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January Events at IAGH

Assalaamualaikum,
Please visit our facebook to see the wonderful boys Qiyam-ul-layl event in December and like us https://www.facebook.com/IAGHBERLIN
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Saturday January 3rd – Masjid clean-up with Ann Minor. 10am to 4pm – Please join in this beautiful effort to beautify the house of Allah
Sunday January 4th 10:30am – IAGH Sunday School begins the new semester. Please plan to pray Salat-ul Dhuhr with your children in the masjid
Saturday January 10th Arabic classes begin – Beginner, intermediate and advanced classes from 10am to 12noon every Saturday. $100 registration for the whole semester – learn the language of revelation of the Qur’an. Classes will start weekly after registration begins on the 10th.
Saturday January 10th – “The Perfect Paradigm – The Life Example of the Seal of the Prophets” 1pm to 7:30pm with pot luck dinner. Invited scholars that will participate Inshah-Allah include: Imam Refai Arefin, Chaplain Omer Bajwa, Shaykh Ashraf Ibrahim and Maulana Shamsul Arefin. Please sign up to bring a dish at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4caaa92da5f85-community2
(There will be babysitting for this program)
Saturday January 17th Youth Bowling Evening – 5pm to 7:30pm – coordinated through MYAC – Berlin masjid
Saturday January 31st – Winter fund-raiser event for IAGH 5pm to 7:30pm – funds go towards the full time Imam, graveyard and all the activities the masjid is coordinating. Please support the house of Allah and hear all about the activities in the masjid. Let’s aim high and show Islam through what we are capable of achieving Inshah-Allah! Dinner will be served Inshah-Allah!
DAILY AND WEEKLY EVENTS:
Fajr 6:30am, Dhuhr 12noon, Asar 2:30pm, Maghrib – sunset and Esha – 7:30pm
Qur’an classes – Every Monday and Thursday – 6pm to 7:30pm
Arabic classes – Saturdays from 10am to 12 noon – registration on January 10th for the new semester
Daily khatira after Esha – with Imam Refai, Sheikh Barakat, Sheikh Sami Shamma and brother Waleed. Tafseer with Imam Refai on Friday after Esha – now on Surat Hujarat. Saturday with Sami Shamma – basic Fiqh for all of us!
SUNDAY SCHOOL – 10:30am to 1:30pm – including youth-led salat in congregation
The masjid will also start a “masjid comfort food group” – to provide food for community members that are in need. We are looking for 20 individuals that can volunteer to cook a dinner in emergencies. We are also looking for volunteers who are willing to transport food. Please contact Sr. Sania Mahmood through her e-mail saniamahmood13@gmail.com. If you have an emergency please contact her so she can activate the group. Thank you Sania!
Please welcome brother Jan our new caretaker for the masjid – he speaks very little English but is a very hard worker.
Wassalaam,
Reza
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Weekend events Dec 5-7

Assalaamu-alaikum,
Friday December 5th – Imam Refai Tafseer of Surah Hujarat – After Esha (7:30pm)
Saturday  December 6th – MYAC – Young sisters – Spa and Hijab evening – 5:00pm to Esha (7:30pm) at the Islamic Association of Greater Hartford conference hall
Saturday  December 6th – 29th Annual Banquet of the Islamic Council of New England – 5pm to 8:30pm – $30 per person. They will be honoring Dr. Ali Antar for his years of service to the Islamic Council. Please try to attend this event and celebrate a leader who has dedicated a large part of his life to the Muslim community in the New England area. The event will be at the Worcester Islamic Center – 248 East Mountain Street, Worcester, Mass
Sunday December 7th 6pm – United for Palestine – Fundraiser held at Madina Academy and sponsored by the Islamic Association of Greater Hartford – 519 Palisado Avenue, Windsor, CT. $15 adult, $10 youth. Please attend and support this tragedy of the Umma.
Wassalaam,
Reza
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December at the Islamic Association of Greater Hartford – Berlin Mosque

 

Assalaamu-alaikum,
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Saturday December 6th – MYAC (Muslim Youth Association of Connecticut) Young sisters meet from 5pm to Esha (7:30pm)
Saturday December 20th – Young brothers meet from 5pm to 7:30pm. Youth chaplain Iskander Atajamow will provide the didactic lecture.
Saturday December 13th – Pot luck dinner 5:30pm to 7:30pm – Conversation with Departing Hartford Seminary scholars – Mobeen Vaid (Adam’s Center), Gugun Gumilar and Ahmad Haris (from Indonesia). Get to know what these scholarly students come so far for and enjoy the company of your Muslim family. Please sign up to bring a dish at www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D4CAAA92DA5F85-community1/10166709
Friday December 12th – After Jumma salat – Introduction to the Tree of Life – Rev. David Good – Trip to Palestine!
Friday December 19th Chaplain Omer Bajwa will give the khotba
DAILY AND WEEKLY EVENTS:
PRAYER TIMES – Fajr – 6am, Dhuhr – 12:30pm, Asar – 2:30pm, Maghrib – sunset, Esha – 7:30pm
Qur’an classes – Every Monday and Thursday – 6pm to 7:30pm
Arabic classes – Saturdays from 10:30am to 12:30pm (Registration for the new semester starts in January – learn Arabic and understand the Qur’an)
Daily khatira after Esha: Fridays Imam Refai (Tafseer of Qur’an), Saturdays Chaplain Iskander, Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays Sheikh Barakat, Tuesdays Imam Mobeen, Wednesdays – Brother Waleed.
SUNDAY SCHOOL – 10:30am to 1:30pm – including youth-led salat in congregation
The masjid will also start a “masjid comfort food group” – to provide food for community members that are in need. We are looking for 20 individuals that can volunteer to cook a dinner in emergencies. We are also looking for volunteers who are willing to transport food. Please contact Sr. Sania Mahmood through her e-mail saniamahmood13@gmail.com. If you have an emergency please contact her so she can activate the group. Thank you Sania!
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November at Berlin Masjid

Assalaamu-alaikum,
REMINDER: Ashura is on Monday the 3rd of November. It is the sunnah of the prophet to fast the 9th and 10th of Muharram (Sunday the 2nd and Monday the 3rd of November)
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Saturday 1st November – Movie night – MYAC movie night featuring ‘Noah’ followed by a discussion by Imam Refai Arefin
Saturday 8th November – Pot-luck Dinner “The Arab in North Africa – The Tunisian experience with Mongi Dhaouadi.
Friday 14th November Imam Yusha Evans will give the Khotba at Berlin masjid
Saturday November 22nd – Masjid Cleanup 10am to 4pm with Ann Minor
WEEKLY EVENTS:
SALAT TIMES STARTING SUNDAY DAY LIGHT SAVING TIMES: FAJR 5:30am, DHUHR 1:15pm, ASAR 3:00pm, MAGHRIB – SUNSET, ESHA – 8:00pm
The masjid has a daily khatira after Esha Salat (Imam Refai will do a short Tafseer of the Qur’an every Friday and Mobeen Vaid – visiting Masters student will do the Khatira on Mondays, Waleed Al-Ghamdi will do the khatira on Tuesday and Sheikh Muhammad Barakat Al-Azhar scholar on all other days)
SUNDAY SCHOOL – 10:30am to 1:30pm – including youth-led salat in congregation.
MCCT leadership banquet – highlighting Beauty in Diversity with visiting scholar Dalia Mogahed – White House Advisor to President Barack Obama and author of “What a Billion Muslims Think” – Sunday November 16th 5:30pm to 9pm. Mayor Segarra and several other dignitaries will be attending this event. Please get your tickets through Aida Mansoor mansoor111muslimcoalitionct.org or call her at 860-794-5141. Please support this important da’wa effort to tell non-Muslims about Islam. This is not a fundraising event.
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Meet Full-Time Imam Candidates

The interviews for the new full time Imam candidates start this weekend. Here’s when you can meet them:
1. Imam candidate Nicholas Pelletier Interview – 10th to 12th of October
He will deliver the Friday Khotba on the 10th at 1:00pm.
Friday 10th 2-3:30pm – Open lecture/discussion with community
Friday 10th 8pm Lecture after Salat-ul Esha
Saturday 11th 2:30pm to 4pm – Youth discussion with Imam candidate
Saturday 11th 6pm to 8pm – Potluck dinner and lecture by Imam candidate
Sunday 12th 11:30am Lecture to all students of Sunday school
2. Imam candidate Waseem Peracha Interview – 17th to 19th October
He will deliver the Friday Khotba on the 17th at 1:00pm.
Friday 17th 2-3:30pm – Open lecture/discussion with community
Friday 17th 8pm Lecture after Salat-ul Esha
Saturday 18th 10am to 11am – Youth discussion with Imam candidate
Saturday 18th 6pm to 8pm – Dinner and lecture by Imam candidate
Sunday 19th 11:30am Lecture to all students of Sunday school

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Eid Announcement and Weekend Events

Friday September 26th – 7pm to Esha – Ustadh Suleiman Salem – Lecture on How to Memorize the Qur’an – FREE
Saturday September 27th – 10am to 5pm – Class on How to Memorize the Qur’an ($15 – student, $20 adult, $65 family – includes lunch and baby sitting)
Friday October 3rd – The Day of Arafat – fasting is highly recommended
Saturday October 4th – Eid Ul Adha – Takbeer times – 7am, 9am and 11am (prayers will follow half hour after that)
Remember the first 10 days of Hajj are the greatest days in the Islamic calendar – Try to increase your fasting and spending more time in spirituality on these days – 1st of Dhul Hijjah is Thursday 25th of September
Eid Prayers: Takbeer times are 7, 9, and 11. Salat times to follow half hour after 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30.
Reza
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IAGH Condemns ISIS

The Islamic Association of Greater Hartford (IAGH), one of the largest Islamic centers in Connecticut, today condemned the violence and hostilities perpetrated by self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). 

Connecticut Muslims view the actions of ISIS as un-Islamic and morally repugnant.  No religion condones the murder of civilians, the beheading of religious scholars or the desecration of houses of worship.  Their actions against religious minorities in Iraq violate the Quranic teaching, ‘Let there be no compulsion in religion’ (Surat al-Baqara 2:256)

We denounce and condemn the actions of ISIS, which are in no way representative of what Islam actually teaches.  IAGH strongly urges Connecticut imams and community leaders to continue to speak out against all forms of religious extremism and to preach for increased tolerance and human rights within the mainstream teachings of Islam.

 http://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases/12637-cair-condemns-killing-of-journalist-steven-sotloff-by-terrorist-isis.html

http://www.isna.net/isna-condemns-isis-killing-of-journalist-steven-sotloff.html

 

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Political activism and your civic responsibility – meeting at 5:30pm today Saturday 8/30/14

Assalaamu-alaikum,

We are trying to organize a political activism planning meeting to address our relationship with elected officials and how we get from here to the elections in November and in the years to come. How do we build a healthy working relationship with our elected officials so that when we are attacked unfairly in the media or otherwise we are able to call on our elected officials. This also applies to international issues and if you are not heard you do not exist. Let’s get off the complaining, reactionary mode and proactively build this committee.

Venue – IAGH conference hall – 1781 Berlin Turnpike, Berlin, CT.

Time 5:30pm after Asr Salat.

Date – Today – Saturday 8/30/14