ICNA National Dawah Summit Discusses Outreach Projects for 2020
Support/Volunteer at www.ICNA.org/dawah Watch video recap of ICNA National Dawah Summit 2019. Summit focused on Dawah in rural / remote areas, Dawah on college campuses and outreach to public school teachers. Also discussed were digital dawah efforts and working closely with Latino and African American community partners. Find more information at https://labssol.com/dev/iccna/dawah source
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ICNA CSJ Calls for Sanctions on Home Minister of India | ICNA CSJ
A coalition of Indian-American and American civil society, civil and human rights organizations today held a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., calling for U.S. sanctions on Home Minister of India in response to that country adopting the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) – a law that discriminates against India’s religious minorities and could categorize India’s 200 million Muslims and others as non-citizens as illegal aliens. Dr. Zahid Bukhari, ICNA CSJ Executive Director, also spoke during the press conference. Visit http://www.icnacsj.org/Kashmir for more information on the crisis. source
Detained & Tortured: A Uighur Activist's Story | Tahir Imin | ICNA CSJ
Tahir Imin was detained and tortured in a Chinese prison for months due to his activism in the country and trying to raise awareness over Chinese government’s attempts to erase Uighur culture. He joins us in this interview to tell us his story. For more, visit our website: http://www.icnacsj.org Please donate to help us continue to do this for free: http://www.icnacsj.org/donate source
School-to-Prison Pipeline | ICNA CSJ
The school-to-prison pipeline is a disturbing national trend wherein children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Many of these children have learning disabilities or histories of poverty, abuse, or neglect, and would benefit from additional educational and counseling services. Instead, they are isolated, punished, and pushed out. “Zero-tolerance” policies criminalize minor infractions of school rules, while cops in schools lead to students being criminalized for behavior that should be handled inside the school. Students of color are especially vulnerable to push-out trends and the discriminatory application of discipline. For more info on the topic, please visit: https://www.thoughtco.com/school-to-prison-pipeline-4136170 Donate: http://www.icnacsj.org/donate source
Quranic Recitation by Sh. Ismael Essa | ICNA-MAS Convention 2019
Register for Next Convention at https://www.icnaconvention.org/register The ICNA-MAS annual convention is one of the largest gatherings of American Muslims in the U.S. Over 23,000 Muslims attended the convention in Washington, DC, in 2019, Alhamdulillah. It featured many top scholars and activists, in addition to many special events like Meals Distribution in Downtown, Mercy Bags distribution to senior homes and Street dawah near the White House. For more information: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/icna Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/icna Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/icnatv Website: http://www.icna.org Phone: 718-658-1199 Donate at http://www.icna.org/donation/ Volunteer at http://www.icna.org/joinus/ source
Welcome Message by Javaid Siddiqi | ICNA-MAS Convention 2019
Register for Next Convention at https://www.icnaconvention.org/register The ICNA-MAS annual convention is one of the largest gatherings of American Muslims in the U.S. Over 23,000 Muslims attended the convention in Washington, DC, in 2019, Alhamdulillah. It featured many top scholars and activists, in addition to many special events like Meals Distribution in Downtown, Mercy Bags distribution to senior homes and Street dawah near the White House. For more information: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/icna Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/icna Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/icnatv Website: http://www.icna.org Phone: 718-658-1199 Donate at http://www.icna.org/donation/ Volunteer at http://www.icna.org/joinus/ source
Safeguarding the Solidarity of Ummah by Imam Talib Shareef | ICNA-MAS Convention 2019
Register for Next Convention at https://www.icnaconvention.org/register The ICNA-MAS annual convention is one of the largest gatherings of American Muslims in the U.S. Over 23,000 Muslims attended the convention in Washington, DC, in 2019, Alhamdulillah. It featured many top scholars and activists, in addition to many special events like Meals Distribution in Downtown, Mercy Bags distribution to senior homes and Street dawah near the White House. For more information: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/icna Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/icna Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/icnatv Website: http://www.icna.org Phone: 718-658-1199 Donate at http://www.icna.org/donation/ Volunteer at http://www.icna.org/joinus/ source
Eid al-Adha: What it means to Muslims
By Naeem Baig | “Eid al-Adha (the Feast of the Sacrifice) is the second celebration of the year according to Islamic Calendar (called Hijri) for Muslims all over the world. This Eid comes right after the end of ‘Hajj” (the Pilgrimage). The Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam and is obligatory on both male and female adult Muslims who have the health and financial means to perform this important duty. According to Islamic teachings, the rituals of the Hajj and the Eid al-Adha commemorate the sacrifices made by Prophet Abraham and his family in seeking the closeness and mercy of God, Almighty. Muslims learn how Abraham who grew up in a respectable family was unhappy with the corruption in his society. Once he recognized and found God, Almighty then his whole life was served in seeking His Love and Mercy. During Hajj, men wearing only two white sheets and women dressed in simple modest clothes are seeking only the Love of God, Almighty. Rich and poor dressed the same and standing together in worship. Walking in circles around the Kaa’ba (the house of God in Makkah, Saudi Arabia) reciting His Praise with their hearts beating in rhythm with the words and the steps. A state of immense spiritual experience where the human is all alone in his conversation with His God, reciting: Labbayk Allahumma labbayk, labbayk la shareeka laka labbayk, innal-hamda wan-ni’mata laka wal-mulk, la shareeka lak. “I respond to Your call, O Allah I respond to Your call. I respond to Your call, You have no partner. I respond to Your call. Indeed, the praise and grace are yours as well as sovereignty. You have no partner.” On the 10th day of the last month (Zul Hijjah) of the Islamic Calendar, Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid al-Adha. The day starts with the special Eid prayers. Imams in their sermons remind the worshippers to remember the example of Abraham. “Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to God, does good and follows the way of Abraham, the true in Faith? For God did take Abraham for a friend.” Quran (4:125) Eid is a day of sharing and caring. On this Eid, Muslims who can afford to offer a sacrifice of an animal (sheep, goat, cow or camel) are required to do it and then distribute the meat in 3 portions. One for the poor, one for the family and friends and one to keep at home. This is a lesson to be practiced throughout our lives. Seek happiness in sharing, take care of those whom you know and whom you do not know. And by doing that find what Abraham found, “friendship of God”.”
