Hosted by the Penn MSA, the Chocolate Extravaganza is the year’s inaugural social event of the school year for Penn Muslims. Join us Tuesday August 27th at 7pm for a sweet time.
As part of MSO, MSA and Student Life, we have a special chocolate filled night as students start the new semester.
We will be having qiyyam programs throughout the academic year. There will be two options for these. One: stay the night, in which case everyone should arrive by a set time. Two: come about one hour before fajr. We will pray together in the last hour, insha'Allah. The kitchen will be open all night. For those staying the night, there will be designated areas for the brothers and the sister's to rest.
Register here and select the appropriate date (Nov 20)
More details about the theme coming soon!
This event will offer up a halal grab & go lunch with a chance to visit & learn about the CA where the Muslim Student Association resides.
More details will come in the future about the specific food offerings but we ae looking to order lunch from Southside Zabiha. Message Chaplain Patty if you have dietary needs.
We welcome back our alumni to meet up with one another and our current students during Homecoming.
Assalamu alaikum!
We are excited to officiall invite our alumni back for Homecoming this year! We are resuming our tradition of having a brunch with our alumni and students. We will be abiding by all protocals for events on campus, which currently means that food will be individulally packaged and only eaten outside, and masks will be required inside of the building. We will have tables set up out side at Clark Park (4300-4398 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104).
Our MSA students will be cooking for our alumni! Family style as we welcome everyone back to their Penn home
Please register in advance here
We will be having qiyyam programs throughout the academic year. There will be two options for these. One: stay the night, in which case everyone should arrive by a set time. Two: come about one hour before fajr. We will pray together in the last hour, insha'Allah. The kitchen will be open all night. For those staying the night, there will be designated areas for the brothers and the sister's to rest.
Register here and select the appropriate date (Oct 30)
More details about the theme coming soon!
Open mic in praise of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and lecture by special guest: Dr. Ali Hussain
Eid prayer will be on College Green 8am, breakfast will be at the CA at 9am.
We will have a potluck on Saturday, July 24th 6pm at the CA.
Sign up here
We are continuing our tradition of having Pancake Suhur on the Day of Arafat! 3am at the CA.
Sign up here
Jim Thorpe, PA is consistently ranked on national media “Best” lists, and recognized among the most fun, most beautiful, and best adventure towns to visit.
Nestled in the breathtaking Lehigh Gorge, this Victorian town is teeming with history, romance and family fun. You’ll enjoy the walkable downtown’s accommodations, shops, restaurants, pubs, wine-tasting and live entertainment, as well as all the outdoor adventure you'd expect in the Pocono Mountains.
There are options for this trip. Whitewater Rafting will be the Dam Release option with class 3 rapids, starting at 8:30 Am. There is also an option to not raft, but instead hike and enjoy the day in the town. Rafting costs $70 and is only open until tickets sell out.
We will be visiting the resting place of Malcom X and Dr. Betty Shabazz
2021 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show
HABITAT: Nature’s Masterpiece
The region’s most looked-to gardening attraction will move outdoors for the first time, making this a history-making, once-in-a-lifetime experience that will incorporate the beautiful, unique landscape of FDR Park in Philadelphia. The 2021 Flower Show invites you to a spectacular presentation of all-new displays, plus activities for gardeners, plant enthusiasts, and design aficionados.
The Show’s theme, “HABITAT: Nature’s Masterpiece,” will explore the beauty of life through nature’s kaleidoscopic lens. Visitors should be ready to see exceptional beauty, learn from a diverse line-up of designers and leading horticulturalists, and enter a new gardener-centric experience that invites everyone at all skill levels to nurture a lifelong connection to plants and gardening.
Register here.
Join us on Thursday to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (s). Our key note speaker will be Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. We will also mark the event with songs, recitations, and poetry in praise of the Prophet Muhammad (s) by various artists and musicians.
You can register for the event here: https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-JRC8_X5SICHV9IwNVzHHA
“So we tell you the stories of the prophets to make your heart firm and in these accounts truth has come to you, as well as lessons and reminders for the believers.” Qur'an 11:120
Prophetic stories have served to inspire, guide and strengthen people throughout history and in our current time. This year for our multi-faith movie nights we want to focus on movies that highlight figures who were inspired by prophets and whose actions in turn continue to inspire us. Each movie will be followed by a discussion as part of our ongoing dialogue throughout the year on what it means to follow the prophets.
Join us on the first Friday of each month, Muslim Life and the Christian Association host an interfaith movie night. Our Fall 2020 line-up:
October 2nd - Harriet
November 6th - Malcom X
December 4th - Selma
Please join us on Thursday for “Keeping Momentum: Islam, Black Lives, and Continuing Forward from our History. This is a panel designed for Muslims students to be educated, and motivated to learn and grow with the moment we're experiencing. Our speakers will be touching upon the topics of History, activism, spirituality, and burnout.
We will be featuring Dr. Bilal Ware a historian of Africa and Islam in the department of History at U.C. Santa Barbara. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 at the University of Pennsylvania where he trained in African History, African-American History, and Islamic Intellectual History.
Dr. Jamilah Karim obtained her Ph.D from Duke University in Islamic Studies. She is an award-winning author, lecturer, and blogger. She is the co-author of a new book, Women of the Nation: Between Black Protest and Sunni Islam (NYUP 2014). Karim specializes in race, gender, and Islam in America.
Dr. Rasul Miller has a PhD in the fields of History and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Yale University’s Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration has awarded Rasul Miller a 2019-20 post-doctoral fellowship for his work on the racialization of Islam.
Register Here
A conference of foundations & service providers distributing zakat to share models, experiences, challenges and best practices.
This event is a safe space where Muslim women can have an open and guided conversation on issues surrounding the taboo topic of intimacy.
We are very excited to continue our monthly interfaith movie programming! The Spring semester has a great line up! Join us at 7 pm on the following Fridays for movies, snacks, fellowship, and fun!
Feb 7 - Life of Pi
Mar 6 - The Matrix
Apr 3 - The Last Samurai
An interfaith dinner discussing the importance of friendship
Throughout the Spring 2020 Semester we will have an interfaith brunch with our sisters and brothers in the Christian Association. Once a month we will sit down and talk about matters of faith and life as it relates to our everyday experiences over a shared meal.
Brunch and conversation will be from 10 am - 11 am on the following Mondays:
Jan 27, Feb17, Mar 23, and Apr 20th
Sevim
Join us this Sunday from 1 to 2 for tea as we talk with a special guest from Green Muslims!
In 2007, a small group of Muslims hosted a zero-trash potluck iftar during the month of Ramadan. These individuals intended to raise awareness of global environmental issues within a Muslim community while hoping to create a language of Muslim-based environmentalism that would precipitate across communities. This group became Green Muslims.
Based out of DC, the executive director Sevim Kalyoncu works with a team of dedicated sisters and brothers to serve as a source in the Muslim community for spiritually-inspired environmental education, action, and reflection. They are engage locally while serving as a national resource. Below is a little bit of biography about her.
“Growing up in Alabama surrounded by woods and creeks, Sevim discovered at an early age that her most direct connection with God came through nature. To this day, she still finds peace in natural surroundings and holds a deep concern regarding humankind’s responsibility as vicegerent of the earth. She is involved with multiple local climate action groups and dedicated to helping educate youth about the importance of environmental awareness for spiritual, mental, and physical well-being. She holds a B.S. from Georgetown and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago and has many years of nonprofit experience in Washington, DC, and the San Francisco Bay Area. She is also a professional writer/editor and yoga instructor and is currently training to be a master naturalist.”
Welcome back to our alumni! Join us to meet old friends and new ones at our annual Homecoming Brunch.
Penn Spectrum Weekend (PSW) is a weekend-long conference and celebration taking place on Penn’s Campus on October 4-6, 2019. The conference is hosted every three years and brings together alumni and students for dialogue centered on issues of cultural identity and intersectionalities. This year is special because in addition to including topics specific to the Black, Latinx, Native, Asian, LGBTQ+, first generation, low-income communities, they are also including Muslims as a religious and cultural identity marker. We welcome and invite alumni and allies from all backgrounds as well as all current Penn undergraduate and graduate students. Register here.
The conference costs are:
$100 - Alumni/Friend
$50 - Guest
Student registration is free using the code PSWMSA, otherwise it is $10.
In addition to the conference the MSA will be hosting a reception at the Christian Association at 7 pm with food, refreshment, and socialization.
This dual book launch event brings together two friends and seekers to discuss their encounter with Muslim Saints and Spirituality over the decades. Featuring Peter Sanders & Michael Sugich.
The event will be held at the Tabernacle United Church in the Upper Sanctuary. The entrance to the church is on s 37th street.
https://www.facebook.com/Meetings-With-Mountains-Book-Peter-Sanders-375231779781127/
For nearly one half a century acclaimed British photographer Peter Sanders has traveled the earth to capture images of the saints of Islam. In the traditional world, these people of purity, knowledge and illumination have been the role models, benchmarks and exemplars of what it is to be human. The goal of this spiritual tradition is nothing less than direct experience or ma’arifa (gnosis) of God’s presence. The fulfillment and embodiment of this tradition is the Friend or Intimate of God. This lengthy search has finally culminated in the publication entitled Meetings with Mountains, Encounters with the Saints and Sages of the Islamic World.
’Hearts Turn’ is a singular and gripping exploration of the act of 'tawba', a Qur’anic term commonly translated as repentance. In English, repentance is a forbidding word that suggests a puritanical finality. But in Arabic the term 'tawba' is dynamic, meaning to ‘turn’ or ‘return’. 'At-Tawwab' is one of the Names of God, the Oft-Returning or Ever-Relenting. It is an active constant, an ongoing, compassionate reality that renews every moment we are alive. The process of purification is a process of continuous turning.
In ‘Hearts Turn’ Michael Sugich, author of ‘Signs on the Horizons’, tells stories that are harrowing and hilarious, heartrending and bizarre, profane and transcendent, and altogether full of hope, showing how men and women from many parts of the world and many walks of life have turned themselves around and taken a fork in the road toward a higher reality.
The Day of Ashura marks the death anniversary of Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who was killed in The Battle of Karbala along with many other members of the Prophet’s family. The Day of Ashura is mourned by millions across the world to remember Hussain’s valiant stand for social justice.
Join us for a lecture on what Ashura tells us about human nature with Chaplain Muhammed Ali from Bucknell University. Event followed by iftar.
Welcome to our new students, welcome back to our returning students, and welcoming the new Islamic year along with dua.
First-years - join us to see what the Muslim Life Program has to offer! Exact date and time TBA.
Join us to celebrate Eid al Adha with dinner at the CA!
The Prophet (pbuh) set the example of fasting on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah, the second day of Hajj and the day before Eid al-Adha. In keeping with this, we will be hosting a pancake suhoor!
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