04.20.09
Posted in Events, Do Something...Get Active! at 1:16 am by Shhh....
As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu
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Tags: Empowerment Conference for Muslim Women, Muslim Women, Sisterhood, Sisters Empowerment Conference
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Posted in Miscellaneous, Pearls of Wisdom, Do Something...Get Active! at 1:12 am by Shhh....
Assalamu Alakum
I pray that everyone is in the best of health and iman.i pray everyone is well.
It has been a while since I have had to post for new and general requests allhumdulillah. the community closet allhumdulillah this is a nice project that has been blessed to go on for several years now.
Unfortunately we are having some problems getting donations for some of the families. I pray you can help inshaallah. with the cost of gas and food some of the families in the community are struggling just to feed their children. this is a very hard situation we are all in and inshaallah if we can share some of the blessings we have received it will lighten the load inshaallah. there are six regular families inshallah I will describe them all are in need of food, clothing and any financial help you may . there are other requests from other people as well inshaallah be able to assist with inshallah.
we have been getting alot of requests for items and we are trying to collect some things again.
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Tags: Muslims in Need, Muslims in recession, sadaqa, The Community Closet, zakat
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12.27.08
Posted in Miscellaneous, Do Something...Get Active! at 12:16 am by Shhh....
Dear Friend,
A new report in The Nation[1] documents what many have claimed for years–for some Black New Orleanians the threat of being killed by White vigilantes in Katrina’s aftermath became a bigger threat than the storm itself.
After the storm, White vigilantes roamed Algiers Point shooting and, according to their own accounts, killing Black men at will–with no threat of a police response. For the last three years, the shootings and the police force’s role in them have been an open secret to many New Orleanians. To date, no one has been charged with a crime and law enforcement officials have refused to investigate.
The report is helpful, but given Lousiana’s horrible record on protecting its Black citizens, justice will only come if we demand it.
I’ve joined ColorOfChange in calling on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana’s Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, and the U.S. Department of Justice–to conduct a full investigation of these crimes and any police cover-up. Will you join me? It takes only a moment:
http://www.colorofchange.org/nation/?id=2008-276725
In the two weeks after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the media created a climate of fear with trumped-up stories of Black lawlessness. Meanwhile an armed group of White vigilantes took over the Algiers Point neighborhood in New Orleans and mercilessly hunted down Black people. “It was great!” said one vigilante. “It was like pheasant season in South Dakota. If it moved, you shot it.”
The Nation’s article tells the story of Donnell Herrington, Marcel Alexander, and Chris Collins–a group of friends who were attacked by shotgun-wielding White men as they entered Algiers Point on September 1, 2005. As they tried to escape, Herrington recalls, their attackers shouted, “Get him! Get that nigger!” He managed to get away. Alexander and Collins were told that they would be allowed to live on the condition that they told other Black folks not to come to Algiers Point. Herrington, shot in the neck, barely survived.
And there’s the story of Henry Glover, who didn’t survive after being shot by an unknown assailant.[2] Glover’s brother flagged down a stranger for help, and the two men brought Glover to a police station. But instead of receiving aid, they were beaten by officers while Henry Glover bled to death in the back seat of the stranger’s car. A police officer drove off in the car soon afterward. Both Glover’s body and the car were found burnt to cinders a week later. It took DNA analysis to identify the body.
These are only a few of the stories of Black folks who were accosted in Algiers Point, and you can read more in The Nation. But unless you speak out, we may never learn the full extent of the violence. Journalists have encountered a wall of silence on the part of the authorities. The coroner had to be sued to turn over autopsy records. When he finally complied, the records were incomplete, with files on several suspicious deaths suddenly empty. The New Orleans police and the District Attorney repeatedly refused to talk to journalists about Algiers Point. And according to The Nation journalist A.C. Thompson, “the city has in nearly every case refused to investigate or prosecute people for assaults and murders committed in the wake of the storm.”
The Nation article is important, but it’s just a start. For more than three years now, these racist criminals have by their own admission gotten away with murder while officials in New Orleans have systematically evaded any kind of accountability. We have to demand it.
Please join me in calling on state and federal officials to investigate these brutal attacks and the conduct of Orleans Parish law enforcement agencies, and please ask your friends and family to do the same.
http://www.colorofchange.org/nation/?id=2008-276725
Thanks.
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1. “Katrina’s Hidden Race War,” The Nation, 12-18-2008
http://www.colorofchange.org/link/?id=2008-276725&cat=nation&link=1
2. “Body of Evidence,” The Nation, 12-18-2008
http://www.colorofchange.org/link/?id=2008-276725&cat=nation&link=2
Tags: America, injustice, Katrina, racism
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12.19.08
Posted in Miscellaneous, Do Something...Get Active! at 9:18 pm by Shhh....
Tariq Nelson sent a message to the members of I Love Dar al Hijrah.
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Subject: EXTREME EMERGENCY CASE - Family of Five looking for your help
From: Social Services Department
Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center
To whom it may concern,
It has come to our attention a serious emergency case involving a family of five including a mother and four children living in a car for the last three days. This family is literally living on the street with nowhere to go. The family applied to a local agency but received no answer yet. Please assist this family immediately with a donation as soon as possible to help find shelter for the family. For further questions please contact Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center Social Services Department at (703) 531-2905.
To donate please call (703) 536-1030 or go on-line http://www.daralhijrah.net/donate.shtml
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11.15.08
Posted in Miscellaneous, Do Something...Get Active! at 1:42 pm by Shhh....
*Urgent Appeal*
*EXTREME EMERGENCY CASE*
From: Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center
Social Services Department
3159 Row Street
Falls Church, Virginia 22042
(703) 531-2905
To whom it may concern ,
It has come to our attention a most serious
emergency case involving a family of seven including a mother, father
and five small children. This family is about to be evicted and be
literally on the street with no where to go. They have no immediate
family in this country. The wife was just recently released from the
hospital and is suffering from severe stress as well as physical
ailments. The husband also unfortunately has health problems and as a
result cannot work on a steady basis. The family applied to a local
agency and was recently denied due to a lack of funds.
Please assist this family immediately with a donation as soon as
possible to help prevent their eviction. For further questions please
contact Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center Social Services Department at
(703) 531-2905.
Amount Needed: $4,000.00
To donate please call (703) 536-1030 or go on-line
https://www.daralhijrah.net/donate.shtml
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Samir Abo-Issa
Director of Resource Development
Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center
(703) 531-2901
(703) 536-1030
(703) 536-1035 (F)
Tags: Charity, Muslim Family, sadaqa, Social Services, Ummah
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