Source: theneworleansadvocate.com
Advocate Photo by EVA JACOB BARKOFF — Dedication ceremonies for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center in Kenner were held Nov. 16. Elected officials and dignitaries cut the ribbon to officially open the center. From left are Mobashir Ahmed, New Orleans chapter president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Kenner Councilwoman Maria Defrancesch; Kenner Councilman Keith Reynaud; Sen. David Vitter; Iman Naseem Mahdi, national vice president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni; former Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jimmy Fitzmorris; Jefferson Parish President John Young; and Amjad Mahmood Khan, national director of public affairs for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
High above the entrance to the new Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center are the words “Darul Aman.”
“Translated, it means house of peace,” said Mobashir Ahmed, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Greater New Orleans. “This center is what we are about, it is what our community is about and that is peace, harmony, goodwill and brotherhood.”
More than 200 members of local and national Muslim communities along with several local, state and federal dignitaries attended a special dedication ceremony Nov. 16 of the new community center, 2113 38th St., Kenner… continue reading at theneworleansadvocate.com
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