Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52079-2001Dec16.html
On December 17, 2001, The Washington Post featured the article "Celebrating Faith, Teaching Charity" about a local family's observance of the final days of Ramadan. The article noted that the Adil family was amongst the thousands who gathered for Eid prayers at the Capital Expo Center in Chantilly. The article continued, "The family spent the last 10 days of Ramadan -- Itkaf -- at Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, where they worship and Adil helps run women's and children's programs. ... Itkaf commemorates the time during which the opening verses of the Koran were revealed to the prophet Muhammad, it is said. Members of the Adil family spent it at the mosque last Ramadan but had not expected to interrupt their lives so completely again this year. Sept. 11 changed that. 'It's very important for them to learn Islam as it truly is ... Here, they're seeing it day and night, how Muslims are really doing it. Are they talking hate? Hate Christians, hate whites? No. When people teach hatred, obviously they're not following true Islam.'"