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SUMMARY:Quarterly Red Cross Blood Drive @ MCC Jumu’ahs
DESCRIPTION:As people of faith\, it is in our blood to help. With a 15-minute blood donation\, you can be part of a lifesaving journey that could save up to three lives. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe MCC community has saved nearly 420 lives! This is our 36th Jumu’ah blood drive\, and each has always been fully booked! \n\n\n\nLet’s continue that trajectory at this blood drive and keep all our American Red Cross guests busy when they set up in our Banquet Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on three Fridays in 2026. Sign up at: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/blood-drive. Here are the Jumu’ah Friday prayer service times: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/prayer \n\n\n\nIn 2026\, MCC will proudly host these quarterly blood drives during Jumuah services from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with our friends at the American Red Cross & Stanford Blood Center: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, February 6\, 2026 (Stanford Blood Center)\nFriday\, May 22\, 2026 (American Red Cross)\nFriday\, July 31\, 2026 (American Red Cross)\nFriday\, September 25\, 2026 (American Red Cross)\nFriday\, December 11\, 2026 (American Red Cross)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe need for blood is constant\, and only volunteer donors can meet it for patients in our community. Nationwide\, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds\, and most of us will need blood at some point in our lives. A Power Red donation targets only O-\, O+\, A-\, and B—blood types. It takes 20-30 minutes because donors give two units of concentrated Red Blood Cells\, and platelets and plasma are returned. Blood diversity is essential. Now more than ever\, the American Red Cross needs the help of black blood donors. \n\n\n\nBlood donors report feeling a strong sense of satisfaction after donating blood. Why? Because helping others in need feels good. \n\n\n\nIf you have visited India\, Pakistan\, or another high-risk malaria country and returned within the last 12 months\, you are not eligible to donate blood. See the latest travel-related restrictions to blood donation eligibility. \n\n\n\nEvery person who donates blood at MCC will receive a voucher for a free meal at IniBurger—Gourmet Burgers in Pleasanton. MCC congregation members Leeza and Abdullah Popal\, who own these establishments\, generously donate these vouchers to encourage community and congregation participation. \n\n\n\nMCC Youth: If you are 16 to 18\, here are the donor requirements and the link to the parental authorization form. \n\n\n\nOn the morning of the blood drive\, please complete the Rapid Pass online and bring the print-off to speed up the check-in process. Complete at https://mcceastbay.org/rapid \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nMCC strongly encourages our congregation of African heritage and groups aligned with the African American community. Patients with Sickle Cell Disease often require frequent transfusions\, and the most compatible blood is more likely to come from donors with similar backgrounds. Increasing participation from the Muslim community can help improve health outcomes and ensure that these patients receive the care they deserve. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App on the App Store\, Google Play\, or text BLOODAPP to 90999. Schedule appointments\, view your blood type and mini-physical results\, and track your donations. \n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/red-cross-mosque/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Charity & Community Service
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T133000
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SUMMARY:Muslim Girl Scouts Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
DESCRIPTION:The Muslim Girl Scouts (hosted @ MCC) will be tabling at MCC Jumu’ahs and selling baked goods to raise funds for their troop activities. Visit their table to learn more and support their cause. \n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/girl-scouts-troop-30875-mcc-jumuahs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T133000
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SUMMARY:Zara Initiative Tables @ MCC Jumu'ah's
DESCRIPTION:Zara Initiative is a U.S based nonprofit charity working in some of the poorest countries in the world. They are collecting for Ramadan Food Packs. You can feed an entire family for the whole month of Ramadan with just one food pack.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/zara-initiative-tables-mcc-jumuahs-5/
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SUMMARY:Ride Your Bike to MCC Jumu'ah & Get a Free iniBurger Meal
DESCRIPTION:As MCC continues to grapple with heavy parking congestion at its weekly Jumu’ah services\, we’re excited to offer a special incentive for community members who choose to ride their bikes to the mosque. \nTo help reduce traffic and make things easier for everyone\, we’re encouraging biking as a great alternative. \nAs a thank-you to any worshiper attending the 1:30 p.m.\, 2:30 p.m.\, or 3:40 p.m. service\, the first 20 attendees each Friday who bike to the mosque will receive a complimentary Iniburger meal card good for a complimentary B’igi Burger combo. \nGift cards can be picked up from the Operations Office. Just let our staff member know that you rode your bicycle. Remember to wear your helmet! Please safely park your bike in front of the women’s entrance. \nThis promotion is sponsored by concerned MCC community members who do not want to see MCC’s critical conditional use permit jeopardized and who are appealing to our beloved congregation to attend the weekly off-site auxiliary Jumu’ah or to begin biking to MCC Jumu’ah instead of driving. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n \n \n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/ride-your-bike-to-mcc-jumuah-get-a-free-iniburger-meal-2-2/2026-05-22/
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SUMMARY:Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Rosewood
DESCRIPTION:Join us for one of MCC’s four Jumu’ah services on Friday\, May 22\, 2026: \n\n1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m\n\nShaykh Faraz Khan delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.\n\nUstadh Haseeb Sadat delivers this sermon at Rosewood Conference Center\, 4450 Rosewood Dr.\, Pleasanton\n\n\n2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.\n\nUstadh Haseeb Sadat delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n3:40 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. \n\nHafez Abdullah Ayyaz Qadri delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n*Kindly please avoid the first service due to *excessive parking congestion at MCC*.  \nPlease attend Jumu’ah at 1:40 at our weekly off-site Jumu’ah at Rosewood 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 (Building 5)\, Pleasanton. Rosewood is only a five-minute drive from MCC. \nWith ongoing construction\, we have limited MCC facility parking. Please attend the weekly Rosewood Jumu’ah. \n \nPlease note that the former HP lot (now part of the Pleasanton Unified School District) is no longer available to our congregation. The District graciously provides the MCC congregation with a limited number of parking spaces. Please come to the first or fourth Jumuah at MCC to ease up parking congestion or\, better yet\, attend our weekly parallel satellite prayer from 1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. at Rosewood Center (Building 5): https://mcceastbay.org/rosewood \n\n– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n\nFor parents attending with young children indoors at the main MCC facility\, we offer private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with audio-visual connections 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. \nPlease also visit the new\, larger Islamic Center of Livermore for Jumu’ah. They recently moved into a former church\, and they can now accommodate more Tri-Valley worshipers. The new masjid is at 3820 East Ave\, Livermore\, CA 94550. \nThe prayer times are at ICL: \n\nFirst Jummah: 1:30 p.m. 1:55 p.m.\nSecond Jummah: 2:30 p.m. 2:55 p.m.\nThird Jummuah: 3:30 p.m. to 3:55 p.m.\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nWe encourage our congregation to wear their best attire\, arrive early\, pray tahiyyat al-masjid\, and recite the Qur’an. Let’s encourage one another to maintain a clean and peaceful musalla. Please place your shoes neatly on the shoe racks\, minimize conversations inside the musalla\, engage in dhikr\, and send salawat upon the Prophet ﷺ. May Allah accept our efforts. Ameen. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/jumuah-services-mcc-rosewood-37/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events,Sisters Program,Teen,Women's Activities,Young Children
ORGANIZER;CN="Muslim Community Center - East Bay":MAILTO:events@mcceastbay.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T163000
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SUMMARY:United in Grief: Remembering Victims of the San Diego Attacks
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interfaith community vigil to honor the victims from Monday’s mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. We honor Amin Abdullah\, Mansour Kaziha\, and Nadar Awad.  \nPlease join us in solidarity and support so that we can together meet the hate that took these three lives with the love needed to extinguish it. People of faith deserve to come together safely and without fear. \nWe will be gathering as a community in the MCC Prayer Hall to share prayers\, reflections\, and thoughts. Everyone welcome! \n4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Friday\, May 22\, 2026 | MCC Prayer Hall | Join us in person or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live \nPlease park in the Pleasanton Unified School District parking lot. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nWe are gathering to mourn the victims of the horrific terror attack on Muslim worshipers in San Diego. Worshipers were gunned down on Monday\, May 18\, 2026. \nOur prayers go out to the families and loved ones of the victims. We will come together and show our solidarity and express our grief over such a senseless act of violence. We will show that together we are stronger than hate\, that no matter what faith community we belong to\, we oppose hatred and violence in all forms. \n\nFor more details\, see here: https://us13.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=ec8fb6b0691fe4b0c85850477&id=cd6ad5bd22 \nIf you feel concerned about how best to share information with your children\, please reference the link below for some talking points and considerations to keep in mind: https://www.parentmap.com/article/how-talk-kid-school-shooting\n\n \n\nWe pray that the deceased are in the highest levels of paradise. We ask God to envelope the loved ones left behind with His mercy and comfort in this time of extreme difficulty. The Muslim community is in grief and pain. \n\n\n\nThe Prophet ﷺ said: \n\n\n\n“The example of the believers in their mutual love\, mercy\, and compassion is like one body: when one part of the body suffers\, the whole body responds with sleeplessness and fever.” \n\n\n\nNarrated by Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Security Safety Message \nThis is a Time for Prayer\, Unity\, and Vigilance.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAssalamu Alaikum\, Beloved MCC Community\,Like many of you\, we are heartbroken by today’s attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD). Three members of our wider ummah were killed in a place that should have been a religious sanctuary\, including a security guard whose actions\, by all accounts\, saved many more lives. \nInna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. Indeed\, we belong to Allah\, and indeed to Him we return. \nOur prayers are with the victims\, their families\, and the entire San Diego Muslim community. At MCC\, we are implementing additional safety measures and working with the Pleasanton Police Department\, which is providing support. In the coming days\, we will ask for your cooperation\, even when it may be inconvenient.To help ensure the safety of our congregation\, we have arranged for armed security personnel to be present during our weekly Friday prayers and our upcoming Eid prayers. We will review and\, where needed\, adjust our security and operational procedures so that our beloved masjid remains a place where you and your families feel safe to pray\, learn\, and gather.We ask our community members to remain especially vigilant\, park only in designated areas\, stay alert\, and immediately report any suspicious activity to mcc-listens@mcceastbay.org.Also\, this Friday\, May 22\, alongside our interfaith allies & local city officials\, we will hold a community vigil in the MCC parking lot right after our last Jumu’ah service ends\, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. We will have banners for everyone to sign and for our kids to draw messages of support from us that we will send to the San Diego Muslim community. More details in this Thursday’s newsletter.For those in the community experiencing grief\, anxiety\, or emotional distress in the wake of this tragedy\, our community mental health partner Maristan offers professional\, faith-centered counseling & support for children\, teens & adults.May Allah protect our mosques and communities.In Service\,MCC Board of Directorsmcc-listens@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/united-in-grief/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events,Interfaith & Community Outreach
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T190000
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SUMMARY:Women's Weekly Friday Evening Halaqa | The Rahmah Foundation
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 girls’ halaqa. \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Every Friday from September 19\, 2025\, to May 22\, 2026 (calendar) |  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 Night Halaqa (FNH) 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 FNH Fall session runs from Friday\, September 19\, 2025\, to May 22\, 2026\, with no halaqas on the following dates: Friday\, November 28\, December 19\, December 26\, January 2\, February 20 through March 27\, April 3\, and April 10. 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 women’s halaqa is hosted at MCC and runs parallel to the girls & teens 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. Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/womens-weekly-halaqa/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sisters Program
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SUMMARY:Elementary & Middle School Boys Halaqa & Hangout
DESCRIPTION:For Elementary & Middle School Boys (Grades 3-8): Join Coach Amir Rashad weekly for basketball\, a youth halaqa\, and a hang-out session to help our young men make connections and bonds\, form a brotherhood\, and navigate school and social challenges as they grow into men. \nThese sessions aim to craft our next generation of confident\, faithful Muslim men. These Halaqas are for grades 3 to 8 only—no younger boys. The sessions are capped at 30 boys. Once limited spots are full\, please join the waitlist. Pizza is included each week. \n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Fridays | November 21\, 2025\, to May 22\, 2026 (with a break in Ramadan 2026) | Hart Middle School | $400 for the entire year or $15/week | Register at mcceastbay.org/boys-hangout \nLocation of Friday evening sessions for elementary and middle school boys in ‘25 and ‘26: \n\n\n\n– November 21\, 2025\, at Fallon Middle School in Pleasanton\n– November 28\, 2024 (no session)\n– December 5\, 2025\, at Amador Elementary School in Dublin\n– December 12\, 2025\, at Cottonwood Creek Middle School in Dublin\n– December 19\, 2025\, at Amador Elementary School in Dublin\n– December 26\, 2024 (no session)\n– January 2\, 2025 (no session)\n– January 9\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– January 16\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– January 23\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– January 30\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– February 6\, 2026 – Canceled\n– February 13\, 2026 – Canceled\n\n\n– February 20\, 2026 (no season in Ramadan)\n– February 27\, 2026 (no session in Ramadan)– March 6\, 2026 (no session)\n– March 13\, 2026 (no session in Ramadan)\n– March 20\, 2026 (no session in Ramadan)\n– March 27\, 2025 (no session)\n– April 3\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– April 10\, 2026\, (no session)\n– April 17\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– April 24\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– May 1\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– May 8\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– May 15\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– May 22\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n\nSidi Quran Hodge also leads a Friday Night Boys High School Halaqa: https://mcceastbay.org/series/friday-night-boys-high-school-halaqa-sidi-quran-hodge-2 \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. \nAbout the Halaqa Facilitator: \nCoach Amir Rashad (Quentin Youngblood) is a former Division I athlete and international professional basketball player with experience competing in Germany\, Brazil\, and Indonesia. A standout at El Cerrito High School\, he became the all-time scoring leader. He earned All-State and USA Honorable Mention All-American honors before serving as team captain at the University of Washington\, where he became a Muslim. Rashad has over 18 years of coaching experience\, including varsity head coaching roles in the U.S.\, Saudi Arabia\, Dubai\, and Bahrain. As a trainer\, he has developed athletes from middle school to NBA prospects through a holistic\, skill-centered approach.  Founder of Deen Sports Academy. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/elementary-middle-school-boys-halaqa-hangout-3/2026-05-22/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T190000
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SUMMARY:Friday Night Teen High School Halaqa | Sidi Quran Hodge
DESCRIPTION:Join Ustadh 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 high school boys only—no younger boys are allowed. Each session is capped at 30 teens. Once limited spots are full\, please kindly join the waitlist. \nThe first hour is physical activity in the gym (basketball\, flag football\, or soccer)\, and the latter hour is pizza and a teen halaqa with Sidi Quran.  \n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Fridays | October 24\, 2025\, to May 22\, 2026 (with a break in Ramadan 2026) | $400/person | Register at mcceastbay.org/boys  \nThe MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never prevent a family in the East Bay from benefiting from any MCC offering. To request a financial waiver\, please complete the application at mcceastbay.org/scholarship \nCoach Amir Rashad also leads a Friday Night Elementary & Middle School Boys Halaqa & Hangout: \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org  \nLocation of Friday evening sessions for high school boys in ‘25 and ‘26: \n\n\n\n– October 24\, 2025\, at Dublin High School \n– October 31\, 2025\, at Dublin High School \n– November 7\, 2025\, at Donlon Elementary School\n– November 14\, 2025\, at Donlon Elementary School\n– November 21\, 2025\, at Donlon Elementary School\n– November 28\, 2024 (no session)\n– December 5\, 2025\, at Donlon Elementary School\n– December 12\, 2025\, at Donlon Elementary School\n– December 19\, 2025\, at Donlon Elementary School\n– December 26\, 2024 (no session)\n– January 2\, 2025 (no session)\n– January 9\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– January 16\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– January 23\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– January 30\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– February 6\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– February 13\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– February 20\, 2026 (no season in Ramadan)\n– February 27\, 2026 (no session in Ramadan)– March 6\, 2026 (no session)\n– March 13\, 2026 (no session in Ramadan)\n– March 20\, 2026 (no session in Ramadan)\n– March 27\, 2025 (no session)\n– April 3\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– April 10\, 2026\, at Donlon Elementary School\n– April 17\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– April 24\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– May 1\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– May 8\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– May 15\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\n– May 22\, 2026\, at Hart Middle School in Pleasanton\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 addressing community issues\, particularly the challenges that 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-night-teens-3/2026-05-22/
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CATEGORIES:Teen
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