http://www.IslamOnTheHudson.com Theme:The Journey Towards Our Creator Date and Time:Sunday, October 21st 20071:30pm 6:00pm Location:North Hudson Islamic Educational Center4613 Cottage PlaceUnion City, NJ 07087nhiec.com Features:Lectures in English and SpanishQuestion and Answer SessionsFree LiteratureLunch Included Guest Speakers:Danny Hernandez, Student at Al-Azhar University in EgyptMujahid Fletcher and Abu Mujahid Fletcher, Directors of IslamInSpanish.org
Read MoreBy Ali Melena My name is Ali. I’m a 27 year old Mexican American or as some would say a Chicano. I thought I would write my story to tell how I became a Muslim. I think it will Insha’Allah, God-willing, help people understand Islam and why it attracted me. People have a wrong perception about Islam and Muslims, what little they know is usually from movies and television, which is almost all the time false. I think that Islam is the answer for the problems of the youth and society in general. I hope my story Insha’Allah will attract
Read MoreBy Mauricio Amin Moncada Islam Monterrey As salam aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhuDear brothers and sisters: I hope are you are very well. The reason for the present message is to inform to you that Friday, October 21st gave us the first Interfaith Assembly which is part of the Forum of the Monterrey Cultures 2007. Thanks be to Allah as we organized and put a Stand from our community (ISLAM MONTERREY) in this event and the results were spectacular: we received the visit of the organizers of the event informing us that our module was the MOST SUCCESSFUL and the
Read MoreBy Mauricio Amin Moncada Islam Monterrey As salam aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Estimados hermanos y hermanas: Espero se encuentren ustedes muy bien. El motivo del presente mensaje es para informarles que desde el viernes 21 dió inicio el Encuentro Interreligioso como parte del Forum de las Culturas Monterrey 2007. Gracias a Allah nos organizamos y pusimos un Stand de nuestra comunidad (ISLAM MONTERREY) en este evento y los resultados fueron espectaculares: recibimos la visita de los organizadores del Forum informándonos que nuestro módulo FUE EL MAS EXITOSO y el que MAS VISITAS RECIBIÓ durante el fin de semana. Fué
Read MoreBy Rebecca Abuqaoud Assalam Waleikum! First of all, I would like to say thanks to the sisters and brothers who have emailed me recently and in the past regarding the programs and acitivities that they would like to travel to travel to Illinois to attend. Potential programs are coming too inshaAllah, for families; and of course, this includes programs for brothers. Programs that are organized by Latino brothers in Illinois. You can visit latinomuslims.com for more information. I would like for you to consider this an informal conversation. As you may know, I recently posted information a few days ago
Read MoreBy Samantha Sanchez A Muslim is someone who submits his/herself to Allah (God). A person who believes that there is only one God and Muhammad (pbuh) is His Prophet. Who believes in the Day of the Judgment, the Books, the Angels… But what is a Muslim woman… something far beyond this definition. A Muslim woman is unique in that she wears her Islam on her sleeve or her head and not just in her heart. Why? Well we can debate all day from both standpoints the feminist and the REALIST about whether or not it is an infringement of her
Read MoreBy Su’ad Abdul-Khabeer http://www.beliefnet.com/story/68/story_6882_1.html BeliefNet.com A recent college grad shares her thoughts on the beginning of the journey. It’s been confirmed. I’m on my way to Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the holiest city of Islam. All Muslims are required to perform Hajj at least once in their lives, if they can afford to. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam–devotional acts required of all Muslims. I was beginning to wonder if this Hajj journal would ever get written. The Saudi embassy was reluctant to grant me a visa because I would be traveling as
Read MoreBy Raheel Rojas I like many of you have Christian parents. I have given them dawah but they are not Muslim yet. I have given up the verbal dawah and I am now working on refining my Islamic manners. As Muslims we are to be totally respectful and mainly obedient to our parents even though they are not believers. Ever since I started on the refinement I have seen a change in my parents receptiveness in Islam. DON’T GIVE UP ON YOUR PARENTSI was very down at the progress of my dawah with my parents. I got on Pal Talk
Read MoreBy Safi Abdi http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=127411 Guest of the BeneficentIs a bare-footed beggarA poor thing invited by One Rich and MightyTo answer the call of a lifetime,a pledge made to God.Guest of the Beneficent is a humble followerOf a humble prophet, himself a followerIn the footsteps of his father Abraham,For the first to make the call was AbrahamTo this house of God and from him sprangProphets by the Beneficent blessed, chosen.Guest of the Beneficent on the pathOf such a one blessed with modest walksAll pretense and ornaments shedEyes fixed heart trembling hands raisedA willing guest in tears drenchedThe guest is a single
Read More“The Messengers said, ‘Are you in doubt concerning Allah, Maker of the heavens and the earth? He calls you that He may forgive you your sins and grant you respite till an appointed term.’ They said, ‘You are but mortals like us, you desire to turn us away from that which our fathers used to worship. Bring us, then, some clear proof.’ Their Messengers said to them, ‘We are indeed only mortals like you but Allah bestows His favours on whomsoever He wills from among His servants. And it is not for us to bring you a proof except by
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