Effective July 2026 · Version 2026-07-v1

Ṣifah is a small, volunteer-run religious and educational organization. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how long we keep it, and the strict limits on what we can promise. It applies to sifah.org, the Parent–Teacher Portal, our forms, our email, and our programs. Please read section 4 (children), section 9 (photographs) and sections 14 to 16 (security, disclaimers and liability) carefully.

1. Who We Are and What This Policy Covers

In this Policy, “Ṣifah,” “we,” “us,” and “our” mean Ṣifah — School of Islamic Foundations & Advocacy for Humanity, together with its masjid, its weekend Islamic school, and its directors, officers, teachers, volunteers, agents and representatives. “You” means any person who visits our website, uses the Parent–Teacher Portal, submits a form, subscribes to our email, donates, enrolls a child, or attends a program.

This Policy covers the website at sifah.org and any subdomain or subpage of it, the Parent–Teacher Portal, the parent orientation material, our enrollment and registration forms, our email communications, and personal information we receive in the course of running our programs. It does not cover any third-party website, application or platform, even where we link to it.

2. Our Position as a Small Volunteer Organization

We are not a commercial enterprise. We have no paid privacy department, no dedicated security staff, and no advertising business. Our systems are operated by volunteers using ordinary, widely used commercial services. We handle information conservatively and collect as little as we can, but you should understand and accept that our resources are limited and that we cannot offer the guarantees a large institution might offer. If that limitation is not acceptable to you, please do not use the website, the Portal, or our programs.

3. Information We Collect

Information you give us directly. This includes a parent or guardian’s name, email address, telephone number and mailing address; a student’s name, date of birth, sex, grade, class placement and prior Qur’an background; emergency contact details; custody or pick-up authorization details you choose to provide; allergy, medical or accommodation information you choose to provide; the content of messages you send to teachers or to the office; enrollment and consent selections; volunteer or teacher applications; and any information you type into a form on our site.

Information created by using our programs. This includes attendance records, weekly and monthly scores in the categories the school publishes, homework and memorization records, quiz answers and results, teacher observations and written notes about a student’s progress and conduct, messages exchanged in the Portal, and records of which scorecards or lesson emails were sent and when.

Information collected automatically. Like nearly every website, our hosting and content-delivery providers automatically record technical data such as IP address, browser type and version, device and operating system, referring page, pages viewed, and the date and time of a request. We use this only for security, abuse prevention, and to keep the site working.

Information from others. We may receive information about you from another parent or guardian on the same family record, from a teacher or volunteer, or from a service provider acting on our behalf (for example, a report that an email was delivered or bounced).

We do not knowingly collect payment card numbers, bank account numbers, government identification numbers, or Social Security numbers through this website. Please do not send them to us. If you do, we may delete them without acting on them.

4. Children’s Information

Our weekend school exists for children, so we necessarily hold information about children. We collect a child’s information from the parent or legal guardian, not from the child, and only for the purpose of running the school. Children do not have their own accounts on the Parent–Teacher Portal; access is through a parent or guardian account.

By enrolling a child you represent that you are that child’s parent or legal guardian and that you have full authority to provide the child’s information and to accept this Policy on the child’s behalf. A parent or guardian may review the information we hold about their own child, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, subject to section 13 and to any record we are required or reasonably need to retain.

Our public website is not directed to children under 13 as a general audience service, and we do not knowingly permit a child under 13 to create an account or submit personal information to us independently of a parent. If you believe a child has provided information to us without a parent’s involvement, contact us at [email protected] and we will delete it.

Student records connected to the school may in some circumstances be treated as education records under applicable law. Where they are, we honor the access and correction rights that law provides to parents and to eligible students.

5. How We Use Information

We use the information described above to admit and place students; to run classes, halaqāt, events and services; to record attendance, scores, homework and progress; to communicate with parents and guardians about their own child; to send scorecards, lesson summaries, schedules, prayer-time changes and announcements; to respond to your messages; to keep the masjid and the school safe; to administer donations and acknowledge them; to recruit and coordinate volunteers; to maintain, secure, debug and improve our systems; and to comply with law.

We do not use personal information for behavioral advertising, and we do not build advertising profiles.

6. Who Can See a Child’s Information

A child’s scores, observations, attendance and messages are visible to the parents or guardians linked to that child’s family record, to the teachers assigned to that child’s class, and to the school administrators. They are not visible to other parents and not visible to teachers of other classes. Our systems enforce this at the database level, but see section 14: no system is perfect, and a person who shares their own password defeats it entirely.

If more than one parent or guardian is linked to a family record, each of them can see the same child information. If a custody arrangement requires that a person not have access, you must tell the office in writing; we cannot infer it.

7. When We Share Information

We do not sell personal information. We do not rent, trade or share personal information for anyone else’s marketing. We share information only as follows:

With service providers who host our website, store our data, send our email, or protect our site from abuse, and only so that they can perform those functions for us. With teachers and volunteers on a need-to-know basis for the class or program they serve. To protect people, where we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to address an emergency, a threat to the safety of a child or any person, suspected abuse or neglect, or a violation of our rules. To comply with law, including a subpoena, court order, or lawful request from a public authority. To establish or defend legal claims, including with our insurers and advisors. With your direction or consent, for anything else.

If Ṣifah ever merges with, is absorbed by, or transfers its programs to another organization, information may transfer as part of that change, and the receiving organization will be bound by a policy no less protective than this one.

8. Service Providers We Rely On

We use ordinary commercial infrastructure rather than building our own. This currently includes a website host and content-delivery network, a managed database and authentication service for the Parent–Teacher Portal, a transactional email service used to send scorecards and school notices, and a bot-protection service on our sign-in page. These providers process information on our instructions and under their own security and privacy commitments. We do not control those providers, and their practices are governed by their own agreements and policies rather than by this one.

9. Photographs, Video and Media

Ṣifah is a community and programs are frequently photographed or recorded. Where you have accepted a media release, we may use photographs, video, audio and quotations from our programs on our website, in printed material, in newsletters, and on our social media, without payment and without further notice. If you do not wish a child to appear, you must tell the office in writing, and we will make reasonable efforts to honor that, but we cannot guarantee that a child will never appear in a wide shot of a large gathering or in material recorded or posted by another attendee whom we do not control.

Lesson photographs in the Portal. Teachers may photograph a page of a book to record what was covered. These images are stored at reduced resolution, are limited in number, and are treated as short-lived working notes. The durable record of a lesson is the written text (for example, “Book 2, Lesson 2, pages 14 to 16”), which remains available for the school year.

10. The Parent–Teacher Portal

Access to the Portal requires an account created by the school for a parent, guardian, teacher or administrator. You are responsible for your own credentials, for keeping them confidential, for every action taken through your account, and for signing out on any shared device. Do not share your password with anyone, including another family member who should have their own account. Tell us immediately at [email protected] if you believe your account has been used without your permission.

Messages you send through the Portal are delivered to the teachers assigned to your child and to school administrators, and are retained as part of the school record. Please treat the Portal as a school channel, not a private one.

11. Email and Communications

If you enroll a child, subscribe, donate, or contact us, we may send you email that is necessary to run the program, including scorecards, lesson summaries, schedule changes, prayer-time changes, safety notices and administrative messages. These are service messages and are not marketing; you may not be able to opt out of them while remaining enrolled. Purely optional announcements can be stopped by writing to [email protected].

Email is not a secure medium. Do not send us medical details you consider sensitive, financial account numbers, or identification numbers by email.

12. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use only what the site needs to function: a session cookie or local browser storage that keeps you signed in to the Portal and remembers a small number of interface preferences, and a cookie set by our bot-protection provider on the sign-in page. We do not use advertising cookies and we do not permit third-party advertising trackers on our site. You can block or delete cookies in your browser, but the Portal will not work if you do.

13. How Long We Keep Information

We keep information for as long as needed for the purpose it was collected and for a reasonable period afterwards for record-keeping, safeguarding, accounting, insurance and legal purposes. As a general guide, active student and family records are kept while the family is enrolled and for a period after withdrawal; attendance, score and progress records are kept as part of the school record; Portal messages are kept as part of the school record; lesson photographs are treated as short-lived working notes; donation records are kept as long as required for charitable accounting; and technical logs are kept for a short period for security. We may keep anonymized or aggregated information indefinitely.

Nothing in this section obliges us to delete information where retention is required by law, is necessary to protect a child or another person, or is needed to establish or defend a legal claim.

14. Security — What We Do and What We Cannot Promise

We take reasonable, practical steps to protect information: access to student data is restricted by account role and enforced in the database; the site is served over encrypted connections; sign-in is protected against automated abuse; and only the volunteers who need access are given it.

No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we do not warrant or guarantee the security of any information. You provide information to us at your own risk. We are not responsible for any interception, unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or misuse of information caused by you, by another user, by a third-party service provider, or by any person who defeats our safeguards. If we learn of a breach affecting your information, we will notify you as and to the extent required by applicable law, and that notification is the full extent of our obligation.

15. Your Choices and Requests

You may ask us to tell you what personal information we hold about you or your child, to correct information that is inaccurate, to delete information, or to stop sending optional communications. Write to [email protected] from the email address on your family record and describe your request clearly. We will respond within a reasonable time and, where a law sets a deadline, within that deadline.

We may decline a request, in whole or in part, where we cannot verify who you are, where the request concerns someone else’s information, where it would compromise another person’s privacy or safety, where the information forms part of a record we must keep, or where the law permits us to decline. We will not treat you or your child unfairly for making a request.

16. State Privacy Rights and No Sale of Information

We do not sell personal information and we do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are used in United States state privacy laws. Where a state law gives you rights of access, correction, deletion, portability, or non-discrimination, we honor those rights through the process described in section 15. Because our browsers-level signals cannot be reliably interpreted, we do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals.

17. Third-Party Links and Content

Our site links to outside resources, including scholarly references, lecture archives, mapping and prayer-time services, and social platforms. We do not control those sites, we do not endorse everything on them, and this Policy does not apply to them. Review their policies before providing information to them.

18. Visitors Outside the United States

Ṣifah operates in the United States and our providers store information in the United States. If you access the site from elsewhere, you consent to the transfer, storage and processing of your information in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those of your country. We do not target our services to any jurisdiction outside the United States and we make no representation that the site is appropriate or available for use elsewhere.

19. Donations

Where donations are processed, they are processed by an independent payment provider. We do not receive or store full payment card numbers. We may receive and keep the donor’s name, email address, amount and date so that we can acknowledge the gift and keep proper charitable records.

20. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

The website and the Portal are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ṣifah disclaims all warranties, express or implied, relating to privacy, security, availability or accuracy, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, and except where liability cannot lawfully be limited, Ṣifah and its directors, officers, teachers, volunteers, agents and representatives shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost data, arising out of or relating to this Policy, our handling of information, or any unauthorized access to information; and our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to privacy or data matters shall not exceed one hundred United States dollars ($100.00) or the amount of fees you actually paid to Ṣifah in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, whichever is greater.

21. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy at any time. The current version is always the one posted here, and the effective date at the top will change. Your continued use of the website, the Portal, or our programs after an update means you accept the updated Policy. We are not obliged to notify you individually of a change, though we will try to do so for a change we consider significant.

22. Governing Law and Disputes

This Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Policy shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the county in which the Masjid is situated, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. The parties will first attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute informally by contacting the office.

23. Severability

If any provision of this Policy is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

24. Text Messages (SMS)

Ṣifah sends a small number of text messages to people who have asked to receive them. Text messages are always optional. Agreeing to them is never a condition of using the Parent–Teacher Portal, of enrolling a child, or of anything else we do.

What we collect. If you choose to receive text messages, we store the mobile number you give us, the date and time you agreed, the exact wording you were shown when you agreed, and, if you later stop them, the date and time you stopped. We do not obtain your mobile number from any other source, and we do not collect it unless you enter it yourself for this purpose.

What we send. A parent or guardian who opts in receives their own child’s weekly attendance and lesson scores after Sunday class. A volunteer teacher who opts in receives reminders about Sunday duties, such as marking scores and uploading the week’s lesson. A small number of individuals receive notice when the masjid’s iqāmah times change. We send no marketing or promotional messages of any kind.

How often, and what it costs. Message frequency varies. In a typical month a parent receives about four messages and a teacher about twelve. Message and data rates may apply depending on your mobile plan. Ṣifah charges you nothing for these messages.

How to stop. You may withdraw at any time by turning text alerts off on the Text Alerts page of the Portal, or by replying STOP to any message. Reply HELP to any message for assistance, or write to [email protected]. Withdrawing affects nothing else about your account.

Who receives your number. Your mobile number is passed only to Twilio, the messaging provider that delivers the message on our behalf, and only for that purpose. We do not sell or share your SMS opt-in data or personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

How long we keep it. We keep the record of your consent, and of any withdrawal, for as long as we may be required to be able to demonstrate it. That record cannot be altered after it is made.

25. How to Contact Us

Questions, requests and concerns about this Policy should be sent to [email protected], or raised with the school office in person. Please put “Privacy” in the subject line so it reaches the right volunteer.

See also our Terms of Use, which govern your use of this website, and our School Terms & Conditions, which govern enrollment in the weekend school.

Effective July 2026 · Version 2026-07-v1

These Terms of Use govern your use of sifah.org, the Parent–Teacher Portal, and every page, form, download and service we make available online. They contain an “as is” disclaimer, a limitation of liability, an indemnification, and a waiver of class actions. Please read sections 12 through 18 carefully. If you do not agree to every part of these Terms, you must not use the Site.

1. Who These Terms Are Between

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between Ṣifah — School of Islamic Foundations & Advocacy for Humanity, together with its masjid, weekend school, directors, officers, teachers, volunteers, agents and representatives (collectively “Ṣifah,” “we,” “us” or “our”), and you, the person accessing or using the Site.

“Site” means sifah.org and every subdomain, page, route and asset of it, the Parent–Teacher Portal, our online forms, our downloadable material, our email communications, and any other online service we operate. By accessing or using any part of the Site you accept these Terms in full. If you use the Site on behalf of another person or an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind them, and “you” includes them.

2. We Are a Small Volunteer Organization

Ṣifah is a religious and educational organization run almost entirely by unpaid volunteers. The Site is provided as a service to our community, free of charge, with no revenue attached to it. We have no paid engineering staff, no guaranteed support hours, and no service-level commitments. You accept the Site on those terms. If you require the reliability, security posture, or legal assurances of a commercial service, please do not use this Site.

3. Eligibility and Accounts

The Site is intended for adults. Accounts on the Parent–Teacher Portal are issued only to parents, legal guardians, teachers, volunteers and administrators approved by the School. Children do not receive their own accounts; a parent or guardian is responsible for anything done under their account, including by a child using their device.

You must provide accurate information when an account is created for you, keep your password confidential, use a password you do not reuse elsewhere, and notify us immediately at [email protected] if you suspect any unauthorized use. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account. We may suspend, restrict or terminate any account at any time, with or without notice, at our sole discretion, including where we believe an account is being misused or where a family is no longer enrolled.

You may not share your login, allow another household to use it, or attempt to access any account, class, student record or document that is not yours. Attempting to view another family’s child records is a serious breach of these Terms and may also be a breach of law.

4. Permitted Use

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence to access and view the Site for your own non-commercial religious, educational and personal use, and to print or download material we have marked as printable for that same purpose. This licence terminates automatically if you breach these Terms.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You agree that you will not, and will not attempt to, and will not permit any other person or any automated system acting on your behalf to: use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law; scrape, crawl, harvest, spider, mirror, frame, or systematically download any part of the Site or its content; use any robot, bot, script, extension, or automated means to access, copy, monitor or index the Site except for well-behaved public search engines obeying our robots directives; probe, scan, penetration-test, or otherwise test the vulnerability of the Site or any system or network associated with it; circumvent, disable, or interfere with any security, authentication, rate-limiting, captcha or access-control feature; attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, database, storage bucket, server, or record; upload or transmit any virus, worm, malware, or harmful code; impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone; interfere with or disrupt the Site, its infrastructure, or any other user’s use of it; place an unreasonable load on our infrastructure; reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any part of the Site; remove, obscure or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice; use the Site or its content to train, fine-tune, evaluate or ground any machine-learning or artificial-intelligence model, dataset or system; resell, sublicense, rent or commercially exploit any part of the Site or its content; collect or compile any personal information about any other user, student, teacher or family; or use the Site to send unsolicited communications, advertising, solicitations, or religious or political campaigning of any kind.

We reserve the right, but assume no obligation, to investigate any suspected breach, to block any IP address or account, to preserve and disclose records where we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with law or to protect the safety of a child or any person, and to pursue any remedy available to us.

6. Religious and Educational Content Is Not a Fatwa

The Site contains Qur’anic verses, translations, aḥādīth, supplications, articles, khuṭbahs, lecture material, transliteration, and commentary. This material is offered for general benefit and reminder. It is not a fatwa, not a religious ruling issued to you, and not a substitute for consulting a qualified scholar about your own circumstances. Translations and transliterations are approximations and cannot carry the full meaning of the Arabic original.

We make a sincere effort to attribute narrations accurately and to reflect the positions of recognized scholarship, but we do not warrant that every citation, grading, reference number, translation, date or calculation on the Site is free from error. If you find an error, please write to [email protected] so we can correct it. You are responsible for verifying anything you intend to rely on, act on, teach, or republish.

7. Prayer Times, Calendars and Schedules

Prayer times, iqāmah times, Hijri dates, moon-sighting announcements, qiblah direction, class schedules, event listings, and calendars published on the Site are provided for convenience only. They are calculated or entered by volunteers, they may be revised without notice, and they may differ from the times or dates observed at the masjid on any given day. They must not be relied upon as authoritative. Confirm with the masjid before relying on any time or date for a religious obligation.

8. Scores, Reports and Portal Records

Attendance, weekly and monthly scores, homework and memorization records, quiz results, teacher observations, and any figures shown in the Parent–Teacher Portal are internal encouragement and communication tools. They are entered by volunteer teachers, may be incomplete, delayed, or corrected after the fact, and are not academic transcripts or official records of any kind. They should not be used for admission to any institution, for any legal purpose, or as evidence of a child’s ability or conduct. We may correct, recalculate or remove any record at any time.

Photographs and images uploaded with lesson material are retained only for a short period so that the Portal does not exhaust its storage. Written lesson and homework information is retained for the school year. Do not treat the Portal as your archive; keep your own copy of anything you wish to preserve.

9. Messaging Conduct

The Portal allows parents to message the teachers assigned to their child. Messages must be respectful, relevant to the child’s education, and consistent with Islamic manners. Do not send abusive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, discriminatory or commercial content; do not send urgent safety matters through messaging, since volunteers may not read a message for days; and do not send confidential financial, medical or identification details you have not been asked for.

Messages are not private between you and one individual. They are stored in our systems and may be read by school administrators for safeguarding, quality and dispute-resolution purposes. We may remove any message and suspend messaging for any account at our discretion. For anything urgent, or anything concerning a child’s immediate safety, contact the school office directly or call emergency services.

10. Content You Submit

You are solely responsible for anything you submit to the Site, including form entries, messages, uploaded files, photographs, and comments (“Your Content”). You represent and warrant that you own or have all rights necessary to submit Your Content, that it does not infringe any third party’s rights, that it contains no unlawful, defamatory, obscene or harmful material, and that you have the consent of every identifiable person in any photograph you upload.

You grant Ṣifah a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable and transferable licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, distribute and display Your Content for the purpose of operating, promoting and improving the Program and the Site. You waive any moral rights in Your Content to the extent permitted by law. We are not obliged to publish, retain or return Your Content, and we may remove it at any time without notice.

11. Intellectual Property

Except for Qur’anic text, aḥādīth, and other material in the public domain or belonging to third parties, all content on the Site — including the design, layout, code, graphics, logos, the name “Ṣifah,” the wordmark, compiled du’ā collections, printables, curricula, khuṭbah manuscripts, and written commentary — is owned by Ṣifah or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark and other laws.

You may not copy, republish, redistribute, sell, adapt, translate, or create derivative works from any part of the Site, or use our name or logo, without our prior written permission, except for the limited personal use permitted in section 4. Requests for permission may be sent to [email protected]. If you believe material on the Site infringes your copyright, write to us at the same address with enough detail to identify the work and the location on the Site, and we will review it promptly.

12. Third-Party Links, Services and Content

The Site links to and depends on third-party services, including our hosting and content-delivery providers, our database and authentication provider, our email delivery provider, video platforms, mapping and prayer-time sources, form and payment tools, and external Islamic reference sites. We do not control any of them, we do not endorse their content, and we are not responsible for their availability, accuracy, security, privacy practices or terms. Your use of any third-party service is at your own risk and subject to that party’s own terms.

13. Availability — No Guarantee

We do not promise that the Site will be available, uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free. The Site may be taken down, changed, restricted, or discontinued at any time, in whole or in part, with or without notice, for any reason or no reason. Features may be added or removed. Data may be migrated, reset or lost. We are not liable for any consequence of unavailability, loss of data, or discontinuation.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT, MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND SERVICES ON IT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. ṢIFAH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY CONTENT, TRANSLATION, CITATION, TIME, DATE, SCORE OR CALCULATION IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR RELIABLE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM ṢIFAH OR THROUGH THE SITE, CREATES ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HERE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THESE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

15. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ṢIFAH AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, TEACHERS, VOLUNTEERS, AGENTS, MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OPPORTUNITY, OR REPUTATION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, ANY CONTENT ON IT, ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR DATA, ANY THIRD-PARTY CONDUCT OR CONTENT, OR ANY RELIANCE ON ANY PRAYER TIME, DATE, CITATION, TRANSLATION, SCORE OR SCHEDULE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ṢIFAH AND ALL RELEASED PARTIES, FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR THESE TERMS, EXCEED ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($100.00) OR THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU ACTUALLY PAID TO ṢIFAH IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. THESE LIMITATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN AND APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THESE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED.

16. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Ṣifah and its directors, officers, teachers, volunteers, agents, members and representatives from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to your use of the Site, Your Content, your breach of these Terms, your violation of any law or of any third party’s rights, or any activity conducted under your account. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate fully with us.

17. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site or the Portal at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice, and we may delete any content or account. Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21 survive any termination.

18. Governing Law, Venue, Informal Resolution and Class Waiver

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles, and without application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the county in which the Masjid is situated, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts and waive any objection to them.

Before filing any claim, you agree to first contact us at [email protected] and attempt in good faith to resolve the matter informally for at least sixty (60) days. You and Ṣifah each agree that any proceeding will be brought only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated or representative action, and each waives any right to a jury trial to the extent permitted by law. Any claim must be brought within one (1) year after the claim arose, or it is permanently barred, to the extent that limitation is enforceable.

19. Relationship to Our Other Terms

Enrollment in the weekend school is separately governed by our School Terms & Conditions, which include a media release, an assumption of risk, a waiver and an indemnification. Our handling of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy. Where a conflict exists, the School Terms & Conditions control for matters of enrollment and participation, and these Terms of Use control for matters of website and Portal use.

20. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms at any time by posting an updated version on this page with a new effective date. Changes take effect when posted. Your continued use of the Site after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. We do not undertake to notify you individually, so please review this page periodically.

21. General

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and, where applicable, the School Terms & Conditions, are the entire agreement between you and Ṣifah regarding the Site and supersede any prior understanding. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining provisions will remain in full effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign or transfer these Terms; we may assign them freely. Nothing in these Terms creates any partnership, employment, agency or joint venture, and there are no third-party beneficiaries. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

22. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to [email protected]. Please put “Terms of Use” in the subject line.

Effective July 2026 · Version 2026-07-v1

Please read these Terms & Conditions carefully. They include a media/photography release, an assumption of risk, a waiver of liability, and an indemnification. Accepting them is required to enroll a child in the Ṣifah Weekend / Sunday Islamic School.

1. Agreement to These Terms

These Terms & Conditions (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between Ṣifah — School of Islamic Foundations & Advocacy for Humanity, together with its masjid, directors, officers, employees, teachers, volunteers, agents, and representatives (collectively, “Ṣifah,” “the School,” “the Masjid,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and the parent(s) and/or legal guardian(s) (“you,” “Parent,” or “Guardian”) enrolling a child or children (each a “Student”) in the Ṣifah Weekend / Sunday Islamic School and any related programs, classes, events, or activities (collectively, the “Program”).

By enrolling a Student, signing, checking the acceptance box, or otherwise electronically indicating acceptance, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms on behalf of yourself and each Student you enroll. If you do not agree, you must not enroll the Student or permit the Student to participate.

2. Definitions

“Program” includes all in-person and online classes, Qur’an instruction, halaqāt, tutoring, prayer, meals, recreation, ceremonies, competitions, field trips, drop-off and pick-up periods, and any activity organized, hosted, sponsored, or supervised by Ṣifah, whether on masjid premises or elsewhere.

“Premises” means any property, building, room, grounds, parking area, or venue used by Ṣifah for the Program, whether owned, leased, borrowed, or otherwise used.

3. Enrollment, Admission & Eligibility

Enrollment is a request for admission and is not confirmed until Ṣifah accepts the Student in writing (including by email) and any required fees are paid. Ṣifah admits Students at its sole discretion and may decline, defer, or limit enrollment for any lawful reason, including capacity, age, readiness, behavior, or incomplete information.

You represent that you are the parent or legal guardian of each Student, that you have full legal authority to enroll the Student and accept these Terms, and that all information you provide is true, current, and complete. You agree to promptly update the School of any change to contact, medical, custody, or emergency information.

4. Tuition, Fees, Donations & Refunds

Any tuition, registration, materials, activity, or program fees are due on the schedule communicated by the School. Unless expressly stated in writing, fees, tuition, and donations are non-refundable and non-transferable, including where a Student withdraws, is absent, is suspended or dismissed, or where sessions are shortened, relocated, or moved online.

Ṣifah is a community and faith-based organization; participation may be supported by donations. Nothing in these Terms creates any entitlement to a refund of any charitable gift.

5. Attendance, Punctuality & Schedule

You are responsible for the Student’s regular attendance and punctuality. The School may modify class times, the academic calendar, holidays, curriculum, staffing, group assignments, or locations at any time. Posted schedules (including the online Sunday School schedule) may change for weather, safety, staffing, religious observance, or community needs.

6. Drop-Off, Pick-Up & Authorized Persons

You are solely responsible for delivering the Student to, and collecting the Student from, the designated area at the designated times. Ṣifah’s responsibility for a Student begins only when the Student is received by a Ṣifah staff member or volunteer at the start of class and ends when class is dismissed or the Student is released.

The School will release a Student only to the Parent/Guardian or to persons you have authorized in writing. You must inform the School in advance and in writing of any custody order or restriction affecting release of the Student; absent written notice, the School may rely on the apparent authority of either parent/guardian.

Students not collected within a reasonable time after dismissal may, at the School’s discretion and after reasonable efforts to reach you, be supervised until collected, and repeated late pick-ups may result in fees or dismissal from the Program.

7. Supervision & Scope of Responsibility

Ṣifah provides reasonable supervision appropriate to a volunteer-supported weekend religious program. You acknowledge that the School does not provide one-to-one supervision, custodial childcare, medical care, or continuous individual monitoring, and that Students may share facilities with the general congregation and public during masjid hours.

Outside of scheduled class hours and the designated drop-off/pick-up window, the Student remains your responsibility.

8. Photography, Video, Audio & Media Release

You grant Ṣifah and those it authorizes the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right and permission to photograph, film, record, and capture the image, likeness, voice, name, artwork, and participation of the Student and of yourself during the Program, and to use, reproduce, edit, publish, display, broadcast, and distribute such media in any format and medium now known or later developed — including the School’s website, social media, newsletters, fundraising materials, presentations, and promotional or educational content.

You acknowledge that you will not be entitled to any compensation, royalty, or right of inspection or approval, and you waive any claim (including for invasion of privacy, publicity, or defamation) arising from such authorized use. If you wish to withhold media consent, you must notify the School in writing at [email protected]; the School will use reasonable efforts to honor such requests prospectively, but is not responsible for incidental capture in group settings, congregational areas, or third-party media, or for media already published.

9. Assumption of Risk & Inherent Risks

You understand that participation in the Program involves inherent and other risks that cannot be eliminated regardless of the care taken, including but not limited to: slips, trips, and falls; contact with other children; illness and communicable disease (including viruses and infections); allergic reactions; injuries during recreation, crafts, or movement; food-related incidents; transportation to and from the Premises; and the ordinary hazards of shared public and religious facilities.

Knowing and understanding these risks, you voluntarily and freely assume all such risks, both known and unknown, on behalf of yourself and the Student, as a condition of participation.

10. Release & Waiver of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you, on behalf of yourself, the Student, and your and the Student’s heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, hereby RELEASE, WAIVE, and FOREVER DISCHARGE Ṣifah and its directors, officers, employees, teachers, volunteers, agents, members, and representatives from any and all claims, demands, damages, causes of action, losses, costs, or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to participation in the Program, including any injury, illness, disability, death, or property loss, whether caused by ordinary negligence or otherwise, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

This release does not apply to liability that cannot be waived by law, including gross negligence or willful misconduct where non-waivable.

11. Indemnification & Hold Harmless

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Ṣifah and its directors, officers, employees, teachers, volunteers, agents, members, and representatives from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to (a) the Student’s participation in the Program; (b) any act or omission of you or the Student; (c) any breach of these Terms; or (d) any injury to persons or damage to property caused by you or the Student.

12. Medical Emergency Authorization & Health

In the event of injury or illness, you authorize Ṣifah, when you cannot be reached in a timely manner, to administer basic first aid and to seek and consent to emergency medical care, transport, and treatment for the Student, at your expense. You are responsible for all costs of medical care, ambulance, or hospitalization.

You must disclose in writing all allergies, medical conditions, medications, dietary needs, behavioral or developmental considerations, and emergency contacts relevant to the Student’s safe participation, and keep this information current. Ṣifah is not a medical provider and does not administer prescription medication unless separately agreed in writing.

13. Allergies, Food & Dietary

The Premises and Program may involve or expose Students to food, including common allergens (such as nuts, dairy, eggs, or wheat). Ṣifah cannot guarantee an allergen-free environment. You are responsible for informing the School of allergies and for providing any necessary emergency medication (e.g., an epinephrine auto-injector) together with written instructions.

14. Student Code of Conduct

Students are expected to behave respectfully toward staff, volunteers, other students, the congregation, and the Premises; to follow Islamic etiquette (adab); to follow instructions; and to refrain from bullying, harassment, violence, vandalism, theft, foul language, or any conduct that endangers or disrupts others.

You agree to support the School’s expectations and to reinforce them at home.

15. Discipline, Suspension & Dismissal

Ṣifah may apply reasonable and age-appropriate behavior management. The School may, at its sole discretion, warn, separate, suspend, or permanently dismiss a Student whose conduct — or whose Parent/Guardian’s conduct — is disruptive, unsafe, dishonest, or inconsistent with the School’s values, without refund. In cases involving risk to safety, the School may remove a Student from an activity immediately and require you to collect the Student.

16. Parent/Guardian Conduct & Responsibilities

You agree to treat staff, volunteers, and other families with respect and to conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the sanctity of the masjid. Abusive, threatening, harassing, or disruptive behavior by a Parent/Guardian may result in removal from the Premises and dismissal of the associated Student(s) from the Program.

You are responsible for the conduct of any guests or additional children you bring to the Premises.

17. Child Protection & Safeguarding

Ṣifah is committed to the safety and dignity of every child. The School maintains reasonable safeguarding practices, and staff and volunteers are expected to follow them. You agree to cooperate with the School’s safeguarding, sign-in/out, and safety procedures. Any concern about a child’s safety should be reported immediately to the School office.

18. Personal Property & Electronics

Ṣifah is not responsible for loss of, damage to, or theft of any personal property brought to the Premises, including phones, electronics, clothing, or valuables. The School may restrict or prohibit personal electronic devices during Program hours.

19. Field Trips & Off-Site Activities

Off-site activities, when offered, may require a separate written permission; however, your acceptance of these Terms also constitutes general acknowledgment of the risks of off-site activities and transportation. You remain responsible for the Student except during the specific supervised portions of any sanctioned activity.

20. Emergencies, Closures & Force Majeure

Ṣifah may cancel, shorten, relocate, or move online any session or the Program due to weather, illness, public-health measures, facility issues, safety concerns, religious observance, or events beyond its reasonable control (“force majeure”), without liability and without refund. In an emergency, you authorize the School to take reasonable protective action for the Student.

21. Religious Instruction & Curriculum

You understand and agree that the Program provides Islamic religious education and worship in accordance with the School’s understanding and methodology, and you consent to the Student’s participation in prayer, Qur’an recitation, supplication, and related religious activities. Curriculum and materials are provided in good faith for educational and spiritual benefit.

22. Privacy & Data

Information you provide is used to operate the Program — including admissions, communication, safety, and record-keeping — and is kept with the Ṣifah office. The School does not sell your information. The School may retain enrollment records, including your acceptance of these Terms and its date and time, as a business and safeguarding record.

23. Communications & Consent to Contact

You consent to receive communications from Ṣifah relating to the Program and the community by email, phone, text/WhatsApp, or other means you provide, including schedule changes, reminders, announcements, and emergencies. You may opt out of non-essential communications at any time.

24. Intellectual Property

All curriculum, materials, logos, and content provided by Ṣifah remain the property of Ṣifah or its licensors and may not be copied, distributed, or used commercially without written permission.

25. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Program is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ṣifah disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or any guarantee of particular educational or spiritual outcomes.

26. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall Ṣifah’s total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Program exceed the amount of fees actually paid by you to Ṣifah for the Student in the then-current program year, and Ṣifah shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages.

27. Governing Law, Venue & Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. You agree that any dispute shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the county in which the Masjid is situated, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. The parties will first attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute informally by contacting the School office.

28. Amendments

Ṣifah may update these Terms from time to time. The current version will be posted on the School’s website, and continued participation after an update constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

29. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

30. Entire Agreement & Electronic Acknowledgment

These Terms, together with any written policies referenced by the School, constitute the entire agreement between you and Ṣifah regarding the Program and supersede any prior understanding. By checking the acceptance box and submitting the enrollment form, you agree that your electronic acceptance is the legal equivalent of your handwritten signature, and that Ṣifah may retain a time-stamped record of your acceptance.