A GRAND DISPLAY OF
MUSLIM UNITY
An
Epoch-making and Unforgettable Event
Today, the
Muslims of North America are facing some great challenges including the task of
providing Islamic education to future generations and bringing about unity
among the Muslims. After the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy and ensuing
Islamophobia that congests the airwaves and media, the North American Muslim
community has become demoralized and indeed inactive. It is most important to
re-motivate and re-mobilized them for serving Allah’s Deen. There will be an
epoch-making event being held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 13, 2003, under the theme,
“Let’s Make this World a Better Place to Live”. This event will bring
the national Muslim leadership and scholars at one platform, and provide an
avenue for building the confidence in the Muslim community and motivating them
as well.
Despite
the impressive growth in numbers and the continued growth in infrastructures
like Masajid and Islamic schools, about 88% of Muslim children in North America
have no access to any formal Islamic education, even for an hour per week. Even
if the current pace of establishment of full time Islamic schools is continued,
it will take decades to fulfill the needs of basic and higher learning of
Islam. Therefore, there is a great danger of losing our most valuable assets, the
children, in the American melting pot. Alhamdulillah, after attaining success
with Internet Islamic University (IIU), the launching of Internet Islamic
School (IIS) for children 8 to 18 years old, at this historic
event will be beneficial for Muslims in this land and all over the world, Insha
Allah.
The program, whose focus is the promotion of Islamic education
and building the unity among Muslims (ummah), will start with Qur’anic recitation by
Muhammad Jibril, followed by speeches by the invited speakers. This will be
followed by a presentation on the Internet Islamic University and the
inauguration of the Internet Islamic School. The evening will wing down with
acknowledgments and an awards ceremony, and Islamic entertainment in the form
of Nasheed and Na’at, including live performance by Dawud Wharnsby Ali. For
update information and tickets, visit
the web site: www.STUDYISLAM.com
Today,
IIU has established a niche for itself, and 20 leading Muslim American and
overseas scholars and leaders have confirmed their participation. These
include:
1)
Imam Warith Deen Mohammad
2)
Dr.
Abdalla Idris Ali
3)
Imam
Siraj Wahhaj
4)
Imam
Zaid Shakir
5)
Dr.
Shaikh Muhammad Nur Abdullah
6)
Dr.
Sulayman Nyang
7)
Dr. Jamal
Badawi
8)
Dr.
Shaikh Mukhtar Maghraui
9)
Dr.
Sayyid Muhammad Syeed
10) Dr. Muzammil Siddiqui
11) Dr. Shaikh Ibrahim Negm
12) Sr. Dr. Ingrid Mattson
13) Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad
14) Dr. Ahmad Totonji
15) Dr. Tal’at Sultan
16) Dr. Souhail Ghannouchi
17) Sr. Ayesha K. Mustafaa
18) Maulana Yusuf Islahi (India)
19) Shaikh Wagdy
Gunaim (Egypt)
20) Maulana Dilawar Husain Sayeedi
(Bangladesh)
21) Shaikh Dr. Jameel Al-Khyyat (Saudi
Arabia)
22) Leadership of national and regional
organizations and more than 100 Imams and presidents of Islamic Centers from
the U.S. and Canada.
IIU awaits the confirmation from over 20 other
leaders and scholars from the world over, including:
1)
Br.
Yusuf Islam
2)
Muhammad
Ali, Athlete of the Century
3)
Shaikh
Usamah Al-Khyyat, Imam of Masjid Al-Haraam, Makkah
4)
Imam
Hamza Yusuf
5)
Muhammad
Jibril, World’s best Qari
8) Dr. Abdullah
Hakim Quick (South Africa)
9) Br. Hakeem
Olajuwon (Basketball Player)
10)Shaikh Rashad Khalil
11)Maulana Dr. M. Ghaus Nadavi
12)Dr. Salah Soltan
13)Shaikh Ja’far Idrees
14)Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad Abu Sulayman
15)Br. Omar Ahmad (CAIR)
16)Dr. Jamal Barzanji
17)Dr. Iqbal Yunus
18)Dr. Agah Sayeed (AMA)
19)Br. Eric Erfan Vickers (AMC)
20)Dr. Wasiullah Khan
Event’s Theme: Let’s Make this World a Better
Place to Live
When: Sunday, April 13, 2003
Time: Lunch with dignitaries @ 12 noon;
Main Event: 1:30 to 5:30
Where: Madison Square Garden, ,
Manhattan, New York
Volunteers
Needed from New York area for
Madison Square Garden
Program
We need Muslims (men and women)
who are willing and ready to help us before and during the event. Work involves
security, physical arrangements, media relations, public relations, and much
more. If you are one of those full of energy and talents, please e-mail (info@studyislam.com) us
with the following information:
Your name, age, gender, phone
number, e-mail address, expertise and how much time you can devote before and
on the day of the program.
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