Announcements

Dear brothers and sisters, Alsalamo alikom   The timing for the Weekly Halaqa (study circle) for brothers and sisters has been changed. it will be held on Friday of every week at 7 pm, starting this Friday October 31st. This change from Saturday was intended to free saturday especially for families who send there children to Sunday school.   Insha allah, we intend to have a monthly day of Qiyam, where we will spend most of the night to pray, reed quran, and other islamic activities. this is very important for us, adults, to recharge our iman. And for older children to learn this Sunnah. this will be held the first friday of every month. next qiyam will be on friday November 7th, inshaallah. The monthly potluck will continue. it will now be the last Friday of every month at 7 pm.   The up coming Eid Aladha party will be held inshaallah on Tuesday December 9th at 5 pm. details and location will be announced when finalized by the social committee.   Eid prayer will be held in the masjed in Orono at 9 am. Exact day of Eid will be known only 10 days prior to that date.   Last but very important is that our long awaited expansion project is progressing. the plan is to build a new building on the same location we have in Orono. the current building will be used until the new building is finished then the old one will be removed to allow the new building to visible from  Park street. the land survey which was the initial step has finished. two engineers from Michigan who built 2 different islamic centers in Michigan are working on the design of our building. I will provide you with more details about the design when it becomes available to me.  the next step would be to get the city of Orono approval of the project before we can start the actual building. We have already been in contact with the city and there approval should not be a problem. It is just a matter of providing them with the site plan and other routine things.   The limiting factor would be the financials, although I am very optimistic inshallah.  this is something we all need to work on together to be able to accomplish. we need to depend on our selves first and show our commitment to our community before we can ask other communities to help us.  any financial contribution, or an idea or activity that can help in this matter is direly needed. especially if you have personal connection in other communities please contact them and let them know about our project and needs.  I estimate the cost to be around $500,000, currently we have close to $200,000.   alsalamo alikom   Mohammad Tabbah