Uplifting Lives as a Model Muslim American Community: ICGC is the Spiritual Oasis for Muslim Americans, Living Islam through Worship, Education, Service, Leadership, & Outreach Weekly Communications Friday, October 9th, 2020

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ICGC Online Education is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: The need for peace : An interactive session with Imam Zaid Shakir Time: Oct 9, 2020 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Click here to join the Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 787 9368 1885 Passcode: 659765

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This survey is being conducted by the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital in an effort to provide better information and resources to the general public about COVID-19 and personal safety. The results of this survey will be shared with researchers, healthcare professionals, and public decision-makers to help them better understand the public’s perspective regarding COVID-19. It will also be used to help develop factual and useful public health messages about the virus. Your participation is entirely voluntary and your answers are anonymous. At the end of this survey, if you’re interested in receiving more information about COVID-19, we will ask you to provide an email address. Finally, we will also ask if you are interested in participating in a follow up focus group or interview. If you indicate that you are willing to participate in an online focus group/interview (at a future date), you will be asked to provide an email address. Focus group/Interview participants will receive a $25 gift card. Click Here for Survey Link

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Learning about Ms. Ahmed's experience as a Muslim in the United States briefly after 9/11 was interesting, important, and saddening to me. I thought that her story of how the woman treated her at the shop should be a story that everyone hears growing up in America, and should be a good example of how not to treat people from other religions. While it was hard to think about, I really do enjoy hearing people's stories of struggle as minorities in the US so that I have a better frame of reference for how I should treat everyone around me with understanding.

I learned a lot from Ms. Ahmed about Muslims. Like many Americans I knew close to nothing about Islam as well as what I thought I knew was not true. For example Ms. Ahmed enlightened me about the true beliefs of Muslims especially the freedoms of women. Their women were allowed a much higher social status and rights basically forever. While it took Europe until 1700's for any of that. I found that very interesting especially because Islam is far too commonly associated with suppression of women when that is so far from true.

To begin with, I really enjoyed listening to Ms. Ahmed talk. The point from her talk that really stuck out to me was what it is like being a Muslim in America today. After 9/11 Islamophobia became rampant which was tough for Muslim Americans but now after the last election it surged again. The stat that stuck out to me was the 67% increase in attacks against Muslims since 2016 when he was elected. I think this needs to change and the false stereotypes need to be addressed and stopped.

Xavier University adds Islamic Center chair, Air Force vet to board Click here for the article

Liz EngelOct 1, 2020, 6:21am EDT Xavier University welcomed two new members to its board of trustees last week.  Shakila Ahmad, director of business management at the Allergy & Asthma Specialty Center and emeritus board chair of the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati; and Kevin Crawford, principal owner/founder of US Mobile Dermatology, a 1998 Xavier graduate and U.S. Air Force veteran, will serve three-year terms to start. Ahmad, who has served as director of business management at the Allergy & Asthma Specialty Center in West Chester Township since 1992, is the first woman to serve as emeritus board chair for an American Islamic institution, having served on the board of trustees at the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati since 1995. She established ICGC’s Tours and Talks program to teach community members about Islam and Muslims. Ahmad is the founding chair of ICGC’s Muslim Mothers Against Violence initiative. The group brings people of all faiths together to explore peaceful and constructive means of conflict resolution and has led many sessions on bullying prevention. The FBI awarded Ahmad the Director’s Community Leadership Award in 2010.  Previously, Ahmad worked for IBM as a systems engineer, educator and software consultant.  Crawford, meanwhile, founded Advanced Dermatology and later merged his practice, becoming an owner and regional chairman for Forefront Dermatology. He is a principal owner/founder of US Mobile Dermatology, which is a newly developed mobilized dermatology corporation providing services in the Atlantic and Northeast United States.   Crawford is also founder and president of ADCS Consulting, a medical consulting group specializing in health care startups, electronic medical record implementation, and practice efficiency/improvement. He is the founder of ADCS Realty which owns and manages numerous commercial properties across the state of Indiana.  Xavier President Father Michael Graham said the appointments of Ahmad and Crawford to the leadership team “will shape Xavier today and for years to come.” Xavier’s board of trustees is chaired by Vincent Caponi, retired president and CEO of St. Vincent's Health Services in Bridgeport, Conn.

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