The Qur’an was sent as guidance and a source of solace for our Ummah community. The Quran was not just meant for the first few generations but for all of humanity for the rest of time, serving as an anchor for us in every situation.
Join us for our upcoming Miftaah Circle, Anchored by the Quran, where we will review the countless wisdoms in the Book of Allah. We will be joined by some of our local scholars and esteemed scholars.
5 p.m. to 10 p.m. | Saturday, February 1 | MCC Prayer Hall | $18.50/person early-bird discount until midnight on Sat., January 25 ($23.00/person after January 25) | Register at mcceastbay.org/anchored
Babysitting available. The livestream option for non-Bay Area residents opens on Sunday, January 26. Dinner and food truck options in the parking lot that afternoon and evening.
Join us for an evening to:
- Establish a strong connection with the Quran and its teachings, suggesting that a firm foundation in the Quran can withstand external influences and challenges;
- Participants will learn strategies to navigate through doubts and come out with a strengthened belief in Islam;
- Reinforce core Islamic beliefs and values by emphasizing the Quran as the central source of guidance and,
- Explore the Quran’s profound teachings, timeless wisdom, and relevance to contemporary issues, fostering a deeper connection with Divine guidance.
Sponsored by Miftaah Institute & MCC East Bay.
MCC also will have two events earlier in the day preceding this conference:
- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Navigating Perimenopause & Menopause: A Faith-Inspired Women’s Workshop | Dr. Sondos Al Sad
- 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Mental Health & Ramadan: Finding Healing Through the Qur’an | Dr. Rania Awaad
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attaining spiritual knowledge offered within the four walls of the MCC East Bay facility. To request a financial waiver to attend this conference, please message scholarship@mcceastbay.org.
About This Evening’s Speakers:
Shaykh Navaid Aziz is a keynote speaker and recognized subject matter expert. He lectures on current and relevant topics from an Islamic perspective. His workshops focus on best practices in sensitivity and diversity training for those engaging with Muslims. He shares his expertise on Muslim extremism, the history of Muslim extremist groups, and community-based intervention and prevention with the courts, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and law enforcement. Learn more
Mufti Abdul Rahman Waheed was born and raised in Lansing, MI. As a youth, he displayed zeal and enthusiasm to involve himself in the religious sciences. At just 9 years of age, Mufti Abdul Rahman went to Toronto, Canada, to pursue his dreams of becoming a Hafidh of the Holy Qur’an. Thereafter, Mufti Abdul Rahman traveled to Pakistan to continue his passion for seeking knowledge, where he completed his 2-year Iftaa program, which specializes in Islamic Jurisprudence and Law. Mufti Abdul Rahman is a principal and full-time instructor at Michigan Islamic Institute, the brother organization of Miftaah Institute. He travels across North America as a khateeb and lecturer. He is well-known for his calm and down-to-earth demeanor. Learn more
Mufti Aasim Rashid is a distinguished Muslim scholar, speaker, and educator (the title ‘Mufti’ indicates his expertise and authority in Islamic law). He is devoted to studying and explaining Islamic sacred texts and their relation to the modern context. His lectures, delivered at conferences and institutions worldwide, are known to be inspiring and pertinent to the issues and pressing questions of the day. Mufti Aasim founded the Al-Ihsan Educational Foundation, which initiated the ‘Islam Unravelled’ project. Learn more
Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans is ALIM’s first Scholar-in-Residence. He converted to Islam while in high school. Upon conversion, Ustadh Ubaydullah began studying some of the foundational books of Islam under the private tutelage of local scholars. Since then, he has studied at Chicagoland’s Institute of Islamic Education (IIE) in Tarim, Yemen, and Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, where he is the first African-American to graduate from its Shari’a program. Ustadh Ubaydullah also instructs with the Ta’leef Collective and the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN). Learn more
Mufti Hussain Kamani was born and raised in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. His journey to pursue sacred Islamic knowledge began at age 6. By the age of 9, he completed the memorization of the Holy Quran. To further advance his studies in the Islamic Sciences, he traveled to the United Kingdom and pursued formal Islamic authorizations (ijazahs). For 7 years, Mufti Kamani studied a rigorous curriculum covering the Arabic language and literature, Islamic jurisprudence, Tafseer of the Holy Qur’an, Hadith, Islamic Philosophy, and Aqeedah. Afterward, he was selected for a post-graduate course in Islamic Law and Legal Verdicts, which he completed within two years. He later earned his graduate degree in Business Management from the University of Coventry in the UK. Learn more
Shaykh Dr. 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 Learn more
Imam Khalid Latif is the University Chaplain for New York University and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU. He was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at NYU in 2005. He was also appointed the first Muslim chaplain at Princeton University in 2006. After spending a year commuting between these two excellent institutions, he finally decided to commit full-time to New York University’s Islamic Center, where his position was officially institutionalized in the spring of 2007. Under his leadership, the Islamic Center at NYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Learn more
Dr. Ali Ataie is a scholar of biblical hermeneutics with field specialties in Sacred Languages, Comparative Theology, and Comparative Literature. At Zaytuna College, Dr. Ataie has taught Arabic, Creedal Theology, Comparative Theology, Sciences of the Quran, Introduction to the Qur’an, and Seminal Ancient Texts. He received his BS in accounting from Cal Poly State University in 2000. In 2011, he received his MA in Biblical Studies from the Pacific School of Religion, and in 2016, his PhD in Cultural and Historical Studies in Religion from the Graduate Theological Union. Dr. Ataie is a native Persian speaker. He can read and write Arabic, Hebrew, and Greek. Dr. Ataie joined the Zaytuna College faculty in 2012. Learn more
Imam Yasir Khan was born and raised in Sacramento, CA, where he began memorizing the Quran in 2004 and completed his Hifdh in 2008. He pursued advanced Islamic Studies at the Islamic University of Darul Uloom Zakariyya in South Africa, where he earned certifications (Ijazah) in various Islamic sciences, including Tafsir (Quranic Exegesis), Hadith (Prophetic Traditions), Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Jurisprudence), Aqeedah (Islamic Theology), and Qira’at (Science of Quranic Recitation). Learn more
