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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Salaams, inshallah, thank you for the invite see everyone on Sunday, inshallah. </p><p class=MsoNormal>Salaam wa-nor sister Heather </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nfb-muslims@nfbnet.org">Islam By Touch via NFB-Muslims</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, January 20, 2023 2:06 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:nfb-muslims@nfbnet.org">nfb-muslims@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:islambytouch@gmail.com">Islam By Touch</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[NFB-Muslims] Islam By Touch's Islamic Q and A and General Discussion With Shaikh Shpendim Nadzaku</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Assalamu alaikum all,</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please join us this Sunday January 22 at 12 PM CST for an Islamic Q and A session with Shaikh Shpendim Nadzaku. The zoom information will be below along with a brief bio of Shaikh Shpendim. Hope to see you all there inshaAllah.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Islam By Touch is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.<br><br>Topic: Islam By Touch's Islamic Q and A and General Discussion with Shaikh Shpendim Nadzaku<br>Time: Jan 22, 2023 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)<br><br>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89570336608?pwd=cnR1cFdINWdLSWowS1Z4MExOY2M2Zz09">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89570336608?pwd=cnR1cFdINWdLSWowS1Z4MExOY2M2Zz09</a><br><br>Meeting ID: 895 7033 6608<br>Passcode: 710492<br>One tap mobile<br>+13462487799,,89570336608#,,,,*710492# US (Houston)<br>+16694449171,,89570336608#,,,,*710492# US<br><br>Dial by your location<br> +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<br> +1 669 444 9171 US<br> +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)<br> +1 719 359 4580 US<br> +1 253 205 0468 US<br> +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)<br> +1 507 473 4847 US<br> +1 564 217 2000 US<br> +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)<br> +1 646 931 3860 US<br> +1 689 278 1000 US<br> +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)<br> +1 305 224 1968 US<br> +1 309 205 3325 US<br> +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<br> +1 360 209 5623 US<br> +1 386 347 5053 US<br>Meeting ID: 895 7033 6608<br>Passcode: 710492<br>Find your local number: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kgUFLI5Ca">https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kgUFLI5Ca</a></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>BIO OF SHAIKH SHPANDIM NADZAKU<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>I am Imam Shpendim Nadzaku. I was raised in America from the age of 1 in the Garden State, New Jersey. I was born to immigrant parents, originating from Macedonia. Growing up in an Albanian family, I was not raised with religion. It wasn’t until I joined an MSA that I began researching and learning about Islam. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18px'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>After years of personal study, I had the opportunity to study at the Islamic University of Al-Medinah (IUM). I was blessed to graduate from the College of Shariah (Islamic Jurisprudence) and moved to Illinois shortly after. For ten years I served as the Imam and Religious Director at the Muslim Association of Greater Rockford (MAGR) in Rockford, IL. During that period I developed amazing relationships with the Muslim and communities of other faiths. I partook in the Rockford Interfaith Council, taught college and high school classes on Islam, as well as graduated with my MBA from Rockford University.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18px'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Allah’s decree has brought my family and I to Texas where I served as the Resident Scholar and Imam at the Islamic Association of North Texas (IANT) from 2014-2022. It has been an exciting challenge interacting with a larger, more diverse community. I am hopeful, and eager to see what Allah </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Geeza Pro",serif;color:black'>سبحانه</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Geeza Pro",serif;color:black'>و</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Geeza Pro",serif;color:black'>تعالى</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> does in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- </p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nadir Thabatah</p><div><p class=MsoNormal>CoFounder and President</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Islam By Touch</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>973-767-7745</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.islambytouch.com">www.islambytouch.com</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>