09/03/2005
Local Muslim agency helps in relief effort
Nick G. Maheras , ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
JAMESTOWN - Badi Ali learned Tuesday that Hurricane Katrina obliterated the New Orleans offices and storage facilities of the Muslim relief agency he heads.
The Jamestown resident is president of the Gulf Medical Relief Fund and imam of the Islamic Center of the Triad, one of Greensboro's largest mosques.Advertisement
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The relief agency workers were evacuated before Katrina slammed into New Orleans on Sunday, Ali said, but he didn't expect the devastation to be so complete.
"It was close to the worst-hit area," he said. "It's probably millions of dollars lost in real estate, storage area, equipment and supplies."
The nonprofit agency was established after the Persian Gulf War to provide medical relief and food to that area of the Middle East, but Ali said with Katrina's onslaught, the organization is turning its attention to the devastated Gulf of Mexico region.
He said the group is partnering with the Islamic Center of the Triad to bring some of the refugees from Katrina to the Triad "so we can provide them with their necessities," such as food and housing. Those who want to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina through a Muslim relief agency can contact Badi Ali at (336) 988-0818, or write to: Gulf Medical Relief Fund, P.O. Box 10402, Greensboro, NC 27404.
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