{"id":9888,"date":"2024-04-05T09:36:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2024-04-05T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:36:34","slug":"cultural-exchange-with-the-islamic-center-of-central-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2024\/04\/05\/cultural-exchange-with-the-islamic-center-of-central-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural exchange with the Islamic Center of Central Missouri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Iftar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Iftar-300x196.png\" alt=\"Dr. Semi Necibi serving guests at the iftar dinner.\" class=\"wp-image-9889\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Iftar-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Iftar-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Iftar-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/Iftar.png 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Necibi serving guests at the iftar dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pleased to join members of the Islamic Center of Central Missouri (ICCM) for an iftar meal, marking the end of the daily fast during Ramadan. I was the guest of Dr. Semi Necibi, the ICCM Shura Council Chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/ICCM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/ICCM-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"The Islamic Center of Central Missouri at dusk.\" class=\"wp-image-9890\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/ICCM-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/ICCM-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/ICCM.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICCM was established in 1983 and is a place of worship, cultural exchange and education for our community. I enjoyed this opportunity to share a meal and learn more about their traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to thank Dr. Necibi and the ICCM for the invitation and for their service to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was pleased to join members of the Islamic Center of Central Missouri (ICCM) for an iftar meal, marking the end of the daily fast during Ramadan. I was the guest of Dr. Semi Necibi, the ICCM Shura Council Chairman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}