Our Mission and Vision
 

The Omar Center for Awareness and Understanding is inspired from the famous saying of the Caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab who said "When have you enslaved the people who their mothers have bore them as free men?" In this famous story Omar empowered a young man who suffered injustice at the hands of the son of the governor and with the silence of his father the governor. Omar regained this young man's rights and dignity to set an example of justice, for which he was known as Al-Farooq (meaning the one who distinguishes right from wrong).  

It was Omar's justice that became the model for the United Nations Universal Declaration for Human Rights that declared all men are born free. 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Summary)

Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. 

Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. 

Article 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7. All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. 

Article 8. Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10. Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
 
The Omar Center

Similarly the Omar Center is focused on the anguish of those suffering from injustice to help their cause and make others aware of their agony in order to ease their pain and foster better understanding among humanity. 

Struggling against injustice means to honor, defend, and assist those victims of poverty, oppression, prejudice, and discrimination. The Omar Center seeks to honor those values by providing charitable, religious, educational, and other related services and activities to various communities. Some of these services and activities include providing food, clothing and other charitable items to the needy and/or disadvantaged communities, as well as educational programs and religious services and activities to promote awareness and understanding.