There is a desparate situation involving some 190 Shia Muslim in East Jave, in the village of from Karang Gayam, Sampang District. These Muslims had their homes burnt by Wahaabi elements and now are surrounded by hostile people who have cut off supply of food and drinking water. They are being forced to renounce their madhaab in order to restore water supply restored. CAI is sending in US$14,000 of emergency aid to get alternate supply of water / food and also working with local officials to stop this harassment. CAI needs your help please. Please also make your displeasure over this issue known to Indonesia by writing to them here:
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I will be visiting E. Java early February 2013 to follow up the situation and aid activities.
Jazaak'Allah kheyr.
CAI has alhamd'Allah completed five out of twenty-three water well program in Sarepole District of Afghanistan. The balance of wells will complete insha'Allah after winter starts thawing in April 2013. Each well costs about US$1,400 and supplies potable water to about 5,000 people whose only access is contaminated water. We share few photos of completed wells here:
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I am currently on my way to Pakistan. CAI will be aiding families of victims who lost lives in recent bombings and shootings during Aashoora, many the only bread earners in the family. This aid will be in the form of six months of groceries and other assistance as deemed necessary. Please read following article to understand the depth of suffering by these helpless Muslims:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/
Please help if you can. Jazaak'Allah kheyr.
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CAI is already planing her 18th Ramadhan Iftar project for feeding poor families in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and East Africa. The plan is to aid 8,260 poor families who we believe will not be able have an adequate or nutritious meal after breaking fast. Insha'Allah. This is...
Read More...Daste Barchi is a sprawling slum outside Kabul, home to over a million very poor IDR (internally displaced refugees), with many destitute and hapless widows living in squalor. These families sometimes go without food 2 - 3 times a week. CAI will, this month insha'Allah, distribute six...
Read More...The recently inaugurated all girls school in Phenderi Sadaat, UP India is modernizing already! Alhamd'Allah. CAI donors are putting in a brand new wing for Biology / Chemistry / Physics / Computer labs and a comprehensive, modern library. And six toilets. Construction...
Read More...The hard winter freeze is finally thawing in Sacheck, Bamiyan Province so construction of donor funded Imam Sajjad (A) Medical Clinic has now begun alhamd'Allah. This facility will go a long way in alleviating the suffering of the sick, especially expecting mothers with difficult pregnancies...
Read More...I was interviewed by Ahlulbayt TV in London in May 2012. Click on the links below to view:
Part 1
Part 2
CAI and donors/supporters win prestigious recognition by Islamic Insights Magazine. Click here to read.
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