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We recently signed up with GoodSearch.com and GoodShop.com. Now if you would like to help support our efforts, there’s another easy way to do so, in addition to the donate button on the side of the page (hint, hint!).

Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and we’ll receive a penny every time you do a search! Just think about all the searches you do in a week – that can quickly add up!

In addition, do all of your shopping through their online shopping mall, GoodShop.com, and they will donate a percentage of your purchases to us. Your favorite shops like Amazon.com, eBay, BestBuy, Old Navy, Staples, Target, Zappos, etc. are all there. You pay the same price as you normally would, but a donation goes to Dar-us-Salaam! Think about office supplies, school supplies, clothes, shoes, electronics, ‘Eid gifts – all of these things you regularly buy anyways can help Dar-us-Salaam!

To direct your donation to Dar-us-Salaam and Al Huda School (our parent organization):
The above links should automatically fill in our name. But in case the links don’t work and you need to manually find our listing, here’s the web site — www.goodsearch.com. In the “Who do you search for” box, type “Dar” or “Al Huda” and press enter. Select “Dar us Salaam and Al Huda School (College Park, MD)” from the listings.

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Please see below two excellent opportunities this weekend to get involved in our local neighborhoods. Let’s work together to make a difference in our communities!

1) College Park: Saturday, October 25th, 9am – 1pm

COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP DAY: see details below.
RSVP required. Phone or email Christopher Warren at 301-277-3445 or cwarren@collegeparkmd.gov.

2) Beltsville: Saturday, October 25th, 1:45pm-4pm

PRO-DECENCY MARCH: see details below
RSVP not required. Meet at 1:45pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church (corner of U.S. Route 1 and Powder Mill Rd. across Powder Mill Rd. from the CVS store). Read more…

Join your Muslim brothers and sisters at the following festivals, and share the message of Islam. Make this a summer of da’wah!

July 12 – 13 - Celebrate Reston Festival, Reston, VA. Organizer: Why Islam DC. Times: 10am – 9pm (Sat); 10am – 7pm (Sun). Contact us to sign up for a shift and for more info.

July 26 – International Day, Columbia, MD. Organizer: Why Islam DC

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمد لله وحده

و الصلاة و السلام على من لا نبي بعده

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Always All Merciful.

All Praise is for Allah Alone.

And may the peace and blessings be upon him whom there is no prophet after.

Asalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

With great pleasure, the Projects Team of the DC Area student tribe of AlMaghrib Institute, known as Qabeelat Nurayn, announces their new project – collecting books for Muslim inmates across the country. The Islamic Information Center at Dar-us-Salaam masjid in College Park, Maryland has been working on responding and sending inmates da’wah materials and books for years, and we would now like to expand their Islamic library to help our brothers and sisters in their path to gain knowledge of the Deen inshaAllah. Read more…

This Monday 5/19, brighten someone’s day – Help the Hungry, and Share a Treat!

On Monday, May 19th join us at a soup kitchen in Washington, DC and share a treat by baking your favorite cookie or brownie recipe. Please bring at least 75 of any item, so that each person can have one.

To join, please meet in the front office of Al-Huda School on Monday, 5/19 at 3:45pm so we can leave promptly at 4:00pm. This initiative is open to brothers and sisters. We especially need brothers with cars to help with the carpool. If you prefer to meet us in DC, please arrive at DPHW between 4:30-5:00pm.

Even if you can’t come to the soup kitchen, you can still participate by baking a treat. Please contact the Islamic Information Center to arrange a time and place to drop off your item, or bring it to the front office between 3:30-3:50pm on Monday 5/19.

See more details here.

1. Donate your time. We need many volunteers to support our various initiatives. From time to time we also need office intern(s). Check volunteermatch.org for our current listings.
2. Provide in-kind donations of new prayer rugs, kufis and hijabs for new Muslims.
3. Donate money to help us purchase Qurans and other supplies for our various projects.
4. Make du’aa for us.

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Following is a list of our currently confirmed da’wah tables for 2008. More to be added as they are confirmed, insha’Allah.

To volunteer for any of these, contact us. The main organizer is listed next to each event. The times are added as soon as we know them. Check back again for updates!

May 25 – Inner Harbor Dawah Day, Baltimore, MD – Why Islam DC, 11am – 8pm

June 6 – 8 – Celebrate Fairfax Day, Fairfax, VA – Why Islam DC, see Why Islam website for times

July 12 – 13 - Celebrate Reston Festival, Reston, VA – Why Islam DC, 10am – 9pm (Sat); 10am – 7pm (Sun)

July 26 – International Day, Columbia, MD – Why Islam DC

August 30 – Greenbelt Labor Day Festival, Greenbelt, MD – IIC

Looking for a good way to spend a few hours? Try volunteering this month at the soup kitchen! Volunteers help serve food to those in need.

Join on The Third Monday of Every Month, from 3:45pm-7:00pm.

Mark your calendars! Help serve those in need at a soup kitchen in Washington, DC. To join, please meet in the front office of Al-Huda School on the third Monday of each month, at 3:45pm. For more info email the Islamic Information Center of Dar-us-Salaam or call 301-982-9463. Make this part of your regular da’wah and join us on the third Monday of every month!

Dates for 2008:
Jan 21, Feb 18, Mar 17, April 21, May 19, Jun 16, Jul 21, Aug 18, Sep 15, Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 15.

Details:
We normally travel together to the soup kitchen, which is located in Washington, DC. If you prefer you can also meet us there. Please arrive between 4:00pm – 5:00pm. The Judiciary Square metro stop (red line) is one block away, and there is limited on-street, metered parking. The address is: First Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 E. Street NW, Washington, DC. For more info about the soup kitchen, see www.dphw.org. Brothers and sisters are both needed & encouraged to volunteer! Students can earn community service hours.