Bellagio Banquet and Conference Center and Hype Athletics Two Blessing Neighbors of Islamic House of Wisdom!

Bellagio Banquet and Conference Center and Hype Athletics Two Blessing Neighbors of Islamic House of Wisdom!

Honorable hajj Sayyed Kassem Beydoun the founder of Bellagio Conference Center and Banquet hall visited IHW and spoke with imam Elahi this afternoon.

Imam congratulated hajj Sayyed Kassem for opening his state of art facility at Telegraph and Warren Avenue. 

Imam admired the Sayyed for his passionate vision to serve the city and the community in so many different ways, while raising a faithful and educated family.

Imam Elahi invited Sayyed Kassem and other community leaders to join the World Sabbath which will be held at IHW this Sunday with the presence of hundreds of followers Islam, Christians, Jewish, Hindus, Buddhists and other faith traditions.

While IHW is planning to award the president of Universal Peace Federation during its next Fundraising on April 25th, the imam thanked the founder of Bellagio Banquet and Conference Center for allowing IHW to hold its dinner and award ceremony at his extremely beautiful banquet facility.

It’s indeed a blessing to be part of Dearborn area and its dignified neighborhoods and fantastic facilities

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Chief Police Haddad Briefed Interfaith representatives and Chaplains on the department's Policies and Practices!

Chief Police Haddad Briefed Interfaith Representatives and Chaplains on the Department’s Policies and Practices!

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The chief’s presentation included the reduction of crimes rate in DEARBORN, ethical orientations of officers, sanctity of life emphasis, sensitivity classes for valuing people’s faith and cultural diversity!

Imam Elahi admired Chief Haddad for his engagement with the community, being with the people, for the people and establishing a good model and legacy of cooperation with the city and community’s organizations and members!

The chief expressed his happiness of imam Elahi attendance and address in World Summit Interfaith in Seoul South Korea and the good message of this kind of work for building bridges of understanding among the communities and nations!

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Thought and Prayers for the Honorable Congressman John Dingell and his family, especially his wife- Congresswoman Debbie and his son, Judge Christopher Dingell!

Thought and Prayers for the Honorable Congressman John Dingell and his family, especially his wife- Congresswoman Debbie and his son, Judge Christopher Dingell!

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Thought and Prayers for the Honorable Congressman John Dingell and his family, especially his wife- Congresswoman Debbie and his son, Judge Christopher Dingell!

Our community and country will always remember and honor, courage, commitment, and great services of John and his wonderful family!

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Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi’s words of prayer addressing over 30,000 people at Cheongshim Peace World Center During the 2019 International Interfaith Summit in Seoul, South Korea!

Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi’s words of prayer addressing over 30,000 people at Cheongshim Peace World Center During the 2019 International Interfaith Summit in Seoul, South Korea! Watch HERE!

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World Interfaith Summit Highlights!

Imam Elahi arrived back from Seoul, the capital of South Korea-

It was an amazing opportunity to meet with hundreds of religious, political and national leaders from all over the world and explain the position of Islam on the world’s political and religious turmoil and tensions.


In addition to addressing one of the main sessions of the summit, Imam Elahi spoke also during the final celebration of peace and interfaith unity which was held at Cheongshim Peace Stadium filled with an international gathering of over 30,000 people, with an Islamic prayer. A brief summary of Imam Elahi's Prayer follows...

"O Lord of light, love, glory and grace!

Thank You for the work of Universal Peace Federation, it’s great founders and moral models, and their dedicated disciples who continue this loving legacy with courage, compassion and commitment!

Thank You Lord for this 2019 Seoul Summit of solidarity and support for all populations of this planet who may suffer from insecurity, poverty, war, terrorism, persecution and oppression

O God You are the central source of might, mercy, wisdom, holiness and hope,

Please bless this inspiring assembly and it’s ambassadors of peace to serve Your Divine desires and vision for the passengers of this planet!

Help us to replace the culture of division with reunification not only in Korean Peninsula but every society that may suffer from tension and segregation!

Help us to be also ambassadors of love, respect, responsibility, righteousness, humbleness, forgiveness, understanding, unity and brotherhood and save our human civilization from the evil of hatred, racism, arrogance, warmongering, brutality and bloodshed!

O Compassionate and Caring Creator, help us to be one faithful and fulfilling family under Your Devine direction and destination!

Amin!"



Imam Elahi Addressed the Universal Peace Summit in South Korea!

More about the World Summit-


Over 800 religious, civil rights, political, interfaith and community leaders from all over the world gathered at Lotte World Hotel in Seoul with the invitation and organization of UPF(Universal Peace Federation).

Imam Elahi as one of the interfaith leaders addressed the assembly and spoke about the concept of peace in Islam.

Imam stated that peace is a beautiful name of God, He is central source of peace and only through reflecting, remembering and replying to His call we can make peace with ourselves, our fellow humans and the nature!

Imam Elahi talked about some of the main obstacles of peace in the world such as disconnection with the Lord, and acts of injustice, arrogance, dishonesty and irresponsibility in dealing with people and the planet!

Imam Elahi criticized some of the conference guests including former Vice President Dick Cheney and former House speaker Newt Gingrich for the path they suggested for the world peace. They suggested that to make peace, you must be more powerful and have a mightier military, the imam said the true peace is not coming by power but the true power is coming through peace, to be powerful doesn’t make you peaceful but to be peaceful makes you true powerful!



Military might makes you powerful but not necessarily great!

Imam Elahi called justice and truth two fundamental words of God and real foundations of peace!

Imam concluded by saying that peace won’t be achieved through the philosophy of might is right and ends justify the means! He criticized the president State of Union address for being silent about the suffering in Gaza, the war crimes in Yemen, the violation of human rights in Saudi Arabia and said its time to break the world silence about all these manifestations of oppression, pain, poverty and corruption if we desire universal peace and prosperity for all!


Imam Elahi appreciated the warm welcoming he received during and after his lecture and thanked the UPF for the opportunity!

View More photos of the World Summit, HERE!


While in Seoul and busy with an international interfaith summit, we attended the Friday prayer at the main mosque at the capital of South Korea!

The imam of the Mosque and the faithful had a friendly conversation with us after the prayer!


One thing that impressed me the most was the high number of Muslims attended the prayer in Seoul, though the mosque is big and it was full, hundreds of people joined the prayer and made lines outside the mosque in a cold weather of ten degrees! 



















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Universal Peace Federation World Summit in South Korea!

Universal Peace Federation World Summit in South Korea!

Rev. David Kasbo representitive of UPF visited IHW this afternoon, inviting Imam Elahi to speak in an important international interfaith Conference next week in Seoul the capital of South Korea!

Rev. David briefed the imam on the importance of this international assembly and mentioned that a highly selected group of delegates from around the world including religious leaders, civil society leaders and parliamentarians will meet to share their wisdom and collective experience to contribute to build a world of better understanding with peace, mutual respect and prosperity for all.

Imam Elahi thanked UPF leaders for the invitation and confirmed his participation!

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Imam Elahi's Quranic Reflection on Justice on MLK Interfaith Observation At Islamic Center of America!

Imam Elahi's Quranic Reflection on Justice on MLK Interfaith Observation At Islamic Center of America!

Imam Elahi honored Dr Martin Luther King as the greatest human rights hero in American history and expressed his happiness that Islamic Center hosted the celebration!

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Imam Elahi then talked about the importance of justice in Islamic theology and quoted George Jordak who called imam Ali the Voice of Human Justice!

He also quoted late Kofi Annan who considers imam Ali as the fairest Governor who appeared in human history!

That is why MLK is loved so much among the Muslim, he stood for human dignity and spoke for the voiceless and victims of injustice and oppression!

Imam Elahi then read and reflected on justice verses in the Quran!

The following words are simple translation of verses in the holy Quran!

God is just. God never wishes any injustice to anyone in the world. Oppression, corruption and crimes come from oppressive people not God!

Justice, generality and honoring the rights of the relatives are commandment from your Creator, they are orders not options!

We sent all the prophet with the weapon of wisdom to promote justice and equality among the people!

O community of faith, stand for justice all the times!

Be just in your talking

Be just in your writing

Be just in judging

Be just in peace negotiation between fighting forces

Be just even if justice hurts your friends and helps your enemies

The foundation of your Lord’s expression are summarized in two words, Truth and Justice!

Prophet Mohammad also spoke about justice when he said one hour of working on justice for humanity is more rewarding than 70 years of worshiping God.

He said an empire may survive with atheism but not with injustice!

Imam Elahi concluded that justice was not just main dream of MLK but the main dream of Moses, Jesus and Mohammad (pbut)

Since through justice a society can enjoy freedom, peace, prosperity, happiness, unity and establish the beloved community that Dr King was referring to!

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A Man of Faith, Dignity, Sincerity and Service Meeting His Lord! Honorable Hajj Hussein Hamood!

A Man of Faith, Dignity, Sincerity and Service Meeting His Lord! Honorable Hajj Hussein Hamood!

Shared by Imam Elahi - "I witnessed the last hour of his life in this world before departing to meet the Divine. He opened his sharp and delightful eyes to me and everyone present in his room at the Beaumont hospital last night during our words of prayer and grace, and said goodbye to us and to his beautiful, faithful, and loving family!

God Bless your soul ya hajj Hussein. You lived with dignity and died with dignity.

انا لله و انا اليه راجعون

HAJJ HUSSEIN ALLY HAMOOD - Beloved son of the Late Hajj Ally Bu Naim Hamood and the Late Hajjah Teffaha Fawaz Hamood. Beloved Husband to the Late Hajjah Zahra Fawaz Hamood. Beloved Father of the Late Ally, Mohamed, Richard, Norman, Teffaha, Fatima, Sally, Mona, and Suzanne. Beloved Brother of the Late Hajj Mohamed Ali, Hassan, the Late Fatima and Hajjah Jamiela.

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Congratulations to the Fradi and Makled Families!

Congratulations to the Fradi and Makled families!

In an atmosphere full of faith and friendship, imam Elahi performed a marriage covenant between Diana Fradi and Hassan Makled.

The imam reminded the groom and the bride to always remember the commitment comes out of “I Do” declaration. Marriage is a journey of joy, generosity, love, respect and sometimes sacrifice for the sake of strengthening this blessed union.

Imam Elahi also addressed the youth in audience, encouraged them to take the search for finding a right spouse very seriously and prepare themselves for forming a faithful and fulfilling family. 

Islamic House of Wisdom has established a marriage foundation to help the singles in that direction.

Congratulations to Diana and Hassan. We wish them a happy and healthy marriage relationship.

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December 18th"World Against Violence and Extremism"

December 18th "World Against Violence and Extremism"

In December 2013, The United Nations General Assembly approved a proposal which resulted in a call for all nations across the globe to denounce violence and extremism!

Despite of recent agreements, criminal war and violence against civilians continue in Yemen. While tens of millions of people are under both fire and famine, starving people to death is used as another weapon of mass destruction by Saudis, Emirates and their corrupt coalition.

Last week in a meeting of Imams Council, Imam Elahi suggested taking advantage of the anniversary of the World Against Violence to call for a protest against war in Yemen in front of Saudi embassy in Washington DC. Surprisingly one of the imams disliked my idea and said if we want to condemn the Saudi regime, we must also condemn the Syrian regime !!!

Imam Elahi was amazed to see while even the majority of the senators in the US Senate passed resolution against the war in Yemen and condemned the Saudi prince for the criminal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, there are people among Muslims and even imams who still unhappy of any criticism of those thieves of the Muslim umma. Those who abused the Holy Mecca and get trillions of dollars from both petrol and pilgrims and instead of using it in the path of peace and prosperity of their people, using it for more death, destruction and darkness in the world.

MBS used to be acronym for Mohammad Ben Salman, now is acronym for Mr. Bone Saw!!

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Marriage Course-A success!

Marriage Course- A Success!

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On December 2, 2018, the marriage foundation at the Islamic House of Wisdom held a very unique course on marriage and how to prepare for this long life commitment that one undertakes.

The main course objective was to prepare everyone with the specialized skills and knowledge required to succeed and have a smooth marriage that lasts forever.

This one day course consisted of four presentations by highly qualified lecturers.

The first presentation was an opening discussion held by Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi talking about the importance of marriage and how it is highly emphasized upon in our religion. Highlighting the messengers words “marriage is my tradition, whoever dislikes my tradition is not From Me”.

The second presentation was delivered by Dr. Imam Kazerooni on the criteria of an ideal spouse. The Imam touched bases upon some important characteristics one should take into consideration and what to refrain from when looking for an ideal compatible spouse.

Following, in the third session, Dr. Imam Kazerooni and Hajji Sabah Beydoun discussed the roles and responsibilities of each gender towards one another and merging of these roles with understanding, cooperation and devotion!

The last session was presented by Dr. Boshra Almoayed, MD, Board-Certified Psychiatrist under the topic “Discover yourself to know your partner”. Many of the problems that occur during married life are from issues that we have carried with us from childhood making a huge effect on how happy and content we are or not with our spouse.


The course concluded with question and answers, touching on matters that were discussed in the lectures and other marital issues.

This first unique marriage course was a great success and will be offered again in the coming months! We encourage all to please join us for more of our marriage courses that will go deeper into some topics that were discussed!

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Speaking with the US Senator Gary Peters About Saudi War Crimes in Yemen!

Speaking with the US Senator Gary Peters About Saudi War Crimes in Yemen!

Last Friday night, Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Islamic Association of Greater Detroit gave Imam Elahi an opportunity to talk with our Senator Gary Peters.

Imam Elahi expressed his concern and disappointment of the Muslim community about the century’s worst human tragedy in Yemen under the war crimes of the Saudi Royal Family and the stupid son of king Salman. Though the Khashoggi brutal murder would be a spanking disgrace on the face and history of Saudi messy monarchy and the MBS must be held accountable for it, but the criminal war in Yemen against the poor people who are dying out of starvation, disease and famine should not be ignored anymore!

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Senator Peters agreed that president Trump’s position on Khashoggi and Yemen and his nonstop support for the Saudi regime is sending an embarrassing message to the world.

It tremendously damages the image of America. It's telling the world that we don’t care about democracy, human rights, justice, truth and any other moral values but money, oil and politics. 

Senator Peters promised to keep supporting the recent Senate’s resolution on the Saudi regime and its war crimes and human rights violations.

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Thank You Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron the Leader of Michigan Catholic church For Visiting our Muslim Community and Islamic Institute Today!

Thank You Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron the Leader of Michigan Catholic Church For Visiting Our Muslim Community and Islamic Institute Today!

We appreciate decades of our respectful relationship, cooperation, bridge building and standing together for religious liberty, justice and fighting hate, fear mongering, ignorance and extremism.

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The speaker of Michigan House of Representatives, Tom Leonard Called Imam Elahi to the stage To open the House Session With Words of prayer. Imam Was hosted by Rep. Sylvia Santana of the District

The Speaker of Michigan House of Representatives, Tom Leonard Called Imam Elahi to the Stage To Open the House Session With Words of Prayer. Imam Was Hosted by Rep. Sylvia Santana of the 9th District

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December 5, 2018: Text of Imam Elahi's Opening invocation!

"Before starting my humble invocation, I would like to thank Mr. Speaker, members of this great House and in particular my host Rep. Santana for giving me this opportunity to share few words of prayer, asking the Highest Power of this Universe for guidance and grace!

In the Name of God, the Beneficent, The Merciful...O Lord of Glory, Love, Wisdom and Integrity!

Bless each member of this body with courage, commitment and compassion, so they help the people of our State to enjoy security, services, civil rights and equal opportunities in education, family progress, job and prosperity. 

We ask you Lord to assist this assembly to be always a place of dialogue, dedication, hope and harmony. 

Please help our representatives to continue their fight against all forms of poverty, prejudice, racial and religious discriminations. Save them from any harm, confusion and contradiction.

Direct our representatives with Your Divine Light so they can easily identify the state’s priorities and principles over any personal or political interest or orientation. 

Please let the light of Your Divine Wisdom enlighten their debates and direct their decisions, and Let their resolutions represent Your Devine wisdom and Your desire for peace, truth and justice.

Let our Michigan inspiring diversity be an example of moral excellence for our nation and let our beautiful country be a shining example of defending democracy, human dignity, and standing against any forces of tyranny, terror, corruption and murdering of the innocents nationally or international.

O Lord bless us to stay One Nation, One country under One Great and Glorious God Amin!"

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IHW Welcomed the members of Neighboring Cherry Hill Church Under the Leadership of Rev. Mark Philips For An Orientation and Dialogue About Islam!

IHW Welcomed the Members of Neighboring Cherry Hill Church Under the Leadership of Rev. Mark Philips For An Orientation and Dialogue About Islam!

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It was an enlightening 2:30 hours of Imam Elahi presentation and answering questions and comments.

The discussion focused on the Quranic views on the Islamic principles of Al-Tawhid (God’s Oneness) Al-Nobowa (the prophetic figures in the Quran) and Al-Qiyama (the Day of Resurrection).

The similarities on the mission of the prophets including calling for faith in One God, submission to His Will, the concept of worship, standing for peace, justice, piety, love, brotherhood and rejection of oppression, injustice, hate, hypocrisy, racism and ignorance!

Imam Elahi dedicated a big part of his presentation to the danger of extremism in Islam, Christianity, Judaism and other faith traditions and also warned about the spread of white nationalism and racism in our nation.

Discussing the danger of religious, political, moral and cultural corruption and its impacts on the gun violence and mass shootings across our nation and also war in Yemen, murder of Khashoggi, situation in Gaza was other parts of the world.

The Imam answered the questions on Islamophobia and emphasized on continuity of this kind of dialogues and the necessity of cooperation between Muslims and Christians against ignorance and the threat of extremism in any forms and styles.

Rev. Philips and the members of Presbyterian Church called the evening, an evening of wisdom at the House of Wisdom and thanked imam Elahi and the members of IHW interfaith committee for providing such an enlightening outreach!

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An Inspiring Night of Faith, Fellowship, Food and Conversation at HFC. New babies sponsored by Muslim families were honored during honored during last night dinner!
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An Inspiring Night of Faith, Fellowship,Food and Conversation at IHW. New babies sponsored by Muslim families were honored during last night dinner!

God bless you Dr. Kamal Khalid and ur wife for your vision, dedication and dignified deeds to serve pure causes of faith and humanity!

May God bless the members of ur team, beloved brothers like hajj Mohammad Abbas and his family and other families for participating in supporting the sponsorship of the kids from suffering families and nations and raising them with moral values and principles!

There is no words able to describe the blessings and beauties of your actions!

I wish we didn’t face the Trump bans and were able to extend our hands of help and healing to the Syrian,Yemenis and Gaza kids who are dying out of hunger, disease and bombardments!

You are good role models for our communities and our great country!

Best wishes!

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International Conference on overcoming Division, Building unity!

International Conference on Overcoming Division, Building unity!

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The role of faith, government and civil society leaders!

The House of Saud’s Holocaust in Yemen Must Stop Now! If the number of the Jews effected by the horror of Hitler 73 years ago in Germany was 6 million at max as said by some Jewish sources, the number of Yemenis effected by the Saudi pharaohic family’s genocide on these days is over 22 million people in Yemen!

Imam Elahi raised the Yemeni situation both in some of his remarks and also conversations with other religious and political leaders in the two days during an international interfaith conference in New York!

The sanctions must be applied on Ben Salman and other vicious and violent gangs of Saudi Royal Family and not on 80 million innocent population in Iran!

Mr. Trump! Please stop isolating America and eliminating American integrity and principles through your continues support for the dictators and specially the criminal kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its barbarian mercenaries in the Middle East!

They are the murderers of Jamal Khashoggi and hundreds of thousands of other innocent people in Yemen, Syria, Egypt, Bahrain, Iran,Afghanistan, Africa and America! Their Takfiri ideology is the birthplace of isis and other terrorist gangs in the world!

To turn a blind eye on the horror of that house is the most shameful and unpatriotic foreign policy ever imagined! America deserves better than this!

America should survive even without Saudi oil and money!

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Islamic House of Wisdom Community Dinner Inspired Unity and Outreach!Awarded Distinguished Local and National Leaders!

Islamic House of Wisdom Community Dinner Inspired Unity and Outreach!

Awarded Distinguished Local and National Leaders! 

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The Awardees of this dinner included Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, the ISNA President Dr. Sayyid Syeed, the President of IAGD Dr. Ghaus Malik and Rev. David Kasbow representative of World Peace Federation.

The Awardees addressed the assembly of almost 700 guests and spoke about community related issues. Mr. Osama Siblani, Dr. Talal Turfe, Dr. Mary Assel introduced the Awardees. Dr. Mohammad Ajjour welcomed the guests and Mr. Mahdi Elahi was the MC of the program. 

Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi highlighted some major local, national and international developments. Some words shared by Imam Elahi- 

"I am so honored and humbled to address such an assembly of peace, love, unity and brotherhood. We signed the code of honor between Muslims and Christians at IHW and Rev. David Kasbow was part of it and we celebrate it tonight!

Imam said this gathering reminds of the Rumi poetry when he said “The souls of dogs and wolves are separated but the souls of the loving lions of the Lord are united”. Imam Elahi spoke about certain spiritual and social diseases such as warmongering, violence, fear-mongering, lying, deception, dehumanization, hate, hypocrisy, racism, fascism, exclusion, extremism, intolerance, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, isis, al-Qaeda, Takfiris, fake alt-right groups and concluded that all these cancerous diseases caused by either ignorance or greed. 




Imam pointed out human tragedies in Yemen, Gaza, Syria, Bahrain and Afghanistan and said it’s more tragic to see these happen in God’s name and religion. Imam explained some Quranic verses that call for peace, justice, unity, love and brotherhood and said that actions of those criminals have nothing to do with Islam. 


Imam Elahi also talked about 47000 cases of gun violence in America this year, and attacks at schools, places of worship and other public places and warned about the danger of far-right groups and white supremacy and those who use God’s names to justify their extremism and animosity against others. They have nothing in common with the Jesus who said love your Lord and your neighbors as much as you love urself. The Jesus of hospitality and humbleness, Jesus who stood for the poor, the sick, the strangers, not the Jesus who separates the children from their parents! 

Yes America has been a Paradox all the time. Land of freedom and slavery, light and darkness, peace and war. Both Mark Harris an extremist preacher from North Carolina, And Rashid a courageous, Muslim woman from a Palestinian family and Ilhan Omar who is a person of color, refugee, from Somalia, Muslim, with complete hijab entered the Congress. 


This is the duty of our families, mosques, schools and the media to work together to save our kids from alcohol, drugs, depression, suicide, getting lost, getting involved in violence, stealing and crimes. 

This is what IHW is doing through education, teaching the true teachings of Prophet Mohammad, his righteous companions and his Ahlul-Bayt. Imam Elahi asked the community to support IHW's services in education, interfaith, outreach, school and also its marriage foundation.

Special thanks to all who participated and contributed to make this Dinner Event a Success!

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11/1/18: Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi welcoming words and statement during an interfaith press conference at the Islamic House of Wisdom!

Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi welcoming words and statement during an interfaith press conference at the Islamic House of Wisdom!

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November 1, 2018

Honoring the victims of hate, fear-mongering, war, violence and terror from Tree of Life Synagogue, murder in Jeffersontown, crime against journalist Khashoggi, massacre of innocents in Yemen, Syria, Gaza, Afghanistan and other suffering zones in the world.

Honorable religious and community leaders, honorable guests, salaam, shalom, peace and good afternoon.

Welcome to this press conference of condolences, sympathy and solidarity with the families of victims of hatred, war, violence, terrorism and oppression.

Our heartfelt condolences to the families and the congregation of Tree of Life Synagogue. As a Muslim community, we are with you and we feel your pain. We ask the Lord to bless with strength to cope with your loss.

After this terrible tragedy, we, in the Muslim community, express our support for our brothers and sisters in the Jewish faith with our voices, blood donation, money, time and mosque resources.

We may disagree over politics, but the Muslim community has always respected Judaism as an Abrahamic tradition whose prophet Moses (pbuh) is honored in the Quran 136 times and the true teachings of the Torah and the values of Jewish faith.

Based on the Quran, protection of places of worship such as synagogues, churches, temples and mosques is a religious duty of every Muslim. One way to save our spiritual, educational and other public places from violence is to restrict weapons of mass murdering anywhere on the streets of America. At the same time, we must continue to stand up and speak out against hate, fear-mongering and gun violence.


The way to  make America great again is to honor its Constitution, its Declaration of Independence, its democracy, its religious liberty, its diversity and pluralism instead of creating division, harassing immigrants, inciting anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and sending bombs to media and people you disagree with.

To achieve these goals, we need a new vision in our political leadership. People blessed with the gift of courage, conscience, compassion, commitment standing for truth, justice, unity, love, integrity and American values. I hope this Tuesday's Midterm election sends a stern moral and mighty message. 


As we mourn with the families of victims of this horrible tragedy at the Tree of Life synagogue, let’s not forget other victims of hate, racism and oppression. From the murder of African-Americans in Jeffersontown to the unspeakable and unbelievable murder, dismembering and destroying the body of an unarmed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi royal family, followed with everyday lies, propaganda and dishonesty of the corrupt kingdoms of Arabia.

As people of faith and followers of the Abrahamic traditions, we must stand against injustice, hate and hypocrisy. From the war crimes in Yemen, to the death and injury of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, to the criminal terrorism of the Taliban in Afghanistan, ISIS in Iraq, Syria and Libya, to the brutality and dictatorship in Bahrain.


Martin Luther King spoke for all of us when he said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” Thank you for your presence and patience!

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10/26/18: Some Words of Prayers, Presented to the Assembly of ACRL at Dearborn Art Center on Thursday October 11th!

Some Words of Prayers, Presented to the Assembly of ACRL at Dearborn Art Center on Thursday October 11th!

Imam Elahi was so impressed with the dynamic diversity of ACRL (Arab American Civil Rights League) assembly at Dearborn Art Center!

Thanking Chairman Nasser Beydoun and the entire ACRL leadership and volunteers for their honorable, inspiring, courageous outreach and advocacy!

These are some words of prayer by Imam Elahi -

In The Name of God, the Compassionate the Merciful

O Lord of Life, Light and Love!

Thank you for encouraging us to be here this evening to speak about the weak, the voiceless, the victims of racial or religious bigotry, hatred and marginalization!

Thank you for inspiring the leadership and members of ACRL to choose the path of protecting our community and our nation’s civil and Constitutional rights and responsibilities.

O God You mentioned in Your final Scripture, sent to Your last Abrahamic messenger Mohammad that Truth and Justice are the foundations of Your Heavenly expressions.

Your messenger also told us that any empire may survive with atheism but not injustice.

Strengthen us O Lord with courage, commitment and capability so we call, combat, serve and sacrifice for truth and justice.

Let the shining light of justice end the darkness of evil, ignorance, extremism, arrogance, stubbornness, greed and carelessness.

O Lord as our nation is getting sick of the poison of current political polarization, guide us all on the election day of November nine, through Your universal ways of wisdom, vision, mercy and grace, so we identify those public servants who may stand not only for our material interests but also the integrity, moral values and principles of our community and country. The Leaders willing to remove the walls of violence and disunity and build bridges of understanding and brotherhood.

As we honor that 16 year old Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi, we ask You Lord to help Israeli rulers to learn from the experience of last 70 years that occupation, oppression, injustice, torture, bloodshed may bring more pain but not more peace! Please help them understand that this is not about a problem between Islam and Judaism but justice and injustice. 

O Lord let the murderers of Jamal Khashoggi who have been beheading and bombing Your innocent people for so many years to learn that their money can’t buy them eternal time, certainly the cries of the oppressed and tears of their broken families will bring them soon to the courts of justice both in this world and hereafter.

Our final prayers for the victims of today’s tragic Hurricane in Florida, the most disastrous flood ever in that area. May God save their lives and empower them with the hope for returning home soon and start healing and reconstruction of their cities and towns. Ameen.

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