For years, Islamic activity in Washington DC's northeast and southeast neighborhoods has been sporadic and minimal. Families would have to travel into Maryland or into the western parts of the District to attend lectures, weekend school, or Muslim social programs.
Dar-ul-Tawheed, the youngest masjid in Southeast Washington DC aims to change that.
Now established in a renovated, one story building at 3765 First Street SE, Imam Abdul Ali and the brother and sister volunteers are hard at work to make the masjid buzz with activity.
From a regular ìfeed the hoodî social service program which takes donated food and clothing literally onto the streets of the most impoverished Washington DC neighborhoods, to youth sleepovers, to weekend schooling and sisters' only bazaars, Dar-u-Tawheed hopes to build a service-oriented, education focused community which is a guiding light and a refuge for the youth.
Towards that effort, Dar-ul-Tawheed has initiated a 90-day fundraising drive called ìPathways out of poverty, hunger, and violenceî ñ a title reflective of the environment in the immediate vicinity of the masjid ñ to generate funds as well as a supply of food and clothing donations from partner masajid in the DMV region.
Imam Abdul Ali is confident that Muslims living in the suburbs and wealthier neighborhoods of Maryland and Northern Virginia wish to assist the Muslims in ìthe last frontierî of Southeast DC with serving their neighbors and sharing Islam with both young and old. To learn more about the on-going work of the Dar-ul-Tawheed community, call Imam Abdul Ali at 202-52-9997.
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