
On Thursday, November 17, 2016, representatives from Hayward’s five mosques met with Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday and David Korth, Assistant to Hayward City Manager Kelly McAdoo. The meeting was an important step to cement a positive working relationship between city and religious leaders, inform city officials about the services provided by the five mosques, and to assuage post-election jitters.
From left, Imam Mahdi Wahedi (Fatimiyya Islamic Center), Ibrahim Khan (Alameda Muslim League), Hakeem Abdullah (Mosque of Muhajireen), Barbara Halliday (City of Hayward, Mayor), Sameena Usman (CAIR-SFBA), David Korth (City of Hayward, City Manager’s Office), Qari Safiullah Samady (Mosque of Muhajireen), and Munir Safi (Mosques representative to the Eden Area Interfaith Council and representing the Gading Mosque and Masjid Abu Bakr Al-Sideeq).
From left, Imam Mahdi Wahedi (Fatimiyya Islamic Center), Ibrahim Khan (Alameda Muslim League), Hakeem Abdullah (Mosque of Muhajireen), Barbara Halliday (City of Hayward, Mayor), Sameena Usman (CAIR-SFBA), David Korth (City of Hayward, City Manager’s Office), Qari Safiullah Samady (Mosque of Muhajireen), and Munir Safi (Mosques representative to the Eden Area Interfaith Council and representing the Gading Mosque and Masjid Abu Bakr Al-Sideeq).