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SUMMARY:North American Bangladeshi Islamic Community (NABIC) Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Since 1990\, the North American Bangladeshi Islamic Community (NABIC) has worked to improve the living conditions of society’s most vulnerable and needy members through diverse projects in healthcare\, education\, and emergency relief. \nA response team is currently on the ground in Bangladesh\, assisting in flood relief efforts and raising funds for relief efforts. Visit their table this Friday to learn how you can support their efforts.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/north-american-bangladeshi-islamic-community-nabic-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
CATEGORIES:Charity & Community Service
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SUMMARY:Soul of My Soul Exhibit Tables @ MCC Jumu’ahs
DESCRIPTION:Soul of my Soul is a mobile exhibit that raises awareness about what is happening in Palestine\, allows our community to process their grief\, and gives our children an artistic outlet and voice. The artwork displayed is created by children in our community. Visit their table to learn more about their work and how you can support them. \nThis Friday\, after the youth Jumu’ah at 4 p.m.\,  they are offering a Palestinian Plate Art Craft session for youth ages 13 to 18. Register for it here.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/soul-of-my-soul-exhibit-tables-mcc-jumuahs-2/
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SUMMARY:Tri-Valley Haven Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Tri-Valley Haven is a vital community organization that serves adults and children who have experienced domestic violence\, sexual assault\, or homelessness in the Tri-Valley area. Visit their table this Friday to learn more about their services and how you can support them.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tri-valley-haven-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Rosewood
DESCRIPTION:For MCC’s four Jumu’ah services on Friday\, Oct. 18\, 2024: \n\n\n\n\n*Heavy parking congestion. Please\, kindly avoid the first service 🙂 *\n\nUstadh Nakheel Dabbagh delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n\n\n1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.\n\n– Ustadh Quran Hodge delivers this sermon at Rosewood Conference Center\, 4400 Rosewood Dr.\, Pleasanton\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.\n\n– Ustadh Jihad Turk delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n\n\n3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m. \n\n–  Hafiz Abdullah Ayyaz 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– More Hafiz Abdullah: http://mcceastbay.org/abdullah-ayyaz\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/jumuah-services-12/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Palestinian Plate Art Craft | Soul of My Soul Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:For Boys & Girls Ages 13 to 18: After the youth Jumu’ah\, join the Soul of My Soul Exhibit in creating a hand-painted decorative plate in the traditional style of Al Khalil (Hebron)\, Palestine.  \nIn addition to creating a beautiful keepsake for yourself\, you will also learn about the personal experiences of Bay Area locals with the apartheid and occupation in the West Bank. Participants will have the unique opportunity to hear from a Palestinian teenager currently living in the West Bank to foster a better understanding of the situation. \n\nFriday\, Oct. 18 | 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. | MCC Banquet Hall | $35/person | Ages 14-18 | Register at http://mcceastbay.org/art  \nThe event is capped at 20. Pizza is provided. \nCosponsored by Soul of My Soul Exhibit and MCC East Bay. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attaining spiritual or educational knowledge within the four walls of the Muslim Community Center. For a financial waiver for this event\, please email scholarship@mcceastbay.org.  \nEvent Schedule\n \n\n4:00 – 4:45 pm – Late lunch and introductions (teenage attendees will have a chance to discuss what they’ve witnessed this past year and its impact on them)\n4:45 – 5:15 pm – Start the craft by drawing out the plate art outline\n5:15 – 5:25 pm – Break for Asr\n5:25 – 6:15 pm – While attendees paint their plates\, they will watch a short documentary about the apartheid in the West Bank and gain some insight into what it means to be a teenager living in occupied Palestine.\n6:15 – 7:00 pm – Level Up for Palestine: How to take your advocacy to the next level (with a break for maghrib)\n\nEvent attendees will not leave this event feeling depressed about the situation in Gaza but instead feel empowered to work for their sisters and brothers in Palestine.  \nWe will facilitate discussions with our youth in a safe space\, allowing them to voice their concerns and discover their strengths regarding what they can offer to the movement. \nAll profits will go directly to supporting Palestinians on the ground in Palestine (either Gaza or the West Bank). \nSoul of My Soul Exhibit promotes conversations about Palestine through arts and culture. You can learn more about the Soul of My Soul Exhibit at www.soulofmysoulexhibit.com \nPlease also see this screening later this month: https://mcceastbay.org/event/where-olive-trees-weep-screening
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/palestinian-plate-art-craft/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Youth Program
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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/2024-10-18/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sisters Program
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SUMMARY:Boycat: The Next Generation of Ethical Shopping | Adil Abbuthalha (Founder of Boycat)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fireside chat with the founder of Boycat.io\, who was fired from his day job for building this revolutionary platform.   \nDiscover how Boycat divested $80 million from apartheid in just seven months and is now building towards empowering ethical shoppers around the globe. We’ll discuss how Boycat was formed\, the viral growth\, the contribution to the movement\, and how you can be a part of this global change. \nFriday\, Oct. 18 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | MCC Prayer Hall | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \nAdil Abbuthalha is the driving force behind Boycat\, an innovative app designed to empower consumers to make ethical shopping choices\, particularly in support of the Palestinian cause. Adil founded Boycat and leads its development\, analytics\, marketing\, product management\, and business development\, demonstrating a profound commitment to technological innovation and social responsibility. \nAdil formerly led the data science team at LinkTree before being fired for building Boycat. His entrepreneurial journey began early\, launching a tutoring business at 15\, a clothing line at 16\, and a media company at 18\, where he successfully partnered with high-profile brands like Audi. At 19\, after finishing his degree\, he founded Stellato\, a product management company\, before joining Big Tech. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/boycat/
CATEGORIES:Family Events
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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
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