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16z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1b77a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e1b77a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a442051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a442051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the Turkish-American Religious Foundation (TARF)?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9c2e6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b9c2e6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Its purpose is to serve our nation and all Muslims, especially the Turkish-American community in the United States, and to meet their religious, social, cultural, and educational needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bd20c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72bd20c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>TARF,<\/strong> Dated 1986 <em>Internal Revenue Code<\/em>TARF operates under Article 501(c)(3) of the . Within this framework, TARF operates entirely on a charitable and service-oriented basis. Its primary goal is to provide religious services through mosques and Islamic centers, meet the spiritual needs of society, and provide educational opportunities that will pass on its values to future generations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b0168 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6b0168\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b70a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5b70a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Fields of Activity<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c1e31c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c1e31c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee8c07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee8c07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"font-family: 'Philosopher', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6;\"><li>Mosques and Islamic Centers:<br \/>It builds, maintains, and provides religious services at mosques throughout the United States.<\/li><li>Religious and Educational Services:<br \/>It aims to introduce Islam to both Muslims and members of different faiths by organizing Quran courses, Islamic lessons and various educational programs.<\/li><li>Social Solidarity:<br \/>It strengthens unity and solidarity within society by organizing social and cultural events, conferences, seminars and panels.<\/li><li>Support for Students:<br \/>Provides scholarships and financial support to Muslim students who want to pursue higher education.<\/li><li>Intercultural Relations:<br \/>It contributes to the development of friendly relations between Muslim communities and other faith groups.<\/li><li>Charitable Activities:<br \/>It carries out aid campaigns and solidarity programs for those in need.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d7a50 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a3d7a50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4524c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce4524c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>TARF,<\/strong> With all these activities, it aims to strengthen the presence of both the Turkish-American community and Muslims in the broader sense in America, to build bridges between generations, and to carry the values of society into the future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gelenekten Gelece\u011fe\u2026 namaz vakitleri T\u00fcrk-Amerikan Dini Vakf\u0131 (TARF) nedir? Turkish-American Religious Foundation (TARF), 18 Ekim 2001\u2019de New York eyaletinde kurulmu\u015f, k\u00e2r amac\u0131 g\u00fctmeyen bir dini ve hay\u0131r kurumudur. Amac\u0131, Amerika Birle\u015fik Devletleri\u2019ndeki T\u00fcrk-Amerikan toplumu ba\u015fta olmak \u00fczere millet varl\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131za ve t\u00fcm M\u00fcsl\u00fcmanlara hizmet etmek, onlar\u0131n dini, sosyal, k\u00fclt\u00fcrel ve e\u011fitsel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2582","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4281,"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2582\/revisions\/4281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarfus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}