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Member card for the World Community of Islam in the West issued to Ahmad Kausar

circa 1978

Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This ID card belonging to Ahmad Kausar was issued by the World Community of Islam in the West. The card includes a photograph of Kausar in the upper left quadrant. Kausar gazes into the camera and is in front of a red background. He wears a wide collared white shirt and has a goatee. Below the photograph is Kausar's signature on the signature line that reads "Ahmad Kausar/ SIGNATURE." On the right side of the card is text providing the card information for Kausar's mosque, the issuer of the card, and the expiration date that reads "IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE COMPASSIONATE/ NAME Ahmed Kausar/ IS A REGISTERED MEMBER OF/ THE WORLD COMMUNITY OF ISLAM/IN THE WEST/ MOSQUE I.D. NO/ M281-950-F602/ SOCIAL SECURITY NO./EXPIRATION DATE/5-6-78." At the top of the right side above the printed text is Arabic script.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: 2015.131.2

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