PhotoBlog: ICNA Convention 2008
Big JazakAllahu khayr to Br. Nihal for the pictures from this year's convention in Hartford. Some of our on-board writers were speaking there, including Yasir Qadhi and Nouman Ali Khan.
Enjoy the photos.
Day 1
A Youth Conference Flyer
A brother spinning a basketball on his finger for a really long time at the YM Booth
The Youth Conference....filled, Alhamdulillah
Br. Arif Hussain, National Coordinator of Young Muslims of North America
Title of this years Youth Conference
Br. Nouman Ali Khan
A close up shot of Sh. Yasir
Br. Nouman and Sh. Yasir speaking after their lectures
Q&A after the lecture
Br. Nouman after the conference
A shot from the stage
The Youth Conference Room
The ICNA Conference prayer area
Registration Desk
The Connecticut Convention Center
3rd floor shot
Shaykh Mokhtar Maghroui
Another shot of the convention center
A shot from the escalator
A shot from the 2nd floor
WhyIslam booth
HijabMan
The EmanRush booth @ the bazaar
ilmQuest is starting to show at the right
These were really cool hats that were being sold @ the bazaar
Before the Salaah
Lecture after the Salah
Br. Obaida and Br. Aman Ali w/ "PhatwaFactory" - www.phatwafactory.com
PhatwaFactory booth @ the bazaar
YM Floor decal
Sh. Yusuf Estes with a brother
Br. Belal Khan from Leechon Films - www.leechon.com
Br. Eddie from "The Deen Show" w/ a brother - www.thedeenshow.com
Br. Eddie and Sh. Yusuf Estes
Sh. Yusuf Estes, Sh. Yasir Qadhi, and Imam Siraj Wahhaj at the Marriot - (After this shot, Imam Siraj walked 9 flights of steps to his hotel room since there was a huge line for the elevator.)
Day 2
Former Guantanamo Bay Chaplain, Yusuf (James) Yee...He happens to be a delegate for Barack Obama as well
The ILF and YM Booths @ the bazaar - www.ymsite.com, www.islamiclearningfoundation.com
YM Booth
Sh. Yusuf Estes @ his booth in the bazaar
Br. Salauddin Nausrudeen, President of the Tri-State-Muslim Newspaper - www.tsmmedia.net
Br. Khalid Latif, the Muslim Chaplain of NYU (New York University) and the NYPD (New York Police Department)
Another shot of Br. Khalid
Imam Siraj getting ready for his lecture
The Crowd
Some more shots of the convention center
Some more shots of the convention center
The Main Hall...this is where it REALLY goes down
Main Hall...again
Stage shot of the audience
Imam Jawad Ahmed, NJ
May Allah (SWT) make this effort successful, Ameen
Br. Khalid Latif, Imam Siraj, and Sh. Yasir
Doing some stretches in between lectures
Sh. Yasir leading the exercises
Sh. Yasir, close up
Even closer...
Tall and strong :D
This was probably the most packed session of the conference
Stage shot of the speakers
A shot from the audience
A little bit more of the audience...people were sitting in chairs, on the floor, and standing
A brother admiring Sh. Yasir Qadhi
A Official Youth Conference part of the hall
A back shot of the crowd
Imam Siraj Wahhaj begins...
Bottom Shot
A stage shot behind Imam Siraj
Side shot
An even closer stage shot
another side shot
Imam Siraj
Imam Siraj...tall and strong
Br. Baba Ali and Nouman Ali Khan - check out their websites - www.ummahfilms.com - www.bayyinah.com
Br. Belal Khan and Br. Baba Ali
A brother from AlMaghrib New York
A booth from the bazaar..they were selling "Not a Terrorist" t-shirts
The "Sweet Sunnah" booth
Tawheed - the fundamental of our Deen
This brother had a very nice display of books
AlAmanah designs
www.al-amanah.net
Br. Baba Ali
Br. Ali speaks while Br. Belal waits
This was another HUGE crowd as you can see from the people sitting on the floor and standing in the back
This was an interactive session between Br. Ali, Br. Belal, and the audience
Br. Ali speaks...
Tall and strong
Br. Ali...cracking some jokes
Br. Ali and Br. Belal
Br. Belal
A very big congregation for 'Ishaa...a little blurry
Fee Rukoo'
In Sujood...SubhanAllah!
Getting up from Sujood
The Travellers - A beautiful and very diverse nasheed group from New Jersey
A side shot of them
A shot from the podium
Ahmad
Anwar
Ghuydar
Yusuf
Mustafa
Br. Nouman - Main Session Hall
Br. Nouman, captured in the Noor
Bottom Shot
Audience Shot
Br. Altaf Hussain
Sh. Mokhtar Magraoui
Sh. Mokhtar from the side
Br. Baba Ali and Br. Aman Ali
Br. Umer Shariff - Moderator of the Entertainment Session
Umer telling some "warm-up" jokes
Br Ali telling a joke
Br. Baba Ali performing
Thinking...
Br. Baba Ali...still spilling those jokes
A beautiful stage shot
A few brothers w/ Baba Ali
Midnight Basketball Tournament
A brother rolling a basketball on his finger
A brother showing us he's Muslim :P
Br. Arif starting the tournament off
Br. Moheb...YM Jamaica
Br. Ali getting ready to play some ball..by biting his nails :P
Islam, YO!
A view of the Convention Center from outside
Day 3
Br. Abu Zayd - http://obeyd.wordpress.com/
Br. Abu Zayd - Close Up
AlMaghrib Booth @ the bazaar
Dr. Jeffrey Lang
Br. Tauqeer Zaidi, one of the shura members of MSA National
The speakers for the last session of the conference
Br. Subhan leading some exercises...
Br. Subhan Tariq, Leader of the Young Muslims Expansion Committee
Camali
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