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168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 MAVA 20th Commemorative @ AA Civil War Museum

Zakiya G nzsgivens — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:40:45 +0000

168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 U.S. Department of State facilitated Trip to Saudi Arabia

HVT Admin Jgivens — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 22:17:20 +0000

During a trip facilitated by U.S. Department of State and its resources in Saudi Arabia; we were honored to have a Meeting with the President of the two Holy Precincts (Masjidul Haraam in Mecca and Masjid of the Prophet (saw) in Medinah).

Also included was a pilgrimage during the last 10 days of RAMADAN and attending the Jumuah (Friday Prayer) at Masjidul Haraam where each prayer is as if 100,000 had been made. We enjoyed an Iftar (break fast meal) and felt the spirit of Ramadan.

In one of the pictures below, you will also see Imam’s Talib Shareef and Abdul Rahman Shareef at The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Television and Broadcasting station in Riyadh. Appearing as guest for a one hour program with Host Khaled Alalaiwi. Addressing Islam in America during RAMADAN and in general, as well as their goals and wishes for their time in Saudi Arabia. Accompanied by American Embassy officials. Additional photo with movie actress Mariam and Sara at the studio.

The trip served as a dynamic platform for much needed conversations; in the areas of peacebuilding, representation of the good of beauty of Islam, citizenship, what it means to be Muslim (here and abroad), shared efforts to manage conflict, and much more. We look forward to follow-ups from our efforts and additional resources.

168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 National Night Out (DC) with Mayor Bowser

HVT Admin Jgivens — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 22:56:13 +0000

Masjid Muhammad joined Mayor Bowser and the DC community during the Kick off of National Night Out.

The National Night Out campaign involves citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials from 9,500 communities from all 50 states, US territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide.

National Night Out is designed to:

Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/national-night-out

168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 Masjid Muhammad Featured on PBS “RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY”

Masjid Muhammad masjid admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 15:46:20 +0000

The show originally aired on February 12, 2016 and shared with viewers the importance of Wudu.

“One of the pillars of Islam is that Muslims pray five times a day. Before those prayers, they are expected to perform a purification ritual called Wudu, during which they wash their face, hands, arms and feet. We visited Masjid Muhammad Mosque in Washington, D.C. where Imam Talib Shareef described the ablution practice as preparing for an “appointment before God.”

You can watch the video clip below.

168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 Talib Shareef: Respect for all religions part of the American way

Masjid Muhammad masjid admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 04:06:46 +0000

Not long after the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, the First Amendment to the Constitution was adopted. It states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

In examining the foundational values upon which our nation was established, we find that, at its core, the life that brought the pioneers to America in search of democracy and religious freedom contains aspirations and ideals that Muslims can accept, identify with and share with other Americans.

Both the religion of Al-Islam and America started with freedom of religion as the first right. Therefore, the religion of Al-Islam has a natural relationship with American philosophy and with the spirit that is found in the U.S. Constitution.

The First Amendment is rooted in the fact that from the very beginning there was the fight for religious freedom followed by the fight for all of the other freedoms. Realizing that mankind was created to have independence and freedom of worship, Pilgrims came to these lands because they were persecuted and couldn’t exercise their religious rights in Europe.

168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 Masjid Muhammad featured on WUSA 9!

Masjid Muhammad masjid admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 03:59:53 +0000

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — Meet some home grown followers of Islam who are not taking the hate and suspicion about their faith quietly.

Talib Shareef is Imam at the Masjid Muhammed Mosque in DC. He was born in New York and raised in North Carolina; a convert to Islam like many of the men and women who come here the required five times day to pray.

The Pew Research Center says Muslims are the fastest growing religious group in the world. The migration of Muslims and the impact of violent extremist groups have put this group and their Islamic faith at the center of political and social debate.

An uncle who saved Shareef’s mother and probably young Talib from a violent step father introduced him to Islam.

“I love this man, this is my mentor,” says Talib Shareef. “I still don’t have that father figure in my life so he is that for me. I started going with him to what was called at that time was called, The Temple.”

He started going w him to the Temple in the 1980’s he made another big decision that would impact his entire life. He joined the United States Air Force. Talib Shareef served in the military for 30 years.

It wasn’t easy in the beginning for him or the military.

“I needed a place, Muslims pray where there are no images and they didn’t have anything,” says Talib Shareef.

He helped start the first American Muslim Mission Office of Military Affairs. He retired from the Air Force as a Chief Master Sargent E3.

168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 The Nation’s Mosque Applauds the President’s Remarks at Islamic Society of Baltimore

Masjid Muhammad masjid admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:04:31 +0000

Imam Talib Shareef, leader of The Nation’s Mosque, Masjid Muhammad, the oldest Muslim community located in the Nation’s capital dating back to the mid 1930s, released the following comments in response to the president’s remarks at the Islamic Society of Baltimore.

We are highly encouraged by and see healing for our nation in the president’s remarks. In the spirit of American’s founding fathers, of universal kinship, universal principles, concern for the life and betterment of mankind and our nation, he delivered the right message, at the right time, and in the right place. The right message being about our unity, that Muslims are Americans, as he stated, “We’re one American family. And when any part of our family starts to feel separate or second-class or targeted, it tears at the very fabric of our nation.” “…Islam has always been part of America. Starting in colonial times, many of the slaves brought here from Africa were Muslim. And even in their bondage, some kept their faith alive. A few even won their freedom and became known to many Americans. And when enshrining the freedom of religion in our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, our Founders meant what they said when they said it applied to all religions.” “…Generations of Muslim Americans helped to build our nation.”

Regardless to adjective, we’re citizens of these United States, which as a life, as a nation has given us our growth. His message comes at a time when our unity, principles and core values as a nation are being undermined, at a time when our citizens, members of this great society are worried, being targeted, attacked verbally and physically, and as we’ve witnessed in some cases their lives taken. And at the onset of an election year many are shocked hearing the irresponsible or as he states, “inexcusable political rhetoric against Muslim Americans.”

And it was the right place, in a mosque. A place of worship frequented daily by Muslims for solace, prayers, guidance and community support. A place of reflection on our establishment as a “nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. A place of reflection on our common life and identity as sisters and brothers in the human family of Adam and the faith family of Abraham. In that space, he gave a compliment to the inherent goodness of the human soul and the common values shared by so many Muslims, Christians, Jews and other Americans. He said, “We are all God’s children. We’re all born equal, with inherent dignity. And so often, we focus on our outward differences and we forget how much we share. Christians, Jews, Muslims — we’re all, under our faiths, descendants of Abraham. So mere tolerance of different religions is not enough. Our faiths summon us to embrace our common humanity. “O mankind,” the Koran teaches, we have “made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. So all of us have the task of expressing our religious faith in a way that seeks to build bridges rather than to divide.”

“..as Americans, we have to stay true to our core values, and that includes freedom of religion for all faiths. And so if we’re serious about freedom of religion — and I’m speaking now to my fellow Christians who remain the majority in this country — we have to understand an attack on one faith is an attack on all our faiths. And when any religious group is targeted, we all have a responsibility to speak up. And we have to reject a politics that seeks to manipulate prejudice or bias, and targets people because of religion.”

For the President to choose a house of worship for Muslims to deliver such an important message to our nation, is a clear statement to Muslims and all Americans that, as he stated, “We can’t be bystanders to bigotry. And together, we’ve got to show that America truly protects all faiths.”

And he noted that Muslims are on the front lines protecting all faiths, all lives, and our way of life. He said, “Muslim Americans keep us safe. They’re our police and our firefighters. They’re in homeland security, in our intelligence community. They serve honorably in our armed forces — meaning they fight and bleed and die for our freedom. Some rest in Arlington National Cemetery. So Muslim Americans are some of the most resilient and patriotic Americans you’ll ever meet. We’re honored to have some of our proud Muslim American service members here today.” Then he asked them to stand, “so we can thank you for your service.”

I, a 30 year retired United States Air Force member, received an invitation to attend along with my daughter, who is currently a noncommissioned officer serving in the United States Air Force. It was a proud moment for me to be there with her, both she and I, holding up the American Flag, and remembering the one called, “America’s Imam”, Imam W. Deen Mohammed. He, with his own hands picked up the American Flag and put it over his shoulders, and said that we have an obligation to serve and defense OUR society. He gave us, Muslim Americans, at a time when it wasn’t popular, the right perception of our country that our religion gives us. Upon that perception, that duty, My daughter and I, along with so many take serious the obligation to support, defend and protect our nation, our home, the country we love, this land were our fathers and mothers died or died for.

My daughter, who has three children, will pass the presidents words to them, “…If you’re ever wondering whether you fit in here, let me say it as clearly as I can, as President of the United States: You fit in here — right here. You’re right where you belong. You’re part of America, too. You’re not Muslim or American. You’re Muslim and American.”

168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 Bernie Sanders visits Masjid Muhammad

Masjid Muhammad masjid admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 03:31:47 +0000

By Hamid Saahir

Washington, D.C. – With the media whirlwind around the anti-Muslim sentiment that has spread across our nation during the current presidential campaign. There has been a search for a voice that is contrary to the sound of bigotry that has come from the likes of Donald Trump, Ben Carson and other Republican Presidential candidates.

On Wednesday, December 16^th Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders participated in a town hall discussion led by Imam Talib Shareef at Masjid Muhammad, The Nation’s Mosque in Washington, DC. The town hall served as a forum to dispel the anti-Muslim rhetoric that has led to an uptick in attacks on Muslims in the United States and protests against mosques including a failed attempt of a protest at Masjid Muhammad in October of this year. Participating in the discussion was Congressman Keith Ellison – Democrat from Minnesota and is one of two Muslims serving in the House of Representatives, Reverend Reginald Green Interim Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and original Freedom Rider, Rabbi Batya Steinlauf of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington and first Muslim chaplain for the United States Army, Chaplain Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad.

Sanders who is Jewish while participating in the interfaith dialogue asked if we should come together or should we allow demagogues to divide us. “It is time to say enough is enough. It is time to end religious bigotry. It is time to build a nation in which we all stand together; Catholic, Protestant, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist all religions. And work to create a nation that benefits all of us.” Said Sanders, as he gave his remarks during the round table that lasted about 30 minutes.

Other Democratic Presidential Candidates Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley have visited Muslim communities in the recent weeks following the attacks in Paris, France. The Muslim community looks forward to continuing the conversation around the country on these topics that matter deeply to many.

168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 King of Morocco Bestows Highest Honor on Imam Talib Shareef

Masjid Muhammad masjid admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 04:47:56 +0000

Washington, D.C. – At the recent Celebration of the Rehabilitation of the Jewish Cemeteries of Morocco: The Houses of Life, held at the U.S. Senate, the Kingdom of Morocco bestowed their highest Royal Medal and honor on Imam Talib Shareef along with the Hon. Rabbi Bruce Lustig, and H.E. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, for their interfaith leadership and works.

Those in attendance, numbering around 150, were the representatives of his majesty the King of Morocco, H.E. Serge Berdugo, H.E. Ahmed Toufiq, joined by Senator Ben Cardin, Congressman Andre Carson, Mr. Jason Isaacson, other members of Congress, State Department officials, Senior members of the diplomatic corps, members of the faith communities, and all other distinguished persons.

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168极速一分钟赛车官方网站 MAVA’s Annual 2015 Veterans Day Observance

Masjid Muhammad masjid admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 04:04:08 +0000

By Lyndon A. Bilal, MAVA National Commander

“I have only created jinns and men, that they may serve Me“. – Qur’an – 51:56.

In accord with the excellent life example and model established in the seerah of Muhammad the Prophet (SAWS) in striving to be the best resident in the land in which you claim citizenship, and the spirit of New World Patriotism established by Imam W. Deen Mohammed (RA), on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, The Muslim American Veterans Association (MAVA) held their Annual Veterans Day program, and Wreath Laying Ceremony at Masjid Muhammad “The Nation’s Mosque”, Washington, DC, and the National WW II Memorial.

After making Salatul-Zhur in the Musallah of the Masjid, the attendees were treated to an assortment of delicious refreshments including, fresh sandwiches, coffee, tea, juices, and other delectable food. The program began with resident Imam, and MAVA Vice Commander / Imam -Talib Shareef reciting an excellent prayer, and asking everyone to stand as the National Anthem was played.

Imam Shareef set the tone for the day with his well thought out welcoming comments, and introduced MAVA National Commander Lyndon Bilal who gave a brief history of the founding of the organization, and an overview of their current activities, mission and goals.

Imam Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad, USA, Ret. followed Commander Bilal’s talk. Other than being the first ever Muslim in the history of the United States to serve officially on active duty in the chaplaincy, he also served honorably for 25 years in the military. In his address he talked about some of his highlights, and experiences while in the military, and informed the attentive audience that there are currently 11 Muslim chaplains serving on active duty today.

A special award was presented to Sultan Aziz Muhammad, USA, Ret, for his 32 years of exemplary service which concluding this year, with him ascending to the top position as the Senior Enlisted Command Sargent Major, at the Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, VA. His congratulatory remarks included an acknowledgement that he was humbled and appreciative, but felt unworthy of the honor, because firstly, all the praise and credit belongs to Allah (SWT), and the upbringing he received from his father (the late Yahya B.A. Muhammad aka Cpt. John) the Muslim community, and his Jr. Fruit of Islam training, and experiences.

The next speaker was Brother Mehmood Kazmi of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), where he serves as a national policy advisor. MPAC partnered with MAVA to ensure that this event was highly successful. Brother Mehmood talked about three principles – gratitude, recognition, and hope, as ways of defeating negative stereotypes of Muslims, and staying engaged in the political process. Also, he addressed the attendees about the need for Muslim community members to remain being politically involved, and the importance and ramifications of the upcoming presidential elections.

The Honorable Hassan El-Amin, Judge of the 7^th District Court, Prince Georges County, Maryland, was delighted to be a contributor to the program, and he talked about serving the public as a judge on the enforcement side of the law. He recalled one time when he was asked by someone if there was a conflict in reconciling the laws that he has administer with the laws of Islam, and he responded, absolutely not, because the greatness of this country was founded upon Islamic principles which are codified in the first amendment. Additionally, he stated that in America we live more in a non-sectarian society than in a secular society, and referenced Surah 2 , Ayat 256 – Let there be no compulsion in religion, because truth stands out clear from error, and Surah 109 – To you be your religion and to me be mine, in making the point that we have free exercise of religion in this country based upon the establishment / free exercise clause, which states that congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of any religion, and prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

MAVA founding member Taalib-Din Abdul-Wakil addressed the audience and made a powerful analogy between the Prophet (SAWS) forgiving those who persecuted him and the fledgling Muslim community upon their conquest of Mecca, and how Imam W.D. Mohammed (RA) was deserving of the utmost credit for how he had to spend several years of his life unjustly incarcerated for his stand as a conscientious objector. But, when he was released and eventually came into leadership, he was wise, and courageous enough to still pick up the flag under which he was imprisoned, and in doing so protected our community from falling into apathy, bitterness, extremism, and pity parties over all the struggles and hardships that we went through as members of this society.

Imam Talib Shareef read the Veterans Day proclamation issued from the U.S. President and Commander and Chief, Barack H. Obama, as well as a letter of veteran support, and appreciation presented to MAVA from Muslim Congressman, Andre Carson, from Indiana’s 7^th Congressional District, who desired to attend in person , but could not attend due to a scheduling conflict.

Next, a certificate signed by MAVA National Commander Lyndon Bilal, and Imam Talib Shareef recognizing the “Keeper of the Flame” award was presented to distinguished WW II veteran Sheikh Nazim Abdul-Kariem. Sheikh Nazim was given the actual award last year and it will remain in his possession until it is passed on to the next recipient.

The audience was treated to a musical performance of an original heart-felt song with thought-provoking lyrics called Teach Love. Teach Love was sang as a duet for the first time to a live audience by Mujahid Azim aka Mark Greene of the original Moments, and the captivating soothing vocals of Sister Kasey Martin.

The first part of the program concluded with a du’a. Thereafter, most of the attendees prepared to get on the luxurious shuttle bus to be transported a few miles from the Masjid to the National WW II Memorial, on the spacious Washington, DC, Mall to participate in the Wreath laying ceremony.

The Wreath Laying ceremony included speeches by Imam Talib Shareef, MAVA National Commander Lyndon Bilal, Sultan Aziz Muhammad, USA, Ret., Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad, USA, Ret., Taalib-Din Abdul-Wakil, Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC President, and Howard Hardy, WW II and Signal Corp. veteran.

Additionally, an impromptu letter of appreciation from an inconspicuous onlooker named Chris who witnessed our ceremony was given to MAVA member Aziz Abdul-Shaheed who read his sincere words in which he said our patriotic ceremony touched his heart and soul in a special way. Also brother Mujahid Azim crooned the song “G-d Bless America” in his silky smooth voice.

The ceremony concluded with many spectators joining us as we marched in unison behind Sheikh Nazim Abdul- Kariem, and Mr. Howard Hardy as they placed a wreath in front of the Atlantic Gate of the National WW II Memorial.

Please respect, support, and assist, your military service members, and consider joining a MAVA Post near you. To find out more about MAVA, and to start a post where you live visit: http://mavanational.com and on Facebook.