Fort Worth Islamic nonprofit, mosque aim to build interfaith bridges during Ramadan

Fort Worth Islamic nonprofit, mosque aim to build interfaith bridges during Ramadan

Rakan El Hamad, a structural engineer by profession, spends a majority of his days building bridges. As a Muslim and board director for a Fort Worth Islamic nonprofit, El Hamad asked city leaders and residents to help him build a different kind of bridge — one focused on interfaith relationships. Leaders of the Al-Hedayah Academy, a mosque and community center in east Fort Worth, invited dozens of city and county officials, neighboring residents…

The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has put in place various measures and procedures to ensure the comfort of worshipers and retreats during the month of Ramadan. It has urged all its field teams to create all sites to enable worshipers to perform their prayers and worship easily. It has also urged imams and muezzins not to be absent, in addition to adherence to the rules of Itikaaf and the establishment of mosques in the last te…