ICNA Philadelphia, PA and suburbs

Islamic Society of Greater Valley Forge, Invites you and your family for the Monthly Lecture held on the third Saturday of each month. Guest Speaker Br. Tahseen Khan Topic: The day of A’ashoorah and Shahadat-e-Imam Hussain (RTA) Feb 18th Saturday at 6:00 PM

CAIR-Philly and FIE Offer “Explore the Life of Muhammad”: Short Film Screening and Lecture Series. WHEN: Saturday, February 18, 2006; 12:00 – 2:15 PM and repeated on Saturday, February 25, 2006; 4:00 – 6:15 PM. WHERE: The Foundation for Islamic Education, Villanova

Please join a panel of diverse Muslim opinion leaders and Rachel Lawton, Executive Director of the Philadlephia Commission on Human Relations in: Conversations on the Cartoon Controversy. WHEN: Saturday, February 18, 2006. 3:00PM WHERE: Houston Hall, Ben Franklin Room(U. Penn Campus)

The local chapters of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations), ICNA (Islamic Circle of North America), WhyIslam and MAS (Muslim American Society) have launched a joint effort to educate fellow Americans about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) after the issues surfacing around the cartoon controversy.

Alhamdulillah (praise be to God), the Council of American Islamic relations (CAIR) called on Muslims to support a major educational effort, called Explore the Life of Muhammad(pbuh).
The year-long initiative will begin by offering people of all faiths a free book or DVD about the life and legacy of the Prophet Muhammad. CAIR's campaign will also feature grass-roots educational activities in Muslim communities throughout North America.

Visitors to CAIR's campaign website, Explore the Life of Muhammad(pbuh), will be able to choose either a DVD of the PBS documentary "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet" or the book "Muhammad" by Yahiya Emerick.

On Tuesday, February 14, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philly) will hold a noon news conference at CAIR-Philly offices in Philadelphia, PA, to launch a major educational effort focusing on the life and legacy of Islam's Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Other organizations including ICNA-Philadelphia will join them in their effort.

WHERE: CAIR-Philly Offices, 1218 Chestnut Street, Suite 510-511, Philadelphia, PA 19107
CONTACT: CAIR-Philly Communications Director Adeeba Al-Zaman, E-Mail: adeeba@cairphilly.org

Praise be to Allah! The demonstration in Philadelphia was successful.
500 to 600 demonstrators turned up and participated in an orderly but strong protest against reprinting of the cartoons disrespecting Prophet Mohammad Peace be upon him.
Many members of the press were interviewing the muslims.
Many brochures and flyers were distributed to the passers-by introducing them to the Prophet of Islam and his message.
Prominent speakers from the muslim organizations made speeches at the occasion explaining the position of Muslims on this issue and demanding an apology from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Alhamdolillah on Sunday, the Eid dinner of ISGVF was held at Norristown Cedar club.
Br. Imtiaz Chaudhary gave a talk on Hajj, sacrifice and turning to Allah.
Returning Hajis were congratulated and Br Syed Naeem, Sr. Moza, Br. Shams, Dr. Shamsi and Br. Musa Farfari gave their experiences at Hajj.
A large gathering of the community was present and it was a very fruitful event.

Eid-Al-Adha Dinner will be held insha Allah, On Sunday, January 22nd, 2006 at 5:30 pm Location: Norristown Cedar Club 810 Germantown Pike, Norristown, PA 19403 Ticket Pricing Information : $20 per Person for all ages 19 and above $10 per Person for ages between 10 and 18 Kids under 10 Free *Tickets will be $30 per person (all ages 10 and above) at the door

Alhamdolillah the Fundraising dinner for Earthquake relief / Eid was held at Villanova Foundation. Maulana Yousuf Islahi, Dr. Mohsin Ansari, Dr. Mustafa Ahmad were speakers and a presentation about Young Muslims was made. Around Four thousand Dollars were raised on the occasion for South Asia Earthquake fund of ICNA Relief.