Please tune in Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 to Islam4mankind weekly radio at lamagica1220am from 1:10 to 2pm to listen to Imam Johari and Kyle Isma'l talking about Malcom X

Islam4mankind would like to thank both Imam Johari Andulmalik our regular Imam (Imam Johari Abdul-Malik serves as the director of Community Outreach for the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center. He was the first Muslim Chaplain installed at Howard University. The imam is the former chair of Government Relations for the Muslim Alliance in North America [MANA founded by Imam Siraj Wahhaj] and is the founding President of the Muslim Society of Washington, DC Inc and Associate Imam of First Hijrah Islamic Center in Washington, DC. Known nationally for his fundraising efforts for masjids, schools and relief organizations, Imam Johari is a founding member of the Muslim Advocacy Commission of Washington, D.C. and “Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence” [MMADV] and has edited a book on “What Islam Says About Domestic Violence”. In his native Brooklyn community his mother kept the family busy with community service. From an Episcopal choir boy-who visited the deep southern Pentecostal “COGIC” holiness church during his summer vacations as youth-until at confirmation the teachings of the Ten Commandments exposed what he believed were contradictions within western Christianity. Beginning in high school he became a musician playing trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, soprano sax and conch shells. The first band he performed with in New York City, Black Oasis and later with The New World Percussion Ensemble and Visions. He has opened for such greats as Tito Puente, Pharaoh Saunders, Third World, Flora Purim, Melba Moore and Sun Ra. His journey lead him through Taoism, Asian Spirituality, sufism and other world religions. In College he became a community organizer, musician-cultural warrior, he practiced Transcendental Meditation-TM and became a vegetarian and started the Chakula Food Coop. In graduate school, Allah showed him the light of Islam. He served as the President of Ubiquity (Co-Ed Social Service Fellowship), President of the Muslim Student Association and later became Howard University's first Muslim Chaplain. Imam Johari and along with Rev. Graylan Hagler started the “Ramadan Feed-the-Needy” Interfaith Program in Washington, DC feeding over 100 hundred homeless women of all faiths nightly during the fasting period of Ramadan. Boards, Commissions and Task-Forces 2010-Present Pre-Disaster Recovery Plan Working Group (Fairfax County Office of Emergency Mgt, Virginia) 2009-2010 Virginia Complete Count Committee 2009-Present Virginian New Majority - Advocacy Board 2005-Present DC GAPS Advisory Board; DC Department of Health and HUH 2004-PresentMELD-EvenStart Board member 2001-presentFaces of Our Children, Inc, Sickle Cell Foundation, Board member and executive director 2001-presentSickle Cell Initiative Taskforce, Maternal and Child Health, D.C. Department of Health 2001-2004 D.C. Health Services Reform Commission, Executive Office of the Mayor 2009-Present Fairfax County - Multi-Cultural Advisory Committee 2004-Present Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) 2009-2010 2010 Complete Count Committee Fairfax County, VA 2009-Present Virginia New Majority 2008-Present Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations of Greater Washington, DC (Treasurer) 2006-2008 Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations of Greater Washington, DC (President) 2005-present North American Imam’s Federation (NAIF) How to reach Imam johari.... Media on deadline or book interviews contact: Asra Rahman, MirzaPR Call or Text: 571-214-2518 media@mirzapr.com Name: Imam Johari Abdul-Malik (ibn) Winslow Seale Email: imamjohari@gmail.com Phone: 202-345-5233 Masjid: Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic center 3159 Row St. Falls Church, VA 22044 Mailing: Imam Johari Abdul-Malik PO Box 55814 Washington, DC 20040-5814 What you should know: Born: Brooklyn, NY Parents: Barbados and Louisiana Occupation: Imam, Counselor, Fundraiser for Humanitarian Causes, College Professor, Motivational Speaker and Son-Husband-Father-Brother favorite food Halal Chinese, Thai, Caribbean and Ethiopian. My mother makes the world’s best macaroni and cheese! Favorite Subjects: Islam, Self-Help, Bioethics and History (Especially the African-Diaspora). favorite music Mustaqiim Sahir, Native Deen and Miles Davis, 786, Poetic Pilgrimage, Muhammad Yahya, Maseka.... Favorite Vacation Spot: Barbados, West Indies )and Kyle Ismael. Kyle Isma'il began a new position in January 2011 as the government affairs representative for Islamic Relief USA, based in the DC National Office. He is responsible for managing relationships with government officials in the US Congress and all Federal Executive Departments. He also covers engagement with foreign embassies in Washington, DC. Previously, he was a board member of SHARE Indianapolis and chair of its development committee and served as director of SHARE Network, an affiliation of Muslim nonprofit organizations working to address issues of poverty and mass incarceration in America’s urban areas. Isma’il also served as the first associate director of the Inner-city Muslim Action Network (IMAN), where for three years he helped to develop organizational structure and compliance, human resource management, and government funding sources. He began his support for IMAN doing advocacy work around Muslim ex-offender/public safety and community housing issues. Isma’il has spent nearly a decade working with government and nonprofit organizations developing programs related to workforce development, affordable housing, and Muslim ex-offender reentry. As a leader in organizational strategy, he was recognized by the Lincoln Foundation for Business Excellence in 2002 for his work in creating systems for the City of Chicago to monitor and support its federally funded nonprofit contractors across the city. Isma’il graduated in 1999 with a master’s degree from the University of Illinois’ Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations focusing on human resource management and strategy. Prior to that he completed a master’s degree in American history at Southern Illinois University, where he participated in teaching the university’s first seminar on the “Life and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad,” world and American history, and African American studies. While there, as a staff journalist, Isma’il contributed over 100 articles on diverse topics as a columnist and reporter for the state of Illinois’ largest university newspaper.