University Muslim Medical Assn.: Community has been the focus for this South Los Angeles health center – Los Angeles Times

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University Muslim Medical Assn.: Community has been the focus for this South Los Angeles health center – Los Angeles Times.

The open bar offered nothing more potent than lemonade. The dinner program included a break for evening prayers. The entertainment was a Farsi rendition of a Sufi prayer by Persian singer Sussan Deyhim. 

But the fundraiser for UMMA Community Clinic at Riviera Country Club this spring was no more a Muslim event than UMMA is a Muslim health center.

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