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NEW - LVMuslim.com BOOK CLUB (First meeting - January 2, 2010)

To join the book club, please email: BookClub@LVMuslim.com

LVMuslim.com Book Club

Date: First Saturday of every month

Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Summerlin Academy - 1009 S. Cimarron Road, Las Vegas, NV 89145

Primary Goal:

To create friendships and help each other improve our understanding of Islam, by reading and engaging in thought provoking discussions together

More Information:

    * There is no cost to join the book club
    * No age, sex, or religious preference restrictions to join
    * Books/readings will be selected by the members at least two months in advance
    * Members are responsible for purchasing their own books (if necessary)
    * Light snacks and coffee will be provided by the organizers
    * No baby sitting available at this time

Rules and Guidelines:

    * Members MUST read the book to attend the monthly discussion
    * Members MUST be respectful toward others and their opinions
    * The organizers of the LVMuslim.com Book Club have the right to take action if rules are abused or violated.

2010 Book Club discussion dates:

January          02   (NEW LVMuslim.com Book Club Meet and Greet, Book # 1 introduction)
February        06   (Book #1 Discussion, Book #2 introduction)
March             06   (Book #2 Discussion, Book #3 introduction)
April               03   (Book #3 Discussion, Book #4 introduction)
May                 01   (Book #4 Discussion, Book #5 introduction)
June                05   (Book #5 Discussion, Book #6 introduction)
July                 03   (Book #6 Discussion, Book #7 introduction)
August            07   (Book #7 Discussion, Book #8 introduction)
September     04   (Book #8 Discussion, Book #9 introduction)
October          02    (Book #9 Discussion, Book #10 introduction)
November      06   (Book #10 Discussion, Book #11 introduction)
December       04   (Book #11 Discussion, Book #12 introduction)

2010 Book List

Book 1   Al-Ghazali on the Remembrance of Death & the Afterlife (Translated by: T.J.Winter)
Book 2   TBD
Book 3   TBD
Book 4   TBD
Book 5   TBD
Book 6   TBD
Book 7   TBD
Book 8   TBD
Book 9   TBD
Book 10  TBD
Book 11  TBD
Book 12  TBD

To join the book club, please email: BookClub@LVMuslim.com

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Usman
LVMuslim.com

Pioneers Appreciation Dinner - Masjid as-Sabur (Video)

Masjid as-Sabur
Las Vegas, NV
12/26/2009

Day of Dignity Las Vegas 2009 Slideshow

Photos by Bir Azam

Zaytuna College Fundraiser Las Vegas Slideshow

Photos by Pungkas Nataatmaja

Pioneers Appreciation Dinner - Masjid as-Sabur

The event has been moved to Masjid as-Sabur

Islamic Information Center has a new website

http://www.iiclasvegas.com/

The Islamic Information Center (IIC) has a new website. Created by Pungkas Nataatmaja.

Fund Raising for Islamic Cemetery in Las Vegas

photo by Gigi Livorno               

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Fund Raising for Islamic Cemetery in Las Vegas
Allah's Apostle said, "When carried to his grave, a dead person is followed by three, two of which return (after his burial) and one remains with him: his relative, his property, and his deeds follow him; relatives and his property go back while his deeds remain with him." Volume 8, Book 76, Number 521: Narrated Anas bin Malik

PURPOSE: To update you on Muslim Cemetery in Las Vegas that has been in preparation for quite some time, the cemetery will accommodate the burial needs of Muslims in the state of Nevada now and for genera-tion to come This cemetery will follow Islamic law, while respecting State and Federal statues.

EVENT: Fund Raiser for ICF

WHERE: Jamia Masjid 4730 East Desert Inn Road

WHEN: Friday December 18th 2009 after Friday prayers

Don’t miss this opportunity to participate and donate generously
Muslim Cemetery will only be created in Las Vegas once, Insha’Allah.

Islamic Society of Nevada
    Bashir Chowdhry, M.D.
Omar Haikal Islamic Academy
    Osam Haikal, M.D.
Masjid As Saboor
    Imam Fateem Seifullah
Masjid Haseebullah
    Mustafa Yunus
Islamic Information Center
    Khaliq Baig, M.D.

Islamic Cemetery Foundation
Mailing Address: 4160 S. Pecos Road, Suite 10
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Phone: 702-454-7311
Email: md7311@cox.net

Teachers for Sunday School Needed - Islamic Society of Nevada

photo by Robert Pollack               

by Dr. Aslam Abdullah

The Islamic Society of Nevada invites application from competent teachers to teach grade one through 10 students at its Sunday school. the teachers will be given a modest remuneration for their service. The school is held every Sunday between 10 AM to 1 PM. The teachers will work closely with the principal of the school to implement a curriculum that suits the age and grade of students. The school places emphasis on Islamic Studies, Quranic Studies and morals and manners.

Please contact Dr. Aslam Abdullah at 909-489-5989 or Sister Najma Qureshi at 702-985-6871.

Day of Dignity, Las Vegas 2009 (Video) - open Thank You letter

  http://www.almaun.org/

Open Thank You.

As salam alaykum

 

Dear Servants of Allah:

 

It is with a heart filled with gratitude and appreciation to Allah that I convey my thanks to the Muslim community of Las Vegas.  Day of Dignity was an overwhelming success.  It was successful not just because we provided services to over 500 hundred people.  It was successful not just because their were Muslims in line, imagine Muslims in line looking for help and realize that the service providers are there brothers and sisters.  One brother in particular, a Sudanese who heard the brothers saying Allahu Akbar while they were setting up the tables got out of the line and came in giving his Salaam and offered to help.  He stayed, prayed and helped serve the people.  That's just one case, while picking up people at the Salvation Army's shelter, there was a couple with one child in the van, the man was a Muslim from Harlem, New York, who wanted to get married.  He had the marriage license and we performed the Nikah.  Look at the kind of blessing that Allah put in serving humanity.  The blessings continued, this year Allah blessed the Day of Dignity with the efforts of a host of sisters that we never met, some of them we never saw yet they provided the food for over 500 people.  These sisters were like angels, arranging and organizing, and the only reason I don't want mention some of the names is because we would leave out too many of them whose name we don't know.  So let it suffice that we pray Allah thank all of you and reward all of you in the way that only he can.  This event was successful because Muslims from every Islamic Community in the valley were present, working for the good of humanity.  It was successful because funding for this program came from all over the valley.  One sister who was disappointed at our inability to arrange a joint Eid prayer at Cashman Field said, "the sisters will show us how to unite", and that is exactly what happend.  So in truth, this was a Day of Dignity not only for those guests, the less fortunate homeless population, but it was also a day of Dignity for the Muslims of Southern Nevada.  May Allah reward all of you for your hard work.

 

 

Your brother in faith

 

Fateen Seifullah

Cover may be deceptive

by Dr. Aslam Abdullah

Three months ago, when he first came to Las Vegas, apparently no one knew him. This is what he claimed. But within a short span of time, he became known as one of the most pious persons of the town. He would pray five times a day in one of the five masajid of Las Vegas. People spoke of his habit of fasting for four days a week. His room mates would even report on his tahajjud (nightly) prayers. Certainly, he introduced himself as a man of God, without any interest in the worldly affairs. He claimed that he was a displaced Palestinian who was a victim of world politics. He told people about his displaced family. He told them of the persecution that his family has gone through. Later, he revealed that his Palestinian father had married with his Egyptian mother, even though some people doubt it now.

The man was unemployed and sought help. Our community came forth. Almost every masjid gave him whatever the people could afford. He took the money and told the people that he was moving to Anahiem to find a job there. Ten days later he came back. A Muslim teacher, struggling to survive, provided him temporary stay at his apartment. Another young engineer paid his cell phone bills.
Then, in the month of November, he informed the community that his brother was shot and wounded by the Israeli soldiers during their attack on Masjid Aqsa in Jerusalem. He sought help and people donated him their hard earned money. He did not have a bank account, so he asked a young Muslim whom he met in one of the masajid to deposit his checks and pay him the cash. The young Muslim even gave him his bank account so that people who wanted to help could directly deposit the money. Later, he found out that the account was misused by someone.

Three weeks before the Eid ul Adha, he hired an unemployed old man to distribute fliers on his behalf in all the masajid. The flier offered a very lucrative price for a lamb or goat sacrifice during Eid ul Adha. He offered a lamb for $160 and a goat for $150. Even though he had initially introduced himself as Abdullah, the flier was in the name of Abu Bakr. People called him and reserved animals for sacrifice. He asked for advance money. He would invite the people at any of the masajid to finalize the transaction. It is believed that he collected money for about 300 to 400 goats and lambs. Most people paid by cash. Those who paid by check were not refused. However, he asked one of his acquaintances to cash checks for him.