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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dr. Maher Hathout, a prominent interfaith Muslim leader, will be remembered Saturday at a memorial service on the steps of City Hall in Los Angeles.
Civic and religious leaders are expected to remember Hathout, who died earlier this month at age 79.
A practicing cardiologist, Hathout was widely credited with ushering in an era of civic engagement for Muslim Americans when he co-founded the Muslim Public Affairs Council in 1988.
The council has urged attendees of the memorial to wear white in Hathout's honor.
During his four decades in Los Angeles, Hathout worked to build interfaith bridges and counted prominent Christian, Jewish and other leaders as his close friends.
He is survived by his wife, two children and four grandchildren.
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LOS ANGELES – Dr. Maher Hathout (ha-TOOT'), a prominent interfaith leader hailed as the father of the American Muslim identity, has died at age 79.
Salam al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council that Hathout co-founded, says Hathout died Friday after a yearlong battle with liver cancer.
Hathout was widely credited with ushering in an era of civic engagement for Muslim Americans when he co-founded MPAC in 1988. It gave them a unique sense of identity as they weathered the backlash from the 9/11 attacks.
He also worked tirelessly over four decades in Los Angeles to build bridges with other faiths, and he was close friends with prominent Christian, Jewish and other leaders.
Hathout was buried Monday and will be honored by the city of Los Angeles on Saturday.
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