ISNA Founders Committee
For nearly two decades, ISNA has enjoyed the facility of a caring group of partners: the ISNA Founders’ Committee.
ISNA Founders’ Committee Members: Abdul Alim Khandekar (Chairman) Abdul Rauf Mir Abdul R Piracha Abdul Wahab Ahmad Adam Ashraf Sufi Farooq Selod Ghaus M. Malik Ghulam Nabi Mir Rashad Husain Husain Nagamia Ihsan Ul Haque Inayat Malik Jukaku Tayeb Khalid Bhatti Laeeq Khan Mohammad Saleem Bajwa Muhammad Akram Dar Muhamed Ashraf & Mubeena Balti Rashed Nizam Sajid Peracha Saiyid Masroor Shah Tajuddin Ahmed Talal Sunbulli Waheed Akbar Maseer Bade
Partners in Progress By Hiba Alalami and Maggie Siddiqi
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uring the last weekend of February, IFC members traveled to D.C. to discuss Muslim Americans’ issues. On Friday, Feb. 22, IFC members and their families visited the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House with a tour led by ISNA Majlis Ash Shura member Asma Mirza. There they met with officials who have been engaging with the Muslim American community for years. The meeting was organized and hosted by Paul Monteiro, associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who has been actively reaching out to Muslim Americans through ISNA since the Obama Administration began in 2009. He shared resources with IFC members, giving examples of ways to engage with the White House. Monteiro said that ISNA was his primary means of outreach to Muslim Americans and thanked them for their efforts in supporting
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ISNA and fulfilling the needs of their community for over 50 years. Arsalan Suleman, President Obama’s Islamic Horizons May/June 2013