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1. The Qur’anic Arabic memorization and recitation class will start at 6pm on Thursday the 5th of September.

Dawn Karlson is Pastor for Youth and Family Ministry at the First Congregational Church of Southington..

In researching this show, I found one claim that some of the writers of the Constitution fasted to enhance inspiration and mental clarity. I couldn’t confirm that, but in 1775, the Continental Congress proclaimed July 20 as a day of “fasting and humiliation.”

The notion was that a day of fasting would shake the cobwebs out of some people and wake their senses up to the necessity of independence. Thomas Jefferson and the Lees, Richard Henry and Patrick Henry, had been pushing the fasting concept in the Virginia House of Burgesses, and Benjamin Franklin was known advocate of fasting.

I guess I’m saying that, instead of pigging out at cookouts and shooting off firecrackers, we’d be staying truer to our roots if we fasted on July 4.

The idea came back in 1798 when John Adams proclaimed May 9, 1798 as a day of fasting.

We’ll talk about the spiritual legacy of fasting in American religions on today’s show with an interfaith panel of experts.

You can join the convesation. Do you fast? Email colin@wnpr.org or tweet us @wnprcolin.

 Eid Al-fitr InshaAllah will be on Thursday the 8th. This is the ruling of the Fiqh Council of North America/ ISNA and ICNA.
 
Prayer times will be as follows (please allow for 15 minutes for a parking):
 
1stprayer – Takbir 7am, Salat 7:30am
 
2ndprayer – Takbir 9am, Salat 9:30am
 
3rdprayer – Takbir 11am, Salat 11:30am.
 
Zakaatu Al-Fitr (Fitrana)is a minimum of $10 per person in the household including young children to be paid before Salaat El- Eid
 
There will be a donation box for the masjid which will help offset costs for the youth center, the cemetery project and a full time Imam – Inshah-Allah. Please donate generously that Allah may give you generously Inshah-Allah
 
Parking – Please park responsibly – if you are parked illegally or blocking others you will be towed.
 
Please follow the proper regulations and listen to those that we are assigning to be in charge of the parking. Please note that no one will be allowed to park on the streets even partially or to block the neighbors’ driveways.
 
Let us make our holiday a safe and happy one – Inshah-Allah.
 
The Muslim Coalition of Connecticut ‘Eid Carnival’ at Lake Compounce will be on Sunday the 11th of August from 10am to 10pm. Please go to their website at www.mcct.us for information
 
Tickets:$33.00 per person including Halal buffet dinner, free parking, free ticket to return (must use by June 30th 2014), free rides and drinks or $18 per child (4-6yrs). Under 4 yrs free
 
Please purchase the tickets by August 8th(this Thursday)- deadline.
 
We want to wish you and your families a blessed Eid. May Allah accept
your fast, dua, prayer and zakat/sadaqat – Inshah-Allah!

The Berlin masjid khatam Al Qur’an will be on Monday August 5th!

Taraweeh salat begins immediately after Esha salat!

You are welcome to attend.

Please donate towards the masjid. There will also be a collection for the Imam and his assistants Inshah-Allah.

The blessed month of Ramadan is almost upon us! I would like to wish each of you a very blessed month and ask Allah (SWT) to forgive all of our sins and enter us into Jannah through his mercy.

I would like you to be aware of some of the programs at Berlin masjid this month:

The Fiqh Council of North America have decided that the first of Ramadan will be on Tuesday the 9th of July. Although there are different methodologies for beginning our fast we will adhere to the fiqh council recommendations but the final decision will be made on Monday after Esha salat. Taraweeh will follow immediately after Salat-ul-Esha on Monday the 8th of July.

There will be baby sitting organized daily during the month of Ramadan from Esha until the end of Taraweeh. Children will not be allowed to run around and disturb the spirituality of the prayer service. Please enroll your child if he/she is not going to be praying so that we can all enjoy this time. Taraweeh will be led by Imam Refai Arefin.

There will be community Iftar organized by the masjid every Friday and Saturday starting Friday the 12th of July.

On Saturday the 13th of July from Dhuhr Salat till 3pm there will be a Qur’an workshop to explain the rules of a Qur’an competition for memorization, recitation and learning of the Quran. The competition will be on Saturday July 28th from Asar to Maghrib. The award ceremony will be on August 3rd between Maghrib Salat and Esha salat.

There will be a youth program on Saturday July 13th from 3pm to Iftar. Imam Sohaib Sultan (chaplain at Princeton University) and Sr. Arshe Ahmad with Imam Refai Arefin will coordinate this.

The masjid fundraising dinner will be on July 27th from 6pm to Iftar – Inshah-Allah

There will be Qur’an recitation and tajweed classes every Monday and Thursday from 5pm to 6:30pm. Brothers and sisters are welcome – age range 7yrs to 17yrs.

Inshah-Allah the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut Eid carnival will be on August 11th – please visit their website – MCCT.US (muslimcoalitionct.org) to purchase tickets early. Let us enjoy Eid as a family!

Wassalaam,

Reza

On May 11, 2013 Sen. Chris Murphy joined the community of believers for our monthly community dinner!

Assalaam Alaikum Brothers and Sisters

The Islamic Association of Greater Hartford held a gathering at Berlin Masjid to bring people in the Greater Hartford Community together and show support for one another following the tragedy at the Boston Marathon.

Click Here for Fox TV coverage of the event.

Click Here for New Britain Herald coverage of the event.

Reza Mansoor

Islamic Association of Greater Hartford

Interfaith Community Prayer – Service of healing(Berlin, 4/17/2013) – The interfaith leaders of Greater Hartford invite the community to a prayer service of healing.This prayer service is dedicated to heal from the tragic events of the Boston bombings. Although we do not know all the facts we know the aversion we all feel at this tragic news. In all of our faith communities the taking of life is a crime against God and humanity.Venue – Islamic Association of Greater Hartford, 1781 Berlin Turnpike, Berlin, CT 06037Date – Thursday 18th April 2013Time – 7pm to 8pm“Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their family members. We come together in unity and solidarity to seek comfort and healing.” Said Dr. Reza Mansoor, President, Islamic Association of Greater Hartford.

“We are shocked and saddened at the loss of life and maiming of innocent civilians. We stand together as a faith community, shoulder to shoulder, offering our support and prayers.” – Bishop James Curry

Contact Reza Mansoor – 860-794-4011, email: mansoor111@aol.com