City of Residence:
Plymouth, MN
Occupation:
M.D. (Cardiologist)
Excerpt:
“I am currently the director of the Al-Shifa Clinic which is a philanthropic clinic that we run at the Islamic Center of Minnesota every Sundays. The project has been existent for almost fourteen years now. The Anoka County Social Services, a couple of churches, a Hindu temple, they basically advocate and advertise our services. We basically provide consultative service. There are people who are uninsured, underinsured, have high deductible insurance co-pays. They basically come in and, with their ailments that we basically try and see if we can take care of and consult on and prescribe.
I think what defines a person to the great extent is the code of conduct, their morals, their ethics, and the way they interact with their fellow human beings. And that is most important for me and my wife to instill those kinds of values for our kids.
I think as an individual I feel very strongly about what you owe to your family, to your kids, work, society, your fellow workers, your fellow society members, and your fellow Minnesotans. I think that little piece and little part of you that you feel that that should be dedicated to all these aspects in your life. And I feel very strongly about being involved, you know, I’m only around here for once. Gotta make an impact here.
I believe that that’s so important that we do that. And that is the idea behind a lot of us in the community, in the Muslim community; we want to give back in whatever way or form we can. Whether it be volunteering in Haiti, and we had a team of Muslim physicians that did that, whether it be collecting, you know, pennies for a cause or volunteering in the March of Dimes, volunteering with the special needs children, whether it be volunteering in soup kitchen, food shelves, whatever it takes, whatever it takes. I think it’s important that we live by our faith and helping fellow Minnesotans, helping fellow human beings. That’s basically what living by our values and faith is.”
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