Muslims In Majority Muslim Countries

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Educational and Social programs sustained in every district
Daily classes and reminders for men and women in the Masjid between Maghreb and Isha .
Every Masjid in the districts

( As use to say Sheihk Abu Bakr Jazeiri. Do you think that after one year there will be anyone ignorant? ) Because for sure our inefficiency is primary caused by our ignorance.

And rightly so the source of the decline of Islam and decline of faith is because people do not know their Creator or what He has revealed to them through the Prophet Mohammed.

Because the root cause of the deterioration of the Muslim Nation is the prevalence of ignorance.

That is why we need to address the importance of in both cases A and B of the life of the Masjeed case A and the Islamic community center in case B

Both centers have to be a place that provides services for the all Muslim family. If we confine the role of the Masjeed to a place to pray only, the Masjeed will be empty most of the time

And in the case B of

Islamic centers in minority muslims environment,

Services must be extended to non muslims as well.

Types Of Services

Islamic education ( Arabic language a must )
Support for academic studies
Youth activities (Sport activities extra curriculum academics )

It is important to provide a strong support system of classes for all elementary and high school academics. Muslims children are the most successful students (when reinforced) in all fields of education and we should provide support for students who struggle to achieve good grades at school.

These support programs should be opened to all children regardless of their religious beliefs.

Also sports activities as well as outdoors activities should be organized for the Muslim youth.

As a matter of fact these activities already exist but there is no coordinated efforts between these different programs to achieve a unified comprehensive goal. A coordinated effort would improve the efficiency of such programs and would improve the harmony and unity of the communities.

General activities and services for Islamic Center

SUBJECTS	Beneficiaries	Description
Arabic language classes	Adults & Children
Biography of Prophet Mohammed	Adults & Children	Choose a book from well know author	Weekly classes minimum
General Islamic knowledge	Adults-Teenagers	Book “Minaj el Muslim” of Sheihk Abu Bakr el Jazazeiri	Weekly classes minimum
Tajweed ClassesStarting from Qawaid Norania	Adults & Children
Support for Academic subjects	Children
Family events Team
Sports activities	Adults & Children
Vacation activities
Street Da’wah
Seniors outreach
EDa’wah
Marriage counseling
Lectures and conferences
New Muslims support

Administration	Work description
Director	Fulfills all the duties to supervise, coordinate, conduct development .
Shura Council
General Secretary
Religious affairs (Imams, Teachers, Da’wah programs)
Finance director	Fund raising. Budget .
Human resources
Youth Programs
Public Relation
Women programs
Technical support	All IT work as well on site technical supervision
Maintenance	Cleanliness and all work related to keeping the facility in good working condition.
Security	opening and closing of facility

A task list description available at the end of the book.

There is a huge pool of talents in our Muslim Nation(Ummah) that is being sidelined because they don’t fit the “religious profile” of student of knowledge. And that is a grave mistake. The needs of the Muslims communities does not stop at religious education. We need “ all hands on deck “ to get the maximum effect for global improvement.

And educating people about the correct beliefs behaviors and ritual practices does not have to always be in the Masjid. The Da’ee (an inviter to Islam) need to start their educational efforts in the midst of the youth in particular. That is how we can touch the hearts and can attract more brothers and sisters to make a more dedicated effort to improve knowledge and practices of our Deen al Islam ( religion of Islam) .

The people who are already in the Masjid are not the ones that need the most efforts. We need to work harder to attract the youth in particular to a better practice and knowledge of Deen al Islam ( religion of Islam). And for that the Da’ee (an inviter to Islam) needs to reach out to the youth where they congregate.

All the subjects and classes must follow a well define curriculum and be taught by qualified educators.

Family Events

One of the very efficient activity to bring the different members of the community together is family events.

What is family event? Earlier we mentioned this.

A family event is a one day event where families can get together the brothers together the sisters and small children together. It is a very efficient way for people to get to know each other’s. To achieve this goal small teams have to be formed to take care of the different services needed.

Set up team: A team of young and older brothers in charge of setting up the place: Reception, cleanliness, food, security, technical, etc a thorough assessment of all the needs must be done prior to the event.

Youth team: A few brothers are needed to supervise animate and control the youth activities.

Educational Team: Another vital small committee to provide for different schedule of events lectures throughout the year as well as Islamic Quizzes. Their role is also to contact other lecturer and invite them to speak at their Center.

A team to supervise and control food preparation and services. If possible, also to have free Islamic Educational books booklets for distribution.

Similarly, the sisters will need to setup and schedule their activities.

The goal is to get community members to know and interact with each other’s. The benefits are fast coming and attendance to these events will grow and attendance to educational programs will also grow. And the feeling of belonging to a large family will start growing. Religious practice of the individuals in this community will also improve.

Depending on the skills of the participants and volunteers many other activities can be added. Brotherhood and sisterhood will grow as a result of these interactions and activities

Muslim Women Da’wah Activities.

Specific activities for women of all ages. Extra efforts should be done towards rebuilding the Muslim woman identity and the vital role she has in keeping the Muslim Nation (Ummah) strong and organized.

The image of the submissive Muslim wife is degrading.

That image has been propagated by orientalist and ignorant Muslims, with the hidden goal to drive the Muslim women away from her primary vital role. They want the Muslim women to feel dishonored in her status and to seek gratification outside her natural role.

Muslim women are the blood life of the Muslim Nation(Ummah) and her role as the primary educator of the children and the nurturing role she has should not be overlooked.

Maybe in order to revive the honor of being a Muslim house wife and educator our Masjeed and Islamic Centers should have special events to generously reward the best house wives in each community. The men and women adults and children in each family would proudly present the accomplishments of their wives’ mothers to a selected panel of qualified sisters that would evaluate and choose which Muslim woman would deserve best the noble status of best house wife of the year and take the prize.

And it should not be only Islamic education but different activities that strengthen the social bounding of our sisters. And this is because in cases where the Muslims are a minority the extended family life is almost inexistent.

This should not be understood has Muslim woman cannot have or should not have access to education or run businesses on their own. As long as it does not take away from her role and dedication to serve her family.

So both the men and women have to make efforts to build a lively and eclectic social life with other Muslims and Muslimas and the right place to start that is the Islamic Center.

Financing The Programs And The Center

The other challenge for Muslim minorities is funding their activities, paying the full-time employees that are needed to insure the services required at the center.

Not everything can be based on voluntarism. To achieve continuous services and presence at the centers some brothers and sisters should be employed.

So within the development plans for the centers there should be from the start steps to have funding from some business Waqf. Types of project for this have to be studied and developed according to the conditions and needs of the local communities.

The administration of these centers cannot and should not be under the supervision of one person but under the direction of a board of members with different skills and knowledge as to cover all aspects of a successful such venture. (Scholars, Educators, Administrators, Businessmen, IT specialist etc)
The board of directors should be chosen by the regular practicing members of the community.
The board of directors should be renewed on a regular bases at intervals not exceeding 3 to 4 years.
No member of the board of directors should be able to seat for more than 2 consecutive session.

If the foundations of these centers are sound and transparent with their finances.

When services to the community of Muslim is organized and continuous, the work of inviting non Muslims to Islam will be greatly facilitated.

For the reason that if such efforts are made to structure and systematized the community our preach will not be theorical. The first Muslims who traveled to all corners of the world did not bring preachers and debaters with them to “convert“ the pagans and Christians to Islam.

They brought with them the practice of what the Prophet Mohammed has taught us.

It does not mean that good trained preachers and debaters are not needed by all means they are needed even more today because of the aggressive propaganda against Islam and Muslims the western media is pressuring the world with. I think it is easy to see that inviting non-Muslims to Islam is much easier when we can show them instead of talking of what Islam was or how it should be.

Muslims In Majority Muslim Countries

Types Of Services

Family Events

Muslim Women Da’wah Activities.

Financing The Programs And The Center

Muslims In Majority Muslim Countries

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