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One Man's Vision

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In the United States, there are a growing number of Islamic organizations sprouting up throughout the country. These organizations, although varied in scope, all have the same goal of helping their fellow Muslim brothers and sisters. Often gone unnoticed and unappreciated are the many human beings who work tirelessly in their sincere and genuine efforts to make a difference. This week we spotlight a newly formed organization that began this year that has already made tremendous contributions and assistance to needy Muslim communities.

In May of this year, an organization called In the name of God took root in Peshawar, Pakistan. The founder of the organization, Mansoor Sadati, an Iranian Shia Muslim and his Sunni Afghanistani wife recently settled in the San Francisco Bay Area and registered their organization in July. ``Our short term goal is to help anyone that needs help especially Muslim people without being limited to nationality or Islamic school of thought such as Sunni and Shia,’’ Sadati says.

Since establishing the organization, Sadati along with the help of his wife and many others, have made an enormous amount of progress. Within the last four months they have been managing four schools and high schools inside refugee camps in Peshawar and have over 1300 students enrolled. Most of these students have either no parents or their families are too poor to send them to school. They have also established an all girls school with the goal of having tuition free attendance. Many of the books used in the schools are old books gathered and repaired for continued use by students.

“We set up the first school, or better yet we repaired what was there and we bought all the necessary books and materials that they needed and then we left some more money for them to set up different seminars and programs that I planned for them. The idea was when we came back to USA we will send them more money and we have been sending about $500 to $1,000 per month from our own money.” Sadati and his wife have funded quite a bit of their work from their own pocket, but this has never stopped them from wanting to do more and feeling that there is so much more to be done.

The organization has already trained 12 formerly unemployed high school graduates as teachers who will teach grades 1-5 inside the refugee camps. They have also trained 15 students to teach about sanitation and CPR. Aside from providing these classes, they have set up courses on tailoring and carpet weaving designed to teach students a particular trade to live off of. Other accomplishments include setting up programs to assist people in finding employment, and repairing two main roads that lead to the camp in order for ambulances to gain access to the camp.

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