InMemorium

In Memorium

Educators Who Made a Difference in Children's Lives and Islamic Education

Many American Muslims have contributed to the development and improvement of education in our community. Some of these leaders have been taken from us through death, and we wish to remember them and the contribution they made.

"To God we belong; and to God we shall return."  Arabic transliteration: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un."   

 

 

Dawud Tauhidi 1949 - 2010

Director of Crescent International Academy in Canton, MI. www.crescentacademy.org 

 
The history of Islamic education in America will record Br. Dawud as a brilliant thinker and dedicated Muslim who created the Tarbiyah Project, arguably the most dynamic, innovative movement in Islamic education in centuries.  The Tarbiyah Project has inspired and encouraged many other Muslim educators in the US who are now forging ahead with their own ideas - a movement that will change Islamic education for the better.  Read more ...
 
 

Nabil Seyam 1961 - 2006

Principal of Wichita Islamic School

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2219066269 

This is for the father of our community who died in a car accident. He was coming back from a lecture in Norman Oklahoma. He was fasting at the time of the accident.

(2006) Wichita's Muslim community is dealing the tragic loss of one of their leaders. ... Seyam was leader of the Islamic Society of Wichita. Thousands in the Muslim faith know him and his family. Seyam was also principal of the Annoor School. He helped it grow from its first 30 students to nearly 130 today.  Read more ... http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/kansas/guestbook.aspx?n=nabil-seyam&pid=19547091&pageno=1 

 
 

Sharifa Alkhateeb 1946 - 2004 

Sharifa Alkhateeb, Feminist Within Islam, Dies at 58

By JENNIFER BAYOT

Published: November 4, 2004, New York Times

Sharifa Alkhateeb, an advocate for Muslim culture in the United States who helped place courses in Middle Eastern cultures and Arabic in public schools, died on Oct. 21 at her home in Ashburn, Va. She was 58. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said her daughter Nasreen. Ms. Alkhateeb, who was born and raised in Philadelphia, spent much of her life interpreting Islam.  Read more ...  http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/arts/04alkhateeb.html?_r=1 )

 

Mohammad El-Moslimany 1924-2003

Mohammad El-Moslimany, 1924 - 2003: Unified Muslim Community

By Cal Blethen and Janet I. Tu

Seattle Times staff reporters

Mohammad El-Moslimany, a pioneer, leader and unifying voice among the area's Muslims, died Monday of a rare brain disease. He was 79. When Mr. El-Moslimany moved to Seattle in the early 1960s, his was one of a handful of Muslim families in the area. He helped found some of the institutions that are central to the lives of many local Muslims today - including the Islamic Center of Seattle and the Islamic School of Seattle. Read more ... http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030702&slug=moslimanyobit02m ) 

 

 

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