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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

What can I say!


Chacha OR ‘Ammu!

Bismillah, since Muslim Chaplaincy is in business to provide service to RU students, I would like to know your concerns. I think there’s a lot of positive energy on campus, just look at the names on QRG, lots of potential. The students have always helped out despite their busy academic schedule – alhamdo lillah.

Switching gears, last weekend, I spoke at TASMiNA, Sri Lankan Muslim community’s gathering on ‘Responsibilities of fatherhood. It was great to see the Sri Lankan Muslim community thriving in central Jersey. MashAllah, good people. BTW, in my talk I ended up touching upon inequality in Muslim household based on gender and the pathetic yet real deal forced marriages. Folks there’s lots of dirt under the carpet – lets clean it up, not hide it. Let me ask, do Muslim leaders/Imams talk about these social issues? I don’t know.
We (Dawud and I) are also involved with interfaith discussions and preparation with fellow ministers. Meanwhile, I am preparing for reading resource material for Quran Study Group. In addition, this weekend, I will be speaking at Noor-Ul-Iman School Eighth Grade Graduation Ceremony. It should be fun; I consider NUI kids to be my kids. As for my RU kids, they can call me chacha/’amu if they feel like it …lol.

‘araftum shalon / baat samajh mai ai

I just wanted to keep you guys in the loop, that’s all.

WasSalam,

Yours,
chacha

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Quran Reading Group

*** The Quran Reading Group will be on a temporary hiatus until Ramadan; however we should continue to read at our own pace. Inshallah e-mail addresses will be collected to send weekly reminders to all QRG participants. ***

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Q.R.G.



Quran Reading Group *updated


WHAT: InshAllah we want to push/remind students to read the Quran on a daily basis. Unfortunately, most Muslims don't pay much attention to the recitation of the Quran outside of Ramadan. For this reason, the Quran Reading Group is here to support and remind you about your reading every week.
How does it work?

Basically, you look at the list of juz available for recitation and put your juz under comment section with your name OR you can send an email to Marwa and Saba. They will post your name next to the juz you volunteered to read. If there are more people and all 30 juz are taken, we can start another reading circle. It is up to you how much Quran you want to read weekly. Again, we are here to remind you and push you to daily recite the Quran.

Note: On the 7th day of the week, a reminder is sent out to the group about their reading. If someone can't finish their reading then we will make a general call to the entire group to read your juz (shame on you!).

Once first 30 juz (entire Quran) are taken by people (it could be two students who volunteer to read 15 juz or 30 people who volunteer to read a juz, or more or less...you get the idea), we can start another circle, and so on and so forth.


FAQs:

Qs.How do I volunteer to read?
Ans. You can put your juz no. with your name in comments section below. OR send an email to both Marwa marwa831@eden.rutgers.edu & Saba sabayh@gmail.com They will put your name next to the juz(s) you volunteered to read.

Qs. How many juz/para I have to read?
Ans. Each person picks the amount of Quran he/she can read... 1, 2, 10 juz... doesn't matter. Even if a person wants to read less i.e. 1/2 a juz per week, he simply has to find another person to read the other half. See example juz 30 below.Qs. Do I read the same juz/para every week?Ans. No, you can pick another juz and send an email for that particular week or put your juz number in comment section.

Qs. What if I cannot read the Quran (OMG!) in Arabic?
Ans. Relax, if you cannot read it in Arabic, just listen to the Quran - (reading & listening has the same reward). We will not stop you from participating :)


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