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SUMMARY:Averroes High School Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Junior Civitans Club at Averroes High School seeks to empower young people to make a positive impact in their communities through service\, leadership\, and compassion. \nThis holiday season\, they are giving back to the community through a virtual food drive. Every dollar donated will help provide nutritious meals for those in need. \nVisit their table this Friday to support their cause.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/averroes-high-school-tables-mcc-jumuahs-2/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rahma Community Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Rahma Community Center is fundraising on Nov. 9 at Newark Pavilion to raise funds for establishing a Muslim community in Oakley. This project will benefit the rapidly growing needs of the Bay Area Muslim community with a proposed senior housing\, a Muslim senior center\, a full-time Islamic school\, a Muslim community center\, a sports facility\, and more. Visit their table this Friday to learn more.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/rahma-community-tables-mcc-jumuahs/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241101T133000
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SUMMARY:Afghan Premier FC Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:Afghan Premier FC is tabling this Friday to raise funds for their Annual Winter Fundraiser for Afghanistan! The funds will provide essential aid to 21 families in a remote village in Afghanistan.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/afghan-premier-fc-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\, Nov. 1\, 2024: \n\n\n\n\n*Heavy parking congestion. Please\, kindly avoid the first MCC service 🙂 *\n\nQari Amar Bellaha 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\, 4400 Rosewood Dr.\, Pleasanton\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 Mahdy Amine delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. at MCC to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible\, or please attend the off-site MCC Jumu’ah service\, that is\, each week at the Rosewood Commons\, 4450 Rosewood Dr.\, Pleasanton. Rosewood is a four-minute drive from MCC.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 Qari Amar: http://mcceastbay.org/amar\n– More Ustadh Omar: http://mcceastbay.org/omar\n– More Ustadh Abdul Baseer: http://mcceastbay.org/mohammed\n– More Sidi Mahdy: https://mcceastbay.org/mahdy\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-6/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241101T160000
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SUMMARY:Career Panel for Teens
DESCRIPTION:In our ongoing series to help teens find their career path\, this month\, we hear from a family therapist\, a tech leader\, a chemical engineer\, and an internal medicine doctor. We meet over pizza and snacks right after the weekly teen Jumu’ah! \nAfter the Friday youth Jumu’ah ends at 4 p.m.\, please join us for a great career panel to learn about possible careers and get advice\, tips\, and resources to help you prepare for your future. \n4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (right after weekly teen Jumu’ah ends) | Friday\, Nov. 1\, 2024 | MCC Conference Room | Join in person or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live \nWhatever your plans after high school\, our panel speakers will have something for you! Pizza and snacks will be provided\, so join us and come with interest\, questions\, and a friend. Also\, hear from professionals in various careers about what living your faith out in the workplace looks like. Parents and adults are also welcome to join. \nThis career panel\, moderated by a high schooler\, aims to inspire our youth and allow them to interact with professionals in various career areas\, like doctors\, data scientists\, engineers\, and more! You will hear professionals answer questions about their skills\, opportunities\, and what excites them about their job—plenty of time for Q&A. \nQuestions? stem@mcceastbay.org \nPanelist biographies \nSr. Sabreen Azhar is a compassionate and experienced Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist dedicated to fostering resilience and well-being in individuals\, couples\, and families. With a strong background in clinical and school-based settings\, Sabreen has a unique ability to connect with youth and adults\, addressing their diverse needs and challenges. Grounded in an Islamically integrated approach to psychology\, Sabreen’s practice honors her clients’ spiritual beliefs and values\, weaving together the principles of faith and evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Her work is rooted in a deep understanding of human relationships’ complexities and therapeutic support’s power. Sabreen is also a sought-after workshop facilitator\, creating engaging educational programs that address pressing community issues with sensitivity and expertise. She has a gift for tailoring her workshops to the communities’ most urgent needs\, promoting greater awareness\, understanding\, and positive change.  \nBr. Nauman (Noni) Azhar is a seasoned information technology leader. He has lived in the Bay Area since 2001 and resides in San Jose\, California\, with his wife and three children. He has also lived in Pakistan and on the East Coast. He prioritizes self-improvement in all aspects of his life. He enjoys spending time with family and friends and is an avid sports fan.\n\nBr. Farhan Ahmad is a chemical engineering graduate with over two decades of experience in the semiconductor industry. He is a seasoned finance leader with expertise in fostering investor relations\, creating finance strategy\, and leading finance operations. \nDr. Moyra Rasheed is an internal medicine doctor with several years of experience. She has also worked as a hospitalist for multiple hospitals. She is continuing to expand her education and recently completed a master’s in public health to expand her research skills with data science. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/career-panel-for-teens/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops,Teen
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SUMMARY:Elementary & Middle School Boys Halaqa & Hangout | Sidi Amin Gharad & Sidi Zeeshan Mukhtar
DESCRIPTION:For Elementary & Middle School Boys (Ages 8-13): Join us weekly in November for a Halaqa and hang-out session to help them make connections and bonds\, form a brotherhood\, and navigate school and social challenges as they grow into young men. \nThese sessions aim to craft our next generation of confident\, faithful Muslim men. These Halaqas are for only ages 8-13—no younger boys. The sessions are capped at 30 teens. Once limited spots are full\, please join the waitlist. \nPizza is included each week. \n7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Fridays | 11/1\, 11/8\, 11/15\, 11/22 (no session on 11/29) | MCC Banquet Hall | $10/week | Register at mcceastbay.org/boys-hangout \nParents must pick up their child(ren) by 8:30 p.m.\, no later than 9 p.m. \nFor questions about the Halaqa\, please contact Sr. Fouzia Alam at 925-330-4287. \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. \nAbout the halaqa facilitators \nAmin Gharad served two terms as President of the Muslim Youth of North America (MYNA) and\, most recently\, Islamic Studies Director at Northstar School\, where he also taught boys’ P.E. He has also worked with the Yaqeen Institute on several projects\, including curriculum development. In addition to his extensive experience working with and mentoring Muslim youth\, he has completed Arabic studies at the Qasid Institute in Amman and studied Islamic sciences with traditional scholars based in Jordan and Turkey. \nSister Fouzia Alam\, a mother of three boys\, is collaborating to launch the Boys’ Halaqa. She has extensive experience and organized numerous Bay Area enrichment programs. \nAzmat Zeeshan Mukhtar is a local father and mentor from our community who enjoys sports and kids. He will organize the activities and bring on some other dads to help volunteer and make this a rewarding activity for our young Muslim boys. Brother Zeeshan Mukhtar has previously led similar sessions at his son’s school\, and in the past\, he coached flag football for boys at MCC.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/middle-school-boys-halaqa/2024-11-01/
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/2024-11-01/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sisters Program
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SUMMARY:The Opening of Mecca & the Closure of Violence | Rushain Abbasi
DESCRIPTION:Stanford University Religious Studies Professor Rushain Abbasi will discuss his research on the relationship between “the rule of God” and current theories of human sovereignty. \n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Friday\, November 1\, 2024 | MCC Prayer Hall | Join us in person or virtually at mcceastbay.org/live \nThis presentation is based on Professor Abbasi’s treatise\, which studies the event of the Prophet Muhammad’s so-called conquest of Mecca and the Prophet’s general granting of amnesty to the “conquered” (placed in quotation marks because this group is referred to as the “released”) as a way of reflecting more broadly on the unique relationship between law and violence in Islam and the politics of “submission” (and not “sovereignty”) which made this moment in history possible. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nRushain Abbasi lives with his wife and two children in Hayward\, California. For his day job\, he teaches Islam\, philosophy\, and history classes in the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University. He also teaches courses at Bay Area masjid on Islam and the West in the evenings. He is currently writing articles and books on secularism\, liberalism\, and its relationship to Islamic law\, the phenomenon of “Ummatic Amnesia\,” the uncanny presence of Islam in Western literature and history\, and the Hegelian differentiation of “abstraction” into its beautiful and evil forms. God willing\, the Opening of Mecca and the Closure of Violence is his first monograph\, which will be finished within the year. 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/the-opening-of-mecca/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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