The QC MSA hosted an event with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, amidst the right wing generated controversy surrounding America’s Imam.
From Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, the following news comes on Imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the pillars of Muslims in America. May Allah give Imam Siraj quick and full recovery and
I urge everyone to get to know MANA, understand the different projects that you could get involved in, and it doesn’t matter if you are African American, Arab, immigrant, first generation, third generation, man or woman, as long as you believe in bettering the Muslim situation in America, and consider this to be your home, then you are welcome.
MANA (Muslim Alliance in North America) held its 2nd annual convention in the city of “brotherly love and sisterly affection”, Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention Center. A few months ago, we decided that it was necessary for MuslimMatters.org to blog about the conference, because of its importance in the “indigenous” community. Since we have seen a flavor of what we loosely call the “indigenous-immigrant” divide on the internet, we felt that MM could provide an online platform to first recognize, then heal, and finally develop the bridges between the two communities moving forward– to play our small part.
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Our coverage of 2nd Annual MANA (Muslim Alliance in North America) Conference 2008 continues. This time we have two interviews of MANA’s shura and Diwan members, Imam Johari-Abdul Malik and Br. Altaf Husain.
Click here for complete coverage of MANA’s Second Annual Conference I thought that I should cover this first, considering how much interest marriage topics always generate! On a serious note,
It seems that there was a degree of misunderstanding amongst many people about what exactly MANA is about. I myself was questioned (sometimes hostilely, unfortunately) as to why I had agreed to go. There were a number of concerns, all of which I defended at the time and which, alhamdulillah, did prove to be totally unfounded. Once again it was a lesson for all of us about assuming the best of everyone, especially those senior to us in age and wisdom!
We’re going to be bringing you a lot of pictures, videos, and write-ups from the MANA conference this past weekend in the next couple of days so please stay tuned insha’Allah.
MANA (Muslim Alliance in North America) held its 2nd annual convention in the city of “brotherly love and sisterly affection”, Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention Center. A few months ago, we decided that it was necessary for MuslimMatters.org to blog about the conference, because of its importance in the “indigenous” community. Since we have seen a flavor of what we loosely call the “indigenous-immigrant” divide on the internet, we felt that MM could provide an online platform to first recognize, then heal, and finally develop the bridges between the two communities moving forward– to play our small part.
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