Johari Abdul-Malik is the former Chair of the Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations, the former head of the National Association of Muslim Chaplains in Higher Education, President of the Muslim Society of Washington, Inc.
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Johari Abdul-Malik's mother is from northern Louisiana, and his father is from Barbados.
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Johari Abdul-Malik completed his clinical post-graduate training program in Bioethics at the Georgetown University Kennedy Center for Ethics, completing his Ph.
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In November 1998, Johari Abdul-Malik was named chaplain of Howard University.
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Johari Abdul-Malik served as the first officially recognized Muslim chaplain in higher education in the United States.
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Johari Abdul-Malik resigned at the end of the spring 2004 semester.
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Johari Abdul-Malik spoke as a panelist at the American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice's March 8,2002 press conference, criticizing Israel's policy towards Palestine.
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Johari Abdul-Malik publicly denounced a series of US government raids of various northern Virginia Muslims' homes and offices in March 2002 that were launched in part to find evidence against Palestinian civil rights activist Sami Al-Arian.
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In June 2002, Johari Abdul-Malik joined the Dar al-Hijrah mosque as its Director of Outreach, and spokesman.
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Johari Abdul-Malik denied claims that Dar al-Hijrah is a center of Islamic fundamentalism.
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In January 2008, Johari Abdul-Malik was trying to establish a nationwide movement of Muslim men to lobby for the new interpretation of Chapter 4, Verse 34 of the Koran.
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In November 2009, Johari Abdul-Malik responded to former Dar al-Hijrah Imam Anwar al-Awlaki's support of the Fort Hood shooter by saying:.
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Johari Abdul-Malik went on to say that of those who worshiped at the mosque,.
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Former colleague Johari Abdul-Malik said in May 2010 that al-Awlaki "is a terrorist, in my book".