Past events: Eid Dinner Wednesday November 28 @ 6 PM in MSTF Atrium At the MSSA meeting on November 13, we discussed the following details regarding our upcoming Fall Dinner. Date Inshallah, the dinner will be held on Wednesday, November 28th at 6:00 PM Speaker Our speaker is Sr. Asma Mirza, President of MSA National. She is currently in the MBA program at UMD-College Park. Speaker bioTopic Potential topics are related to Women in Islam (e.g. misconceptions regarding women in Islam, or rights of women in Islam). Sr. Fariha will speak to Sr. Asma regarding other topic ideas related to Women in Islam Schedule 5:00p Set-up for dinner 5:45p - 6:00p Prayers/Guests start to arrive 6:15p - 6:45p Speaker 6:45p Dinner 7:15p - 7:30p Dinner ends/begin clean-up 8:00p Complete clean-up We would appreciate volunteers to help with any of the tasks, but especially set up, serving food, and clean up.
at UMBC: Next Monday, November 19th, there will be a lecture and panel discussion with guest speakers Brother Yusha Evans and Imam Mahmoud Abdelhady. It will be at 5 PM-7:30 PM in the University Center room 312. Brother Yusha will talk about his conversion to Islam and Imam Mahmoud will discuss implications of being a Muslim. There will be a Q & A session and refreshments will be served inshallah.
Be sure to attend this very important event, and don't forget to invite your non-Muslim and Muslim friends as well. University of Maryland, Baltimore Co. Muslim Students' Association UMBC MSA at Morgan State: Muslim women's shelter fundraiser on Saturday November 24, 4-8 PM. For more information click here
At the MSSA meeting on October 31, we discussed:
Eid Dinner:
- The dinner will be held in the last week of November (either the 27th or the 29th)
- Topic for the event is Hajj
- We need help with advertising, decorating, set-up, and clean-up
Halaqah/MSSA Meeting - Oct 13 @ 7:00
- InshaAllah, we are trying to get a speaker for this event
Fasting
- InshaAllah, once a month we will assign a day for us to fast (and break our fast) as a group
- Dinner will be held at local restaurants
- Suggestions are welcome!
InshaAllah, the Eid dinner is coming up soon and we are going to need as much help as we can get for this event.
Halaqa - Oct 13 @ 7:00 15 th floor, University Suites, 518 West Fayette St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (entrance is on the north side of Fayette between Green and Paca across from Westminster Church) We will also discuss the format (group discussion/ lecture/ Q & A) and topics for future Halaquat. Please respond to umb.mssa@gmail.com although you may attend without responding. Inshallah, on Friday, October 26th, the MSSA will be having a cookies & chai (tea) night open to all. This is a good opportunity for us to get together socially and meet new faces. We will get together around 7 PM at Emmad Sheikh's place, whose address is 1044 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD. There is plenty of free street parking available, and is located around the corner from the new UMAB Biotech center located on Baltimore Street. Please feel free to bring family and friends. For more information UMB.MSSA@gmail.com
At the MSSA meeting on Wednesday, October 17, 5:30 PM in the Pharmacy Lounge we will discussed: - the Eid dinner and speaker
- upcoming chai & cookies night
- day of fasting in Shawwal with group Iftar
- halaqas
To be part of the planning or just to help out, please contact us at UMB.MSSA@gmail.com
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