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MSA National E-letter
May 2008
Assalamu Alaikum,
Dear Muslim students:

Welcome to MSA National's May edition of the E-letter! If you have an MSA success story or would like to share MSA news, we would love to hear from you. The deadline for submissions is the 15th of each month.
Please send all submissions to eletter@msanational.org.

We are also pleased to inform you that the E-letter is now accepting advertisements. To advertise in the E-letter, contact: advertise@msanational.org

Please note: MSA National does not endorse and is not responsible for any of the activities, events and projects listed in the E-letter other than those organized by MSA National itself.


Thank-you,
Your E-letter Team
In This Issue
From the President's Desktop
West Zone Canada Zonal Conferences 2008
Islam Awareness Week Resource Center Now Online
Spotlight on MSA
From the President's Desktop

Asma Mirza
May 2008

Salams MSAers! I pray this e-mail finds everyone in a happy, post-finals-pre-summer-state.  As many of us are recovering from finals and preparing for internships / travels / the next round of classes, I will keep this Desktop short.
 
Alhamdulilah, I'm proud to welcome Sr. Namika Zaman from the University of Maryland as the new national Fast-A-Thon coordinator.  Sr. Namika was an active member of her local MSA and coordinated her campus's Fast-A-Thon.  Insha'Allah she will serve as a valuable resource for your MSA as you think of new and creative ways to hold this national dawah event.  
 
While the school year may be over, conference season is far from it!  Insha'Allah two zonal conferences, West Zone Canada and East Zone Canada, along with the MSA portion of the ISNA East Zone Regional conference in Baltimore will be held this week.  I look forward to benefiting from the dynamic programs and hard work of so many MSAers.
 
Insha'Allah the summer conference season is almost here!  Since like many of you, I'll be missing my MSA during the summer months, these conferences will provide an opportunity to network and learn.  Over July 4th weekend, MSA National will be co-sponsoring the YM portion of the ICNA convention.  That same weekend, we will be planning the MSA portion of the ISNA South East Regional conference in Texas.
 
Of course the summer will culminate with the biggest conference of the year - the annual Continental Conference, held parallel to the Annual ISNA Convention, in Columbus, Ohio.  We've already begun working on the program to incorporate new ideas to make the most of this amazing gathering only a few days before Ramadan.
 
I pray we all make the most of this summer and plan for the year ahead!Wassalams!

Asma Mirza
President
MSA National


West Zone Canada Zonal Conferences 2008-
Ties that Bind: Faith, Family, Community

Ties that Bind: Faith, Family, Community

West Zone Canada:

Winnipeg, MB
May 30-31, 2008
Islam Awareness Week Resource Center Now Online

MSA National is pleased to announce the launch of Islam Awareness Week Resource Center as a service to MSA chapters. Please be sure to check out: http://www.msanational.org/iaw. 
 
The Muslim Students Association National, headquartered near Washington D.C., has been serving Muslim students on colleges and university campuses across the United States and Canada since 1963. There are over 250 MSA chapters on university and college campuses throughout the United States and Canada.
 
Sincerely,

Your MSA National Board of Directors:

Ex-officio: Mohamed Sheibani

President: Asma Mirza

Vice President of the USA: Hajar Abdul-Rahim

Vice President of Canada: Zeina Sleiman

Treasurer: Randa Kuziez

 
Your MSA National Zonal Representatives:

East Zone Canada Rep: Qudsiyya Zalgaonker

East Zone US Rep: Sumrah Haider 

Central Zone US Rep: Nura Sediqe

West Zone Canada Rep: Samir Hassan

West Zone US Rep: Zeeshan Qasim

 

Your MSA National Task Force Chairs:

Community Service: Yasmin Hussein

COMPASS: Idris El-Bakri

Dawah/Interfaith: Nasreen Badat

Media and Communication: Zainab Khan

Information Technology: Meraj Ahmed

Political Action: Asma Rehman

Programs: Chancey Gannett
Spotlight on MSA

MSA National congratulates all of the MSA students involved in making the East Zone Canada Zonal Conferences in Mississauga, ON a success. May God bless you and reward you!

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11th Annual ALIM Summer Islamic Studies Program

July 13-August 9, 2008
Livona, Michigan


The Fawakih Quranic Arabic Summer Intensive Program Indianapolis, IndianaJune 10-July 11, 2008


A two-day intensive workshop taught by:

Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah
Imam Zaid Shakir
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
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11th Annual ALIM Summer Islamic Studies Program

July 13th- August 9th, 2008
Madonna University- Livonia, Michigan
 
The American Learning Institute for Muslims (ALIM) Summer Program is an intensive course seeking to educate and empower Muslims with the requisite knowledge to understand their religion in the light of a changing world. This curriculum strikes a balance between such traditional subjects as Fiqh, Tafsir and Seerah with a look at contemporary issues in Islam and Modernity and Islam in America. Moreover, the Summer Program will also imbibe the students with the Tarbiyyah (training) to make them better Muslims with daily Quran reading and classes such as Muslim Character.
 
Confirmed Scholars:
Dr. Abdul-Hakeem Jackson
Dr. Muneer Fareed
Dr. Ali Sulaiman Ali
Dr. Sulayman Nyang
Imam Mohamed Magid
Dr. Jonathan Brown
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A two-day intensive workshop taught by:
Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah
Imam Zaid Shakir
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

Also featuring:
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Edmund Arroyo, Heartspeak Institute

May 31 & June 1, 2008 | 10am - 5pm

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Northwestern University Law School
375 E. Chicago Avenue (and Lake Shore Drive) Chicago, IL

- $85 per person - $65 for students (student ID will be required)


Also, please register for our fundraising dinner, Saturday, May 31 at
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MSA'ers, Say Goodbye to English Translations!

June 10-July 11 and only $300 dollars!

The Fawakih Quranic Arabic Intensive is the perfect compliment to MSA activism. Until recently, the only way to learn Quranic Arabic was to spend exorbitant amounts of money, energy, and time to travel overseas and study.

Those days are over.  Welcome to the Fawakih.  Our curriculum is designed for passionate student who are sick of approaching Arabic as a foreign language and want to taste the fruits of the Quran, prayer, and the Islamic tradition and finally leave the CRUTCH of English translations behind.

The Fawakih Summer Intensive is dedicated to providing a high quality 30-day program that brings together leading scholars of Quran and Arabic with motivated students in an intimate learning environment. The program is unique in its focus on the 30th Juz of the Quran (the shorter surahs) as these are most often what people are reciting in their prayers. A deep understanding of these Surahs will have an immediate effect on the quality of one's prayer! The program has been designed to accommodate beginner, intermediate, and advanced Arabic tracks.

 
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