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California Sermon by Imam Hamayun Baksh: The Quran Is the 'Best Gift' We Can Give America – We Will 'Flood the Streets of America with the Quran'; California Has the Most Converts to Islam, and Its Pr
Imam Hamayun Baksh, affiliated with the Al‑Furqaan Foundation, said in a Friday sermon on July 11, 2025, at the Muslim Community of Folsom that the State of California has the largest number of inmates in its prison system and that this is the biggest recipient of Quran distributions in the state. He said that the chaplains call the Al-Furqaan Foundation saying they need more copies of the Quran. Baksh added that California is the state with the most 'reverts,' meaning converts to Islam.
Baksh also declared: 'We're going to flood the streets of America with the Quran. Let America read the Quran. This is the best gift we can give to them.'
According to a 2022 report, in 2016 the Foundation's Qur'an distribution arm, the Al‑Furqaan Project, received a $1.6 million donation from the RAF Foundation, which is reportedly linked to Qatar's ruling family.
For more about Imam Baksh, see MEMRI Clip No. 12025.
