Tariq Nelson

A few pictures from Saturday’s (9/29/07) “Humanitarian Day” in Washington, DC by Islamic Relief below the fold

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Islamic Relief USA is having their 6th annual Humanitarian Day this weekend (September 29-30, 2007) in 19 cities across the country. The DC area Muslim community is participating. There will be a group of Muslims coming from N Virginia as well as from the DUS and SAMI (Masjid Al Hikma) communities in Maryland. There will [...]

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UPDATE 9/24/07 8:07AM: From Abu Sinan
Thank you all for your prayers and your actions in this time of need.  May Allah help her recover and get back to her old self again.
It was wonderful to see people pull together so quickly.
Thank you from the Mawyah family.
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I just received a phone call from Abu Sinan who [...]

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UPDATE 9/22/07 9:53PM EST from Abu Sinan:
Salaaam All
I wanted to tell you that Fatens neighborhood is having a vigil Sunday September 23, at 8pm @ the Kmart parking lot next to the 7-11 where Faten was last seen. I spoke to Marah and she would like the Muslim community to participate. Please spread the word [...]

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Abu Sinan - a friend of mine and resident of N Virginia - called and asked me to post this very important message. His sister in law is missing. Please pray for her safe return. His message follows:
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My sister in law was coming back from work on Sunday night (9/16/07) and stopped off at a [...]

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Another denunciation of OBL and his murderous and nutty ways.

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- A conversion story
Siebert-Llera knew enough to differentiate between the Islamic extremists who hijacked the planes and the majority of practicing Muslims. Still, he was curious about the Quran. He bought a copy but just skimmed through the pages, not really finding the passages that some said advocated terrorism.
Two years later in Chicago, he met [...]

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A story on the beginning of Ramadan here in N Virginia and the fact that Muslims are reaching out more

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Someone sent me this tragic story

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If someone wanted to post horrible stories like this and give it as an example of all Americans, one could find something every day. But we all know that this is a horrible aberration. Nonetheless, these guys remind me of some of the horrible emails I get from the anti-Muslim bigots who talk the same [...]

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