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SUMMARY:NISA Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:NISA (North American Islamic Shelter for the Abused)\, established in 2002\, was founded to alleviate challenges related to abuse and domestic violence within the Muslim community. Their primary goal is to reduce incidents of domestic violence and achieve domestic harmony among families through collaborative efforts with the community and other established organizations. Visit their table this Friday to learn more about their efforts and to support them. \nThey also have an upcoming fundraiser on Sunday\, October 13\, at Chandni Restaurant in Newark. Learn more here.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/nisa-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
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SUMMARY:Asian Women Shelter Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Arab Women Services\, a branch of Asian Women Services\, provides support services to Arab Speakers who are survivors of Domestic Violence. Visit their table this Friday to learn more about how you can support their efforts.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/asian-women-shelter-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
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SUMMARY:Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Rosewood
DESCRIPTION:For MCC’s four Jumu’ah services on Friday\, Oct. 4\, 2024: \n\n\n\n\n*Heavy parking congestion. Please\, kindly avoid this service 🙂 *\n\nSidi Shahryar Abbasi delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n\n\n1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.\n\n– Ustadh Omar Naisan delivers this sermon at Rosewood Conference Center.\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.\n\n– Ustadh Mohammed Abdul Baseer delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n\n\n3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m. \n\n– Sidi Shaan Mukhtar delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. @ MCC to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible\, or attend the off-site MCC Jumu’ah service each week at Rosewood Commons\, 4400 Rosewood Dr.\, Pleasanton.Please note that the former HP lot (now Pleasanton School District) is no longer available to our congregation. Please come to the second or fourth Jumuah to ease up parking congestion or (better yet) attend our weekly parallel satellite prayer at 1:40 p.m. at Rosewood Conference Center: https://mcceastbay.org/rosewood \n\n\n\n\n– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n\n\n\n– More Sidi Shahryar: http://mcceastbay.org/shahryar\n– More Ustadh Omar: http://mcceastbay.org/omar\n– More Ustadh Abdul Baseer: http://mcceastbay.org/mohammed\n– More Sidi Shaan: http://mcceastbay.org/shaan\n\n\n\n\nFor parents attending with young children indoors at the main MCC facility\, we offer private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to the Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while working with other parents and young children. The mothers’ and fathers’ prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/mcc-rosewood-jumuah-4/
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 women’s gathering on Friday evenings to discuss navigating contemporary issues. This program runs in parallel to the Friday night girl’s halaqa. \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Every Friday from September 20\, 2024\, to February 21\, 2025\, |  MCC Conference Room | Free; no registration or RSVP required to attend in person | To join virtually\, register at https://mcceastbay.org/zoom \n\n\n\n\n\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– The Rahmah Foundation’s Holiday Calendar: https://mcceastbay.org/rahmah-calendar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fall session runs from Friday\, Sept. 20\, 2024\, to May 23\, 2025\, with no halaqas on Friday\, November 29\, December 27\, March 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, and April 4)\, and we restart from April 11\, 2025 to May 23\, 2025. See calendar. \n\n\n\nFree weekly babysitting is provided in Room 23. Facility map: https://mcceastbay.org/facility-map \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nThis halaqa is hosted parallel to our girls’ program in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation. \n\n\n\nUstadha Rania Awaad was raised in the U.S. and 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 Ijazah (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. She is on the faculty of Zaytuna College\, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh and women’s issues in fiqh and has helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz program. \n\n\n\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 is the Director of the Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization that teaches traditional Islamic knowledge to Muslim women and girls. 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. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Dr. Rania and her work at http://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/research/MuslimMHLab.html \n\n\n\nEvery Friday evening\, the MCC bustles with activity. MCC hosts four halaqas to increase God-consciousness for youth\, women\, and men. \n\n\n\nJoin Dr. Rania Awaad‘s women’s gathering on navigating contemporary issues from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 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. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/weekly-halaqa/2024-10-04/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sisters Program
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SUMMARY:Friday Night Boys High School Halaqa | Sidi Quran Hodge
DESCRIPTION:Join MCC Youth Activities Facilitator Sidi Quran Hodge for weekly Friday evening basketball & halaqa sessions for teen high school boys from 9th through 12th grade. \nThese sessions aim to craft our next generation of confident\, faithful Muslim men. These halaqas are for only high school boys only—no younger boys. The sessions are capped at 30 teens. Once limited spots are full\, please join the waitlist. \nPizza is included each week. The first hour is physical activities in the gym (basketball\, flag football\, or soccer)\, and the latter hour is a teen halaqa with Sidi Quran.  \n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Fridays | Sep. 20\, 2024 to May 23\, 2025 (with a break in Ramadan ‘25) | $400/person | Register at mcceastbay.org/boys  \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 \nLocation of Friday evening sessions for high school boys in ‘24 and ‘25: \n\n\n\n\n\n– September 20\, 2024\, at MCC East Bay\n– September 27\, 2024\, at MCC East Bay\n– October 4\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– October 11\, 202\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– October 18\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– October 25\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– November 1\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– November 8\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– November 15\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– November 22\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– November 29\, 2024 (no session)\n– December 6\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– December 13\, 2024\, at Fairlands Elementary School in Pleasanton\n– December 20\, 2024\, at Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– December 27\, 2024 (no session)\n– January 3\, 2025\, at MCC East Bay\n– January 10\, 2025\, location TBA\n– January 17\, 2025\, location TBA\n– January 24\, 2025\, location TBA\n– January 31\, 2025\, Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– February 7\, 2025\, Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– February 14\, 2025\, Donlon Elementary in Pleasanton\n– February 21\, 2025\, location TBA (last session before Ramadan 2025)\n– February 28\, 2025 (no session – join Moonsighting in MCC parking lot)\n– March 7\, 2025 (no session)\n– March 14\, 2025 (no session)\n– March 21\, 2025 (no session)\n– March 28\, 2025 (no session)\n– April 4\, 2025\, at Thomas Hart Middle School\n– April 11\, 2025\, location Amador Valley High School\n– April 18\, 2025\, location Thomas Hart Middle School\n– April 25\, 2025\, location Thomas Hart Middle School\n– May 2\, 2025\, location Thomas Hart Middle School \n– May 9\, 2025\, location Thomas Hart Middle School \n– May 16\, 2025\, location Thomas Hart Middle School \n– May 23\, 2025\, location Thomas Hart Middle School \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Sidi Quran \nQur’an Hodge is a Bay Area native. He began his Islamic education in 2019\, studying Arabic at the Al Maqasid Seminary in Pennsylvania. Sidi Quran continued to Dar Al Mustafa\, a Yemeni Islamic university in Tarim\, Hadhramaut. At this Islamic seminary founded by Habib Umar bin Hafiz\, Sidi Qur’an studied Ibtidaiyya\, Hadith\, Aqida\, Seerah\, Nahw\, Quran Hifzdh\, Kitaba\, and Tafseer in classical Arabic.  \nSidi Quran has completed certificates in Taleef Collective’s Refining the Core and Zaytuna College’s Permaculture Program. He is passionate about creatively working on community issues\, particularly the challenges Muslim youth face. He lives with his wife and child in Castro Valley. \n\n– More Quran Hodge: https://mcceastbay.org/quran-hodge
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/friday-boys-halaqa/2024-10-04/
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SUMMARY:Domestic Violence in the American Muslim Community (+Community Dinner) | Imam Tahir Anwar
DESCRIPTION: \n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n \nOctober is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  \nThis month\, and always\, we affirm that we will break the silence and empower women in the Muslim community so they are not forced to stay in marriages in which they are abused. \nLearn about the resources available to help our loved ones and how we can support our local organizations addressing this issue.  \nAll MCC Khutbahs on Friday\, October 4\, are also dedicated to this unspoken topic of forbidding domestic oppression. \nFriday\, Oct. 4 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | MCC Prayer Hall | Join us in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \nSponsored by San Ramon Valley Islamic Center\, The Rahmah Foundation\, North American Islamic Shelter for the Abused (NISA) & MCC East Bay \nMCC proudly works with the North American Islamic Shelter for the Abused (NISA)\, which shelters women fleeing abuse and provides skills and resources to become self-sufficient. NISA staff and volunteers will be on hand during this event. \nSRVIC has generously offered to sponsor a post-program dinner for up to 200 guests. The program begins promptly at 7:15 p.m. Please arrive between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to receive dinner tickets. Dinner will be served after the Isha prayers at 8:45 p.m. \nFamily Night Schedule \n\n6:52 pm: Maghrib congregational prayer\n7:15 pm:  Presentation by Sumera Siddiqui\, NISA\n7:30 pm:  Talk by a NISA Advocate\, Case Manager\n7:45 pm:  Take A Stand Against Domestic Violence | Imam Tahir Anwar\n8:15 to 8:45 pm: Q&A panel\n8:45 pm: Isha congregational prayer\n9 p.m.: Dinner served\n\n– More Imam Tahir: https://mcceastbay.org/tahir \n– Learn more about the NISA shelter: https://asknisa.org \n– More domestic violence talks at MCC: http://mcceastbay.org/nisa \n– More topics addressing community & social justice issues: http://mcceastbay.org/community \nIt’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month\, and let’s remember that Islam enjoins kindness and mercy and forbids oppression.  \nDomestic violence happens everywhere all the time and affects everyone. Women are the principal victims. Help us bring awareness.  \nDuring this Family Night and the four MCC Jumu’ah services\, MCC will invite various local Bay Area DV organizations to have a table alongside NISA. Our Khutbahs will also focus on raising awareness of domestic violence.  \nhttps://youtu.be/lilKZWT5Y68  \n \nThree to four million women are beaten annually\, and every 15 seconds\, a woman is abused in her home. Nationally\, domestic violence has become the number one cause of death among women. \nOne reaction from our community is\, “That’s a tragedy that doesn’t affect Muslim families.” But it does. While research on the prevalence of family violence among Muslims is just beginning\, Imams\, community leaders\, and social workers across North America confirm that Muslim women\, children\, and men are being affected by this devastating social problem. \nPhysical violence can lead to broken bones\, head injury\, vision loss\, and even death. Among victims\, emotional abuse leads to a broken spirit and feelings of hopelessness\, helplessness\, and oppression.  \nDomestic abuse knows no boundaries. It occurs among well-known and little-known community members\, the rich\, the poor\, the well-educated and uneducated\, foreign-born and American-born\, and across all cultures\, races\, and religions. \nViolence against women is not an Islamic tradition. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed  us\, “I command you to be kind to women.” He said also\, “The best of you is the best to his family (wife). The Quran urges husbands to be kind and considerate to their wives. “Under no circumstances does the Quran encourage\, allow\, or condone family violence or physical abuse. Motherhood has the highest status in Islam. \nMarriage preparation education and premarital counseling can help future spouses learn skills that will assist them in developing a healthy\, violence-free family life. \nThis problem will not be eliminated unless we act. We must recognize the signs of spousal abuse and act to prevent it and work towards its elimination. We must encourage couples to seek spiritual and professional help. \nInsha-Allah (God willing)\, we must become partners against domestic violence. Spread the word and Stop the Hurt. \nWe end with a Muslim prayer for peace: \nO Allah\, You are As-Salaam – peace — and from You is all peace\, blessed are You\, O Possessor of majesty and honor.’
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/domestic-abuse/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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