Mohammed Khaku was born and raised in Kenya and in 1972, travelled to the UK for further studies. He subsequently moved to the USA in 1980, and began public service with the Allentown Muslim Community in 1985. In addition to serving as a Program Organizer, Secretary, Assistant Treasurer and Vice President, in 1996, Mohammed became the President of the SIJPA and embarked on building the Al-Ahad Islamic center. In this time, he has also been politically active in local election races and Interfaith dialogue serving on the board of Lehigh Valley Justice Institute, Vice chair of Lehigh Valley ACLU, Lehigh Conference of Churches, Interfaith Action committee, End Mass Incarceration, and Imamia Medics International. He is also a pioneer in the area of tackling the cause of social justice through freelance writing in the local newspapers. Mohammed Khaku is married with two boys and two girls.
Al– Quds Day The last Friday of Ramadan (Friday May 7th) is marked around the world as Yaum al Quds. These commemorations began some forty-two years ago shortly after the
