Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman (JIAR) is a non‐profit 501 (c) (3) religious institution with two mosques serving the Muslim community of Durham and neighboring areas in North Carolina for about 40 years. It became a nonprofit organization with the following major purposes: 1) to engage in the religious practices and beliefs of the Islamic faith through moral, educational, cultural and economic development of all members; 2) to provide an organization which will promote and support the Islamic Faith; 3) to engage in any type of business to enhance the economic status of the corporation for lawful and religious employment.