or lodging they requested, and “providing and confirming flights for the participants in a very short period of time proved impos-sible” (“Advancing Women’s Rights - Two Years in Iraq” [PDF]).

When Al-Suwaij attempted to open wom-en’s centers in Basra and Karbala, local of-ficials rebuked her — “this segment of the grant was never fully realized,” the report noted. A more successful forum organized through the AIC instructed Iraqis in Nasiri-yah on “coughing into one’s elbow instead of into one’s hand, and other basic health concepts.”

Despite having participated in a dubi-ous mission that was widely criticized as right-wing political patronage, the AIC has maintained a steady stream of government funding since Barack Obama entered the White House. In 2009, the AIC received more than $433,000 from the State Depart-ment to conduct conflict resolution pro-grams in Iraq, claiming to have “diffused 60 conflicts” in the country. Two years later, it reaped $1.28 million in government funding for Iraqi conflict resolution and to train “social entrepreneurs” in Tunisia; over $170,000 of the government money was earmarked for democracy promotion. Today, the AIC maintains offices in Tunis and Cairo, both apparently supported by State Department grants.

To help coordinate its efforts across the Middle East and at its gleaming new cul-tural center in Boston, the AIC has turned to social media activist Nasser Weddady.

“Democracy, secularism, fun”

The son of a prominent Mauritanian dip-lomat and opposition politician, Weddady was hired by the AIC in 2007 as outreach director for the organization’s Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance (HAMSA). HAMSA is overseen by Jesse

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Characteristics of the Month of RajabThe month of Rajab is the seventh month in the twelve month Islamic (Hijri) lunar calendar. The word rajab is derived from the word tarjib, which, in Arabic, indicates glorification. The reason behind this name may be the high esteem Arabs used to confer upon this month.

The Sacred Rajab

The month of Rajab is also called Rajab Al-Haram (Arabic for: the Sacred Rajab), because it is one of the four Sacred Months, during which fighting is prohibited. This was a customary and traditional practice used to be observed for ages. The glorious Qur'an referred to the Sacred Months in Surat of At-Tawbah, in which Almighty Allah says, [Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so was it ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them, four are Sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves

therein) (At-Tawbah 9:36).

These Sacred Months are Dhul-Qi`dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab. That is why Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Time has come back to its original state, which it had when Allah created the heavens and the earth. The year is twelve months, of which four are sacred: Three are in succession, namely, Dhul-Qi`dah, Dhul-Hijjah, and Muharram, and (the fourth one) Rajab (of the tribe of) Mudar, which is between Jumada (Thani) and Sha`ban."

The Solitary Rajab

The month of Rajab is also called Rajab Al-Fard (Arabic for: the Solitary Rajab) because it is separated from the other three successive Sacred months, namely, Dhul-Qi`dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Muharram; Rajab comes five months after them.

Rajab Mudar

Rajab has another name, which is Rajab Mudar, according to a hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "And (the fourth one) Rajab (of the tribe of) Mudar, which is between Jumada (Thani) and Sha`ban." Mudar is an Arab tribe and Rajab is named after it, because that tribe used to give much respect to this month and protect its sanctity.

Month of Al-Israa' and Al-Mi`raj

Rajab witnessed the occurrence of Al-Israa' and Al-Mi`raj, the miraculous night journey and the Prophet's ascension to the heavens, with which Almighty Allah honored Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

In reference to this journey, Almighty Allah states, [Glorified be He [Allah] Who took His servant [Prophet

Muhammad[ for a journey by night from Al-Masjid Al-Haram [at Makkah] to the farthest mosque [Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem], the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him [Muhammad[ of Our signs. Verily, He [Allah] is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer) (Al-Israa' 17:1).

The Qur'an refers to Al-Mi`raj (Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu 'alyhi wa sallam's ascension to the heavens):

[While he [Angel Gabriel)] was in the highest part of the horizon. He approached and came closer and was at a distance of two bows' length or (even) nearer. So did [Allah] convey the Inspiration to His servant [Prophet Muhammad]. The (Prophet's) heart lied not (in seeing) what he (Muhammad) saw. Will you then dispute with him about

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How the Salah Came to Our Ummah On the Night of Mi'raajQuESTIon: I have heard that during the early years of Islam, Muslims were told to perform 40 prayers a day, but this was cut down by 5 each time because Allah knew this was unachievable by the majority of Muslims until only 5 salat a day were left. Is this because Allah has shown us mercy?

AnSwER: Praise be to Allaah.

What you have heard about the prayer is not correct. The correct version is that Allaah initially – on the night of the Mi’raaj when our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was taken up into heaven – enjoined fifty prayers to be performed night and day. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) kept asking his Lord

to reduce it until it became five prayers to be offered night and day. But Allaah decreed the reward of fifty prayers for these five, so whoever prays five prayers will receive the reward of fifty prayers.

It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said: Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The roof of my house was split open when I was in Makkah, and Jibreel (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came down and split open my chest and washed it with Zamzam water. Then he brought a golden vessel filled with wisdom and faith and poured it into my chest, then he sealed it. Then he took me by the hand and ascended with me into the lowest heaven. When I reached the lowest heaven Jibreel said to the gatekeeper, ‘Open up!’ He

said, ‘Who is this?’ He said, ‘Jibreel.’ He said, ‘Is there anyone with you?’ He said, ‘Yes, Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is with me.’ He said, ‘Has his mission begun?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ And when it was opened we went up into the lowest heaven… Then Allaah enjoined upon my ummah fifty prayers, and I came back until I passed by Moosa who said, ‘What has Allaah enjoined upon your ummah?’ I said, ‘He has enjoined fifty prayers.’ He said, ‘Go back to your Lord, for your ummah will not be able to bear that.’ So I went back and He reduced it. Then I came back to Moosa and said, ‘He has reduced it.’ He said, ‘Go back to your Lord, for your ummah will not be able to bear that.’ So I went back and He reduced it further. Then I came back to Moosa and said, ‘He has reduced it further.’ He said, ‘Go

back to your Lord, for your ummah will not be able to bear that.’ So I went back and He said, ‘(The prayers) are five but (the reward) is fifty. The Sentence that comes from Me cannot be changed [cf. Qaaf 50:29].’ Then I went back to Moosa and he said, ‘Go back to your Lord.’ But I said, ‘I feel shy before my Lord.’…” – Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 342; Muslim, 163

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said: What is meant is that they are five with regard to what is to be done, but they are fifty with regard to the reward. – Fath al-Baari, 1/463

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what he saw [during Al-Mi`raj]. And indeed he (Muhammad) saw him [Angel Gabriel] at a second descent (i.e. another time). Near Sidrat Al-Muntaha [lote-tree of the utmost boundary (beyond which none can pass)]. Near it is the Paradise of Abode. When that covered the lote-tree, which did cover it! The sight (of Prophet Muhammad) turned not aside

(right or left), nor it transgressed beyond (the) limit (ordained for it). Indeed he (Muhammad) did see, of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allah) – An-Najm 53:7-18

The miracle of Al-Israa' was intended to honor the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), strengthen his heart, and to show him the kingdom of heavens and earth. It was also meant to comfort the Prophet after the deaths of his uncle Abu Talib and his wife

Khadijah in the Year of Sadness, and after the suffering he had experienced in At-Ta'if where its people assaulted him.

The miracle of Al-Israa' reminds us of the usurped and occupied land of Palestine, Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and Al-Aqsa Mosque. This event should also remind us of our duty toward librating this land and its people from tyranny and oppression. We should always remember the Prophet's hadith stating, "Do not set out on a journey except for

three Mosques: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, this mosque of mine (in Madinah), and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem."

It is a duty upon every Muslim, when recalling the memories of the month of Rajab, to exert him or herself for liberating usurped places of Islam.

Source: http://www.onislam.net/english/ask-the-scholar/muslim-creed/176947.html

Salaah times for May 17th - June 13th , 2013

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

---Hadith in Sahih al Bukhari and Muslim

Day Date Hijri Fajr Sunrise Dhuhr Asr Maghrib IshaFri May 17 7/7 4:26 5:53 1:05 4:58 8:16 9:44

Sat 18 8/7 4:25 5:52 1:05 4:59 8:17 9:45

Sun 19 9/7 4:24 5:52 1:05 4:59 8:18 9:47 Mon 20 10/7 4:22 5:51 1:05 4:59 8:19 9:48

Tue 21 11/7 4:21 5:50 1:05 4:59 8:20 9:49 Wed 22 12/7 4:20 5:49 1:05 5:00 8:21 9:50 Thu 23 13/7 4:19 5:49 1:05 5:00 8:21 9:51 Fri 24 14/7 4:19 5:48 1:05 5:00 8:22 9:52 Sat 25 15/7 4:18 5:47 1:06 5:00 8:23 9:53 Sun 26 16/7 4:17 5:47 1:06 5:01 8:24 9:55 Mon 27 17/7 4:16 5:46 1:06 5:01 8:25 9:56 Tue 28 18/7 4:15 5:46 1:06 5:01 8:25 9:57 Wed 29 19/7 4:14 5:45 1:06 5:01 8:26 9:58 Thu 30 20/7 4:14 5:45 1:06 5:01 8:27 9:59 Fri 31 21/7 4:13 5:44 1:06 5:02 8:28 10:00 Sat 27 17/6 4:53 6:14 1:06 4:54 7:58 9:19 Sun 28 18/6 4:52 6:13 1:06 4:54 7:58 9:20 Mon 29 19/6 4:50 6:12 1:06 4:55 7:59 9:21 Tue 30 20/6 4:49 6:11 1:06 4:55 8:00 9:23Sat June 1 22/7 4:12 5:44 1:06 5:02 8:28 10:01

Sun 2 23/7 4:12 5:44 1:07 5:02 8:29 10:01 Mon 3 24/7 4:11 5:43 1:07 5:02 8:30 10:02 Tue 4 25/7 4:11 5:43 1:07 5:03 8:30 10:03 Wed 5 26/7 4:10 5:43 1:07 5:03 8:31 10:04 Thu 6 27/7 4:10 5:42 1:07 5:03 8:31 10:05 Fri 7 28/7 4:09 5:42 1:07 5:03 8:32 10:06 Sat 8 29/7 4:09 5:42 1:08 5:04 8:33 10:06 Sun 9 30/7 4:09 5:42 1:08 5:04 8:33 10:07 Mon 10 1/8 4:09 5:42 1:08 5:04 8:34 10:08 Tue 11 2/8 4:08 5:42 1:08 5:04 8:34 10:08 Wed 12 3/8 4:08 5:42 1:09 5:05 8:35 10:09 Thu 13 4/8 4:08 5:42 1:09 5:05 8:35 10:09

Prayer times generated from www.islamicfinder.com for the

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Upcoming Events In Your Area

Request For Dua’s{ 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)”

4132013 - Rosena Aktar, wife of Farooq Hussain, has passed away. May Allah accept her good deeds, forgive her shortcomings and enter her into Jannat ul Firdaus, Aameen. Salaat ul Janazah was on April 13, 2013 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. (Source: ICM)

4142013 - The Board of Directors, Imam, Executive Director, and the Staff of Dar AlHijrah and the muslim community in Northern Virginia extend its deepest condolences to our Br Ali AlSalahi for the death of his uncle. May Allah grant him with Jannah and give his fam-ily patience. (Source: Dar AlHijrah)

4152013 - Sister Jainaba Bah, wife of Br. Abdou Wahab Kaira, has passed away. Sr. Jaina-ba was a mother of three daughters. Salat Al Janaza was on April 15, 2013 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Source: ISG)

4202013 - It is with great sadness and heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of brother Ali Fahmy. We ask Allah (SWT) to shower him with His mercy, compassion and forgiveness, and to grant him the highest ranks in paradise, and give his family support and

patience during these difficult times. The janazah prayer was on April 20, 2013 in Balti-more, Maryland. (Source: Dar AlTaqwa)

4252013 - Dr. Hamid’s wife, Sr. Nahid Shamsi, has passed away. May Allah forgive her shortcomings and enter her into Jannat ul Firdaus, Aameen. (Source: ICM)

4272013 - Sister Raisa Farzana, mother of Mohammed Omran and wife of Hamid Meh-boob, has passed away. May Allah forgive all her sins and give her a place in Jannah. Salat Ul Janaza was on April 28, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Source: ISA)

4282013 - Br. Zakkariya Abdul Razzak's mom, Kamarunissa Begum, has passed away..We ask Allah SWT to grant her heaven with prophets and messengers, accept all her nice work and deeds, and support her family and give them patience. (Source: ISG)

4282013 - It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Brother Gomaa Abutaleb. He was a loving husband and father of five children and grandfather to sixteen grandchil-dren. Brother Abutaleb was one of the founding members of the Muslim community in the Washington DC metro area including the Muslim Community Center (MCC), the Islamic Weekend School (IWS), and the Egyptian- American Cultural Association (EACA). May Allah accept his good deeds, forgive his shortcomings and allow him to enter into Jannat ul Firdaus, Ameen. Salaat al-Janazah was on April 29, 2013 in Washington D.C. (Source: PGMA)

Shut Down Guantanamo Rally in DC Saturday, May 18 2013, 5pm

On May 18, 2013, people all over the world are taking part in an international fast in solidarity with the hunger strikers at Guantanamo. Sponsors: MASFreedom, ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK and others. Location: Rally at the White House Contact: 202-355-9469-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fighting Hepatitis in Egypt Fundraising Dinner Sunday, May 19 2013, 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Speakers: Dr. Amr Ellissy, T.V. Personality, Mohamed Tarek Hussein, Singer. Fees: $40 for Gen-eral Admission, $350 for a Table of 10, $15 for Childcare (under 9 years). Dinner Provided. Child-care Provided. Location: Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, 900 South Orme Street, Arlington, VA 22204. Contact: Islamic Relief USA SE Office 703-370-7202 or Said Durrah 703-915-5159 or sdurrah@irusa.org--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ethiopia Protest Rally in DC Monday, May 20 2013, 9:00am - 1:00pm

In light of the US Secretary of State upcoming visit to Ethiopia on May 25th 2013, Dimtsachin Yisema Washington DC in collaboration with DC joint task force is calling a protest rally. Protest-ers will march to the White House. Dimtsachin Yisema! Location: In front of State Department, 2201 C Street NW, Washington DC 20037--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------First Aid and AED Training at Islamic Society of the Washington Area Sunday, May 26 2013, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Metropolitan Area Sunni Society in cooperation with ISWA and Serve DC presents CPA, First Aid and AED Training workshop. Workshop facilitator: The American Red Cross (separate instructors for brothers and sisters). You'll learn basic skills in: First Aid- day certification workshop is only $25. (for brothers and sisters) Limited space available. Location: Islamic Society of the Washing-ton Area, 2701 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905 Contact: Naim Baker at 240-353-3759, naimbaker@hotmail.com--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Online Radicalization: Myths and Realities Briefing Tuesday, May 28 2013, 12:30pm - 1:45pm

MPAC and NAF leaders will be joined by Imam Suhaib Webb from Boston and homeland secu-rity consultant Mohamed Elibiary to discuss the complex dimensions of online radicalization, and what can be done to prevent violent extremism. To RSVP, go to: http://newamerica.net/events/2013/online_radicalization_myths_realities Location: New America Foundation, 1899 L

St., NW, Washington, DC, 20036 Contact: For more information, please call MPAC’s Washington, DC, office at 202.547.7701.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Explore DC for Charity with Halal Food Nation Saturday, June 01 2013

Join Halal Food Nation and Islamic Relief USA for Relief Quest, a scavenger hunt that will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The quest will lead participants through the Natu-ral History, American History, Aerospace, and Native American museums. Participants will need to download the free cellphone application “Xplorio” to follow the clues (available in both the Apple and Google application stores). Fees: Individual $25, Couples $45, Team (up to 5 members) $100. Registration fee includes lunch and HFN T-shirt. Team registration will begin at noon, and the hunt will begin at 1 p.m Location: National Mall, meet by the Merry-Go-Round, Washington, DC Contact: halalfoodnation@gmail.com--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Washington International Academy 3rd Annual Dinner Saturday, June 01 2013, 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Speakers: Dr Jamal Badawi, Sh Shaker Elsayed, and Ousamma Aburushaid. Tickets: $50 Single, $30 Student (12 and above), $90 Couple. $5.00 Babysitting. Location: Crowne Plaza, 480 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202 Contact: To purchase tickets from WIA: call 703-941-6977--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ADAMS Annual Youth Conference Saturday, June 15 2013

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan from the Bayyinah Institute in Texas as well as Imam Mohammed Magid. More details, including speakers and program, will be released soon. Contact: www.adam-syouth.net or info@adamsyouthgroup.org--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DMV Halal Foodfest Saturday, June 22 2013, 12:00pm - 8:00pm

Come and sample some of the areas most delicious and finest halal food. Be a part of history and join Halal Food Nation and the Guinness World Record (TM) as we build the world's biggest 42 foot kabob known to man. Admission: $5.00. Family pass: $20 for 5 tickets. Children under 5 are free. To register or become a vendor, please visit Alrahmah.org/halalfoodfest or email: [email protected] or call us at 443-904-6296. Location: Islamic Society of Baltimore, 6631 Johnnycake Road, Baltimore, MD 21244--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Islamic Circle of North America VA Masjid FundraiserSaturday, June 22, 2013, 5pm-8pm

ICNA VA cordially invites you to our fundraising dinner to pay off the debt incurred in the con-struction of our masjid. Our fundraising goal is $155, 895 and our keynote speaker is Dr Ah-mad Azzaari, Imam of Prince Georges Muslim Association, Maryland In Shaa Allah. Location: Knights of Columbus, 8592 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA 22309 Ticket: $20 per person RSVP: Dr Musodiq Laiyemo (202) 213 - 8838 Website: http://www.icnava.org/

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Sage, a protégé of hardline anti-Muslim activist Charles Jacobs, who hired him to direct the American Anti-Slavery Group that spearheaded a nationwide Sudan di-vestment campaign. Weddady boasts on his bio that he has briefed the Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force, a division of the FBI, and claims to speak five languages fluently, including Spanish, French and Hebrew.

A profile of Weddady by Karen Leigh in The Atlantic describes him as a hidden force behind the Arab revolts — “an activ-ist quietly pulling strings from Boston.” According to Leigh, Weddady is among the “top four most-influential Twitter us-ers of the Arab Spring uprisings” and “is networked in every country in the region.” Leigh went on to claim “Weddady’s net-work” was largely responsible for the re-lease of several activists jailed in Syria and Egypt during the Arab uprisings (“Be-hind the Arab Revolts, an Activist Quietly Pulling Strings From Boston,” 25 January 2012).

One of Weddady’s most high-profile proj-ects is the “Dream Deferred Essay Con-test.” With approximately $58,000 in grants since 2005 from the Earhart Foun-dation, a right-wing charity best known for funding conservative efforts to unravel affirmative action programs for minority students in the US, the “Dreams Deferred” competition has doled out cash prizes to Arab youth for essays detailing repression and cultural problems like female genital mutilation in their countries. Among the winners selected by a panel chaired by famed American feminist Gloria Steinem was Maikel Nabil Sanad, an Egyptian anti-military conscription activist who told Is-rael’s Ynet “I am pro-Israel,” and who sup-ported Israel’s brutal assault on the Gaza Strip in 2008-09, blaming Palestinians for provoking Israel “to defend itself” (“Egyp-tian refusenik: I’m pro-Israel,” 25 October 2010).

In 2012, Palgrave Macmillan published an anthology of “Dreams Deferred” contest winners co-edited by Weddady and called Arab Spring Dreams. The book earned a glowing review from The Times of Israel, the Israeli publication financed by top AIC funder Seth Klarman. The blogger iPouya offered a less charitable critique, accusing the authors of committing a multitude of embarrassing factual errors.

Weddady co-edited the anthology with one of the neoconservative movement’s rising stars — Sohrab Ahmari, an Iranian-Amer-

ican former fellow at the right-wing Henry Jackson Society, and assistant books editor at The Wall Street Journal, who has been described by MJ Rosenberg at The Huff-ington Post as “the neocons’ favorite Irani-an” (“Neocons Do Not Speak for Iranian-Americans,” 27 March 2012).

Ahmari is a vocal proponent of a US mili-tary strike on Iran to precipitate regime change, a position he advocated last year in an article for Commentary (“Can Iran Be Saved?” March 2012).

In the introduction to their book, Wed-dady and Ahmari explain their decision to exclude the Palestinian narrative from the anthology on the grounds that “a [Palestin-ian] state there, or a treaty here, are of little consequence to the Middle East’s struggle for civil rights.”

While speaking on a panel at the American Jewish Committee’s 2012 national confer-ence in Washington, DC, Ahmari argued that the US “should try to actively shape the outcomes of the Arab Spring. In other words, we don’t have the opportunity to be humble and stay away from the region and favor all actors equally,” he stated, as video of the event shows. “… What needs to hap-pen from the Western perspective is to be equally engaged, morally and militarily, to make sure the Arab Spring reflects our preferences rather than Tehran’s.”

Views like these have found an occasional home at Free Arabs, the website co-found-ed by Weddady. Described as a forum for Arab liberals who “confront both oppres-sive autocrats and religious zealots with audacious reporting,” the website’s launch generated a wave of online criticism and debate. Many critics pointed at “The Fatwa Show,” a comical portrayal of ultra-conser-vative Muslim sheikhs who issue absurd edicts against high heels and body hair.

Others homed in on “The Horrific 4,” a narrative series aiming to “push to an ex-treme the worse [sic] prejudices seen in the Arab world, sometimes with a satirical tone.” No satire was apparent, however, when “Yehudi,” a fictional Mizrahi Jew from Israel who appeared as part of the series, claimed, “we Middle Eastern Jews [living in Israel] … are the most free Arabs in the world” (“Mizrahi Jews are the ulti-mate pan-Arabs,” 24 October 2012). With-out a trace of irony, Yehudi added: “Yes, we Middle Eastern Jews in Israel are the ultimate pan-Arabs — and we are free to explore that cross-cultural mix and blaze new identities in one of the most experi-mental societies in the world.”

Free Arabs states on its website that it was born from “a network of creative next-

generation Arab activists facilitated by the American Islamic Congress, backed by a small grant from the Unitarian Universal-ist Service Committee.” Until 8 May, Free Arabs listed as a sponsor Stanford Univer-sity’s Program on Arab Reform and De-mocracy at the Center on Democracy, De-velopment, and the Rule of Law, where the Moroccan journalist Ahmed Benchemsi — a co-founder of Free Arabs — serves as a visiting scholar.

The Stanford program that houses Benchemsi is overseen by Hoover Institu-tion Senior Fellow Larry Diamond, a lib-eral interventionist academic and former senior advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority that governed the US occupa-tion of Iraq. Diamond emerged as a critic of the war after the occupation turned into a bloodstained boondoggle, but maintained that the invasion was just (“What went wrong in Iraq,” Foreign Affairs, Septem-ber-October 2004).

Almost a decade later, with the Arab re-volts in flux, he sees new opportunities for the exercise of hard American power. In a recent commentary for The Atlantic, Dia-mond and Stanford’s Lina Khatib argued for US military intervention in Syria, warn-ing that the failure to intervene would have “catastrophic consequences for regional stability and for the position of the United States in the Middle East” (“The Case for Intervening in Syria,” 25 April 2012).

Three days later, Free Arabs republished Diamond and Khatib’s piece, headlining it, “Syria - No More Excuses!”

Around this time, Weddady was busy or-ganizing a 2 May panel discussion at AIC’s Boston cultural center that would be co-hosted by the the leading pro-Isra-el advocacy group the American Jewish Committee. Themed as “A New Vision of Muslim-Jewish Relations,” the event’s keynote speaker was Massachusetts Gov-ernor Deval Patrick.

Built into the original scaffolding of Bush’s imperial project, the AIC emerged unscathed from its dramatic collapse, find-ing favor in a new era among Obama’s top allies. As Washington grasps for strategies to influence the course of the Arab revolts, Weddady and his colleagues are earning new opportunities, and ample compensa-tion.

Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author.

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Falafel Wrap 6.24Lettuce, tomato and onions with choice of sweet, cucumber or Buffalo sauceGyro Wrap 6.24Chicken or beef, gyro sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, oil and vinegarCheese Steak Wrap 6.24Lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise, onions and American cheeseEggplant 6.24Lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaiseHot Dog Wrap 6.24With chili, cheese and onionFish Filet or Tilapia Wrap 6.24Lettuce, tomato and mayonnaiseBLT Wrap 6.24Lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaiseChicken or Beef Shish Kabob Wrap 6.24Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, ranch dressingChicken Tikka Kabob Wrap 6.24Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, ranch dressingJumbo Shrimp Wrap 6.74Lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaiseCrab Cake Wrap 6.74Lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise. Fresh homemade crab cakeGreek Wrap 6.24Lettuce, tomato, feta cheese, green pepper, onions, cucumber, banana pepper and black olivesFRESH PLATTERS $All platters served with french fries or mashed potatoes. We use trans fat-free cooking oilChicken Nugget Platter (12) 8.49Hot Roast Beef with Gravy 8.49Hot Turkey with Gravy 8.49Popcorn Shrimp 8.49Clam Strips 8.49Tilapia Fish (2) 9.24Gyro Platter 9.24Beef or chicken with mini Greek saladJumbo Shrimp (7) 11.24Seafood Combo 11.241 Crab cake, 1 tilapia fish and 4 jumbo shrimpTandoori Chicken Platter 8.99Served with fresh bread and mini salad with choice of dressingChicken Shish Kabob, Beef Shish Kabob or Chicken TikkaKabob Platter 8.99Served with fresh bread, mini salad and choice of dressingBUFFALO OR BONELESS WINGS &

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French Fries 2.50(Add mozzarella cheese 1.25)(New) Seasoned fries 3.50Onion Rings 3.50Mozzarella Sticks 5.25With side of marinara sauceFried Zucchini 5.25With side of ranch dressingFried Mushrooms 5.25With side of ranch dressingPoppers 5.25Battered & fried jalapeno peppers stuffed with cheese and side of marinara sauceSpanakopita 4.75Spinach and feta cheese pieChicken Wings 6.25Fried with side of Buffalo sauce & ranch dressingChicken Tenders 6.25With honey mustard dipBruschetta 4.75Toasted bread brushed with olive oil, garlic, choppedtomato, basil, oregano & parmesanSoup of the day 3.75With Grill Cheese 5.75

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tenders & hard boiled eggGrilled Shrimp 9.50Mixed greens topped with grilled shrimp & hard boiled eggCrispy Shrimp 9.50Mixed greens topped with golden fried shrimp & hard boiled eggTuna Salad Platter 7.95Mixed greens topped with large scoop of tuna salad & hard boiled egg

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Hamburger* 5.95 / 7.25With lettuce, tomato, onion, & mayoOld Fashioned Burger* 6.50 / 7.75On buttered kaiser roll with American cheese, ketchup, mustard, onion & pickles

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Open 365 Days 10:30am-9:30pmCall 301-990-6868SALADSHouse Salad $4.99Fish Kabob Salad $9.43Greek Salad $5.99Lamb / Beef Kabob Salad $8.95Chicken Kabob Salad $8.95Choice of Dressing - Italian, Blue Cheese, Ranch & ChutneyKIDS LOVE IT!6 Mozzarella Cheese Sticks $6.98With French Fries 6 Pcs Buffalo Wings served with fries $6.98Hot, mild or BBQ & blue cheese or green sauce25 Pcs Shrimp Basket with Fries $6.985 Jumbo Size Chicken Fingers and Fries $6.987 Chicken Nuggets & Fries Kids Love It ! $6.98JUMBO SIZEBUFFALO WINGSHot, mild or barbeque10 Pcs Wings $6.9820 Pcs Wings $12.9930 Pcs Wings $18.9950 Pcs Wings $29.99DESSERTSRice Pudding $3.50Baklava Or Ice Cream $2.50Cheesecake $2.50STARTERSHummus $3.50A perfect blend of chickpeas, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic & tahiniMeat Samosa 2 Pcs $2.50Two crisps pastry mildly spiced, filled with ground beefVegetable Samosa 2 Pcs $1.50Two crisps pastry spiced with mildly spiced veggiePotato Cutlet /Aloo Tikki 2 Pcs $1.50Potato cutlet mixed with spices & cilantroJalapeno Poppers 5 Pcs $4.99NEW! Jalapeno Poppers 5 Pcs w/fries $5.99Grape Leaves 5 Pcs $3.99Stuffed with rice, onions, lemon juice & parsley cooked in olive oilINDIAN & PAKISTANICURRY ENTREES

Served with baked bread or rice & saladKarahi Chicken Boneless $9.99Boneless breast, sauteed with onions, tomato and gingerSpinach & Potato Mix $8.99Boneless Goat / Lamb Karahi $12.99Tender pieces of goat cooked into gravy with our special spicesButter Chicken $10.99Cooked in yogurt tomatoes and tasteful with mild traditional spicesChicken or Beef Kabob Masala $12.99Chicken Jalfarezi $9.99

Boneless chicken breast curry with selective vegetablesNehari $10.99Spicy beef curry cooked overnightChick Peas Curry $7.99A blend of tasty spices and rich gravy(you have to taste to enjoy)Fried Eggplant $7.99Eggplant with sauteed onions, tomatoes and special spicesDaal Lentil $7.99Cooked in traditional wayRICEBasmati Rice $2.99(with Zafran)Chicken Biryani $9.42Served with yogurt raita sauce, Add Extra sauce 0.50¢Veggie Biryani $7.99THE KABOB ENTREES

All entrees are served with freshly baked naan,basmati rice, green sauce and salad.

Veggie Kabob $7.99Fresh tomatoes, onions, green peppers &zucchini flame broiled to perfectionGround Beef Kabob (Combo #9) $10.992 skewers of mouth watering ground beef, onions& cilantro grilled to perfectionBoneless Chicken Kabob $9.99Tender chicken marinated in a blend ofspices skewered and charcoal grilledExtra skewer of chicken for $2.99Boneless TandooriChicken Kabob $9.99Blend of hot spicesExtra skewer of chicken for $2.99Lamb Kabob $10.99Tender chunks of lamb marinated in spicesskewered and charcoal grilledExtra skewer of lamb for $3.99Beef Steak Kabob $9.99Pieces of tenderloin beef marinated inour seasonings, flame broiled to perfectionExtra skewer of beef for $3.99Fish Kabob $11.99Marinated salmon chunks in specialseasoning and flamed broiled to perfectionFish Combo (Salmon) $14.99With any meat or vegetableSilver Spoon (Combo #1) $11.99Chicken kabob and veggie kabobSilver Spoon (Combo #2) $12.99Chicken kabob and ground beef kabobSilver Spoon (Combo #3) $12.99Chicken kabob and beef steak kabobSilver Spoon (Combo #4) $12.99Lamb kabob and veggie kabobSilver Spoon (Combo #5) $12.99

Lamb kabob and ground beef kabobSilver Spoon (Combo #6) $12.99Chicken kabob and lamb kabobSilver Spoon (Combo #7) $12.99Beef kabob and lamb kabobSilver Spoon (Combo #8) $12.99Ground beef kabob and steak kabobKABOB ROLLSVeggie Kabob Roll $7.99Fish Kabob Roll $8.99Beef Steak Kabob Roll $7.99 Lamb Kabob Roll $8.99Chicken Kabob Roll $7.99Ground Beef Kabob Roll $7.99Chicken Kabob Roll Or Tandoori Chicken Kabob Roll $7.99SIDE ORDERSTandoori Naan $1.25Leavened white flour naan freshly bakedGarlic Naan $1.98Leavened white flour naan freshly bakedin tandoor topped with garlicPlain Paratha $2.50Multi layered bread cooked with butterAloo Paratha $2.99Bread stuffed with potatoes and spicesBasmati Rice $2.99Raita $1.50French Fries $1.99Onion Rings $2.50Chick Peas Curry $2.99GYRO - $4.99With French Fries $6.98With Onion Rings $7.40With Fresh Salad $6.98NEW! With Jalapeno Poppers 6 Pcs with Fries $5.99INDIVIDUAL SKEWER OF MEATVeggie Kabob Or Ground Beef Kabob $3.49Beef Steak Kabob Or Chicken Kabob $4.72Lamb Kabob $4.72Fish Kabob $5.66Boneless Tandoori Chicken Kabobs $4.72EXTRAS Extra Chutney - 0.25¢ • Extra Raita 0.50¢

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