*This is a long list demonstrating the coordination of Muslim American groups. It was posted in Yahoo Groups prior to 9/11. Consider this is the activity in one community prior to the substantial increase in the Muslim population secondary to immigration or conversion.* Active Community (SanFrancisco BayArea 1/2001).
*Expand Messages* - Mahbub Khan Jan 4, 2001 Dear Friends, As-Salaamu �Alaikum. Eid Mubarak and happy new year. May Allah (swt) bless you all. There has been Khatm-i-Taraweeh prayer in many masajid of the bay area during the holy month of Ramadan, and there were several big gatherings of congregational Eid prayers all across the Bay area, Alhamdulillah. Here are some of the programs and activities in the Bay Area Muslim Community. Please do not miss to read the item 18-C about Zam Zam Water. Please distribute this among your friends and to your distribution list. Thanks and regards, Mahbub khan Ph: 408/942-0256, E-mail: mahbubkhan@..., E-mail: mahbubkhan25@... ============================================= 1. SBIA Family Night Program You are invited with your family and friends to the SBIA Family Night program and dinner for January 5, 2001 as per the following: Date: January 5, 2001, Friday, Time: 6:30 PM. Location: Downtown San Jose Masjid (325 N. 3rd St, Cross St. JULIAN), San Jose, CA AGENDA 6:30 PM: Dinner, 7:30 PM: Isha Prayer, 8PM to 10PM: PRESENTATIONS. Topic-1: American Muslims Steered the US-Election Results (Florida). Speaker: Dr. Agha Saeed (President of AMA) Topic-2: What We Learned from recent US-Election Speakers: Br. Syed Rifat Mahmood (Ran for State Assembly) Sr. Zeya Mohsin (Ran for Milpitas School District) Topic-3: Why I recently started wearing Hijab Youth Speaker: Rimi Khan (A bright youth of our Community) Topic-4: IMRC (Indian Muslim Relief Committee) (Video and Speech) Speakr: Br. Manzoor Goori (IMRC, ISNA, AmeenHousing, etc.) Topic-5: Six Fasts of the month of Shawal Speaker: Hafiz Tahir (An Imam at SBIA) You do not have to buy any tickets to attend this Community gathering program. Donations are welcome. Please come to this program with your whole family including your spouse, children & friends, and have dinner & socialize with other community members. This SBIA Family Night program is held on the first Friday of every month. Please mark your calendar. In this Special Family Night program, there are five special sections. So, please make genuine effots to attend. Contact person: Mahbub Khan, E-mail: mahbubkhan@... E-mail: mahbubkhan25@... Phone: 408/942-0256, SBIA website: www.sbia.net 2. MCA: (a) MCA had an excellent annual RAMADAN TALK AND DINNER program on Dec 17th at the Santa Clara Convention Centre. Many non-muslims attended the program as well. Contact information: Br. Mohammad Ibrahim, Ph: (408) 970-0311 or email iicmca@... (b) The Qiyam-ul-Layl (Khatm-i-Qur'an in Tahajjud prayer) during the last several days of Ramadan was very special, including the Ittikaf and Sehri arrangements for brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah. (c) The new prayer hall at MCA is ready and is in use now after the renovation, and it looks beautiful. Please visit. 3. AL-HILAL: A new property has been purchased on Montague (near Montague x Trade Zone intersection) in Milpitas, and the Eid prayer was held for the first time at this site last week. 4. AMA The annual National convention of AMA (American Muslim Alliance) will take place in the Fall,2001 in the Bay Area. If you want to help during the annual convention or run for an office in 2002 or 2004 US-election, then please contact AMA. For any updated information, please visit the AMA website at www.amaweb.org 5. ING (Islamic Network Group): ING Annual Symposium on Saturday, December 9, 2000 at the Chandni Restaurant was an excellent program, and a great success. ING is having a special program in February. Please visit the ING website for details. Maha ElGenaidi & Ameena Jandali Tel: (408) 296-7312, E-mail: Mail@..., URL: http://www.ing.org 6. QUR�AN SOCIETY: The Qur�an Society of Fremont has printed the holy Qur�an in standard format (15 lines x 20 pages/Juz). The page, Chapter, Verse, and ruku numbers are written in english, and the verse ends at the end of each page, making it easier to read and memorize for adults and children. Clear and good size prints. Contact: Br. Saleem Kadri, Ph: 510/490-5792 7. AMGPJ From: AMGPJ [amgpj@...], To: yousef@... Subject: Accomplishments ! http://www.global-peace.org/accompli.htm http://www.stanford.edu/group/MSAN/iraq/index.html Yousef, I included more pictures with the message.let me know if you need any more stuff! - Iman 8. PALESTINE From: Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center [ALYSOL@...] Subject: Palestine Petition Please support the Palestinian brothers and sisters by signing this petition on line at http://www.masnet.org/ 9. UMA From: "Shafi Refai" <srefai@...> Subject: [UMA] - Bush Administration positions and Inauguration Information As you probably know, President-elect Bush's administration is accepting applications for over 6,000 Government positions. Many of them are part time Boards and Commissions that would not require you to move to Washington, D.C. The "plum book" that lists government positions that can be filled by the President can be found at: www.access.gpo.gov/plumbook/2000/index.html To apply for a position, go the transition team web site at www.bushcheneytransition.com and follow the instructions for filling out an on-line application. For those of you who are interested in attending the Inaugural Celebration on January 20th, call or email your Congressman -- each Congressman has a fixed number of tickets to the inauguration. Your best bet is if your Congressman is a Democrat (fewer people will ask them for tickets). 10. CAIR CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations) is doing many good things for the muslim community all across USA and beyond. During the recent events in Palestine, role of CAIR has been very very vital. CAIR also helps anyone who faces any type of discrimination at work places, or anywhere else. CAIR contact Ph: 408/986-9874 11. RAHIMA Foundation: The Rahima Foundation helps many needy families (about 280 families) throughout the year, and money is needed to continue this noble work. Contacts: Sr. Habiba and Sr. Shagufta. Phone: 408/297-0178. 12. ISNA West: ISNA is organizing a Shurah council meeting in a few weeks comprising of all the Islamic Centers of the bay area. This is an excellent effort. 13. IMRC: Message from Manzoor Ghori We, at IMRC, are working to ease and eradicate the suffering of our Muslim brothers and sisters in India. There are around a 150 million Muslims in India and they have been systematically reduced to a poor, starving, uneducated and down trodden people. It is our duty as the Muslim Ummah to do whatever we can to help our brethren in need. It is with this spirit that we have embarked on an awareness campaign. We ask your Masjid/center/organization to do the following and be hand in hand with us: --Arrange a Board meeting/presentation and/or Arrange a community presentation with IMRC representative. Allocate Zakatul-Maal and Zakatul-Fitr to IMRC. JazakumAllahu Khair. (-Manzoor Ghori, Chairman, Tel# 650 856 0440, Website:www.imrcofisna.com) 14. HIDAYA Foundation: The Hidaya Foundation in the Bay area is working on various good projects in Pakistan and some neighbouring countries. Please help Hidaya. Website: www.hidaya.org 15. ICCI: From: "Radwan family, San Jose, CA" <hradwan@...> ICCI (Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry) is dedicated to build the economic and industrial strength of Muslims, which we believe is the only way to safeguard our rights, as well as defend our dignity and honor. Please consider supporting ICCI if you think this is important. Jazaakum Allah-u khairunn, wa-s-salaam-u alaikum --Hatem Radwan, ICCI Exec. Dir., E-mail: icci@... 16. 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