Community Matters
NEWS BRIEFS The All-Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) co-sponsored and participated the Interfaith Unity Walk on Sept. 9 in D.C.
University), and Jawad Khan (Oregon Islamic Academy). Previous recipients of the MET Dr. Riyaz Ahmed Scholarship are: Omar Sheikh (BS Engineering, Oregon State University), Summer Rife BA Liberal Arts, Oregon State University), Ahmed Aissi (BS, Portland State University), Manar Alattar (MS Biology, Portland State University), Sanaa Saifan (MA School Administration, Lewis & Clark College), Haroun Khalid (MS Health Management, Portland State University), Yasmine Sukhun (BA Communications, Portland State University), Holy Coppenhagen (MA Sports Science, Pacific University), Nadia Sheikh (BA Journalism, George Town University), Imran Syed Haider (MPA, Portland State University), Michelle Rintelman (MPH, Portland State University), and Amatullah Hussein (M. Ed., Portland State University).
provider of premium Halal chicken, is now available in retail stores including Walmart, in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Crescent Foods prides itself in raising chicken and animals on a vegetable diet. “I am a big advocate of telling others how Halal isn’t limited to just the slaughter of animals, but how they are also raised and fed,” says Habeeba Hussein, Somerdale, N.J., a Crescent Foods customer.
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The walk started from the Washington Hebrew Congregation, visiting churches and temples along the route, paused at the Islamic Center (located on Embassy Row) and finally concluded at the Gandhi Memorial Statue. This year’s speakers included Imam Mohamed Magid and other faith leaders. The walk instituted in 2005 has been bringing various faiths together.
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In response to a consumer demand, on the East Coast, Crescent Foods, the leading
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a religious tolerance bill that requires universities to provide alternate assignments to students who miss work or exams to observe holiday. The signing was done when the governor joined about 15,000 Illinois Muslims in Eid al Fitr prayer in Bridgeview, Ill. He also spoke out against the attacks against Islamic institutions in the area. Illinois has more than 400,000 practicing Muslims, and during the event, Quinn vowed to “vigorously protect” their right to practice their religion freely.
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Undergraduates Ameena Alattar (Portland State University) and Ibrahem AlJilani (Oregon State University) have been awarded Muslim Educational Trust ‘s annual MET Dr. Riyaz Ahmed Scholarship 2012-13 school year. The award celebrates Ahmed’s years of public service and contribution to the growth of the Muslim American community in Portland, Ore. For the past 23 years, Riyaz Ahmed has benefited countless people and worthy projects with his generous support and inspiring leadership. MET’s Dr. Riyaz Ahmed Scholarship Fund supports students, representing various area high schools and colleges or universities, toward completing their post-secondary education at the colleges and universities of their choice. The scholarship committee comprised Jahed Sukhun (Portland State University), Fatima Albar (Portland State 18
Islamic Horizons November/December 2012