Join us this Saturday for our weekly lectures. Our guest speaker is Imam Abdullah Faaruuq. He is currently the resident Imam of MasjidAl-Hamdu Lillah, aka Mosque for The Praising of Allah, one of the oldest mosques in Boston established in 1973. The mosque is located at 724 Shawmut Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119. He is one of the pioneering Muslims of Boston, a bridge builder,and an example of the caring American citizen and a defender of the rights of Muslims in America. He is a member of the Islamic Council of New England and the Center for Jewish-Muslim Relations, serves as the Muslim Chaplain of Northeastern University as well as in various interfaith and social associations.

About IMAM TAALIB MAHDEE:

Imam Taalib was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  In December 1978 he publicly declared that there is nothing of worship except our Creator, Alone and there is no like Him and that Prophet Muhammad) Peace Be Upon Him) is Allah’s last Messenger and servant through whom the Holy Qur’an was sent as the final revelation to humanity.   This simple public declaration added him to the international community of Muslims which to date is over a billion people.  He is a happily married husband and devoted father.

Imam Taalib Mahdee was educated in the Cambridge Public School System and has earned an Associate Degree from Roxbury Community College and a B.S. in Human Services from New Hampshire College.  He made the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) in 1980, which was the beginning of the 15^th century Islamic calendar.

In the summer of 1989, he traveled to Cairo, Egypt to study Arabic at the prestigious Al-Azhar University.   I the spring 1990 he was part of a national declaration of Clara Mohammed School educators who traveled to Saudi Arabia to analyze its educational system.    Imam Warith Deen Muhammed earned this invitation for the community.   They were able to make the Lesser Hajj (‘Umrah) while they were there.

Imam Mahdee participates in several community organizations that represent a diverse population such as the United Way Faith and Action, Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, Islamic Council of New England and the Muslim American Society Northeast Region Masajid.     Currently, he is the resident Imam of Masjid Al-Qur’an.

On Saturday Jan 30, 2010, we had the pleasure of having two special guests with us. The first guest is a pillar of the Muslim community in Boston and America at large. To prove it, he was appointed by former president Mr. Bush as a commissioner at the United States commission on International Religious Freedom. Imam Dr. Talal Eid is the founder and executive of the Islamic Institute of Boston. He had served as the Muslim chaplain at Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Tufts and is currently serving Brandeis University and Mass General Hospital of Boston. He is an Adjuct professor of Arts of Ministry at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut. Imam Talal Eid is a Doctor of Theology in Comparative Religion from Harvard University. He studied Islamic Law ‘Shari’aa’ at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. The Imam is a consultant, specialist and expert on Islamic law, including issues of marriage, marital dispute, marital violence, divorce and child custody. Imam Dr. Talal Eid spoke to the parents about the importance of realizing and properly dealing with their American Muslim youth regarding the topic of dating and marriage.

The second special guest we had was a groom and bride from Tunisia joining together in a religious ceremony led by Imam Dr. Talal Eid himself. This event marked the first religious ceremony at YUSUF MOSQUE and hopefully there will many more to come, and more importantly many more content couples and successful families. The family of the groom and bride provided delicious sweets and desserts as a special touch to the social community potluck dinner.

The evening also was a time to recognize three special volunteers at YUSUF MOSQUE for their dedication, tirelessness and excellent service to the mosque and the community: Mr. Nazir Khan, Mr. Malhar Saheed and Mr. Masdooq Saheed.

We were delighted to have two special guests this evening. The first was a group of wonderful students from various schools in Boston who happen to go to the same church. Mr. Kurt Morrill coordinated their visit and we thank him and the entire group deeply for their warm interest in experiencing an evening at a mosque and learning about Islam. The second guest visits us for the second time, Mr. Suheil Laher. He reflected on the perished nation of Aad and reminded us to strive to strike a balance between fearing God’s anger and punishment and hoping for his pleasure and reward. The evening was followed by a social community potluck dinner in the lounge, so thank you to all those who prepared and brought food with them.

Full lecture Parts 1-7:

Reflections of some students and the coordinator of the visiting group (Thank You!):

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Dear families and friends,

We had such a wonderful and blessed evening last night closing the Fall 2009 Kids Sunday School Level 1 at YUSUF MOSQUE. We hope you enjoyed it as much as your children. They are now becoming our dear children as well. It was satisfying and heart-warming to see them engage, speak freely on the microphone in public, laugh, play and bond with each other. It was powerful to see the parents and friends cheer, applaud, support and hand the gifts to the kids.

We would like to thank all the volunteers who contributed to making the event memorable. Many thanks to everybody who attended the ceremony. Thank you to Sheikh Abdel Monim for teaching the kids. Thank you for caring for your kids and bringing them to classes every Sunday even when the weather conditions weren’t the best.

Of course, we couldn’t have put this together without the will of God. The success of the kids, of the ceremony and of anything is clearly strengthened by the grace, reward and the pleasure of the most graceful, the best giver, the most knowledgeable, the one and only God. So many thanks to Allah.

We will try to put together a few memorable photos and videos that covered the event and publish them online in the next few days.

Thank you again, and inshallah the students in the Spring 2010 session Level 1 and Level 2 will continue to learn more and progress in Arabic and Quran.

Kind Regards,

YUSUF MOSQUE
186 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brighton MA 02135
www.yusufmosque.com

We will be showing the film documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet, between Maghrib and Isha this coming Sunday June 7, 2009. Please bring a friend, muslim and non muslim. Everybody is welcome. 

Film Synopsis
His father died before he was born, and his mother died when he was only six. But sheltered by a powerful uncle, he made a good start in life, established himself in a profitable business and married well. And then, at the age of 40, he was transformed.

A man who could not read or write, he announced that he was the prophet of God.

His name was Muhammad, and in the next 23 years he would bring peace to the warring pagan tribes of Arabia and establish the new religion of Islam, which today has 1.2 billion followers.

The film was produced by Michael Schwarz, the founder of Kikim Media, a production company that draws on 25 years of experience in print and broadcast journalism to engage, entertain and inform audiences. Kikim’s projects are guided by its fundamental commitment to fairness and accuracy, and by an abiding conviction that a true story, honestly told, can change people’s lives. the film is also produced by Unity Productions Foundation. Michael Wolfe and Alex Kronemer administer Unity Productions Foundation together. Both are authors and journalists and both have covered the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca for American television. Unity Productions Foundation is a nonprofit production company whose mission is to develop balanced, fair and accurate journalistic material concerning the world’s cultural and spiritual traditions in order to help increase understanding and tolerance.
Here is the trailer of the doc: