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MASJID PROGRAMS AND
MAY ’12 SALAAT TIMINGS
AY ALAAT IMINGS SERVICES
SUNDAY ISLAMIC SCHOOL
10am-1:30pm for kids of all ages
Contact Br Irfan Moin 845-565-3295
WEEKDAY QUR’AN CLASSES
3:30-5pm & 5:30-6:30pm
Contact Imam Asil Khan 845-297-0882
SISTERS TAFSEER AND TAJWEED
Eng./Urdu Tafseer: Tuesdays 11:30-1:30pm
Tajweed: Sundays 1:30-2:30pm
Call 845-297-0882
MONTHLY FAMILY DINNER
Potluck dinner, guest speakers and fun
activities. Last Friday of each month 6-10 pm
KARATE CLASS FOR KIDS
For 7 yrs+, Monday-Tuesday 4:30-5:30pm
Contact Br Imran Younus 845-702-1223
FOOD BANK
Support the local families in need. Contact Sr
Sahar Elsamra at 845-473-8348
FREE HEALTH SCREENING
Discuss your health concerns with local
Muslim doctors. For contact information go
to www.masjidalnoor.com/services.htm
SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST
Muslim Brothers join to eat breakfast at the
Masjid every Sunday after Fajr Salat
MHIA YOUTH CLUBS
Learn, communicate, build bonds, share faith.
For ages 13 and up. For more info, please
e-mail mhiaemail@gmail.com
MHIA NEWSLETTER
Islamic news and updates on Masjid affairs.
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FOOD BANK
Please continue to donate to the Masjid’s Food Bank that supports those in need in our community.
Nonperishable food can be dropped off in the Food Bank in the basement. Please support this cause and
get rewarded for this good deed. For more info, please e-mail mhiacommunitygreenclub@gmail.com.
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MHIA NEWSLETTER
EWSLETTER
ISSUE 38, MAY 2012, JUMADA AL-AKHIR 1433 A.H.
MASJID AFFAIRS DC GREEN MUSLIMS HADITH OF THE MONTH
Masjid Al-Noor has re- The DC Green Muslims are embracing environmental day with “Acquire knowledge, for he
who acquires it in the way of
an immense amount of participation. The Green Muslims group Allah performs an act of piety;
started Friday Lunches with a
in Washington D.C. started in 2007 with organic potluck Iftari he who speaks of it, praises
the Lord; he who seeks it,
very simple menu at a very dinners, and has grown from there. Many of the masjids in the adores Allah; he who
Washington area are updating to be more environmentally dispenses instruction in it,
nominal price. Every week the bestows alms; and he who
friendly. To decrease the amount of air pollution resulting from imparts it to others, performs
menu will be different. Please an act of devotion to Allah”.
the large amounts of Muslims attending masjid events they (Bukhari, Muslim)
have created specific carpooling parking spots to encourage (Sharmeen Azher)
help the masjid by contributing
coming to the masjid in groups and saving gas. The lights in the MONTHLY POLL:
towards this effort. RECYCLING
masjid and in the parking lots have been changed to be solar
powered and wind turbines are being installed so that energy Members of the community
JazakAllah Khair to everyone
can be stored and even sold back to electric companies. These were asked:
who contributed to the Darul masses of Muslims are also organizing ways to transport fresh “Do you recycle at home? Do
you believe that teaching
farm produce and more healthy options to their urban your children the importance
Uloom Fundraiser family
of recycling is an important
communities. The DC Green Muslims serve an example for all part of being a good
night. It was a very successful Muslim communities across America including ours. (Rumzah Muslim?”
Paracha) Yes-15% - “We do recycle in
night Alhamdullah.
our household. It is
BP OIL SPILL important for our children to
The Community Service & start with small actions in
April 20th marked the “second anniversary of the blowup of order to understand that
BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that keeping our world clean is
Green Youth Club would like to claimed the lives of 11 workers”. This was the “largest something that Allah (swt)
accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum will hold us accountable for.”
thank everyone who industry”. The devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had No-85% - “We do not recycle
left many lives ruined and a lot of animals had their habitats in our household. It is
contributed to the Food Drive. completely destroyed. Since then, the gulf has come a long way important to keep our
mainly due to continued presence of the clean-up workers who environment clean by
Please continue to help out all are working continuously as we speak, cleaning up the coastline avoiding littering and such.
of the gulf. However in my opinion, it’s not enough. The However, we don't believe
those in need in the community. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recycling is one of the main
reported that after the oil spill, whales and dolphins in that concerns for our children to
grow up and become good
region were dying at twice the normal rate, and in addition
On May 12, CAIR New Muslims.” (Farah Elsamra)
many mutated crabs, shrimps and fish were formed due the
chemicals released during this oil spill. Even 2 years after, tar
York will be having its annual balls continue to wash up along the gulf. Bob Dudley, who is the DID YOU KNOW?
chief executive of BP, issued a formal apology to the world
award banquet, "Standing For saying “We deeply regret the loss of their lives and we are In the Quran, Allah (swt)
continuing to take action to meet our commitments to the Gulf hinted that neighboring
Justice, Building Unity". Flyers of Mexico community and to implement what we have learned waters, although they may
touch, do not mingle. "He
worldwide.” but this is not an issue that a simple apology can
has let loose the two seas,
will be distributed in the masjid cover-up for. A lot of damage has been done and no matter how converging together, with a
much the money is put into the clean-up of the gulf, there is no barrier between them they
soon. Please visit possible way to remove the 4.9 million barrels of oil that is do not break through.
currently sitting on top of other ocean, polluting our water, (Qur'an, 55:19-20).
http://www.cair-ny.org/ for killing animals and their habitats, and destroying countless Oceanographers discovered
ecosystems around the world. BP together with many other only within the last century
organizations continues to recruit people to help save these that because of a
more information.
animals and their environments from destruction. We pray that phenomenon known as
"surface tension" that
Inshallah, all these efforts be successful and hope that there
Masjid Affairs collected by results due to differences in
will never be another catastrophe like this spill ever again. density, bodies of water can
(Shayan Hasan) touch, but cannot intermix.
Omar Elsamra. (Sharmeen Azher)
