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Newsletter ­ Issue 6 (July 2016) View this email in your browser

September 22 ­ SAVE THE DATE ­North Texas Giving Day

September 17 ­ November 13 ­SAVE THE DATE for the 5th AnnualJuried Contemporary Islamic ArtExhibition

October 1­31 ­ National DomesticViolence Awareness Month

How Your Gifts Help...

­ Provide emergency help throughour 24­hour crisis hotline

­ Provide food and clothing for afamily at the Peaceful OasisShelter

­ Help a family achieve self­

Assalaamu Alaikum (Peace be upon you) Dear Friends,

On July 6th, 2016 the Muslim community observed Eid­ul­Fitr ­ thecelebration at the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan which coincidedwith Independence Day on July 4th. I say celebrated with mixedfeelings, July has been very difficult here in the Metroplex andnationwide.

While Muslims celebrated the end of the fast, our hearts were brokenat the senseless and random killings that took place in Iraq, where 300people were killed by suicide bombings, and in Saudi Arabia in thecities of Jeddah and Madina. Unfortunately, soon after Eid, we experienced the tragedies of twoAfrican American Brothers killed by Police, followed by the killing of fivepolice officers in Dallas. Since then more shootings and killingsin Baton Rouge, in Nice France.

Brothers and Sisters, our hearts are really broken. We believe that ourcommunities, in all their races, genders, ethnicities, faiths,denominations, orientations, ages, social, educational, economicaffiliations need to come together and join hands to rebuild bridges ofgoodwill, trust,compassion, kindness, empathy, and care among oneanother.

This is definitely doable, all that is required is sincerity and focus.In fact this is the history of TMWF, and our story. TMWF ­ in 2005 ­brought together men, women, youth, and set about creating solutionsto address existing issues and problems. We are grateful that our trackrecord proves the possibility, practicality, and soundness of thisapproach. We did it at all levels, in the social services, we have thestellar Peace in the Home program that is providing intervention andprevention services for victims of domestic violence.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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sufficiency by providingtransitional housing, food ortransportation

And so much more...

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Does your company provideMatching Gifts? Contact yourHuman Resources and nameTMWF as your charity of choice!

Help TMWF while you shopwith these retailers:

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Your contribution to Peace in theHome will help us provide safety,shelter and aid to families in need!

Listen to our "Peace in the Home" show on Radio Azad

Every Wednesday between

11am­12pm

Latest Shows....

WISE­WOMEN RegionalDirector Kinda Darwish

Tools for keeping Peace in theHome with Imam Moujahed

Bakhach

In Education and Outreach, we have forgedstrong relations of friendships both intra andinterfaith, and worked with all communities toestablish trust and goodwill. This year, ourInter/intrafaith role in IQRA brought about thejoint celebration both of EID and 4th of July andour Interfaith effort was evident during theMother's Day Luncheon "All our Brothers and

Sisters" with Rabbi Elana Zelony, Rev. Michael Waters andSheikh Omar Suleiman, all confirming the common humanity ofpeople from all faiths, and the shared experiences of minorities andraces.

Since 2008, our Youth Program initiated the Feed Your Neighbor,Humanitarian Day, Day of Dignity with the wider community twice ayear in reaching out to our homeless brothers and sisters.

We would like to join our voices to those voices of many notablefoundations and individuals...

Dallas Women's Foundation on July 8, 2016...

"Offering prayers for the fallen and their families, here in our city andacross the nation. Offering prayers for all of us yet standing. May weput aside our fears and replace them with understanding. May welearn to walk together in peace. And today, even in our sorrow, may wetake a great step forward toward one another."

Pam Allyn of LitWorld statement following the shooting in Dallas:

"Let's use our tears, women, as our strength! Let's fight hate with themost intense form of love, a love that has not yet been seen in theworld. Let's end racism and bigotry, violence and fear, with the fiercetears of our despair, of our grief, for our children and all other mothers'

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Bakhach

Outreach and Charity at IACCwith Dr. Lazzouni

Refugee Services in DFWwith Hala Halabi

Click here to listen to pastshows!

Thank you to all our greatsupporters who donated

generously during the Annual DVAwareness Campaign during

Ramadan.

We are also proud to have beenselected as a grant recipient ofUnited Way and Liberty Mutual.These grants ­ which are neededmore than ever ­ will go towardsTMWF programming to empower

women and their families.

We would like to a huge note ofthanks to Jesse Ihde, Grey JamesVentures and Catch A Fire for herexpert Social Media and Marketing

Strategy Audit.

Boone Family Foundation

City of Plano

children who have died from this violence! Let's build the power of love,of nonviolence. Let today, this very day, be the end of racism,hatred, violence and fear."

Albert Einstein, a compassionate genius stated that:

"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 'Universe', a partlimited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts andfeelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of opticaldelusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us,restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few personsnearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison bywidening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creaturesand the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve thiscompletely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part ofthe liberation and a foundation for inner security."

We Muslims are sincerely praying and yearning that our Merciful, AllHearing, All Seeing, All Knowing Creator bring about:

THANK YOU

THANK YOU

THANK YOU TO OURSUPPORTERS

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City of Plano

City of Frisco

City of Richardson

Dallas Women's Foundation

Harold Simmons Foundation

Islamic Associations of:Collin County, East Plano,

McKinney, North Texas, Frisco,Flower Mound and Lewisville,

Carrolton

Liberty Mutual

Rasheed Family Foundation

Serena Simmons Connelly

Tabani Family Foundation

Texas Health and HumanServices Commission

The Qaiser Jahan Najmi MemorialFund

The WAQF Group

United Way

Family Violence Prevention &Services Program

Family & Youth Services Bureau Administration for Children &

Families U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services

And countless volunteers andsupporters working silently tosupport TMWF programs

We are praying for all who fall victim to hatred of any kind. Be a#PeaceChampion and help us Build Communities of Peace.

Jazakum Allah kul khair ­ May God reward you infinitely.Hind Jarrah, Ph.D.Executive Director

Texas Muslim Women's Foundation

Save the Date

Texas Muslim Women's Foundation is excited to participate onceagain in North Texas Giving Day!

North Texas Giving Day is an online giving event for people across thenation (and the world!) to come together to raise as much money aspossible for North Texas nonprofits on one day: September 22, 2016.In seven years, North Texas Giving Day has pumped more than $119million into the North Texas community. In 2015, $33 million was raisedthrough more than 118,000 gifts benefiting 2,020 nonprofits.

Mark your calendars and be part of the excitement and incrediblegenerosity!

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Social Services

PEACE IN THE HOME

420 families have reached out to us via our Hotline since thebeginning of 2016.

TMWF provides free, comprehensive, trauma Informed andculturally sensitive services: case management, counseling, playtherapy for children, legal representation in immigration and family law,and financial empowerment, specially for victims of domestic violence,regardless of faith, ethnic background and race.

Thank you for your contributions, which enabled us to provideFitra and Zakat (alms) donations to 132 adults and 183 children.

We could not have achieved this incredible task without thegenerosity of supporters like you!

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TMWF services include:

TMWF's outreach office (for non­residential clients)24 hour Peaceful Oasis shelterTransitional housing for victims and their children needingresidential assistance

HELP IS AVAILABLE!! Please reach out for help if you or someoneyou know needs help.

Call our 24 hour hotline at 972­880­4192.

or our main office at 469­467­6241 National Domestic Violence Hotline – 1­800­799­SAFE (7233)

Education

9th Annual Ramadan Domestic Violence AwarenessCampaign

For the 9th year, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation partneredwith area Imams to shed light on Domestic Violence.

"The Ramadan Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign is apartnership between TMWF and local imams. This partnership aims tocultivate peace in our homes especially given the emphasis during thisholy month on self­improvement and reflection. The campaign’s goal isto educate the community regarding how to recognize as well asprevent domestic violence (DV), and to highlight sources of help."

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­ Nagia Moharram, TMWF Communications Assistant

The Annual Ramadan Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign washeld in several Masajids during Friday Khutbah's and Taraweehprayers. We are grateful to Imams (in alphabetical order) givingtheir presentations at the following institutions:

Dr. Zafar Anjum ­ Islamic Association of FriscoMujahed Bakhash ­ Mediation Institute at Radio Azad,Majed Sabke ­ Islamic Association of McKinney,Zia Sheikh ­ Islamic Association of Lewisville/Flower Mound

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Domestic Violence Ramadan Khutbah by Imam Majed Sabke

McKinney Islamic Association

God created the man and the woman as “even with each other,neither one higher than the other.” Imam Sabke quoted from Surat Ar Room (The Romans) (30:21):

“And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselvesmates that you may find tranquility in them, and He placed betweenyou affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for people who givethought.” Additionally he emphasized the phrase from Surat Al Imran(3:195): “You are from each other [‘ba’dukum min ba’d’].” The Imamwent on to say, “My mate is part of me and I am part of her.” Addressing the men in the audience, the Imam reminded them,“Brothers, Allah (God) is speaking directly to me and you [by] saying ‘lata’laww’ [that is] ‘do not elevate’ yourself and place yourself above yourwife or mother or sister, for you are part of her and she is part of you.”He continued to remind the men in the audience that there is no placefor arrogance or forcefulness towards women. He reiterated that thephrase, “You are from each other” is an elevation of the woman’sposition and God is telling men to defer to women, by withdrawing theirpride and arrogance. God speaks of women in the Quran in tendifferent chapters (surahs). Read more...

Nagia Moharram, captured the essence of the above sermonand additionally interviewed Salma Abugideiri, Founder and currentCo­Director of Peaceful Families, the national organization trainingImams on dealing with Domestic Violence.

Abugideiri says, the Qur’an and Sunnah (the teachings and practicesof the Prophet Muhammad [pbuh]) are used “to shift people’s

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attitudes.” The Islamic teachings help guide individuals to answer suchquestions as:

Is it ok to make a police report?In what case is it ok to talk publicly about what is going on inyour family?What are the roles and rights of each spouse?When is it ok to go to a shelter?

Abugideiri highlights, “We use Islamic teachings, and we talk aboutDV under the context of oppression. As Muslims, we have amandate to stand for justice and fight oppression. That’s howwe frame what we teach.” Read more...

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Texas Muslim Women's Foundation and Irving Arts Center present

Islamic Arts Revival Series (IARS)

5th Annual Juried International Exhibition ofContemporary Islamic Art

IARS is excited to present 2016 IARS juror Maryam Ekhtiar, AssociateCurator of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,and other world renowned experts to present the 5th Annual JuriedInternational Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art.

This prestigious international exhibition will feature 69 pieces of art by55 artists from all over the world, in a variety of styles and media thatis inspired by Islamic culture, art, literature and architecture, and itincludes artists from all levels of expertise, age, faith and backgrounds.

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Visit www.islamicartrevival.com or Irving Arts Center for moreinformation.

*****TMWF Educational programs were developed to present topics whichimpact our daily lives, and support the development of critical thinking,life skills and strategies to enhance well­being. In addition, we offer thecommunity access to information and knowledge to broaden theirunderstanding of Muslim­Americans and Islam.

Contact us at tmwf@tmwf.org to join the mailing list to receivenotification of our upcoming "Ladies Only" Monthly Luncheons. These luncheons feature amazing guest speakers on topics including: culture, finance, art and much more.

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Youth Leadership DevelopmentWISE (Women's Initiative For Self­Empowerment) workshopssponsored by TMWF in June completed the first of two MenteeMuslimah (young Muslim ladies) summer workshops, teaching theparticipants self­defense, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Safiyya Jeenah, one of this year's Mentee Muslimahparticipants commented on her experience at the Collin Countyworkshop: "For me, the WISE initiative provided a safe space like no other and italso taught confidence and the ability to speak up for yourself whennobody else can. As a group consisting of only young Muslim girls,this workshop gave us an amazing platform of understanding andsympathy; we knew that all of us were going through the same things.We shared our opinions and stories and if another person had adifferent opinion, there was no fight or argument. We also learned howto defend ourselves against attackers which is immensely important ina society where Islamophobia is so prevalent.

We learned about the pressure points that are needed to know to getout of a position when someone is trying to harm us and practiced how

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to handle certain situations such as verbal abuse. I learned so muchfrom this workshop and it taught me that when girls build each otherup and make each other feel good about themselves, they canaccomplish much more. For example, during one activity, we weretold to share one word to describe our emotions at the time and one ofthe girls said, "I feel welcomed." That is the exact word I would use todescribe this workshop ­ welcoming. This sense of welcoming is whatwe should have towards everyone and this workshop accomplishedexactly that!" Stay up to date with future fall TMWF Youth volunteer activities byvisiting our Facebook page! Thank you for supporting TMWF Youth!

Interfaith OutreachTexas Muslim Women's Foundation continues building bridges ofunderstanding and goodwill among peoples of all faiths and races.

In June and July during Ramadan, TMWF attended the interfaith IftarDinners hosted by major Muslim Masajids and institutions such as atDallas City Hall with Mayor Rawlings, the Islamic Association ofCollin County and East Plano Islamic Center with Mayor HarryLaRosiliere, and the Islamic Association of Frisco. Many of theIftars were attended by the City Mayor, Police Chief and various citycouncil representatives. Many contributions were made by the Muslimcommunity to mainstream non profits organizations such as NorthTexas Food Bank (to provide three healthy meals a day to under­served children, who may not otherwise have food to eat), to CollinCounty Children Advocacy Center, The Samaritan Inn, The FaithCommunity, and Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance.

One very significant Iftar was one held at Northaven UnitedMethodist Church on June 28 for the Muslim community andattended by more than 150 participants from all faiths. We extend asincere note of appreciation to the Northaven United Methodist ChurchLeadership and Reverend Folkerth for emphasizing “the need forinterfaith understanding and cooperation” to combat commonills that stem from ignorance and misunderstanding that lead tohate, bigotry, and, ultimately, violence."

­ Nagia Moharram, TMWF Communication Assistant

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We continue our interfaith outreach, via our membership in the The2nd Community ­ a multi­faith community program formed to share

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faith stories "freely and fearlessly" and hosted by Northaven UnitedMethodist Church. The 2nd Community events serve to facilitate arespectful understanding of the beliefs and practices of others and, inso doing, enriching one's own faith perspective.

"The theme of the ten monthly sessions of The 2nd Community in 2016(February­November) focuses on "Owning Violence: AffirmingNonviolence". During these sessions, participants will develop aninformed understanding of violence and nonviolence from variousperspectives."

In August the 2nd Community hosts Peggy Larney's presentation on "Owning Violence: Affirming Nonviolence" fromthe perspective of an American Indian.

When: Monday, August 8, 2016, Where: Northaven United Methodist Church, 11211 Preston Road,Dallas Time: 7:00­9:00 p.m.

Click here to register. We look forward to seeing you there.

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