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SUMMARY:Secrets of Divine Love – Men’s Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a weekly book club and discussion group as we collectively strive to mindfully open our hearts to Allah’s love for us and our love for Allah. We will read and reflect on A. Helwa’s internationally acclaimed book\, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam (Studying Qur’an & Hadith). \nEach session will cover one chapter\, including group discussions\, reflections\, and selected exercises from the book. \nThe first session will be abridged\, focusing on the Introduction and the “Reading with an Open Heart” preface. It will also set the stage for the remainder of the series for those planning to attend most or all sessions. \nWhile we encourage consistent attendance for the benefit of shared reflection and continuity\, each session is self-contained\, and participants are welcome to drop in even if they cannot commit to every week. Sidi Mohammed Kaddoura facilitates this group. \nStarts May 14 | Wednesdays | 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Conference Room | In-person only \nClass Schedule (Download discussion guide)\n\nIntroduction & Reading with an Open Heart\n    May 14\, 2025\nChapter 1 – Allah\n    May 21\, 2025\nChapter 2 – Humanity\n    May 28\, 2025\nChapter 3 – Qur’an\n    June 4\, 2025\nChapter 4 – Islam / Iman / Ihsan\n    June 11\, 2025\nChapter 5 – Tawba\n    June 18\, 2025\nChapter 6 – Shahadah\n    June 25\, 2025\nChapter 7 – Salat\n    July 2\, 2025\nChapter 8 – Zakat\n    July 9\, 2025\nChapter 9 – Ramadan\n    July 16\, 2025\nChapter 10 – Hajj\n    July 23\, 2025\nChapter 11 – Death\n    July 30\, 2025\nChapter 12 – Heaven and Hell\n    August 6\, 2025\nConclusion\n    August 13\, 2025\n\nDisclaimer\nThis book club is intended to stimulate thought and reflection\, not to teach deen. It is not a fiqh or aqidah class. The book contains various concepts and references that may not align with traditional Islamic scholarship. \nIf you have any questions about what scholars say regarding a topic discussed in the book or during the sessions\, we strongly recommend consulting a scholar you know and trust. You may also forward your question to the organizers so we can seek guidance from a qualified scholar and share it with the group. \nWe approach the book’s abstract ideas as thought experiments and the exercises as opportunities for spiritual reflection\, not as a substitute for traditional Islamic scholarship. \nDiscussion Group Guidelines\n\nEveryone has something to say; everyone has something to learn.\nShy participants are encouraged to contribute.\nTalkative participants are encouraged to listen more.\nConfidentiality is essential.\nDo not share other participants’ reflections outside the group. It’s okay to say\, “someone in my book club made me think about…” but not “so-and-so said…”\nGive 70 excuses.\nAssume good intentions. If disagreements arise\, remember our shared goal is growth. We leave differences in the room and continue with brotherhood outside of it.\nMaintain emotional awareness.\nThe topics we discuss may evoke strong emotions. All participants are expected to remain calm\, respectful\, and emotionally intelligent. Please avoid getting carried away in conversation. Proper etiquette is required at all times.\n\nBook Purchase\nPlease purchase the book in advance if you want to follow along. Available at:\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Divine-Love-Spiritual-Journey/dp/1734231203\nAudiobook voiced by the author also available. \nAbout the Book\nSecrets of Divine Love was written for the longing heart\, searching for meaning\, hope\, or healing. It is for anyone who has felt distant from God or overwhelmed by their imperfections. \nThis book serves as a guide back to divine peace and surrender. Through the practices and pillars of Islam\, A. Helwa invites readers to unlock their spiritual potential and deepen their relationship with Allah. Blending Qur’an verses\, Hadith\, poetry\, psychology\, science\, and mystical stories\, the book offers a heart-based yet intellectually grounded approach to spiritual growth. \n\nAuthor: A. Helwa\nPaperback: 385 pages\nBinding: Softcover\nPublisher: Naulit Publishing House\n\nAbout the Author\nHelwa believes the Divine deeply loves every person. Her popular blog\, @quranquotesdaily\, began as a personal effort during her Master of Divinity studies and has grown to inspire hundreds of thousands. With over 15 years of experience in Islamic spirituality and writing\, she combines traditional sources and personal insight to help readers connect to Divine love in everyday life.\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n  \n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/mens-book-club/2025-08-20/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mommy and Me Fall '25 Session | MCC's Mommy & Me Program
DESCRIPTION:In this eight-week session\, our toddlers and pre-schoolers (ages 1-5) will develop love for Islam\, Allah (swt)\, and RasulAllah (saw) through book reading\, sing-alongs\, Parachute Time\, activities\, and more! \nThursdays: 08/14\, 08/21\, 08/28\, 09/04\, 09/11\, 09/18\, 09/25\, 10/02\, and Saturday\, 09/06 | 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. | Conference Room | $120 for all 8 sessions\, or $75 for 5 sessions\, or $20 per session | Register at mcceastbay.org/happyhearts \nThese Mommy & Me sessions are designed for girls and boys ages one to four who are accompanied by a female guardian. Moms\, grandmothers\, and so on are welcome. This is also a great opportunity to connect with other moms and caretakers in the MCC community. \nOur Mommy and Me sessions begin with dua and a salaam/greeting song and end with the Fi-Amanillah song and kid-favorite parachute time. \nQuestions? Happy Hearts Playgroup Facilitator Sr. Khadija at mommyandme@mcceastbay.org \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
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/mommy-and-me-fall-25/2025-08-21/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Maristan Tables @ MCC Jumu’ahs
DESCRIPTION:Maristan\, a dedicated Muslim mental health organization\, aims to lead professional clinical care\, education\, and research in advancing holistic\, mental\, and spiritual wellness. Learn more at https://maristan.org \nThis Friday\, visit after Jumu’ah to learn about their programs and attend the free author’s event with Maristan president\, Dr. Rania Awaad\, at 7 p.m.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/maristan-tables-mcc-jumuahs-4/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Rosewood
DESCRIPTION:For MCC’s four Jumu’ah services on Friday\, Aug. 22\, 2025: \n\n1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.\n\nUstadh Amin ibn Anderson delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.\n\nUstadh Omar Naisan delivers this sermon at Rosewood Conference Center\, 4450 Rosewood Dr.\, Pleasanton\n\n\n2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.\n\nUstadh Omar Naisan delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m.\n\nHafiz Ameen Ahmed delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay\n\n\n\n*Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. at MCC to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible\, or please attend the off-site MCC Jumu’ah service\, that is\, each week at the Rosewood Commons\, 4450 Rosewood Dr (Building 5).\, Pleasanton. Rosewood is just a four-minute drive from MCC.\n\nPlease note that the former HP lot (now Pleasanton School District) is no longer available to our congregation. Please come to the third or fourth Jumuah at MCC to ease up parking congestion or\, better yet\, attend our weekly parallel satellite prayer from 1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. at Rosewood Center (Building 5): https://mcceastbay.org/rosewood \n\n– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live\n– More Ustadh Omar: http://mcceastbay.org/omar\n– More Hafiz Ameen: http://mcceastbay.org/ameen-ahmed\n\nFor parents attending with young children indoors at the main MCC facility\, we offer private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to the Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while working with other parents and young children. The mothers’ and fathers’ prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n  \n 
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/weekly-jumuah-services-11/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:Maristāns Unveiled: The Legacy of Islamic Healing | Author's Event with Dr. Rania Awaad & Merve Nursoy-Demir
DESCRIPTION:Muslims once led the world in holistic mental health care. Today\, that legacy is being revived. \n\nJoin Authors Dr. Rania Awaad and Merve Nursoy-Demir for a special in-person book signing\, discussion\, and Q&A exploring the rich tradition of Islamic psychology and healing. Their newly released book “Maristāns and Islamic Psychology” uncovers the story of historic wellness centers that stood at the heart of Muslim societies. \n\nThe books will be available at the event for $55. Meet the authors and get your copy signed after the program.  \nFriday\, August 22\, 2025 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. PST | MCC Conference Room | Free; join in person or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live \n\nPlease join us for an evening centered on faith\, healing\, and the revival of a legacy too often forgotten. The book traces the history of Islamic healing institutions—spaces that treated the whole person with compassion\, dignity\, and spiritual care—and offers a vision for how that model can serve us today.\n\nMCC proudly hosts a Maristan counseling room at the community center.\n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n– Dr. Rania Awaad (Stanford Psychiatry\, President of Maristan)\n– Merve Nursoy-Demir (Researcher and Co-author)\n– Moderated by Dr. Mohamad Rajabally and Anse Sawsan Imady\n\nSchedule \n\n– 7 p.m. – Start of program\n– 8 p.m. – Maghrib congregational prayer\n– 8:20 p.m. – Wrapping up and audience questions & answers\n– 9:30 p.m. – Isha congregational prayer\n– 9:45 p.m. – Cutting of celebratory cake in MCC foyer along with snacks\n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org\n\nAbout the Authors\n\nDr. Rania Awaad M.D.\, is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine\, where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab as well as Stanford University’s Affiliate Chaplain and Affiliate Professor of Islamic Studies. In the community\, she serves as the President and Co-Founder of Maristan\, a holistic mental health nonprofit serving Muslim communities\, and the Director of The Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. 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. Follow her @Dr.RaniaAwaad\n\nMerve Nursoy-Demir\, MA\, obtained her bachelor’s degrees in the Departments of Psychology and History at Bogazici University\, Istanbul\, Turkey. Upon completing her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at Bahcesehir University\, Istanbul\, Merve started working in the Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islāmic Psychology Lab. Currently\, her research topics are on mental health practices\, institutions\, and theories in Islāmic history.\n\n\n@maristan_org @stanfordmmhip @dr.raniaawaad\n\n\nAbout the Book\nMaristāns and Islāmic Psychology outlines how the novel methods\, tools\, and approaches for treating psychological illnesses developed in the maristāns (hospitals) of the Muslim world can be utilised today in formulating a practical implementation of Islāmic psychology (IP). As a hallmark of Islamic Civilisation\, the maristāns were institutions of healing that boasted the world’s first treatment centres for treating psychological illnesses. They also served as the centres where theoretical concepts developed by early Muslim scholars—physicians\, theologians\, and philosophers—who contributed to the creation of IP were translated into practical\, clinical applications.\n\nA detailed examination of the treatment modalities within these historical treatment centres provides a promising model for creating a holistic approach to psychological healing that is grounded in Islāmic heritage. This text completes such an examination\, highlighting the practical IP treatment methods in fourteen maristāns geographically spread throughout the Muslim world to bridge this centuries-long model of psychological care to the modern context. \nAs part of the Islāmic Psychology and Psychotherapy Focus series\, this book provides a foundation for mental health professionals who either directly deliver mental health services or are involved in creating theories\, institutions\, or spaces of IP and psychotherapeutic practices. \n\nReview\n\nAfter centuries of obscurity\, the priceless treasures of Islamic civilization are finally being unearthed\, piece by piece. The treasure this timely book succeeds in bringing to light is the Islamic pattern of holistic health care in general and mental health care in particular\, the latter being a first in the history of civilization. Of utmost interest is the ability of medieval physicians to harness every possible resource in their environment\, thereby achieving truly remarkable results. \n–Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi\, Consultant Psychiatrist and Author of\, among other titles\, Man and the Universe and Spiritual Significance in Islamic Architecture. \nIn the late 1970s\, I had a chance encounter with a German engineer. In a remote area where he was building a road in Iran\, he had come upon a Medieval mental hospital\, still running on its original endowment\, that treated mental disorders\, not with Western pharmacology\, but through architecture!- the colour blue\, a ‘ golden ratio’ in proportions\, a ‘mandala ‘ courtyard\, fountains. The effect\, he said\, was so tranquilising that he decided to stay and had ‘the best night’s sleep in my life’. \nHis account intrigued me. In the 45-odd years since\, I was\, however\, able to discover only a little about early Muslim mental hospitals― until reading Rania Awaad and Merve Nursoy-Demir’s groundbreaking edited book. \nThis is a ‘must-read’ book for anyone with an interest in Islamic Psychology. Still\, it should appeal to a much wider readership and has the force itself to encourage a paradigm shift in how we in the West view mental illness and its treatment. \n–Dr. Rasjid E. Skinner\, Clinical Director at Ihsaan Therapeutic Services and Visiting Professor at International Islamic University Islamabad. \nA vital contribution to the field of Islamic psychology. Looking to the past to elucidate the profound wisdom and practical methods used by Islamic institutions of holistic\, community healthcare\, the authors reveal how relevant and needed such practices are today. Despite advancements in modern medicine\, there have been major side effects\, including the disaggregation of body and soul and disconnection from nature and community. The future of Islamic psychology\, and health and wellbeing more broadly\, requires efforts to “catch up with the past\,” reviving traditional healing practices and institutions tailored to modern circumstances. This book is a crucial step towards that future. \n–Dr. Abdallah Rothman\, Clinical Director of DAR al-Shifaa and Executive Director of the International Association of Islamic Psychology. \n–This text refers to the hardcover edition. \n \n📣 Upcoming Event at MCC East Bay! @mcceastbay \nJoin Dr. Rania Awaad for a special in-person book signing\, discussion\, and Q&A exploring the rich tradition of Islamic psychology and healing. Her new release\, Maristāns and Islamic Psychology\, uncovers the story of historic wellness centers that stood at the heart of Muslim societies. \n🗓️ Friday\, Aug. 22\, 2025 | 7–9 PM\n📍MCC East Bay (Conference Room) | Watch online at mcceastbay.org/live \n🎊 Free and open to the community. Refreshments served. Books are available for $55 at the event. Meet the authors and get your copy signed after the program. \nFeaturing:\n• Dr. Rania Awaad (Stanford Psychiatry\, President of Maristan)\n• Merve Nursoy-Demir (Researcher and Co-author)\n• Moderated by Dr. Mohamad Rajabally and Anse Sawsan Imady \n📚 Prefer to purchase online? Support Maristan by ordering here: linktr.ee/Maristan\n(Maristan may earn from qualifying Amazon purchases.) \nDr. Mohamad Rajabally is a long-time community activist\, a lay speaker for Friday sermons at mosques across the Bay Area\, and an active leader with two national groups that represent Muslim-Americans. As an advocate for the poor and vulnerable\, he has founded a domestic violence shelter in the South Bay and serves as a Board Member for the Tri-Cities Homeless Coalition (now called Abode). For the past decade\, he also served as a Human Relations Commissioner for the City of Fremont. As a religious leader\, Dr. Rajabally has served since 2000 as a volunteer Muslim chaplain at Washington Hospital. He is a past president of the Islamic Society of East Bay in Fremont\, which is one of the Bay Area’s largest mosques. Dr. Rajabally operates a dental practice in Newark along with his wife.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/maristans-unveiled/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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