Northern California Islamic Council

By Emad Mekay

The winding road to the massacres last week in Egypt made a couple of stops in Washington. The American public deserves to know about them.

A review of the U.S. government’s most recent overseas grants database and federal documents that I conducted as part of the investigative reporting program at UC Berkeley shows that a quiet State Department program to promote democracy in Egypt repeatedly has ignored a U.S. ban on funding political or subversive activities against fairly elected foreign governments.

http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/In-the-name-of-democracy-U-S-works-against-Morsi-4742221.php

Muslim Unity Day 2013 will InshaAllah be on Saturday August 31, 2013 at California’s Great America Park in Santa Clara, CA

- Private Picnic Area
- Cultural Bazaar
- Islamic Art Display
- Prayer Area
- Halal food
- Rides
- FREE Evening Entertainment
- Performance by Noor
- Performance by Seven 8 Six
- Performance by Str8way Entertainment

Discounted Tickets for Only $30 can be purchased online at
TICKET PRICES WILL INCREASE ON AUGUST 25, 2013.

The Admission Ticket includes the following:
-Admission to Great America Park
-Access to all Adults and Kids Rides
-Admission to the Bazaar Area
-Admission to the Prayer Area
-Admission to the Evening Entertainment Program

Note: For information on renting Vendor Booths at MUD Bazaar, please go to the ‘VENDORS PAGE’

Would you like to eat Halal Food from a variety of ethnicities, ingredients, and flavors? Then you don’t want to miss the state’s inaugural Halal Food and Eid Festival! Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 17, when you’ll be able to enjoy:

Free Admission into the Festival
Free Parking
Free Halal Food Samples
Halal Food Trucks & Restaurants
Large Bazaar
Children’s Rides & Activities
Entertainment

Please join us in helping Syria in this blessed month of Ramadan

Speaker

Dr. Hatem Bazian, University of California, Berkeley

Address

Chandni Restaurant

5748 Mowry School Road

Newark, CA 94565

Fees

$15 for General Admission | $40 for a Family of 3

Contact

Hamayoun Jamali
(916) 230-8887

IRUSA Northwest Office
(408) 780-2950

Chandi Restaurant | 5748 Mowry School Road| Newark, CA 94565

Dinner Provided.

Purchase tickets:
Click here

Rasulullah (S) said, “The Best form of charity is giving someone water (to drink).”  Please consider coming and giving your Zakat to sponsor water well for this Ramadan.

Women and Children in Kenya and Somalia travel on average 4 miles to get dirty and murky water which often kills and spreads many diseases.

Inshallah, as we go on 15 hours without water this Ramadan; let’s think about our Brothers and Sisters in Somalia, Kenya, and Pakistan.  Many of them go days without water.  Unfortunately these people lack the simplest of elements we take for granted.

Without water, not a single living thing can survive.

Inshallah On July 6, just days before Ramadan, Helping Hand for Relief and Development will be having a fundraising dinner for the people who are long deprived of clean drinking water in Somalia, Kenya and Pakistan.

Our goal is to have 25 wells sponsored in Somalia, Kenya, and Pakistan.  This will not be possible without Allah (SWT)’s help and your support.   The average cost for these wells is $4500. You may name the well after your family, a loved one, a deceased family member, or company/organization name and use the sponsorship as a form of Sadaqa Jaariyah.

Inshallah, this will be counted towards the blessings of this Ramadan.

The dinner will be at the MCA Banquet Hall 6:30 pm.
If you are unable to attend, please send us your generous contribution and encourage others to come and support us for this noble cause.

For more information, please contact:

Shireen (408) 469-3995

Moaz (408) 829-8161

We’re having a picnic and we’d like you to come! We’ve got all the  burgers, dressings, and buns! We’ve planned some great games and  they’ll be lots   of fun.  Join the community and bring everyone!

Mark your calendars for Sunday June 30th 2013 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm as the MCA, SBIA, WVMA, SABA and ICBAB Centers come together for a jam packed day of food, activities, and fun at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale! The afternoon features activities for kids, jumpers, kite-flying, as   well as inter-Masjid Tournaments!
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Establishing Identity and Community

Please join the Northern California Islamic Council, community leaders and foundation partners for the community release of the first of its kind study on the Muslim community in the Bay Area conducted by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

Join a discussion with the report authors, Dr.Farid Senzai & Dr.Hatem Bazian

Who should attend?
Masjid/Organization leadership, Imams, activists

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