When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…
Questions answered by the scholars, translated into English, sometimes with additional commentary on the topic by Moosaa Richardson.
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Fatwaas from the Scholars of Islaam

Shaykh Saalilh al-Fowzaan (may Allaah preserve him) is asked about what some people say: that checking your children's phones and computers is a kind of impermissible spying. Moosaa Richardson translates this important answer and reminder. Translated and published: 1439.04.20.โดย al-Masjid al-Awwal (1MM)
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Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan (may Allaah preserve and protect him) is asked about how a father should combine between his duty of going to congregational prayer and his duty of waking up his children to go with him. Translated by Moosaa Richardson from the Noorun 'alad-Darb radio broadcast from Saudi Arabia, dated 1437.05.19.…
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Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan (may Allaah preserve and protect him) is asked about the ruling on combining 'Asr Prayer with Jumu'ah when traveling. Translated by Moosaa Richardson from the Noorun 'alad-Darb radio broadcast from Saudi Arabia, dated 1437.05.19.โดย al-Masjid al-Awwal (1MM)
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Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan (may Allaah preserve and protect him) is asked about the ruling on paying zakaat from personal jewelry. Translated by Moosaa Richardson from the Noorun 'alad-Darb radio broadcast from Saudi Arabia, dated 1437.05.19.โดย al-Masjid al-Awwal (1MM)
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Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan (may Allaah preserve and protect him) is asked about the ruling on praying behind someone who is making up rak'ahs after arriving later for congregational prayer. Translated by Moosaa Richardson from the Noorun 'alad-Darb radio broadcast from Saudi Arabia, dated 1437.05.19.โดย al-Masjid al-Awwal (1MM)
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Moosaa Richardson translates a fatwaa from Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have Mercy on him) about fasting on the 30th of Sha'baan (the day before Ramdhaan) when it is overcast. Some people think we should play it safe and fast on this day, just in case the crescent is hidden from our view. Learn what is correct from the late Muftee (may…
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