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The pizza parties -with live music- saw people of all faiths caming together across U.S. states which saw 15,000 pizza slices donated to the homeless & hungry at soup kitchens through eyeBLINK’s business (a not for-profit-organisation)!
The Muslim-run eyeBLINK’s business's manager and creator of 'Pizza for the Hungry: A Smile Brings Hope' Obai Kadwani said:
“It is a part of our religion to feed the hungry,”
“Charity is both encouraged and required in Islam. Muslims are encouraged to feed the hungry irrespective of the religions of the hungry. It is great to showcase such a great characteristic of Islam. As everyone knows, actions speak louder than words.”
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A fundraiser hosted by the Muslim community has raised $125 G for the York Central Hospital, well-above the goal to raise $150G over a 5 year span for a blood bank analyser system.
In all, $125,000 was raised by SHIFA (Arabic for “cure”).
“The commitment of $30,000 per year was exceeded significantly by a quantum leap,” Naim Malik, event co-chairperson said.
About 400 guests attended the Thornhill’s Le Parc banquet hall Friday night, for an inaugural hospital fundraiser, hosted by the local Muslim community. Among the attendees were Mayor Dave Barrow, members of council & Pakistan’s consul general, Tassadaq Hussain.The event which included multi-cultural entertainment was led by Mr. Malik and Nancy Coxford, chairperson of the York Central Hospital Foundation.
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The Muslim community has raised £15,000 through two dinner-fundraisers & collecting money at Bolton's Mosques for humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza via Islamic Relief.
At one of the dinners MP Dr Brian Iddon, gave a presentation about his experiences in Gaza which he visited earlier this year:
He said: "Conditions in Gaza are bleak, with little or no fuel for public services, including garbage collection and ambulances. People have to walk to work, often arriving late, including doctors, nurses and teachers.
"Food distribution is down to the basics and, recently, the UN were unable to distribute food at all. Around 80% of Gazans now rely on charities and the UN to distribute their basic food supplies."
He added: "If electricity fails at al-Shifa hospital for 30 mins, 80 people die and, if it fails for a week, 250 people die."
He added:
This collective punishment on the imprisoned people of Gaza is illegal under international law."The Muslim community has raised £15,000 through two dinner-fundraisers &... more
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Dr Husam Zarad & 40 other Muslim doctors in Hernando County will begin working on Saturdays in their new space in the Brook Plaza at Broad Street and Ponce de Leon Boulevard, just outside downtown Brooksville. Their goal is to provide free care to the growing number of underserved and uninsured people in Hernando County (which is 18% of Hernando's residents who dont have medical insurance).
"This is our dream coming true," Zarad said, wiping sweat from his brow after angling the table into the room. "This is how we are going to give back to our community."
With Zarad and a handful of other doctors at the lead, they're ready to give back the way that their religion asks them — even if it's in a county where religious tensions still run high.
"Charity and doing good make up the Third Pillar of Islam," Zarad said. "And after talking about this for so long, we decided to make it really happen. I'm losing sleep just thinking of the benefits this will bring for the community."
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A theif who strolled into St Alban's church (ilford) and stole charity money raised for Christian Aid has been replaced this week by Muslim worshippers from the nearby Ilford Mosque.
Ghazanfer Ali- Chairman of the Mosque says:
"We have a very good relationship with the church and we were all sad to hear the news. It's an absolute tragedy...We are friends and neighbours and we look after each another...There are people out and about who commit these awful crimes," he added.
Mr Ali meets with Father David Milnes on Redbridge Three Faiths Forum. A grateful Mr Milnes thanked members of the mosque.
He said: "It is a lovely gesture, I am really pleased".
Liberal Democrat Cllr Ralph Scott said:
"I'm delighted to be given this news of a practical example where one faith is being assisted by another, at a time of crisis.
"The mosque has always been an outward looking group, and shows Redbridge has reached maturity in building good community relations."
The theif is white, in his early 20's, has short hair & has a tatoo on his right arm.
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A Islamic charity -The National Zakat Management Body (Baznas)- on Saturday launched a program to pay for bright but poor youths to study in state universities.
Under the program, called "One family, one scholar", the mandatory alms management body will provide full scholarships to students whose immediate family members do not have a university education.
Baznas spokeswomen said all poor people deserve education regardless of their religion.
"But because 80 percent of the population is Muslim and many of them are poor, the priority is given to Muslim students," she said.
Knowledge or "ilm" is the second most used word in the Holy Quran and a duty of Muslims to seek it. Zakat or charity is the one of the 5 pillars in Islam. A Islamic charity -The National Zakat Management Body (Baznas)- on Saturday launched a... more
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Saudi Arabia has given $50 million and delivered 260 tonnes of relief aid to help China deal with the aftermath of the devastating May 12 earthquake, the official SPA news agency said Saturday.
The 4th airplane carrying aid arrived in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday as part of an airlift ordered by King Abdullah following a quake that has killed more than 60,000 people.
Abdullah had also provided $ 50 million "to cater for the humanitarian needs" of quake victims, SPA said. In total Saudi Arabia has delivered 260 tonnes of foodstuffs, tents and blankets for survivors, SPA added.
More than 5.47 million people have been made homeless by the quake and more than 11 million people are expected to be housed in refugee camps as dangerous areas in the quake zone are evacuated.
Many other Muslim countries such as Turkey have given aid for the Chinese earthquake victims.
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Saudi Arabia responds to a UN World Food Program appeal, providing $500 million in aid to cover a shortfall offset by the food crisis.
"The World Food Programme has met its extraordinary call for 755 million dollars to compensate for the increased costs of food and fuel with a 500 million dollar donation from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," said a WFP statement in reference to its March appeal.
The WFP, which operates in 78 countries and helps feed an estimated 73 million people, had warned that it would have to curtail its program to provide food aid to the world's hungriest people because of the soaring food and energy prices.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Riyadh over its generosity, calling it 'unprecedented in size'. "It comes not a moment too soon, given the needs of millions of people dependent on food rations."
"We turned to the world to help the hungry and the world has been generous," said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran.
The Saudi pledge is more than half of the total $960 million pledged to the WFP by 32 countries. The UN agency has an approved budget of $2.9 billion for 2008, which has proved inadequate as prices for rice, wheat, soybeans and other crops have jumped by an average of 40 percent since late 2007. Saudi Arabia responds to a UN World Food Program appeal, providing $500 million in aid... more
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The Iranian Red Crescent Society has prepared its initial cargo of humanitarian aid for shipment to the quake-hit regions of China.
The 60-ton shipment, which includes tents, sleeping gear and medicine, will soon be sent out to the victims of the devastating earthquake in southwestern China.
The earthquake has taken the lives of over 50,000 people.The Iranian Red Crescent Society has prepared its initial cargo of humanitarian aid... more
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Turkey has donated $2 million of aid to help relief efforts in earth-quake hit China.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a written statement that the $2 million aid was dispatched quickly to Chinese authorities following the Turkish government's decision:
"Turkey, which is among the countries that know well the destructive effects of earthquakes and the importance of international solidarity during sensitive periods, hasn't left China alone -- with which it traditionally has good relations in every field -- during its difficult days,"Turkey has donated $2 million of aid to help relief efforts in earth-quake hit China.... more
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Two planes loaded with hundreds of tents left for China today (Wednesday) from Islamabad.
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has arranged in total for 12,000 tents for the earthquake victims in China.
The tents were sent under the directives of the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani soon after his return from Egypt. Nazar Muhammad said China had generously provided relief goods besides financial assistance for the people of the Pakistan when it was rocked by an earthquake in October 2005. It is the time to stand with China in this time of ordeal, he said.
Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority Farooq Ahmad said the government was extending relief goods to China and sending a medical team of 20 doctors and paramedics as part ofsuch efforts.
Luo thanked the Pakistani government and people for their moral and financial support for China in this hour of trial.
The first batch of relief goods donated by Pakistani government include tents, blankets, plastic mats, medicines and mineral water were sent to China last Friday.
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Indonesia is going to send a medical team and some material aid to China later this week according to the Director of the Crisis Center of the Health Ministry Rustam Pakaya on Monday.
Pakaya said the medical team will consist on 102 people (comprising 20 specialist doctors, eight doctors, 12 nurses, some other health workers, and a number of volunteers from the military, the police and rescue teams will take part in the humanitarian mission).
The medical team will leave for China on Sunday, Pakaya told reporters after a launching ceremony of the humanitarian assistance to China at the Health Ministry.
"We are now processing their immigration procedure. We expect them to leave on Sunday," he said.
A senior official of the ministry Rahmi Utoro said Indonesia would also send five tons of medicine and five tons of logistics to China on Wednesday.
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation who has recently got hit by earthquake itself.Indonesia is going to send a medical team and some material aid to China later this... more
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Haroon Kash from Islamic Relief tells how his faith has influenced the development and relief work he has done in some of the worlds poorest countries.
It is difficult to say why I first became involved in aid work. It is something that I rarely think about unless someone asks me about it. I think that part of the reason may be because my origins are in the ‘less developed’ world. I have seen the other side of life, the life without glamour or any of the things we take for granted here in the UK. As a Muslim I also bring a faith perspective to my work, and I continually reflect on the privileges that this life has given me.
Most people are never exposed to the sufferings of the rest of the world. But I believe that once people experience it and relate to it, they always want to do more. This is what happened to me.
My first overseas assignment with Islamic Relief was in Kosovo, six months after the end of the conflict. It was in the middle of an extremely harsh winter and my role was to assess the needs of the community. This meant I had the opportunity to speak with all sections of the local population – victims, fighters, leaders and children. Each person had experienced suffering in a different way, and each was touched by the destruction that had torn whole communities apart.
This was also the first time that I had seen how religion can be used as a tool to divide people, turning people who had once been friends into enemies of each other. But despite this, on the ground various aid agencies of different faiths were working together. They were demonstrating the positive side of all faiths – the humanitarian side.
While religion may not consciously drive my every day work, after nine years with Islamic Relief it would be foolish to say it has no influence over why I continue to do what I do. For me the bottom line is that Islamic principles and humanitarian principles are one and the same. The added value is that Islamic Relief adopts Islamic values in its approach to delivering humanitarian principles. But the most important thing is that the beneficiaries receive the assistance that they need and that we make an impact, however small, on their lives.
I worked in Banda Aceh after the tsunami and was in Pakistan after the earthquake. These emergency situations are the times when my faith becomes really important. The total devastation and the mass loss of life is always going to affect even the most seasoned aid worker, and can strain your ability to do your job to the best of your ability. I find that in these situations being strong in my faith allows me to overcome these emotions and to focus on my work. I have never questioned why this is so, but take comfort and strength from it nonetheless.
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NEW YORK – Painting benches, gardening, trash cleanup, farm games, and arts and crafts projects are just some of the activities volunteers participated in during Donate A Day 2008 in New York City on April 14, held by The Islamic Center Khairat Committee at New York University and World Faith.
This interfaith event included several simultaneous community service projects all over the city, including Manhattan, Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Participating organizations included NY Cares, a group of people who cleaned parks, schools and gardens throughout the city.
About 65 people signed up for the day-long event, said Halima Samad, head of community service for the Khairat committee.
"You don’t need money to do good," Samad said. "Just give one day to people who need it."
Volunteer Maryum Khwajan (a social worker), who was assigned to clean a park in the Bronx, said an event like Donate a Day changes people’s outlooks on life. She also said even though she got so muddy she had to throw out her shoes, she found it was well worth it.
"The experience was so humbling," she said. "You tend to forget how needy people really are."
Volunteer Robert Gargano, who is not Muslim, said he was happy to see boundaries broken down between the different faiths.
"To take part in an event that shares with everyone that kids are kids and time and health are precious to all was a breath of fresh air," he said.
Samad said the center plans to make Donate A Day an annual event.
"It was successful," she said. "But next time, we hope to reach out to more non-Muslims."
Co-sponsors of the event included the Office of Graduate Student Life at the Student Resource Center, The United Muslim Association, World Faith, The Islamic Center at NYU Alumni Association and The Catholic Center at NYU.NEW YORK – Painting benches, gardening, trash cleanup, farm games, and arts and... more
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Catholics and Muslims united to help Buddhists on Wednesday, as South Florida religious leaders announced a joint collection to benefit cyclone victims in Myanmar which is a mainly Bhuddhist nation.
The collection was set to start last weekend beggining at 18 mosques in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, plus the 120 parishes and missions in the Archdiocese of Miami.
"This is not a Muslim or Catholic or Buddhist disaster; it's a human disaster," said Khalid M. Mirza, president of the Miami Gardens Mosque, site of a news conference announcing the campaign Wednesday. "Humans helping humans is a teaching of all religions."
The plan calls for the donations to be sent to the archdiocesan Catholic Charities, which will forward them to Caritas Internationalis, a Catholic relief agency. The Rev. Roger Holoubek, representing Archbishop John Favalora at the news conference, agreed with Mirza on the need for the faiths to cooperate on disaster relief.
"In Christianity, we are told to remove our shoes on holy ground, and I feel this is holy ground," said Holoubek, pastor of St. Maurice Catholic Church in Dania Beach. "It's holy ground when we work with Muslim sisters and brothers in helping victims of catastrophe."
Giving to Charity is a important part of both faiths, charity is also one of the 5 pillars of Islam.
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