Abuhena Saifulislam, First Muslim Chaplain in US Marine Corps

Abuhena Saifulislam, First Muslim Chaplain in US Marine Corps

From Wikipedia: Commander Abuhena Saifulislam is a Bangladeshi-American who is the first Muslim Naval Officer appointed as an imam chaplain serving with units in the Marine Corps. After obtaining citizenship, Saiful launched his drive to become an imam in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, which provides chaplains to the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Saiful attended a course for chaplains serving with the Marine Corps, organized jointly by the Defense Department and the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Leesburg, Virginia. He studied for two years to complete the course. In 1998, he took the opportunity of the process of recruiting Navy chaplains and was commissioned in the same rank in 1999. After commissioning, the Navy assigned him to the United States Marine Corps as the first Muslim chaplain to serve with the United States Marine Corps. In this position his main task is to teach about Islam so that an understanding of the religion is built up across the US military. On his appointment as a Muslim chaplain, Saiful said, "When I found out that they were looking for Muslim chaplains, I wanted to become one. I was already involved in religious activities inside the Pentagon (Defense Department headquarters), establishing Friday services and other such things. In the Navy his rank is Commander and he is known as Chaplain Saif.

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