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How to Honor & Help Family of Br. Mukit Hossain

Asalam 'Alaikum

Dear Community, Hope all is well.  On 11/27/2010 Br. Mukit Hossain Returned to Allah(SWT). May Allah(SWT) Give Him the Highest Heavens and Have Mercy On him. May Allah(SWT) Reward Him and his Family for their leadership, community service, and sacrifice for the community. Please see details below. Many people have asked how they can honor and help the family and children. May Allah(SWT) Reward You All.

The Area Masajid & Organizations asked FAITH Social Service to setup
two donation funds  11_27_10familyfund and 11_27_10educationfund. You may mail a check or donate online.

FAITH - Non Profit 501c3- http://www.faithus.org
1) FAITH Subaccount 1:   11_27_10familyfund            -Would be for the Family
2) FAITH Subaccount 2:   11_27_10educationfund     - Education for Children

By Check:


Please make check Payable to "FAITH"
In Memo Section please put 11_27_10familyfund  or  11_27_10educationfund


Please mail to:


795 Center Street Unit 2A
Herndon, VA 20170


Please donate: 

Online Donation Via Credit Card thru FAITH:
Website  - www.faithus.org - Please Click Donate Button
This will take you to Paypal FAITH Account:
In the Paypal Purpose field please put 
11_27_10familyfund   or   11_27_10educationfund


Please enter amount and credit card information and details requested.
All donation is TAX DEDUCTIBLE---------------------------

It is with a heavy heart that the community gives farewell to one of its local leaders, Mr. Mukit Hossain who passed away Sat Nov 27, 2010.
Mukit and His Family were very active in community service, helping those in need, interfaith dialogue, and civic engagement.
Please keep Mukit's Family, Wife(Sabrina Hossain) and Two Daughters, in Your Prayers

Mukit was one of the founders of Project Hope and Harmony, which represents various faith communities, nonprofit organizations, and
community volunteers who are working to create an organized day labor site in Herndon and provide social services to the workers.
In 2004 he was named the Herndon Citizen of the year by the Herndon Times and also recognized the the Virginia State Senate in a Joint Resolution sponsored by Sen. Janet Howell (D-32) and Del. Tom Rust (R-86). Mukit was also founder of Food Source Foundation, which provides meals to homeless people in Fairfax County, and has been involved with food banks and Meals on Wheels. In 2006, he worked with Jewish leaders to push for legislation in the Virginia General Assembly that made it a crime to mislabel halal or kosher products.In April of this year he was mentioned in the Washington Post as a man who filled a niche through providing naturally raised halal goat for the Muslim community. Mukit was a Former ADAMS Social Activities Chairperson (2000-2002) and Former ADAMS Board Member (2003 to 2006).
Mukit shall be missed, however his contributions shall remain as a reminder of mercy, peace, citizenship, and harmony.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/28/AR2010112804006.html?hpid=newswell

Herndon Town Council and Virginia Senate commend appreciate Mukit Hossain, Loudoun County resident, sponsored by Sen. Janet Howell (D-32) and Del. Tom Rust (R-86).
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?051+ful+SJ490ER
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=242632&paper=66&cat=104

Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/20/AR2005082001077.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/12/AR2010041204158.html?sid=ST2010081604270

Thank you,

- Br. Syed Moktadir(syed.moktadir@yahoo.com)
- Sr. Ambreen Ahmed(MA1ZA@aol.com)
- Br. Rehan Dawer(radawer@gmail.com)
- Sr. Aliyah Khan( aliyah703@yahoo.com )
- Br. Rizwan Jaka( rojpm@yahoo.com)


More about Br. Mukit Hossain,  BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8746620.stm    For any question please email me  wentabi@gmail.com to help answer any of your question. 

Gathering and Remembrance for Mukit Hossain -Dec. 4 ADAMS Center

Assalamu alaikum

Insha Allah this Saturday, December 4
the community is invited to gather at the ADAMS Center
in memory of our beloved friend, brother, teacher, and leader

Mukit Hossain 

who passed away last Saturday.

Friends and family are welcome to read Qur'an, make dua,
and share with one another the many ways Mukit touched our lives.

The program will consist of:

Maghrib 4:49pm
Qur'an Recitation/Dua : 5pm-6pm
Sharing and Remembrance Time:   6pm-7pm 
7pm-8pm - Dinner
Isha - 8pm

Very Sad News - Janazah for our Brother Mukhit Hossain

Inna lilahi wa inna ilahi rajiuun

وَقَدِمْنَا إِلَى مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَاء مَّنثُوراً

"And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about."

It is with a very heavy heart that I forward the message below, concerning the passing of Br. Mukit Hossain yesterday.   


 Innah Lillahhi Wa Innah alaihi rajaoon.

The funeral prayer for Br. Mukit Hossain will be held tomorrow Sunday Nov 28 at ADAMS Main Center after Zuhr (12:45) prayer

ADAMS Main Center - 46903 Sugarland Rd. Sterling, VA 20164

From DC: going westbound on Rt 267

• Take Exit 11(Fairfax County Parkway) and go right Go North towards Sterling 

• Take a left on Wiehle 

• Take a right on Dranesville Rd 

• Take a left on Sugarland Road 

• After a block, Take a left into ADAMS Main center(on the left side)

After the Janazah Sun Nov 28 - 12:45pm at ADAMS Main Center

the Burial will take place at

Stone Wall Cemetery
12004 Lee Hwy
Manassas, VA, 20109-2010

please get the word back to me and to all others who knew Mukit.

Please make doa for his family in this time of grief. 

• Born in Bangladesh , was chief operating officer at Optical Band. He and his wife have two young children. .He Emigrated from Bangladesh in the 1970s, he went to North Carolina State University MA , Economics and then to Duke University BA , Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy.

He was living in Loudoun County, just recently moved to Spotsylvania to start a goat farm; he has long devoted himself to helping lift up those in difficult circumstances. He founded Food Source, a local charity, Project Hope and Harmony, Foundation for Appropriate and Immediate Temporary Hope (FAITH), he co-founded the subgroup Project Hope and Harmony, drawing together public officials, diverse faith-based organizations and other nonprofits to develop an acceptable place for day laborers to congregate, ensuring that the laborers and other poor have enough warm coats and food for this season.and previously he was heavily involved with The United Way's Operation Breakthrough. Brother Hossain also serves on the board of trustees of ADAMS Center, a large mosque and education center. He heads up the national Muslim-American Political Action Committee as well. 

He will be dearly missed,
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive him for his sins and be merciful to him in his grave and grant him firdaws al 3ala as him first and only abode, aamen

And may Allah ta'ala protect those children and grant them fiqh of deen and save them from the fitnah of the kuffar, aameen

May Allaah(swt) grant your family sabr.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_172909362734086&ap=1

Wasim Entabi

PABA Job Fair this Saturday at the Fairfax County Government Center

 The Pakistan American Business Association (PABA), in collaboration with Chairman Sharon Bulova of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, will hold a Public Safety and Law Enforcement job fair Saturday, November 13 from 10am to 4:30pm.

PABA members and the general public are encouraged to attend to hear presentations, exchange ideas, address community needs and concerns, learn how to apply for county jobs and to explore a variety of career opportunities as professionals in public safety and law enforcement.

Participating agencies on hand will be Police Fire & Rescue, Office of the Sheriff, Public Safety Communications, Office for Women, Human Rights and Equity Programs, and Human Resources.

For more details, please take a look at the flyer or email info@pabausa.org. 

NOVA Muslim Civic Coalition: Election Night Watch Parties

NOVA Muslim Civic Coalition: Election Night Watch Parties: "Election Night Watch Parties Congressman Moran8th District Westin Arlington Gateway, 7 pm 801 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203 walkable f..."

Election Night Watch Parties

Election Night Watch Parties 

Congressman Moran

8th District
Westin Arlington Gateway, 7 pm
801 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203
walkable from the Ballston Metro on the Orange Line

Congressman Connolly

11th District
Fairview Park Marriott, 7 pm
3111 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA  22042

Candidate for Congress Jeff Barnett

10^th District

 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

McLean Community Center

1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA 22101

                                                                                                                                                                           

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WE Hopes to See You at the Polls Tomorrow, It's Time to Vote

ISNA SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

ISNA Hopes to See You at the Polls Tomorrow, It's Time to Vote


Yes, it might be cold out in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, but don't let that deter you from voting. Polls are open from 6AM to 7PM at most poll stations nation-wide and our voices cannot be heard unless we make them heard. Make your voice count tomorrow by voting in the 2010 mid-term elections.

"At a time when some elected officials and candidates openly discriminate against the civil rights of Muslims, we need every Muslim in America to vote tomorrow. We must do everything we can to fill our Congress with representatives that are qualified to make equitable decisions and stand on a platform to protect the rights of all Americans," said ISNA Secretary General Safaa Zarzour.

Take your lunch break, wake up half an hour early, or skip out on that trip to the coffee shop to make time to vote. This is important. This is your voice. To find a polling station near you, visithttp://www.vote411.org/pollfinder.php. See you at the polls!

Imam Zaid Shakir, a respected American Islamic scholar and professor, once believed that voting was a waste of time for American Muslims. But now he’s changed his mind. 

Now, he’ll tell you that Muslims have an obligation to vote.  He says that if you pay your taxes but don’t vote, you’re imposing on yourself “taxation without representation” – what America’s founders described as among the greatest tyrannies of colonialism. He says that Muslims need to get politically active if they want their voices heard and their concerns addressed. 

Imam Shakir says that politicians don’t do what we want because we don’t put enough pressure on them, and he’s right.    Voting is our duty both as Americans and Muslims. But more importantly, it’s our right. It’s our right to elect people who represent our interests, not only as individuals but also as a community. We simply can’t afford to stay at home this election – especially not while an extreme, hateful vocal group is turning out to the polls and threatening to take the reins of our government. 

In American democracy, political voice is political power.  Please vote on Nov 2.

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