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SUMMARY:The Future of Islam | Author Haroon Moghul
DESCRIPTION:Haroon Moghul\, author of 2Billion Caliphs and How to be a Muslim\, will speak as part of MCC’s Friday Night Family Series. \nMaghrib to Isha (7:06 p.m. to 9 p.m.) | Friday\, September 23 | MCC Prayer Hall or watch virtually mcceastbay.org/live \nLimited dinner box sales from 6:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Banquet Hall. \nSidi Haroon will speak about a vision of a Muslim future. He will explain the attraction of Muslims to their faith\, discusses the challenges contemporary Islam confronts\, and how we might imagine an Islamic theology and identity ready to face tomorrow as well as why Muslims often fail to acknowledge that our internal pluralism isn’t a flaw so much as it’s an embracing design feature of Islam. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nEach month\, MCC invites insightful American Muslims who are making a positive impact on our community to speak at its Friday Family Night speaker series.  \n\n– More from our Friday Night Series: https://mcceastbay.org/friday-night\n\nHaroon Moghul is an author\, essayist\, and Friday sermon preacher. An award-winning journalist and opinion columnist\, his articles have been featured by The New York Times\, NPR’s Fresh Air\, CNN\, TIME\, Foreign Policy\, and The Guardian\, among many others. He’s also appeared on all major US news networks and many international channels like the BBC and Al-Jazeera as an expert commentator on Islam and Muslim communities. Haroon is the author of several books\, including How to be a Muslim: An American Story (2017)\, which was glowingly reviewed by The Washington Post and NPR’s Fresh Air\, as well as Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future (2022)\, which argues for more dynamic and egalitarian Muslim communities. He has served as an expert guide to the Islamic heritage and legacy of Muslim Spain\, Turkey\, and Bosnia. Haroon has spoken about his faith at universities\, houses of worship\, and conferences on five continents. Raised in a family of religious scholars\, he played a formative role in the development of the Islamic Center at New York University. After completing his undergraduate studies in Philosophy and Middle Eastern Studies at that institution\, he continued with a focus on Islamic thought in colonial South Asia at Columbia University\, supplemented by extensive research and learning in Egypt and Pakistan. After spending much of his life in the American northeast\, he recently moved to Ohio\, where he’s become a stepfather. He writes about the challenges and joys of raising Muslim kids at a new Substack called Sunday Schooled. Learn more about him at https://www.haroonmoghul.com \nHaroon Moghul’s many books include My First Police State\, The Order of Light\, and How to Be Muslim: An American Story\, a “profound and intimate” (The Washington Post) memoir about life in the United States during the immediate aftermath of 9/11. A former member of the cohort of the Muslim Leadership Initiative\, a fellow in Jewish-Muslim Relations at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America\, a Friday preacher\, and public speaker\, Moghul’s writing investigates the topics of pop culture\, faith\, futurism\, and philosophy. He has contributed essays to The New York Times\, The Guardian\, CNN\, Foreign Policy\, and NPR’s Fresh Air\, among several other media outlets. In Two Billion Caliphs\, Moghul uses his Muslim perspective to answer some of life’s biggest questions and to address Islam’s misunderstood past\, its present challenges\, and the hope it can offer for the future. \nAbout the Book\, Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future\nExplains the attraction of Muslims to their faith\, discusses the challenges contemporary Islam confronts\, and how we might imagine an Islamic theology and identity ready to face tomorrow. \nIslam is often associated with and limited to the worst of the world—extremism\, obscurantism\, misogyny\, bigotry. So why would so many people associate with such a fundamentalist faith? Two Billion Caliphs advocates for a way of being Muslim in the world\, ready for today and prepared for tomorrow. Unlike stale summaries\, which restrict themselves to facts and figures\, Haroon Moghul presents a deeply Muslim perspective on the world\, providing Islamic answers to universal questions: Who are we? What are we doing here? What happens to us when we die? And from description\, Moghul moves to prescription\, aspiring to something outrageous and audacious. Two Billion Caliphs describes what Islam has been and what it is\, who its heroes are\, what its big ideas are\, but not only to tell you about the past or the present\, but to speak to the future. \nTwo Billion Caliphs finds that Islam was a religion of intimacy\, a faith rooted in and reaching for love\, and that it could be and should be again. Fulfilling that destiny depends on the efforts of Muslims to reclaim their faith\, rebuild their strength\, and reimagine their future\, on their own terms. Two Billion Caliphs offers Muslim thoughts for the age ahead\, to create an interpretation Islam of and for days to come\, the kind of religion the world’s Muslims deserve\, with echoes of the confident faith Muslims once had. The destiny of Islam\, then\, is not\, as so many prefer to argue\, a reformation. It is a counter-reformation. A restoration of what once was. \n\n\n\n\nHaroon Moghul is an author\, public speaker\, and occasional Friday preacher\, who is passionate about the role of faith in building a better human future. A one-time stand up comic in New York City (literally\, just that one time) and award-winning journalist and opinion columnist\, his essays have been featured by The New York Times\, NPR’s Fresh Air\, CNN\, The Washington Post\, Foreign Policy\, NBC\, TIME\, Newsweek\, Haaretz\, and The Guardian\, among many others. \nHe’s appeared on all major US news networks as an expert commentator on Islam and the West’s relationship with Muslim communities and countries. He’s also the author of several books\, including How to be a Muslim: An American Story (2017) and his latest\, Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future. Previously\, Haroon was the Fellow in the National Security Studies Program at the New America Foundation\, a Fellow at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School. \nHe has dedicated years to building bridges between faith communities across America and the world. His latest project is a Substack\, Sunday Schooled\, which helps Muslim parents and other parents of faith raise kids who love and live their values.
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LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Womanhood Retreat: Prophetic Virtues Reflected in the Women Around the Messenger of Allah ﷻ
DESCRIPTION:As a follow-up to our women’s retreat last November and the second retreat in March\, we are ushering in the sacred month of Rabi’ al-Awwal\, by examining the Prophetic virtues reflected in the women around the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ with a distinguished lineup of retreat speakers: Dr. Haifaa Younis\, Dr. Rania Awaad\, Ustadha Fuseina Mohamad\, Dr. Amina Darwish\, Ustadha Maryam Amir\, and Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi. \nSunday\, September 25 | 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. PST | MCC Prayer Hall | Women only | $25.00/in-person (includes mid-afternoon lunch) or $10.00/person (watch live online) \nRegister now at https://mcceastbay.org/womanhood \nGirls ages 12+ are welcome to register to attend the retreat. No babysitting is provided. The program will begin promptly at 2 p.m. Please arrive at MCC by 1:45 p.m. for check-in. Park in the HP parking lot at https://mcceastbay.org/hp \nIn-person registration is positively capped at 350 women and closes at 5 p.m. on Saturday\, September 24. The online option is only offered after that. \nSeminar speakers at “Prophetic Virtues Reflected in the Women Around the Messenger of Allah ﷻ” will talk about: \n\n– 1:45 p.m. – Sisters park in the HP parking lot and stage and there prior to entering the MCC facility at 1:45 p.m.\n– 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.Ustadha Maryam Amir — Welcome & Qur’an Recitation\n– 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.Ustadha Fuseina Mohamad— “Sacrifice  Personified: Summayah رضي الله عنه”: —expand on her unwavering conviction & the ultimate price she willingly paid for her beliefs. And the importance of understanding sacrifice for the sake of Allah in the form of being seen as strange\, being ostracized\, facing discrimination\, etc.\, and welcoming a certain degree of discomfort for His sake.\n– 2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi — “Resilience Personified: Asma bint Abi Bakr رضي الله عنه” —expands on her willingness to help protect the Prophet ﷺ when his life was threatened despite her complex condition (pregnancy)\, the trek she made to the cave\, etc. Also\, other notable moments\, like her immediate submission when he reminded her to cover adequately and the dignity she accepted being corrected. \n– 3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.Ustadha Maryam Amir — “Patience Personified: Asma bint Umays رضي الله عنه” –expands on her noble lineage\, her embracing Islam early\, her losses\, and her patience in migrating twice and enduring the hardships for the sake of Allah ﷻ. \n– 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lunch break and tea\n– 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.Dr. Amina Darwish — “Loyalty Personified: Lubaba رضي الله عنه” She converted through her best friend Khadija. She was the second woman to become Muslim and may have been the second person to become Muslim before any of the men. She birthed a scholar during the boycott in Mecca giving the Prophet (pbuh) hope. She had to hide her Islam for years in Mecca\, but never lost sight of her loyalties. Learn more about this great woman\n– 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Dr. Rania Awaad —“Devotion Personified: Barakah رضي الله عنه”—expands on her selflessness\, dutifulness\, & complete devotion to the Prophet’s ﷺ family and him. Also\, discuss why such beautiful virtues & gifts are essential to cultivating\, especially in today’s self-centered world!\n– 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.Dr. Haifaa Younis — “Strength Personified: Nusaybah رضي الله عنه”: —expand on all the highlights of her life\, from her warrior spirit to her being one of only two women to pledge at Al-Aqabah\, mother to two shuhada\, etc. An all-around powerful and formidable force who took the initiative readily whenever needed! Also\, discuss why in today’s context\, we cannot wait around for others to do good works but must be people of action and resolve. \n– 6:15 p.m. – Asr prayer in congregation\n– 6:30 p.m. – Q&A with female scholars\n– 7:03 p.m. – Maghrib prayer\n– 7:15 p.m. to 8:20 p.m. – Q&A with female scholars\n– 8:25 p.m. – Closing dua\n– 8:45 p.m. – Isha prayer\n\nMid-afternoon lunch is provided by Mirchi Cafe Dublin and Falafel Flame Dublin (both HFSAA certified). \nThe event will not be publicly live-streamed. Public release of the recordings will be at the discretion of each speaker. No guarantee recordings will be released on the media channels for The Jannah Institute\, The Rahmah Foundation\, or MCC East Bay. Please try to attend the program in person or register to watch live online. The event is taking place in Pacific Standard Time. \nFor all attendees (in-person and online-only viewers)\, the private live event link will be emailed to you one hour before the program begins (12:30 p.m. PST on Sunday). In-person and online attendees will access the unlisted Livestream recording both during the live stream and indefinitely after the event is over. \nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never prevent a person from attaining spiritual knowledge. For a financial-based scholarship discount code\, please email scholarship@mcceastbay.org. \nSponsored by the Jannah Institute\, The Rahmah Foundation & MCC East Bay. \n\n– More talks in partnership with The Rahmah Foundation: https://mcceastbay.org/rahmah-foundation\n– More Dr. Haifa: https://mcceastbay.org/haifaa\n– More Dr. Rania: https://mcceastbay.org/rania\n– More Ustadha Maryam: https://mcceastbay.org/maryam\n– More Ustadha Amina: https://mcceastbay.org/amina\n– More Ustadha Hosai: https://mcceastbay.org/hosai\n– More sessions for Muslimahs: https://mcceastbay.org/women\n\nThe Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was such an extraordinary person that he would affect the people around him daily and make them change their lives for the better based on what they saw him ﷺ doing. \nImagine the education\, the manners\, the beauty\, and the taqwa of women who spent their time around the Prophet ﷺ. They lived to see the Walking Qur’an\, as our beloved Mother A’isha\, may Allah be pleased with her\, described the Prophet ﷺ. They could watch him ﷺ eat\, sleep\, and deal with everyday struggles\, and they followed him and his practice daily. \nJoin us in the “Women Inspired: Prophetic Virtues in the Women Around the Prophet ﷺ” to learn more about how the virtues and values of our Beloved Prophet ﷺ affected the lives of the women around him and how those values shaped their identity and the legacy they left behind. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nAbout our speakers: \nDr. Haifaa Younis is an American Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist with roots in Iraq. Her pursuit of Islamic knowledge was initiated when she began to study with various Islamic scholars from across the United States. At the same time\, she simultaneously attended individual courses and lectures on subjects including Aqeeda\, Fiqh\, usual Fiqh\, Hadeeth\, and Tazkiyah (purification of the soul). From the United States\, she moved to Saudi Arabia\, where she graduated from the Mecca Institute of Islamic Studies (Jeddah\, Saudi Arabia) and Al-Huda Qur’an Memorization School (Jeddah\, Saudi Arabia)\, where she completed the memorization of the Qur’an. She is the founder and Chairman of Jannah Institute. Currently\, She teaches seminars on the thematic commentary of various chapters of the Holy Qur’an and their practical relevance in our day-to-day living. \nAdditionally\, she offers retreats on critical topics that inspire hearts\, combining the inner essence of Islam with an outward expression of practice. Dr. Haifaa is passionate about spreading the word of Allah (SBW) and igniting the love of Islam and the Qur’an through her teachings. Learn more about her at https://www.jannahinstitute.com \nUstadha Dr. Rania Awaad\, M.D.\, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Muslim Mental Health Lab and Wellness Program and the Director of the Diversity Clinic. She pursued her psychiatric residency training at Stanford and completed a postdoctoral clinical research fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Her research and clinical work are focused on the mental health needs of Muslims. Her courses at Stanford range from teaching a pioneering study on Islamic Psychology\, instructing medical students and residents on implicit bias\, and integrating culture and religion into medical care to teaching undergraduate and graduate students the psychology of xenophobia. Her most recent academic publications include an edited volume on “Islamophobia and Psychiatry” (Springer\, 2019)\, Islamic Psychology (Routledge\, 2020)\, and an upcoming text on Muslim Mental Health. She has also produced a toolkit\, fact sheet\, and CME course and is now editing a clinical textbook on Muslim mental health for the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Awaad is particularly passionate about uncovering the historical roots of mental health care in the Islamic intellectual heritage. Through her outreach work at Stanford\, she is also the Clinical Director of the San Francisco Bay Area branches of the Khalil Center\, a spiritual wellness center pioneering the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology. She has been the recipient of several awards and grants for her work. Before studying medicine\, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus\, Syria\, and holds certifications (ijaza) in the Qur’an\, Islamic Law\, and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Dr. Awaad has also served as the first female Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College\, a Muslim Liberal Arts College in Berkeley\, CA\, where she taught courses on Shafi’i Fiqh and Women’s Fiqh and Qur’anic sciences for nearly a decade. In addition\, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. At Rahmah\, she oversees the Murbiyyah spiritual mentoring program for girls. Dr. Awaad is a nationally recognized speaker\, award-winning teacher\, researcher\, and author in both the Islamic and medical sciences. Follow her on I/T: Dr.RaniaAwaad \nDr. Amina Darwish “Imamina” started as the Associate Dean for Religious and Spiritual Life and Advisor for Muslim Life in February 2021. She previously served as the first full-time Muslim Life Coordinator at Columbia University. Dr. Darwish has a decade of professional experience working with the Muslim community. She also brings years of experience building and serving in nonprofit organizations. Dr. Darwish brings a unique blend of understanding of the different cultures within the Muslim community while staying grounded in traditional Islamic scholarship. \nShe earned a Ph.D. in Chemical engineering before switching careers to follow her true passion for community building. She remains passionate about including ethics\, meaning\, and service in STEM disciplines. Dr. Darwish strives always to create a culture of openness and consistent kindness in the communities she serves. She earned ijazas\, traditional Islamic studies certifications\, from the Qalam and Critical Loyalty seminaries\, including an ijaza in the ten Qira’at. Dr. Darwish has studied individually under different scholars from different parts of the world and has taught college-level coursework on Islam and Muslims. \nUstadha Maryam Amir received her master’s degree in Education from UCLA.  She holds a second bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies through Al-Azhar University.  Maryam has studied in Egypt\, memorized the Quran\, and researched a variety of religious sciences\, ranging from Quranic exegesis\, Islamic jurisprudence\, Prophetic narrations and commentary\, women’s rights within Islamic law\, and more for the past 15 years.  She’s featured in a video series on faith produced by goodcast.net called The Maryam Amir Show. She actively hosts women who have memorized Quran from around the world to share their journeys through the #FOREMOTHERS campaign.  She is a SWISS and Hikmah Institutes instructor and has served as a bonus lecturer with AlMaghrib\, DiscoverU\, and more.  Major news outlets\, including BBC\, NPR\, and CBS\, have interviewed her for her work.  Maryam’s focus on spiritual connections\, identity actualization\, social justice\, and women’s studies has humbled her with the opportunity to lecture throughout the United States and the world\, including Jerusalem\, Mecca\, Medina\, Stockholm\, London\, Toronto\, and more. She holds a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and speaks multiple languages.Ustadha Fuseina Mohamad is a Ghanaian-American student and teacher of Qur’anic Arabic. Sheikh Abdul Nasir Jangda graduated from the Qalam Seminary Program in 2015. She completed the memorization of the Quran in January 2018. She recently completed ijazah in the Ashara Sughra and Ashara Kubra readings of the Quran. She is currently a student of Hadith at the Critical Loyalty Institute. She holds a B.A. in Computer Science and a master’s in Information Systems. She lives with her family in Texas and works as a Software Developer. \nUstadha Hosai Mojaddidi is the co-founder of MH4M (www.mentalhealth4muslims.com)\, a site dedicated to providing mental health-related content tailored to the Muslim community. She has served the American-Muslim community for over 20 years as a spiritual advisor\, mental health advocate\, writer/editor\, mediator\, interfaith organizer\, and public speaker\, covering a variety of topics\, including women’s issues\, marriage/family\, youth/teen issues\, education\, self-development\, interfaith bridge building\, spirituality\, etc. She currently offers monthly self-development and spiritual wellness classes with MCC East Bay Masjid\, and she offers regular educational workshops for students and teachers at local Islamic schools. She also provides periodic talks throughout California and nationally for the Muslim community on various topics. She enjoys reading\, writing\, blogging via social media\, doing arts and crafts\, visiting gourmet coffee shops\, and exploring the countless beautiful beaches and state parks throughout California\, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Learn more about her at http://hosaimojaddidi.com \nClick here to buy tickets: https://mcceastbay.org/womanhood-retreat
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/sisters-retreat/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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