By Farkhunda Ali
Muslim Link Staff Writer

When Barak Obama announced his running mate during the August 23 weekend, everyone heard about it. Except, of course, if you had no access to television. Or Internet. Or radio. Or the newspapers. “So who did he choose,” a camper at the annual Dar-us-Salaam community camp inquired from someone who just arrived at the camp. A small group of men gathered around to hear the news.

Fatawa on fasting and related issues

By Muslim Link Contributing Writers

They designed and built ladders in record time, using it to scale a 10 foot wall, and negotiated a steep hill on a tough wooded trail-run.   In field events they broke boards instead of passing batons.  They prayed together under the sun in straight lines. 

By Farha Marfani
Muslim Link Staff Writer

Kids like Farhad, Danya, Heena, Rida, Affan, and even 7-year old Areeba of Ellicott City, Maryland were only a handful of forty volunteers, including adults and children, who helped to collect approximately 5,000 pounds of food for the Howard County Food Bank. 

Expanded Islam section including articles on repetance, sincerity, and preparing for Ramadhan.

By Talib I. Karim
Muslim Link Contributing Writer

Hundreds of Muslims journeyed from around the country, including scores from MD/DC/VA to Denver for the Democratic National Committee Convention. 

By Farkhunda Ali
Muslim Link Staff Writer

The Maryland Muslim Council (MDMC) recently held a retreat for local Muslims who were appointed to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s state commissions.  The celebration was held at the Best Western Hotel in Baltimore last May.

By Amalia Rehman
Muslim Link Contributing Writer

MANA (Muslim Alliance in North America) held a fundraising dinner titled, “Forging an Agenda of Social Justice and Community Activism” at ADAMS Center in Herndon, Virginia on Saturday, August 23rd .

Dozens of Politicians Address NoVA Muslim Community at Annual Event

By Amalia Rehman
Muslim Link Contributing Writer

The 8th annual Northern Virginia Family and Civic Picnic was held on Saturday August 16th at Lake Fairfax in Reston, Virginia.  The program is an effort coordinated by Northern Virginia area organizations including ADAMS Center, Dar Al-Hijra, Manassas Mosque, and Muslim Association of Virginia. National organizations with local offices like MAS Freedom Foundation, MPAC, and CAIR also took part.

By El-Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan

Muslims in the greater Washington area have become all too familiar with how Muslims of varied cultural hues, coming from very diverse economic and political backgrounds, have become the collective target for the new McCarthyism sweeping post 9/11 America. A case out of Connecticut exemplifies just how broad and nebulous this targeting has become.