In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 

Bismillah hir Rahman nir Rahim - In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful 

 

Islamic Shura Council of So Cal

Feb. 19, 2013 | 8 Rabi' Al-Thani 1434

Newsletter Issue # 223

Greetings! 
"They ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good - indeed, God is Knowing of it."Qur'an 2:215
CONFERENCE UPDATES
  • Shura Council is pleased to announce the addition of Sis. Hujrah Wahhaj as another guest speaker at our conference. Sis. Hujrah is daughter of Imam Siraj Wahhaj and this will be her first appearance in Southern California.
  • Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi invites you to Muhammad: The Prophet for Our Times The Chairman of the Shura Council invites you to our conference and banquet on the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Click on video on the right to listen.
  • Vendor space is sold out. We thank all the vendors for reserving their spaces and showing their support. Vendors may still call us to reserve but only on a stand-by basis.

     

  • Conf2013_2.0 The Shura Council is pleased to release both the conference program and the banquet program. We encourage the community to attend both programs and learn from guest speakers such as Dr. Jamal Badawi, Imam Siraj Wahhaj and Sheikh Yasir Qadhi joining many local speakers.

     

  • For conference and banquet tickets or sponsorships and advertisements in the souvenir, please call us at (714) 239-6473.

     

  • We also thank all the volunteers who have signed up.


NEWS

  

News

The Executive Director of the Shura Council will join Orange County community and faith leaders to speak in support of comprehensive immigration reform at a press conference tomorrow Wednesday Feb. 20th, at the Anaheim City Hall.

 

What is sequestration and what can you you learn about sequestration? Here are some examples of 57 sequester stings, touching many government programs and services.

 

Critics say, Drones for America is a courtesy of the Congressional Unmanned Caucus.

 

A report reveals 20 extraordinary facts about the CIA's extraordinary rendition and secret detentions.

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS 

  

Community Events

We are pleased to offer a sample of the community's upcoming events. Please 
visit this page for a full listing of community events.

 

Feb. 20:

> CAIR-LA presents the film screening and panel discussion of "The Other Son" in Los Angeles.

 

Feb. 23: 

> Lighting the Future, One Star at a Time, OCS fundraiser in Garden Grove.

> Sharia: Between Myth and Fact in Anaheim.

 

Feb. 25:

> "My Neighborhood", film screening and discussion in Los Angeles.

 

For a listing of all February events, click here.

To add your event to our calendar, click here.

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IN THIS ISSUE
CONFERENCE UPDATES
NEWS
COMMUNITY EVENTS

Majlis Members

  

Staff


Shakeel Syed

Executive Director 

 Elaine Younes

  Office Manager 
Imam Abu Ishaq Abdul Hafiz
Prison Outreach Programs and Services Director

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The Islamic Shura Council is an umbrella organization of Mosques and Muslim organizations serving the Muslims of Southern California. Since 1995,  the Council continues to foster the spirit and culture of "working together" at all levels in one of the most diverse and largest Muslim populations in the country.