Wearing homemade tie-dye tees and a rainbow of hijabs, the members of Girl Scout Troop 4162 decorate flower pots for Earth Day.

Zoya Hafeez, 11, paints the Pokemon logo on hers. Charizard is her fave. Ten-year-old Syeda Khadijah grabs a Girl Scout-green marker and etches out “Go Green.”

In the midst of their meeting, the sun sets. A call for prayer rings like a beautiful song on the intercom in the basement of the Islamic Center of Johnson County. The girls kick off their sneakers, covered in sparkles and pastel colors, and line up to pray for a few minutes.

As they bow and kneel, they pray for good grades and their families.

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