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SUMMARY:Two Jumu’ah Services at MCC
DESCRIPTION:For our Jumu’ah services on Friday\, February 17\, masks are optional to attend any MCC service\, and no RSVP is necessary: \n\n\n\n\n12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.\n\n– Ustadh Sundiata Rashid delivers this sermon.\n\n\n\n– No social distancing option in Prayer Hall (shoulder-to-shoulder). Social distance worship is available for women in Banquet Hall & men in Conference Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.\n\n– Sidi Baraka Blue delivers this sermon.\n\n\n\n– No social distancing option in Prayer Hall (shoulder-to-shoulder). Social distance worship is available for women in Banquet Hall & men in Conference Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease attend at 12:30 p.m. to avoid heavier second-service congestion whenever possible. Masks are optional. \n\n\n\nThe third Jumu’ah will resume in March ’23: https://mcceastbay.org/event/new-jumuah-times-winter-schedule/ \n\n\n\nJumu’ah parking for two services is in the MCC and the neighboring HP lot. The aerial map at https://mcceastbay.org/hp \n\n\n\n\n– Virtually watch these two sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n\n\n\nMore Ustadh Sundiata: https://mcceastbay.org/sundiata\n\n\n\nMore Sidi Baraka: https://www.youtube.com/@barakablue\n\n\n\n\nSundiata Al Rashid is Emir (leader) of the Lighthouse Mosque in Oakland\, California. \n\n\n\nBaraka Blue is a highly acclaimed rapper and poet hailing from Seattle and based in Oakland\, California. He has performed all over North America. \n\n\n\nFor parents attending with young children indoors\, MCC offers private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while in the company of other parents with young children. The mothers/fathers prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nThe Alameda County Health Department reports COVID-19 cases are still happening. We remain indoors for the five daily prayers and two Jumu’ah services as long as health officials deem it safe. All the Jumu’ah prayers are indoors.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/two-jumuah-services-at-mcc-4/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Immigration Legal Clinic | CAIR
DESCRIPTION:More details forthcoming!
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/immigration-legal-clinic-cair/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Appreciation Dinner for New Muslims
DESCRIPTION:Open to everyone who has embraced Islam – whether you recently took your Shahadah (Testimony of Faith) or it’s been a while – please join us for an appreciation dinner. Dr. Rania Awaad will join us for a chat before we have dinner together. \n\n\n\n5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Friday\, Feb. 17 | Banquet Hall | In-person only | RSVP required: mcceastbay.org/new-muslim-dinner \n\n\n\nMCC Congregation: Please note that this dinner is open only to our new(er) Muslim sisters & brothers in faith and their families. \n\n\n\nIf you are a new Muslim in the East Bay and you are not receiving our new Muslim updates\, please send MCC New Muslim Coordinator Sr. Liz an email at mentorship@mcceastbay.org 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/private-event-59/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Girl Scout Troop 32316 Fundraise for Earthquake Relief
DESCRIPTION:The Girl Scouts Troop 32316 will do a bake sale to raise funds for Turkey/Syria earthquake victims.  \n\n\n\n6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Friday\, Feb. 17 | Women’s Lounge
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/girl-scout-troop-32316-fundraise-for-earthquake-relief/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rania Awaad's Weekly Friday Evening Halaqa
DESCRIPTION:Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad holds a weekly Friday evening women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. \n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Every Friday from October 14\, 2022 to March 17\, 2023 |  MCC Conference Room | Free; no registration or RSVP required to attend in person | To join virtually\, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom \n\n– More Dr. Rania: https://mcceastbay.org/rania\n– Watch past Dr. Rania’s Friday Evening Halaqa recordings: https://mcceastbay.org/womens-halaqa\n– Join Dr. Rania’s WhatsUp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HlHmFFnGbwvCvLl6uGD1C4\n\nFree babysitting is provided in Room 16. Facility map: https://mcceastbay.org/facility-map \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nThis halaqa is hosted parallel to our girl’s program in partnership with Rahmah Foundation. \nUstadha Rania AwaadRaised in the U.S.\, Ustadha Rania Awaad began her formal study of the traditional Islamic sciences when her parents permitted her to travel to Damascus\, Syria\, at 14. Her desire to continue studying the Deen resulted in multiple trips back to Damascus\, interspersed between her high school\, college\, and medical studies. She was honored to receive Ijaazah (authorization to teach) several branches of the Shari’ah sciences at the hands of many renowned scholars\, including many female scholars. She has received Ijazah to teach Tajwid in the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi. In addition to completing several advanced texts of the Shafi’i madhhab\, she is licensed to teach texts of Maliki fiqh\, Adab\, and Ihsan. Currently\, Ustadha Rania teaches online and local classes for The Rahmah Foundation\, Rabata\, and is on the faculty of Zaytuna College\, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh\, women’s issues in fiqh and has helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz program. \nUstadha Rania is also a medical doctor with a specialty in Psychiatry. She completed her Psychiatric residency and fellowship training at Stanford University\, where she is currently on the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department. Her medical interests include addressing mental health care concerns in the Muslim community- particularly that of Muslim women and girls. She has been awarded grants from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to research this topic and has presented her findings at several medical conferences. Other ongoing endeavors include compiling manuscripts addressing female-related mental health and medical issues from a fiqh-oriented perspective. She currently serves as the Director of the Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization that teaches Muslim women and girls traditional Islamic knowledge. In this capacity\, she also heads the Murbbiyah Mentoring Program\, which trains young women to teach and mentor Muslim girls and teens. Ustadha Rania is both a wife and a mother; she has been counseling and teaching women classes on Tajwid\, Shafi’i Fiqh\, Ihsan\, marriage\, and raising children since 1999. \nLearn more about Dr. Rania and her work at http://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/research/MuslimMHLab.html \nEvery Friday evening\, the MCC bustles with activity. MCC hosts four halaqas to increase God-consciousness for youth\, women\, and men. \nFrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.\, join Dr. Rania Awaad‘s women’s gathering about navigating contemporary issues. This wide-ranging Muslimah halaqa is in the MCC Conference Room\, and the first hour is live-streamed here (watch past sessions at https://mcceastbay.org/halaqa). This halaqa is organized in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation. \nFriday evening sessions in Fall 2022 and Winter 2023: \n\n– October 14\n– October 21\n– October 28\n– November 5\n– November 11\n– November 18\n– November 25 (no session)\n– December 2\n– December 9\n– December 16\n– December 23 (no session)\n– December 30 (no session)\n– January 6\, 2023\n– January 13\, 2023\n– January 20\, 2023\n– January 27\, 2023\n– February 3\, 2023\n– February 10\, 2023\n– February 17\, 2023\n– February 24\, 2023\n– March 3\, 2023\n– March 10\, 2023\n– March 17\, 2023 (last session before Ramadan 2023)
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/rania-halaqa/2023-02-17/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Boys Friday Night Halaqa for High Schoolers (Ages 14-18) | Hafiz Zaid Khanani
DESCRIPTION:Join MCC Youth Leader Hafiz Zaid Khanani‘s 16-week Friday evening halaqa for teen high school boys from 9th through 12th grade. \n\n\n\nThese sessions aim to craft our next generation of confident and faithful Muslim men. This will be the only offered for boys on Friday nights in 2022. Younger-age boy’s halaqas planned for January 2023. These halaqas are for teens ages 14-18 only. No younger boys. Capped at 30 teens. Once full\, please join the waitlist. \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Fridays | November 11 to March 17 (Ramadan ’23) ($100 from January 11 to March 17) | Register at HTTP://mcceastbay.org/boys \n\n\n\nThe MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a family in the East Bay from benefiting from any offering at the MCC facility. To request a financial waiver\, please complete the application at mcceastbay.org/scholarship \n\n\n\nTo make an appointment for parents or youth to meet with MCC’s Youth leaders: \n\n\n\n\n– Maryam Awwal: http://calendly.com/mcc-maryam\n\n\n\n– Hafiz Zaid Khanani: http://calendly.com/mcc-zaid\n\n\n\n\nFriday evening sessions in Fall 2022 and Winter 2023: \n\n\n\n\n– November 11 (free preview session; no registration required)\n\n\n\n– November 18 (registration required to join from this session onwards)\n\n\n\n– November 25 (no session)\n\n\n\n– December 2\n\n\n\n– December 9\n\n\n\n– December 16\n\n\n\n– December 23 (no session)\n\n\n\n– December 30 (no session)\n\n\n\n– January 6\, 2023 (no session)\n\n\n\n– January 13\, 2023\n\n\n\n– January 20\, 2023\n\n\n\n– January 27\, 2023\n\n\n\n– February 3\, 2023\n\n\n\n– February 10\, 2023\n\n\n\n– February 17\, 2023\n\n\n\n– February 24\, 2023\n\n\n\n– March 3\, 2023\n\n\n\n– March 10\, 2023\n\n\n\n– March 17\, 2023 (last session before Ramadan 2023)\n\n\n\n\nZaid Khanani is a Marriage and Family Therapy trainee with the City of Fremont\, Youth and Family Services. He graduated from Zaytuna College and completed his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology at the Wright Institute. Hafiz Zaid continues his formal Islamic Studies with local teachers and scholars overseas. He is a former Islamic Studies teacher at Northstar Islamic School and teaches numerous online classes.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/boys-friday-night-halaqa-for-high-schoolers-ages-14-18-hafiz-zaid-khanani/2023-02-17/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:*Canceled* Al-Isra wal-Mi'raj: The Miraculous Night Journey | Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali
DESCRIPTION:Join Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali for a faith-affirming evening to learn lessons from the Prophet’s blessed heavenly ascension: Al-Isra wal-Mi’raj. \n\n\n\nMCC annually commemorates a momentous occasion in the Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ life: the miraculous Night Journey to Jerusalem and Ascension to Heaven (al-Isra wal-Mi’raj). This event starts right after the congregational Isha prayer at 8 p.m. \n\n\n\n8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. | Friday\, February 17 | MCC Prayer Hall | Free; no registration necessary \n\n\n\nThis event will be recorded and posted later but not live streamed. \n\n\n\n\n– Past talks commemorating Al Isra Wal Miraj: https://mcceastbay.org/isra\n\n\n\n– More Sheikh Abdullah: https://mcceastbay.org/abdullah\n\n\n\n\nMuslims worldwide remember this event as one that changed the course of history. Allah bestowed the tremendous honor of this journey and the command of Prayer (salah) upon His Messenger – a perpetual gift and source of comfort for Muslims until eternity. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is also an excellent way to begin spiritually preparing ourselves for Ramadan and enlivens our spirit to get through the uncertainty we are challenged with now. \n\n\n\nMore about this particular night: \n\n\n\nIsra Mi’raj is celebrated on the 27th of Rajab. This night happened in 621\, which is the year of sadness (‘Aam ul Huzn) when Abu Talib & Khadijah (RA) died. The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) rode Buraq (a white steed) during his journey\, and Allah enjoined 50 prayers and reduced the prayers to five. \n\n\n\n He met different Prophets on the journey: \n\n\n\n\n– 7th Heaven met Ibrahim (AS)\n\n\n\n– 6th Heaven met Musa (AS)\n\n\n\n– 5th Heaven met Harun (AS)\n\n\n\n– 4th Heaven met Idris (AS)\n\n\n\n– 3rd Heaven met Yusuf (AS)\n\n\n\n– 2nd Heaven met Isa (AS) & Yahya (AS)\n\n\n\n– 1st Heaven met Adam (AS)\n\n\n\n\nMI’RAJ – Ascend to heaven\, where he speaks to GodISRA’ – Night journey from Makkah to Jerusalem \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers: Shaykh Dr. Abdullah Ali is a scholar of Islamic law with field specialties in Islamic Theology as well as Race and Blackness Studies in Muslim History. His research interests include the interconnection between law and identity formation\, comparative Islamic law\, and Islam’s role in the modern world. At Zaytuna College\, Dr. Ali teaches Jurisprudential Principles\, Family Law\, Inheritance Law\, Commercial Law\, Prophetic Tradition\, Creedal Theology\, and Islamic Virtue Ethics. He received his BA or Al-Ijazah Al-‘Ulya from Al-Qarawiyyin University in Shariah in 2001. He received both his MA and Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union in 2012 and 2016\, respectively. Before his post at Zaytuna College\, Dr. Ali was a chaplain at State Correctional Institute in Chester\, PA\, from 2002 to 2007. His Ph.D. thesis\, titled “The ‘Negro’ in Afro-Arabian Muslim Consciousness\,” demonstrates the interplay between conceptions and perceptions of race in constructing class differences; it is an example of how race taxonomies are constructed and employed to impress upon peoples’ psychological states and sociocultural sensibilities. It aims to uncover how indigenous black African Muslims responded to challenges to their humanity and agency by their Arab coreligionists who saw themselves as ethnically and culturally superior to their brethren. Dr. Ali is fluent in Arabic. Dr. Ali joined Zaytuna College in 2007.  \n\n\n\n– More Sidi Abdullah: https://mcceastbay.org/abdullah \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/isra-miraj-lecture/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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