Diary of a mad muslim woman

“Children in Need”

A Fundraiser for the Myanmar Cyclone Victims
Hosted by The Islamic Center at NYU Alumni Association and Islamic Relief

Sunday, May 18th, 2008
5pm - 9pm
Rosenthal Pavilion
Kimmel Center, 10th Floor
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Tickets: $25 (available at the door; to reserve in advance please email rkamal@sas.upenn.edu)

****Live Entertainment with the Allah made me Funny Comedy Tour, the Travelers’ Nasheed Group and keynote speech by Shamil Idriss ****

**Halal Dinner Will be Served**

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On Sunday, May 18th, the Islamic Center at NYU will be hosting “Children in Need”, a fundraising dinner in conjunction with Islamic Relief to help raise money for the victims of the recent cyclone in Myanmar.  

Islamic Relief strives to alleviate suffering, hunger, illiteracy, and diseases worldwide regardless of color, race, or creed, and to provide aid in a compassionate and dignified manner. Islamic Relief aims to establish sustainable local development projects allowing communities to better help themselves through programs in: Education & Training, Water & Sanitation, Income Generation, Health & Nutrition, Emergency & Relief, and Orphan Support. Their belief is that countries are rebuilt, and populations are given hope through taking care and empowering our children.

We would like to invite you all of you to the event. Doors open at 5pm and the program includes live entertainment and performances by the Travellers Nasheed Group and the Allah Made Me Funny comedy tour as well as a short talk by Mr. Shamil Idriss, Acting Director of the Secretariat for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (AoC).

Mr. Idriss was appointed to the AoC Secretariat by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2005. Prior to this position, he served as Senior Advisor to the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders: West-Islamic World Dialogue Initiative (C-100). From 2000-2004, Mr. Idriss served as Chief Operating Officer of Search for Common Ground (SFCG), a global leader in international conflict resolution and pioneer in the use of media for positive social change.

At least 22,000 people have been killed in Myanmar by the weekend’s devastating cyclone, with another 41,000 people missing, according to state media.

As damage assessment reports came in from the worst-hit areas, UN officials said up to a million people may have been left homeless in the country.

Noppadon Pattama, Thailand’s foreign minister, said: “Conditions are very bad. We need temporary housing, shelters … humanitarian assistance should be given to Myanmar very urgently”

FOR TICKETS PLEASE CONTACT RABIA KAMAL rkamal@sas.upenn.edu or (215) 205-9658

It’s finals week, a time when everyone’s usually stressed out to the max… insha Allah this video with some descriptions of Paradise will help calm your nerves.

May Allah swt grant us the highest scores on our exams, and the highest level of jannah. Ameen

lol watch.

(They don’t show a kiss, don’t worry.)

A beautiful story of one brother’s road to Islam. Gets a little emotional towards the end.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

I recommend it to anyone and everyone. May Allah swt guide us all. Ameen.

Assalaamualaikum

Remember the Intifada NYC T-shirt scandal?

It’s not over just yet.

This article might make you angry, but also think about some of the good in it, like Muslims, Christians and Jews uniting for a cause. It was also nice to see John Esposito in the article. May Allah swt make things easy for our sister and her school.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/nyregion/28school.html?ex=1210046400&en=eb31e0ad46ef2191&ei=5070&emc=eta1

SubhanAllah everything on this site is amazing and extremely beneficial, but I just listened to this lecture today and wanted to share it:

http://www.sacredlearning.org/general_talks.htm

2.10.08  Working for Tawfiq.

But listen to everything when you get time. We’re blessed to have all of this online, alhamdulillah.

Assalamu alaikum warahmatullah,

 A former community member of Long Island, Hany Shehata has recently passed away in a fatal car accident.  His wife Sahar, and his two children Yusuf and May were all in the car when this took place.  His family pretty much saw him bleed to death, since the ambulance did not reach him until an hour after the accident. Inna Lillahi wa inna ‘ilayhi raji’un. Yusuf’s right foot was badly burned in the accident and may need surgery. 
 
The family was in a difficult situation.  He was the primary income of the family, working full-time at home depot.  His wife Sahar had a part-time job with no benefits.  They were paying a monthly mortgage for a house in Delaware, but the financial situation was difficult, and you can only imagine what it must be like now.
 
They have little or no support group in Delaware since they only moved there recently from Long Island.  
 
Here is the link to the newspaper article: http://www.rrdailyherald.com/articles/2008/03/30/news/news3.txt

 If you can, please donate. Mail donations to:

Sahar Ibrahim
316 Marldale Drive
Middletown, DE 19709

Or email Dana24@gmail.com.

Don’t give up this opportunity to give Inshaa’Allaah. Allah is ar-Razzaq anyway, He provides and has no need for us. If we give, we only do a favor to ourselves and our book of deeds.

May Allah reward you, and May He grant the family sabr and ease insha Allah.

SubhanAllah.

Here’s a background on how this project got started, alhamdulillah:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ2P9acOS0Y

And here’s the actual commercial, since it’s VERY unclear in the above video.

This is just one of 20 different commercials that will insha Allah be aired on FOX News. They will be aired in Portland, Oregon between 9 AM-4 PM, and have the potential to reach upto 119,000 homes. Support the Global Dawah Campaign–insha Allah they will be able to reach more homes, and will be able to get them to air during prime time.  Make du’aa

And why should we care, you ask?

It will affect the lives of the generations to come, including our grand children and great grand children insha Allah, and also the environment around us…the plants, the spiders, the birds, etc.

Some wisdom by Shaykh Mokhtar about following the Prophetic example in regards to the environment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cL2e8NhIyU

Just wanted to thank Allah swt for bestowing upon me someone who never fails to blow me away with her perfect friendship.

Fawzia Syed, my heart is always overflowing with love for you. May we always help each other to attain jannah and continue our friendship through eternity insha Allah.

When Fawzia reads this post, if she ever does, she shall wonder what she did for me on this day to make me write such a thing lol. But it was nothing Fawzia, it’s just that today I decided to put you on blast

Ok this is too much gushiness. Bye. The end.

Oh, and these are for you :)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBcWNp9eNnM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t5Km0un-SY&feature=related

Assalaamualaikum.