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Thh corporntion is n nonprofit ruhlic bener_."".v'''~' not. orgnni~cd for the private Iftin of nn, under t.ho Nonrrofil rub) Ie ncnefH LilJlrllJOIr"1I

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The specific pUrpOllt'l8 of this corpor" And devolopmt'nt work In the world'.

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A. This corporntion iR or~nniz~d exclu. educAtion"l purposoR within the .caninco! Internal Revonue Code of 1954 ort .

. ' .. " future Uni ted States intern". r.···,;.·: nu'.,~la":

B. This corporlltion Rhllll not; .,teep engll,e in Iln, activities or exerelse furt.hernnce of th. purposes" of f.ht corporation shRl1 not carr, anah1 oLhe to be cArri~d on (A) by a corparat.ion tax und~r Section 50t( c)(:I) of t.he Inte the eorroRpondinc provlRlon of anrfut revenue CRr, or (b) by a corporat.ion, deductlhlf' under Seclion 170Ic)(2, of t.he 19~4 or the corroRpondlnl provision of internal revenue law,

v The nnme nnd address in California a,ent for service of proce •• are!

Mr. Ahmad El-Bandary 5715 Vineland Avenue. Apartaent 22 ~orth Hollywood. Calilornia 91601

A. All corporah propertf .risl·to"vlt.~" purposes set forth in Article Two earnines of this corporation shalli its directors, trustee •• orClee .. a. prl or to individuals.

Dahd: 09·18·93

I hereh)" declare that I aa the per.oft wl'llo:;:eJl.c:"t.~ Articles of IncorporatIon. which ex.cut&vn~~.~~~~.

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Section 1. Son-Profit ~l.tu. ISLAMIC RELI EF IS a non-profH publte under th~ lAW. of the atAle of Call

Section 1. Principle Offlc •• Th. principal oUlce or this Hollywood. CallCorn'a.

Section 2. Othrr Office. The corporation •• , also have ottte •• at pI tho State of Cal tf'ornia. other tha .. ·U ••

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. Section 1. Af'Ullat.lon . ,.' . The corporftt Ion shall coordinate it .• t.la.le Rel'.f or.anlz.d und.r the lav.of hav!n, ita principal off'ace in airain,baa,

Soctlon I. Oen.ral Purpo.es This corporation •• or,anlzod under Corporation Law (or public and the corporation include condue~tn'~_'.A.'& .everal underdevelop.d and war torn 'W."'.~·.

Section 2. 5p.cirt~ Purpo~ •• The specific purpos •• of' th,. corporat1on ahall be:

L Tn ral.~ funds to be .,.ed for provldlnc rood • • edie!n. to the n.ed)' Of. a Ioiorld .. ido ba.h. 2. To di.tribute and dj •••• an_t. (ood. clothlftl the n" .. d)' d i rt'c; 11~' or i nd 1 rectI y \,hroulh 10'''.,11'N''1'\~ a.onelo. and othor inter.edaariea. 3 •. To oatabliah. oporate or hel centre., .choola. ho.pltal ••

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Nonprofit Public Benefit CorporatioD, laws, and subject to any lia incorporation or b)'laws, the cO .. u.o" ... ··nll shall be managed, and all corpo or under th~ d i recti on of the Board'

Section 5, The Board of Di rectors regular! y scheduled and quorum shall be declared and place of the meeting. a • • et noticed at least 30 daY.,betore,

Section 6. Emergency Meetines The Executive Director ot ISLAMI of the Board may call for Directors.

Section 7. Notice Requirements Regular meetings shnll be noticed or by any other means at least 20 da,. meeting. Emergency meetings shall be . of the mocting by means similar to

Section 8. Quorum A majority of the membor. constitute a quorum for any Board.

Section 9. Waiver ot Sotice ~, ~otice of a meeting need not beCi either before or after the meetln,~ written consent to the holdine of tho the minutes of the meet in,.

Section 10. Action without A Heetine Any action that the Board 1. required taken without a meetine It all . writing to the action. '

ARTICLBvn COMMITTEES OP:~B

Committees of the Board

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE .,',DISTRlcr DIRECTOR

"';<::1 CUPANIA CIRc:t.I :l~C~MON'1'EM't I"AaUt, CA 91 7 5 5 -7406

ISLAMIC RELI!F' C/O A!iMAD !. IL, l.ENtlJI.RY

7817 VtNlLANn AVENUE APT. #1 SUN VALLEY, ~ 91352

your application for

We referred your application to reply direct to you. If you have,

" If you do not receive a decision annual information return for exempt the due date. File either Form 990",K'I~ulrnIVI Tax,';: or Form 990-PF, Return of 'l'reated as a Private Foundation,

the,retum indicating an ar,lieat

Please see the instructions returns are required.

'rhank you for your ::ooperation.

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Your key dilltr you~ application tor ~.~In~~AI

Section 2. Meetings and Actions 0 Meet i ngs and act ions of commi t t\,e.'"oYc,,'·r.nllh'. by, held and taken in accordance 'wit ~f.li'i1~~ byla,,'s concerning mep.tin(s and other ~"ard time for regular meotin~8 of such comml special meeti~gs of such committees . Board re"ulution or, it there 1.',' committee of the Board. Minutes ot' of the Board shall be kept and shal records. The Board may adopt ru committee. proviced they are consi the absence of rules adopted by the such r\,;les.

DUTIES OF

Section 1. Responsibilities ot t The Executh'e Director sha1l be ISLAMIC RELIEF and shall supe corporation's activities, aftal Uiroctor shall preside at all President shall have other powe may pre se ri he •

Section 2. Responsibilities of If the Executive Director is 'abBe presidents. if an~·. in order of. rank. the Board shall perform all duties of so actinl. a vic~ president shall subject to all restrictions on the presidents shall have such other. duties as the Executive Director~ prescribe. '

Section 3. Responsibilities of the Secretary . (a) Rook of Minutes: . . .,:<':'~vY;::::;~;Zt~

The s"cretAn' shall keep or CAUS. to he k.pt.~a(~.t.h. corporation'R principAl offic,. or such other plact' aa.t.he,c,8oal'd'lIlay direct, a hook of minut,.s of all m,.~tlnga, proc~.dlnc.; andaetlon. of the n~"rd. and of committ~e. of the Board. The minute. of meetinaa shall include the time Allil 'Place that. the lIeet.ina was he-ld, whether the meetinl was annual, re,ular, or speCial. and. if special,~how authorl~ed, the nott 11 ..

and committt'e mE'E'tings, The 5ecrelary kept, at. the principal office, a copy incorporation and byln~s. as amended to date.

(bl :"'otic('s, Seal. and \)ther Duties The secretary shall !!C i ve. or cause to be ,i Ifteetings of the Board And of committees of theae bylaws to be given, The secretary aha aeal in safe custody dnd shall havE' such oth~ such other duties as thE' BOArd or the bylaw.

Seetion 4. U,-,sponsibilities officer)

(al Books of Account The chief finanLial officer shall keep and main kept and maintained, adE'quatt' and correet books corporation's properties and trllnsactiona. T officer shall send or causr to be liven_ to finaneial atatements and reports .a are law, by these bylaws, or by the Board. Th. be open to inspection b)' an:\" Board Mellber at

(bl Drposit and OisbursemE'nt of Hone, The chief financial officer shall depoaited, all lIone, and othrr valuable._. credit of the corporati~n with such depo.1 deailnate, shall disburse thp corporation's order, ahall render to thE' Executive Director, requeatE'd, an account of all tran.actions ashave and perform such other dut los aa the \ Board· prescribe. .

(c I Bond It required by the Hoard, th~ chief financt the eorporaLion IS bond in the a.ount auretiea apecified b)' thto Board for tal dutt •• of the office and for r~.torat~~IQAc~~%~~ ot Ita booka, papera, youcher., kind In th~ pO.8~.sion or under the officer on hia or hE'r dfO"th. re.i,naUoll, fro. office.

Section 5. RfO.o\,al of Ol rfOctorll Ilnd/orOtlieera· tlithout prejudi"fO to a'l)' rllnt .. of tan orUeer or Director contract of E'llplor.~nt. IIny r)ir~ctor 'a1sC) ".t. H •• btorl or officer Ifta), be- r ... o\'ed with Bo.rd and also, if thfO offiC'fOr , .... not -officer on WhOlI tt. .. (101"<1 .a~' cO'lfor that power- ot:'re.oval. R~.o\·"J of" fllrf'rtor ",'lthollt C'l\I.'lC' require. the con •• nlua ot all other Pi n'ctora. A ,-cao\ III (If " fli reclor ror cau •• :,,;,r,qulr.a a' a' ••• lfO •• Jori t~' \ot.eo of nt ""r 1III'petor". -

Section 6. Rt"lIlltnnlloll ,,( 11"'l'tor& "nd/or Officera' Any Dir .. rLor or offir~r m~y r~.:cn Ilt /lny ti •• by civJnc written­not.lce to the ('orJ,or"t lOll, Ttlf:' r".jlCflation ahall take .rrect al of, t.he d.tll th .. notll'e ia rfOCfOl\f'd or At "1\)' lator U •• ap,-citied in,.:'

the notice and. udess othert.-!aeapec1fi resignation need not be accepted t'ob •• t shall be without pr(',iudice to the:";ri'!'! corporation under any contract to whicl'r­is a party.

Section 7. Vacancy A vacancy or vacancies on the Board of the followin!!: I a I the death or Member; (bl the removal of a Board Section 5 of this Article; (e) the, number of Board !'Iembers: Idl the Director. at any m('eting of tbp Board Board Members Are to be appointed. to to b~ appointed at such lIIeeUn,:,

COMPENSATION,

Sectinn 1. Compensation

Section 2. Indemnification (a) Right of Indelllnity

To t.he fullest pxtent pt'rlllt tted by .law indemnify its Directors, officers .Dlpl occupyi",C any such position, acalnat,' fines, s ... ttiements and other Amount.:' incurred by them in connectlon with anyDr'O~! •• ld

an action by or in the ri,ht of the co fact that thp person is or was a person described

(bl Approval of Indemnity On written !'equcst to the Board by any person seek1n, indemnificAtion. tht' Board shall promptly determ1ne;vhetherthe appliCAble Attlndnrd of conduct has been met and, it ,oii.~t-e Board ahdl Authorize indt'mnificAtion.'}\\,

(c I Advanct'mt'nt of Expenaes }'f:~' ' To the fullt'at extent. permitt.ed by determined by the Board in a spec by a peraon aeekin. lnd~.nl ~I)ver.d '. br tho.. Sect , " '~:,~:*~~'~t;::;.:

before final disposition of the proceedin!l.;, corporation of an undertakin~ by or on behalf!o the advance will h~ r~paid unless it is ultimat the person 18 entitl~d to be indemnified b~ those expenses. .,

Section 3. Insuranc~ The corporation shall have the ris;ht to insurance to the full extent permitted by law officers, Directors, employC!es, and other liability asserted against or incurred by an employee, or agent in such capacity or officer's, Director's, employee's, or agent'

ARTICLE X LIMITATIONS ON INTERESTED PERSONS AS ,'"'.A. .... ', .... ,.

Section 1. Limitation on Interested Board of Directors No more than 49 perc~nt of the per~ons servinr interested persons. An interested,,' person compensated by th6 corporation for services the prey lous 12 months, whether as a ful employee, independent contractor, or otha reasonable compensation paid to a Director .• s w.,~c,_. brother, sister, ancestor, descendant, si~ter-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-l father-in-law of such person. However, provisions of this parll.!lraph shall not a enforceability of an)' trll.nsaction entered

ARTICLE XI DISSOLUTION OF THE CO

Section 1. Dissolution The Board of Directors, or any remaining consent of the DirectorIal present at may vote to dissolve the Corporation.

Section 2. Distribution Upon dissolution, all distributed to a Articles of Incorporation

ARTICLE XII AH":NDHfo:NT ,,,. TIIESE BYLAWS.

Section 1. Authority to Am~nd The Board of Directora has the authorjty to

Bylaws of ISLAMIC RELIEF.

Section 2. Votes Required Any am~ndment •• chan~es, deletions or Addition. thir-d. (2/3' mftJor1t.~· vote of the Board I'!I ........ 'I ..... I.filt.'~ called for meet 1 nit or I if vOUnt 1. (2/3) .aJority vote of those castine ball

CERTIFICAT

1 hereby declare that the adopted by the required vote by RELIEF on 17. 7 r. q,

SIGNATURE OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

I hereby ce:tify this to be a true and cor~ect copy of the original.

BY'A~.R::1,~e~d;o !~~~ Chief Executive Officer'