The Muslim Link

Effective November 8, 2013, the Executive Director of Institute of Social Policy and Understanding, Shireen Zaman will be leaving ISPU to take a position at the Proteus Group.

The Islamic Society of the Washington Area (ISWA) purchased 5.25 acres of land with a house that was remodeled to hold about 220 people.  We were faced with a crisis when 300 more people wanted to attend our Eids, pray Jumu'ah and use our facilities for private functions.  With minimal financial resources, it was a challenge and a daunting task facing our community.

construction.1Muslim Construction Firms Hold First Ever Meeting to Support, Learn, and Partner On Public, Private Contracts

SMALL After more than one year of feasability studies and discussions with county officials and neighbors, Dar-us-Salaam submitted its application to Howard County for conditional use to operate an educational and religious campus on a 66-acre property in Cooksville, Maryland on November 6, 2013.

ISWAIn the vestibule of the ISWA masjid hangs a large beautiful picture of the Haram Sharif Precincts / Ka’ba in Makka. Hanging to the left of the picture is a framed acrostic that spells out I-S-W-A. Each letter of the word symbolizes a statement and some ayah (verses from Qur’an) to consider:

Only seven years ago, 4,000 people visited the Howard County Food Banks. Today, the number of visitors has increased to 22,000 per year in the affluent county.