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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Light of Reform Mosque

http://daayieesplaceofinnerpeace.com/MPV-WASHINGTON__DC_2.html

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Thank you for sharing. I'm really heartened to see initiatives & people like this from within the Muslim community. Imam Daayiee sounds awesome![/quote]

Imam Daayiee is one of the few Imams who will perform Nikah for interfaith (Muslim wife/non-Muslim husband), and also same sex Nikahs![/quote]

FEE SCALE

TELEPHONE              VIDEO                   OFFICE
                                CONFERENCE     CONFERENCING      APPOINTMENT

COUNSELING
    Individual               $150/hr                 $150/hr                 $250/hr
    Couples                  $200/hr                 $200/hr                 $350/hr
    Families                  $300/hr                 $300/hr                 $500/hr

MARRIAGE
  CEREMONY                $750                       $750                 $1000*-2500+

LECTURES                 $750                        $750                 $1500*-2500+

Why are they charging so much for these services?? 
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Is that really atypical? Seems pretty standard to me.

One thing to keep in mind, is that Islam and mosques don't really do "memberships" or some kind of tithing to a mosque. Zakat and giving to charity is required, but Islamic institutions are really very loosely organized and there's not a formal relationship between leadership/parishioner, or monetary tithing to religious leadership/organization. I would probably bet that those rates are also posted averages, and not permanently fixed for all or varying needs. [/quote]

From my experience yes,  they are pretty steep, and this very atypical, usually mosques are there to help the community and any money raised is money that members willingly give as charity when they come to the mosque so they can provide members with services at extremely low prices or free. I got married at the Islamic Center in DC and had various counseling sessions there and they never charge a fee for any of those services. I don't see them as a business. How could low income families, people ever be able to afford these fees?[/quote]

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