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SUMMARY:Your Game Plan for an Awesome\, Spiritual Ramadan | Shaykh Alaeddin Elbakri
DESCRIPTION:Join us for on Saturday morning to learn what we can start doing now to leverage this upcoming Ramadan for the maximum benefit of our Hereafter. \n\n\n\n10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Saturday\, March 18 | Conference Room | No RSVP needed\, join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\n– More Shaykh Alaedin Elbakri: https://mcceastbay.org/alaeddin  \n\n\n\nShaykh Alauddin Elbakri \n\n\n\nShaykh Alauddin Elbakri began his study of Islam at a young age in North Africa and continued his education in the Islamic sciences in Jordan\, learning from predominant scholars in the Muslim world. He has served the Muslim community in the United States in numerous capacities\, serving as Imam at several Islamic centers and establishing full-time and weekend Islamic schools. Having been trained in both the Islamic sciences and secular education\, Shaykh Alauddin can appeal to various audiences. His main focus is helping Muslims develop a deep understanding of the self\, life\, and faith. Learn more about the Shaykh Alauddin via his educational nonprofit: https://www.tawasaw.org/who-we-are  \n\n\n\nFollow his official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AlauddinElBakri  \n\n\n\nShaykh Alauddin’s website: https://shaykhelbakri.com Sheikh Alauddin ElBakri has served the San Francisco Bay Area community for more than twenty years. \n\n\n\n– In 1997\, he was the Founding Board member of IMAN(Inner-City Muslim Action Network) in Chicago. IMAN is an organization dedicated to educating and letting up the inner cities. – In 1999\, he accepted the Chief Curriculum Designer and Book editor role at IQRA in Chicago. – In 2005\, he was a founding board member for “My Dean” in Fresno\, an organization dedicated to serving Muslim youth in faith and life. – In 2010\, he founded Support Life Foundation\, an organization dedicated to providing education and jobs to residents of Oakland\, San Francisco\, San Jose and various other Bay Area cities. – In 2017\, he founded Tawasaw\, an organization dedicated to educating Muslims on how to apply Islam in their modern daily life.  \n\n\n\nShaykh Alauddin Albakri is regularly invited as a guest speaker to university students and tech company workers to educate them about the Islamic faith\, culture\, history\, and people.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/awesome-spiritual-ramadan/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 26 | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, March 26\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 2\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 9\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 16\n\n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen/2023-03-26/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-2/2023-03-26/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-3/2023-03-26/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 26 | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, March 26\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 2\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 9\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 16\n\n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen/2023-04-02/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-2/2023-04-02/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-3/2023-04-02/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Zakat & Fasting for Children
DESCRIPTION:Children’s Author Aisha Gray Henry\, the charismatic founder of the Ghazali’s Children Project\, talks to our children about the timeless teachings of Al Ghazali in this two-part pre-Ramadan workshop series: \n\nApril 2: the special things about fasting that you never knew\nApril 9: a surprise story about how children can participate in Zakat (charity)\n\nSundays | 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Free | Register at mcceastbay.org/ghazali \nSponsored by Fons Vitae and MCC \nWatch: ‘Polishing the Heart’ – a major new documentary on the Ghazali Children’s Project documentary and Muslim children’s education. \n\nTrailer:  (2 mins) YouTube.com/watch?v=Czwvo-pERRk\nDocumentary:  (29 mins) https://conta.cc/3bHoUh2\nhttps://youtu.be/Sly38fCkeb0\nMore Sister Virginia Gray Henry: https://mcceastbay.org/aisha\n\nParents are encouraged to join with their children. Children of any age may join. The sessions are especially recommended for children 6 to 9. Sr. Aisha also highly encourages parents to have “The Book of Knowledge for Children” on hand during these sessions. Purchase the series here. \nShaykh Hamza Yusuf says about this book: “This work can help our Muslim children have a more humane and universal understanding of the ethics and teachings of Islam through Imam al-Ghazali. I believe the work is highly relevant and very likely life-altering for those who will be exposed to it early.” \n\nWatch Sister Aisha’s visit to the MCC Sunday School here.\n\nAbout the Author\nAisha Gray-Henry is the Founder and Director of the charitable foundation and publishing company Fons Vitae. Fons Vitae is currently engaged in the monumental task of bringing out Ghazali’s Ihya in readable English for parents and teachers as well as adapting it to accommodate children’s workbooks\, school curricula\, and an instructional DVD. The Book of Knowledge and The Principles of the Creed educational sets are available and in use internationally with Purity and Prayer nearing completion. Included is a children’s interactive website www.GhazaliChildren.org\, a pilot school project and prison program. Translations into Urdu\, Arabic\, and Malay are underway. The Fons Vitae Ghazali Project has been launched with great acclaim in Morocco\, Canada\, Indonesia\, England\, and the USA so far. \nWho is Al Ghazali?\nAn alchemist is a person who can create gold from base metals. It is a quest as old as legend. The truth is that alchemy exists\, but not of base metals\, but of the human heart. \nImam al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) is probably one of the greatest alchemists of all time. And in an epoch where the human condition is in its direst straits\, never more has there been a need for the chemistry of Imam al-Ghazali. \nA theologian\, jurist\, philosopher\, mystic and polymath\, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali is not only ranked amongst Islam’s finest scholars\, but is one of mankind’s finest students of the human condition. Known as Algazel to the mediaeval world\, he was born in Tus\, the Khorasan province of ancient Persia. \nWhen he had the academic world at his feet in his early thirties\, he spurned fame and fortune to go into a mode of self-denial and spiritual seclusion that lasted for many years. \nAlready an acknowledged master of Holy Law\, he re-entered society a practiced Sufi – a true gnostic. A genius\, Imam al-Ghazali was fully proficient in Greek and Roman philosophy\, and he debunked its central tenets\, proving that Revelation was always going to be superior to human reason. Human thinking could never evolve\, he wrote\, in an existential vacuum. \nIt was all of this that prompted him to write his magnus-opus\, the Ihya ‘Ulumad-Din (the Revival of the Religious Sciences). It is today regarded as one of the classic works on the human psyche. In the Ihya the author explains step-by-step how to turn one’s base instincts and desires into the golden ideal. \nToday’s modern world – devolved of spirituality and fraught with destructive ills such as materialism\, multi-national greed and violence – is in need of people like Imam al-Ghazali. This is because Imam al-Ghazali teaches a way to balance the body and the soul\, thus allowing us to reconcile modernity with spirituality in its very broadest\, and most universal\, sense. (Source: Dome Publishers) \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/ghazali-for-children-3/2023-04-02/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Fasting & Zakat for Children
DESCRIPTION:Children’s Author Aisha Gray Henry\, the charismatic founder of the Ghazali’s Children Project\, talks to our children about the timeless teachings of Al Ghazali in this two-part Ramadan workshop series: \n\nApril 2: the special things about fasting that you never knew\nApril 9: a surprising story about how children can participate in Zakat (charity)\n\nSundays | 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. PST| Free | Register at mcceastbay.org/ghazali-workshop \nSponsored by Fons Vitae and MCC \nWatch: ‘Polishing the Heart’ – a major new documentary on the Ghazali Children’s Project documentary and Muslim children’s education. \n\nTrailer:  (2 mins) YouTube.com/watch?v=Czwvo-pERRk\nDocumentary:  (29 mins) https://conta.cc/3bHoUh2\nMore Sister Virginia Gray Henry: https://mcceastbay.org/aisha\n\nParents are encouraged to join their children. Children of any age may join. The sessions are especially recommended for children 6 to 9. Sr. Aisha also highly encourages parents to have “The Book of Knowledge for Children” on hand during these sessions. Purchase the series here. \nShaykh Hamza Yusuf says about this book: “This work can help our Muslim children have a more humane and universal understanding of the ethics and teachings of Islam through Imam al-Ghazali. I believe the work is highly relevant and very likely life-altering for those who will be exposed to it early.” \n\nWatch Sister Aisha’s visit to the MCC Sunday School here.\n\nAbout the Author\nAisha Gray-Henry is the Founder and Director of the charitable foundation and publishing company Fons Vitae. Fons Vitae is currently engaged in the monumental task of bringing out Ghazali’s Ihya in readable English for parents and teachers and adapting it to accommodate children’s workbooks\, school curricula\, and an instructional DVD. The Book of Knowledge and The Principles of the Creed educational sets are available and used internationally\, with Purity and Prayer nearing completion. Included is a children’s interactive website\, HTTP://GhazaliChildren.org\, a pilot school project\, and a prison program. Translations into Urdu\, Arabic\, and Malay are underway. The Fons Vitae Ghazali Project has been launched with great acclaim in Morocco\, Canada\, Indonesia\, England\, and the USA. \nWho is Al Ghazali?\nAn alchemist is a person who can create gold from base metals. It is a quest as old as legend. The truth is that alchemy exists\, but not of base metals\, but of the human heart. \nImam al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) is probably one of the greatest alchemists ever. And in an epoch where the human condition is in its direst straits\, never more has there been a need for the chemistry of Imam al-Ghazali. \nA theologian\, jurist\, philosopher\, mystic\, and polymath\, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali is not only ranked amongst Islam’s finest scholars but is one of mankind’s finest students of the human condition. Known as Algazel to the medieval world\, he was born in Tus\, the Khorasan province of ancient Persia. \nWhen he had the academic world at his feet in his early thirties\, he spurned fame and fortune to go into a mode of self-denial and spiritual seclusion that lasted for many years. \nAlready an acknowledged master of Holy Law\, he re-entered society as a practiced Sufi – a true gnostic. A genius\, Imam al-Ghazali was fully proficient in Greek and Roman philosophy\, and he debunked its central tenets\, proving that Revelation was always going to be superior to human reason. Human thinking could never evolve\, he wrote\, in an existential vacuum. \nAll this prompted him to write his magnum opus\, the Ihya ‘Ulumad-Din (the Revival of the Religious Sciences). Today\, it is regarded as one of the classic works on the human psyche. In the Ihya the author explains how to turn one’s base instincts and desires into the golden ideal. \nToday’s modern world – devolved of spirituality and fraught with destructive ills such as materialism\, multi-national greed\, and violence – needs people like Imam al-Ghazali. This is because Imam al-Ghazali teaches a way to balance the body and soul\, thus allowing us to reconcile modernity with spirituality in its broadest and most universal sense. (Source: Dome Publishers) \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/fasting-zakat-for-children/2023-04-02/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Fasting & Zakat for Children
DESCRIPTION:Children’s Author Aisha Gray Henry\, the charismatic founder of the Ghazali’s Children Project\, talks to our children about the timeless teachings of Al Ghazali in this two-part Ramadan workshop series: \n\nApril 2: the special things about fasting that you never knew\nApril 9: a surprising story about how children can participate in Zakat (charity)\n\nSundays | 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. PSgt| Free | Register at mcceastbay.org/ghazali-workshop \nSponsored by Fons Vitae and MCC \nWatch: ‘Polishing the Heart’ – a major new documentary on the Ghazali Children’s Project documentary and Muslim children’s education. \n\nTrailer:  (2 mins) YouTube.com/watch?v=Czwvo-pERRk\nDocumentary:  (29 mins) https://conta.cc/3bHoUh2\nMore Sister Virginia Gray Henry: https://mcceastbay.org/aisha\n\nParents are encouraged to join their children. Children of any age may join. The sessions are especially recommended for children 6 to 9. Sr. Aisha also highly encourages parents to have “The Book of Knowledge for Children” on hand during these sessions. Purchase the series here. \nShaykh Hamza Yusuf says about this book: “This work can help our Muslim children have a more humane and universal understanding of the ethics and teachings of Islam through Imam al-Ghazali. I believe the work is highly relevant and very likely life-altering for those who will be exposed to it early.” \n\nWatch Sister Aisha’s visit to the MCC Sunday School here.\n\nAbout the Author\nAisha Gray-Henry is the Founder and Director of the charitable foundation and publishing company Fons Vitae. Fons Vitae is currently engaged in the monumental task of bringing out Ghazali’s Ihya in readable English for parents and teachers and adapting it to accommodate children’s workbooks\, school curricula\, and an instructional DVD. The Book of Knowledge and The Principles of the Creed educational sets are available and used internationally\, with Purity and Prayer nearing completion. Included is a children’s interactive website\, HTTP://GhazaliChildren.org\, a pilot school project\, and a prison program. Translations into Urdu\, Arabic\, and Malay are underway. The Fons Vitae Ghazali Project has been launched with great acclaim in Morocco\, Canada\, Indonesia\, England\, and the USA. \nWho is Al Ghazali?\nAn alchemist is a person who can create gold from base metals. It is a quest as old as legend. The truth is that alchemy exists\, but not of base metals\, but of the human heart. \nImam al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) is probably one of the greatest alchemists ever. And in an epoch where the human condition is in its direst straits\, never more has there been a need for the chemistry of Imam al-Ghazali. \nA theologian\, jurist\, philosopher\, mystic\, and polymath\, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali is not only ranked amongst Islam’s finest scholars but is one of mankind’s finest students of the human condition. Known as Algazel to the medieval world\, he was born in Tus\, the Khorasan province of ancient Persia. \nWhen he had the academic world at his feet in his early thirties\, he spurned fame and fortune to go into a mode of self-denial and spiritual seclusion that lasted for many years. \nAlready an acknowledged master of Holy Law\, he re-entered society as a practiced Sufi – a true gnostic. A genius\, Imam al-Ghazali was fully proficient in Greek and Roman philosophy\, and he debunked its central tenets\, proving that Revelation was always going to be superior to human reason. Human thinking could never evolve\, he wrote\, in an existential vacuum. \nAll this prompted him to write his magnum opus\, the Ihya ‘Ulumad-Din (the Revival of the Religious Sciences). Today\, it is regarded as one of the classic works on the human psyche. In the Ihya the author explains how to turn one’s base instincts and desires into the golden ideal. \nToday’s modern world – devolved of spirituality and fraught with destructive ills such as materialism\, multi-national greed\, and violence – needs people like Imam al-Ghazali. This is because Imam al-Ghazali teaches a way to balance the body and soul\, thus allowing us to reconcile modernity with spirituality in its broadest and most universal sense. (Source: Dome Publishers) \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/fasting-zakat-for-children-2/2023-04-02/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 26 | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, March 26\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 2\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 9\n\n\n\n-Sunday\, April 16\n\n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen/2023-04-09/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-2/2023-04-09/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-3/2023-04-09/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230409T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230409T153000
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SUMMARY:Fasting & Zakat for Children
DESCRIPTION:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5uOcNKO-5ou0026feature=youtu.be\n\n\n\n*Please note the time change for this Sunday. The session will begin at 2:30 p.m. PST.*\nChildren’s Author Aisha Gray Henry\, the charismatic founder of the Ghazali’s Children Project\, talks to our children about the timeless teachings of Al Ghazali in this two-part Ramadan workshop series: \n\nApril 2: the special things about fasting that you never knew\nApril 9: a surprising story about how children can participate in Zakat (charity)\n\nSundays | 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. PST | Free | Register at mcceastbay.org/ghazali-workshop \nSponsored by Fons Vitae and MCC East Bay. \nWatch: ‘Polishing the Heart’ – a major new documentary on the Ghazali Children’s Project documentary and Muslim children’s education. \n\nTrailer:  (2 mins) YouTube.com/watch?v=Czwvo-pERRk\nDocumentary:  (29 mins) https://conta.cc/3bHoUh2\nMore Sister Virginia Gray Henry: https://mcceastbay.org/aisha\n\nParents are encouraged to join their children. Children of any age may join. The sessions are especially recommended for children 6 to 9. Sr. Aisha also highly encourages parents to have “The Book of Knowledge for Children” on hand during these sessions. Purchase the series here. \nShaykh Hamza Yusuf says about this book: “This work can help our Muslim children have a more humane and universal understanding of the ethics and teachings of Islam through Imam al-Ghazali. I believe the work is highly relevant and very likely life-altering for those who will be exposed to it early.” \n\nWatch Sister Aisha’s visit to the MCC Sunday School here.\n\nAbout the Author\nAisha Gray-Henry is the Founder and Director of the charitable foundation and publishing company Fons Vitae. Fons Vitae is currently engaged in the monumental task of bringing out Ghazali’s Ihya in readable English for parents and teachers and adapting it to accommodate children’s workbooks\, school curricula\, and an instructional DVD. The Book of Knowledge and The Principles of the Creed educational sets are available and used internationally\, with Purity and Prayer nearing completion. Included is a children’s interactive website\, HTTP://GhazaliChildren.org\, a pilot school project\, and a prison program. Translations into Urdu\, Arabic\, and Malay are underway. The Fons Vitae Ghazali Project has been launched with great acclaim in Morocco\, Canada\, Indonesia\, England\, and the USA. \nWho is Al Ghazali?\nAn alchemist is a person who can create gold from base metals. It is a quest as old as legend. The truth is that alchemy exists\, but not of base metals\, but of the human heart. \nImam al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) is probably one of the greatest alchemists ever. And in an epoch where the human condition is in its direst straits\, never more has there been a need for the chemistry of Imam al-Ghazali. \nA theologian\, jurist\, philosopher\, mystic\, and polymath\, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali is not only ranked amongst Islam’s finest scholars but is one of mankind’s finest students of the human condition. Known as Algazel to the medieval world\, he was born in Tus\, the Khorasan province of ancient Persia. \nWhen he had the academic world at his feet in his early thirties\, he spurned fame and fortune to go into a mode of self-denial and spiritual seclusion that lasted for many years. \nAlready an acknowledged master of Holy Law\, he re-entered society as a practiced Sufi – a true gnostic. A genius\, Imam al-Ghazali was fully proficient in Greek and Roman philosophy\, and he debunked its central tenets\, proving that Revelation was always going to be superior to human reason. Human thinking could never evolve\, he wrote\, in an existential vacuum. \nAll this prompted him to write his magnum opus\, the Ihya ‘Ulumad-Din (the Revival of the Religious Sciences). Today\, it is regarded as one of the classic works on the human psyche. In the Ihya the author explains how to turn one’s base instincts and desires into the golden ideal. \nToday’s modern world – devolved of spirituality and fraught with destructive ills such as materialism\, multi-national greed\, and violence – needs people like Imam al-Ghazali. This is because Imam al-Ghazali teaches a way to balance the body and soul\, thus allowing us to reconcile modernity with spirituality in its broadest and most universal sense. (Source: Dome Publishers) \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/fasting-zakat-for-children-3/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-2/2023-04-16/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-3/2023-04-16/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230423T134500
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-2/2023-04-23/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-3/2023-04-23/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T134500
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-2/2023-04-30/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-3/2023-04-30/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230507T134500
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-3/2023-05-07/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230514T134500
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SUMMARY:Tafseer of Surah Yaseen
DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nEvery Sunday afternoon\, Shaykh Talal will lead us through Surah Yaseen\, unfolding the lines\, stories\, and lessons we can benefit from. \n\n\n\n-More Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal-Previous sessions: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/tafseer-yaseen \n\n\n\nShaykh Talal Ahdab serves on the MA faculty at Zaytuna College. He pursued a rigorous and structured classical curriculum with Islamic authorities\, focusing on Islamic theology\, epistemology\, ontology\, language\, jurisprudence\, and legal theory. Over the last twenty years\, he has taught the Islamic disciplines to senior students and professors of Islamic studies. His research interests include exploring how modern challenges can be addressed through Islam’s rich tradition of knowledge and scholarship. Shaykh Talal is fluent in Arabic. Shaykh Talal joined the Zaytuna College faculty in the Fall of 2017.  \n\n\n\nMore Shaykh Talal: https://mcceastbay.org/talal
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/tafseer-of-surah-yaseen-3/2023-05-14/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes & Activities,Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T151609
CREATED:20230523T055415Z
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SUMMARY:Prophetic Medicine\, Sunnah Foods\, and Eating for your Body Type | Sr. Ilham Malick
DESCRIPTION:https://youtu.be/4bC-AVA67Nw\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe all know the Hadith about balancing the dates’ heat with the cucumber’s coolness. Let us learn more about food temperaments\, Sunnah foods\, and how to eat according to different body types.12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Saturday\, June 10 | Conference Room | Join in person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live Join Certified Health Coach Ilham Malick in this free workshop. She will share practical insights on eating a healthy holistic diet in light of the Sunnah (prophetic way of living)\, maintaining a healthy weight\, and practicing preventative healthcare. \n\n\n\n– More talks on nutrition: https://mcceastbay.org/nutritionAbout the Speaker \n\n\n\nIlham Malick has two Master’s degrees in Dietetics. She also has an Ijazah in Hadith and is a certified Health Coach. Follow her on Instagram @inspired_by_ilham \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/sunnah-foods/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops,Women's Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230623T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230623T203000
DTSTAMP:20260419T151609
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SUMMARY:Holding on to a Hot Coal: Challenges Facing the Muslim Youth | Dr. Asad Tarsin 
DESCRIPTION:*Program will not be live-streamed* \n\n\n\nJoin us for a Friday evening discussion with Ustadh Dr. Asad Tarsin on some of the challenges Muslim youth face\, including the social\, cultural\, and ideological pressures of life today.  \n\n\n\nWe will examine these challenges\, how they came to be and explore potential solutions to deal with them in a manner that preserves and protects our faith. This session will also include an interactive Q&A segment. \n\n\n\nThis will be a frank discussion for teens and adults only. Ages 12 and up. Younger than that at parents’ discretion.6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Friday\, June 23 | MCC Conference Room | RSVP required for dinner | Join us in person\, no live-stream option \n\n\n\n– More talk and sermons with Dr. Asad: https://mcceastbay.org/asad– Talks and sermons for Muslim teens: https://mcceastbay.org/teens \n\n\n\nDr. Asad Tarsin will deliver the first Jum’uah sermon at 1:30 p.m. this Friday\, June 23. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org  \n\n\n\nDr. As’ad Tarsin\, Author & Instructor After completing his bachelor’s degree in Islamic studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor\, As’ad continued his study of Islamic theology\, sacred law\, philosophy\, and spirituality with some of the country’s most prominent Muslim scholars including Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Dr. Sherman Jackson\, among others. He served as the curriculum director for the Deen Intensive Foundation for the last ten years and has a particular interest in creating sustainable models of education for new and returning Muslims. He has been designing Islamic educational programs and teaching the basics of Islam for more than a decade. He lectures and teaches courses on Islam across the country. “Being Muslim: A Practical Guide” is his first published work. Dr. Asaad is an emergency physician by training and lives in Michigan with his wife and three children. 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/challenges/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events,Lectures & Workshops,Teen
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230719T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230719T190000
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SUMMARY:Dua & Art Summer Session for Kids | Artist Tarannum Saeed
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6 to 15\, join us for a five-week Wednesday evening session to provide children with a fun and relaxing environment where they can create art and learn while having a good time with their Muslim peers. These sessions will pick up from the springer session and focus on using different painting mediums. All skill levels are welcome. \n\n\n\n5 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Wednesdays | July 19 to August 16 | $145/child (all materials provided) | Register at https://mcceastbay.org/art \n\n\n\nLearning objectives:– Using different painting mediums.– Drawing basics\, composition\, sketching\, and shading.– Use of different mediums\, watercolor\, acrylics\, and pastel colors.– One point perspective.– Enhance creativity. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attaining knowledge offered within the four walls of MCC the facility. To request a financial waiver or discount\, please complete: https://mcceastbay.org/scholarship \n\n\n\nAbout the FacilitatorAs a lover of art for the sake of Allah (SWT)\, Tarannum Saeed wishes to imbue and foster love for art in the youth of the Muslim community. She has conducted art classes in painting\, crafts\, and other fine arts\, both in person and on Zoom\, and she has showcased her Islamic art and calligraphy at community art fairs. She has also served as a Kindergarten teacher at the MCC Sunday School and Ilm Academy in Fremont.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/dua-art-summer-session/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops,Young Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230811T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230811T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T151609
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Homeschool Open House
DESCRIPTION:Muslim parents are increasingly turning to full-time Islamic schools or homeschooling as a haven for their children from public schools that are antagonistic to their values. As waitlists grow at Islamic schools\, frustrated parents are unsure what to do next. Join us in discussing homeschooling with Education Consultant Shaheen Rasheed of Soulful Studies and meeting with representatives from the East Bay and Silicon Valley Muslim homeschool organizations of the Bay Area.  Learn more about the support and services\, including how to become a homeschooling family\, enrichment programs\, and what’s caused the current growth in demand\, and get your questions answered directly from parents who have been homeschooling for years. \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Friday\, August 11 | MCC Conference Room | Join in person or watch virtually at HTTP://mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nBay Area Homeschooling groups\, East Bay Muslim Homeschoolers\, and the Silicon Valley Muslim Homeschoolers representatives will attend the event. \n\n\n\nIn this information session\, we will also explore: \n\n\n\n\n– dispelling myths associated with homeschooling;\n\n\n\n– explain the what\, why\, and how to homeschool;\n\n\n\n– introduce the vast resources available to homeschooling parents\, and;\n\n\n\n– explain the varied methodologies to homeschooling as a Muslim in today’s society.\n\n\n\n\nAbout the event facilitatorShaheen Rasheed is an educator’s educator. Her passion for holistic education has driven her 20+ year career as a private and public school teacher turned parent homeschooler and education consultant to families (through Kinza Academy) and private schools\, such as Northstar\, Peace Terrace\, Garden of Knowledge\, and Islamic School of Miami. \n\n\n\nAlong with her certifications in Teaching English as a Second Language and Early Childhood Education\, her master’s in Education\, emphasizing Curriculum and Instruction\, furthered her understanding of educational pedagogues and strengthened her resolve to work toward a more holistic approach to education. \n\n\n\nShaheen Rasheed is an Instructional Designer for a technical training academy. She blogs and lectures about homeschooling\, parenting\, and alternative education. She is a founding member of the East Bay Muslim Homeschoolers group and an advisor to the Bay Area’s Silicon Valley Muslim Homeschoolers group. She has been published in various online and print magazines. She taught part-time at a local community college and taught many online classes. \n\n\n\nShe strongly advocates changing the education system to foster a holistic child by reviving the traditional educational model. \n\n\n\nAs an educational consultant\, she runs the website Soulful Studies. \n\n\n\nMCC also hosts an Islamic school information night on Friday\, August 4: https://mcceastbay.org/event/islamic-schools-open-house \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nWhat is Homeschooling?  \n\n\n\nHomeschooling is an educational approach where parents or guardians choose to educate their children at home instead of sending them to a traditional public or private school. It involves providing a comprehensive education to children within the comfort of their own homes. \n\n\n\nIn homeschooling\, parents typically take on the role of primary educators. They develop or choose a curriculum\, create lesson plans\, and teach the material to their children. Parents can also outsource the teaching to qualified tutors and resources to help prepare their children. Homeschooling can be customized to fit every child’s needs\, interests\, and learning styles. \n\n\n\nWhy Homeschool?  \n\n\n\nThe reasons for homeschooling vary from family to family. Some common motivations include a desire for religious or moral education\, a more personalized education\, concerns about the school environment or curriculum\, the child’s unique needs\, the family’s financial situation\, or flexibility in scheduling. \n\n\n\nIs Homeschooling legal?  \n\n\n\nThe legality of homeschooling depends on the country and sometimes the specific region within a country. Laws and regulations regarding homeschooling can vary significantly. \n\n\n\nIn many countries\, homeschooling is legal and recognized as a legitimate educational option. Some countries have specific homeschooling laws that outline requirements and procedures for parents to follow. These laws may include mandatory notifications to educational authorities\, periodic assessments\, curriculum standards\, or teacher qualifications. \n\n\n\nIt is crucial for parents considering homeschooling to research the laws and regulations in their specific country\, state\, or region to ensure compliance with local requirements. Local homeschooling organizations\, support groups\, or Education consultants\, such as Soulful Studies\, can provide valuable information and guidance regarding the legal aspects of homeschooling in a particular area. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/homeschool-open-house/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230819T160000
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SUMMARY:A Dynamic Relationship with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) | Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an all-day Seerah Intensive with Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra to learn about our past\, present and future relationship with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). This workshop will not be a simple recital of historical events. Instead\, we hope to understand and cultivate our many relationships with the Best of Creation. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, August 19 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Conference Room | In-person | $25/person or online | Lunch option for $12 | Register at mcceastbay.org/seerah \n\n\n\nOn Friday night\, MCC hosts Shaykh Abdullah for a family night. \n\n\n\n– More Shaykh Abdullah Misra: https://mcceastbay.org/misra \n\n\n\n\n10 am to 11:30 am – Session 1 (Past)\n\n\n\n11:30 am to 11:45 am – Break\n\n\n\n12:00 to 1:15 – Session 2 (Present)\n\n\n\n1:15 – 2:30 – Break – Zuhr and Lunch\n\n\n\n2:30 – 4:00 – Session 3 (Future + Q&A)\n\n\n\n\nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attending any activity held in the community center. For a financial waiver\, please email us at scholarship@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nSh. Abdullah Anik Misra \n\n\n\nShaykh Abdullah Anik Misra was born in Toronto\, Canada. Raised in the Hindu tradition\, he embraced Islam in 2001 while studying at the University of Toronto\, where he completed his Bachelor of Business Administration. He then traveled overseas in 2005 to study the Arabic language and Islamic sciences in Tarim\, Yemen\, and Darul Uloom in Trinidad\, West Indies. \n\n\n\nHe spent 12 years in Amman\, Jordan\, focusing on Islamic Law\, Theology\, Hadith Sciences\, Prophetic Biography\, and Islamic Spirituality while also serving as Director of Programs at the Qasid Arabic Institute. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies (Alimiyya)\, authorization in the six authentic books of Hadith\, and has studied one year of specialized training in issuing Islamic legal verdicts (Ifta’). \n\n\n\nHe also holds a certificate in Islamic Counselling and often works with those with religious obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD/waswasa). He is an instructor and researcher in the Islamic Sciences and has taught online and in person for several learning institutes and organizations. \n\n\n\nHe is the author of the Seerah Song\, the first complete Seerah poem written in rhyming English verse to be used as a teaching tool\, performed by Zain Bhikha. He currently resides near Toronto\, Canada\, with his family.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/seerah-intensive/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231030T201500
DTSTAMP:20260419T151609
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SUMMARY:Know Your Rights Workshop | CAIR-SFBA
DESCRIPTION:CAIR-SFBA is providing a joint Know Your Rights/Community Safety training for students and parents in light of the most recent atrocities on our brothers and sisters in Palestine. American Muslims\, especially Muslim children in public schools\, are facing a mass influx of Islamophobia and harassment because of it.  \n\n\n\nJoin this workshop to learn how to practice your rights regarding bullying in school (both in relation to Palestine and just in general) and when protesting.  \n\n\n\n7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (Isha) | Monday\, October 30 | MCC Conference Room | Join us in person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nThis training will also incorporate community safety strategies\, mainly in the form of de-escalation training\, to provide our community with the tools necessary to combat incidents of harassment safely. The CAIR panelists are Lina Seikh (Immigrants’ Rights Attorney)\, Riyad Sood (Paralegal) and Usmaan Alloo (Programs Coordinator). \n\n\n\nAll who attend leave with the reassurance that they have legal protections to speak up and support our brothers and sisters in Palestine. We also aim to ensure that we provide appropriate tools for folks to feel more confident and prepared to de-escalate potential situations of hate/harassment. \n\n\n\n– More CAIR-MCC co-sponsored talks: https://mcceastbay.org/cair \n\n\n\nAbout the speakers \n\n\n\nLINA SEIKH\, IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS ATTORNEY\n\n\n\nLina Seikh is part of a dynamic team at CAIR-SFBA\, where she is currently honored to serve the American Muslim community as an Immigrants’ Rights Attorney.  \n\n\n\nLina graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a degree in neuroscience and South Asian Studies. While in college\, she also served as a volunteer English teacher in Nepal\, studied Urdu\, and interned twice at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.  \n\n\n\nShe then graduated from St. Mary’s University of Law\, where she concurrently pursued a master’s in international relations with a focus on conflict resolution. While in law school\, she interned at an Immigration and Human Rights Clinic\, was a research assistant for The Center for Terrorism Law\, and volunteered for the Restorative Rights Initiative. While pursuing her master’s in international relations\, she also studied conflict resolution in Occupied Palestine.  \n\n\n\nThroughout her career\, Lina has worked with non-profit organizations and indigent clients in different capacities. She is a passionate advocate for civil rights\, human rights\, and gender equality. In her spare time\, Lina loves spending time with her family\, hiking\, reading\, art\, meditation\, and alternative healing.   \n\n\n\nRIYAD SOOD\, PARALEGAL\n\n\n\nRiyad Sood is a paralegal for the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) where he assists attorneys dealing with immigration and civil matters. Riyad’s background is in healthcare and non-profit law. \n\n\n\nHe has negotiated hospital reimbursement Fees with healthcare plans and has reviewed hospital contracts with providers that are subject to ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act). While at the California Department of Justice Attorney General’s Office Riyad worked alongside attorneys in civil litigation\, audits\, and investigations ensuring California nonprofits conduct themselves according to state law. \n\n\n\nRiyad received his BSL from Irvine University College of Law and received his degree in paralegal studies from Fremont College as the class valedictorian. \n\n\n\nUSMAAN ALLOO\, PROGRAMS COORDINATOR\n\n\n\nUsmaan Alloo is the Programs Coordinator for the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA). In this position\, he leads CAIR-SFBA’s signature programs including youth programs\, workshops\, the internship and volunteer programs\, and much more! \n\n\n\nUsmaan received his Bachelor of Arts as a double major in Political Science: International Affairs\, as well as Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies from the University of California\, Riverside. Where he graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors. As a student he participated in a research program with the Islamic Studies department\, focused on analyzing the rise of Islamophobia across social media\, government legislation\, and the fashion industry. He was also an organizer for the American Muslim Futures art exhibit in Honolulu\, Hawaii\, and the successful day of action for Muhammad Muhaymin Jr. \n\n\n\nUsmaan is an artivist\, passionate for building solidarity through artistic expression\, political education\, and the concept of linked fate. He believes that placing art at the center of political activism is the solution to healing and bridging divides within our community. Usmaan is also a staunch prison abolitionist. \n\n\n\nIn his free time Usmaan enjoys coaching youth baseball\, water-painting\, and baking cookies to share with his colleagues.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/know-your-rights/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Workshops,Teen
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T143000
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SUMMARY:Fortifying the Self | Ustadh Mohammed Isaaq
DESCRIPTION:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGnv-R6ywE\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a one-of-a-kind journey with Sidi Mohammed Isaaq through the Wird al Latif and witness the transformative effects of prophetic statements\, supplications\, and affirmations. These practices can shape our worldviews\, provide direction\, and help us maintain emotional balance\, leading to a more empowered mental and spiritual state.Sunday\, Jan. 28 | 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | MCC Conference Room | $20/person (light snacks provided)\, $10/livestream link | Register at mcceastbay.org/fortification \n\n\n\n– More Sidi Mohammed Isaaq: https://mcceastbay.org/isaaqSidi Isaaq will also speak the day after at WVMA. There\, Sidi Mohammed Isaaq uses faith-based frameworks\, contemporary techniques\, and the 4 temperaments. \n\n\n\nWith the incredible success of over 1\,000 students benefitting\, this in-person workshop will truly be one to remember. \n\n\n\nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attending any activity held in the community center. To request a financial waiver\, please complete our financial waiver request: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/scholarship \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker \n\n\n\nMohammed Isaaq is the founder and instructor of Claritas Universal and the globally renowned Knowing Yourself programs. \n\n\n\nMohammed was born and raised in Birmingham\, UK. Following his postgraduate studies in education\, he has had the privilege of pursuing his studies under various teachers in the UK and abroad\, including Morocco\, Jordan\, and Yemen. He is currently a student of Islamic Psychology at the Cambridge Muslim College.Upon his return to the UK in 2017\, he has been teaching alongside other community projects and has now delivered programs in over 40 countries to a worldwide audience of over 35’000 participants. \n\n\n\nAttendee Testimonials \n\n\n\n“This has been life-changing for me\, and it came at the perfect time! I find healing\, hope\, and strength in this.” – Sadia\, UK. \n\n\n\n“It’s just mind-blowing content\, gem after gem\, and it just keeps getting better” – Shazeeb\, UK. \n\n\n\n“For someone that cannot commit to anything\, especially reading something every day\, I can now tell you that I’m reading this every day at Tahajjud time. I’m unsure how I even got to this stage\, but something within me has changed. I’m not sure what or where I’ve gotten this strength from\, but honestly\, I feel much lighter and just happier. Alhamdulilah\, my journey in life has actually been about finding myself\, and these affirmations have been a blessing. I’m not too bothered about things anymore\, I’m always remembering different parts of the wird throughout the day without even realising. No matter what’s happening\, I know God is there and in control.” – Hasina\, UK. \n\n\n\n– More Sidi Mohammed Isaaq: https://mcceastbay.org/isaaq  \n\n\n\nMohammed Isaaq is the founder and instructor of the Knowing Yourself program. He is a self-development specialist and a teacher. Mohammed was born and raised in Birmingham\, UK. Following his postgraduate studies in education\, he has had the privilege of pursuing his studies under various teachers in the UK and abroad\, including Morocco\, Jordan\, and Yemen. He is currently a student of Islamic Psychology at Cambridge Muslim College. Upon his return to the UK in 2017\, he has been teaching Islamic medicine\, theology\, and Arabic alongside other community projects. He has now delivered programs in over 40 countries to a worldwide audience of over 30\,000 participants! \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 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/fortifying-the-self/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Family Events,Lectures & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T151609
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SUMMARY:The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy | Haji Noor Deen
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n*Workshop full* \n\n\n\nJoin Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang for a Friday evening workshop and demonstration on Islamic calligraphy\, followed by an exhibition about the splendor of Islamic calligraphy. \n\n\n\nFriday\, Feb. 9 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | MCC Banquet Hall | In-person only\, $20/person | For ages 12 and up| Capped at 25 attendees | Register at mcceastbay.org/calligraphy \n\n\n\nHaji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang is a renowned master of Arabic calligraphy. He brings immense learning in traditional thought and Islamic art to a modern audience\, juxtaposing them in a new calligraphic style. Learn more about him on his website: https://www.hajinoordeen.comQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n\n\nHis calligraphy will be displayed in the MCC Foyer from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. MCC is excited to bring him and has absorbed most of the cost of his visit so more people across the Bay Area can learn his fantastic technique and art. Dr. Mustafa Bserki will translate from Arabic into English for Haji Noor’s MCC visit. \n\n\n\nThis is part of MCC’s monthly Family Night series\, where we invite influential American Muslims who positively impact our communities. \n\n\n\nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attending any activity held in the community center. To request a financial waiver\, please complete our financial waiver request: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/scholarship \n\n\n\nA Haji Noor Deen’s Unique Fusion of Eastern and Western Calligraphy The Chinese and Arabic calligraphic traditions have often been compared as the two of the world’s finest manifestations of the written word. When combined\, the result is an artistic piece that is a work of incredibly unique beauty. \n\n\n\nNoor Deen’s mastery has brought him lecture and workshop invitations from institutions worldwide\, including Harvard University\, Cambridge University\, UC Berkeley\, MIT\, the Bukhari Institute\, Islamic College in Zhengzhou\, China\, the Zaytuna Institute in California\, and many others. Currently\, Noor Deen is developing his gallery\, “The Chinese House for the Arts of Islamic Arabic Calligraphy\,” and the “Arabic Calligraphy Creative Centre” at the National Academy of Painting and Calligraphy in Henan Province\, China. Check out more about Haji Noor Deen at https://www.hajinoordeen.comBe ready to be amazed to see Haji Noor Deen bring your name to life on the canvas! \n\n\n\nHaji Noor will also speak at Los Gatos Islamic Center and ISEB masjid in Fremont. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/1w63zSO_u2g?si=1c6GUO6MIQ1P4ODR\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/islamic-calligraphy/
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CATEGORIES:Family Events,Lectures & Workshops
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