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Assalaamu’ alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh.

MSA Events & Activities

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1. POTLUCK/General Body Meeting (Friday, March 5)
2. Sisters’ Circle (Mondays)
3. Brothers’ Night (Wed — Cancelled This Week)
4. Tutoring Services (Tuesday and  Thursday)
5. Tajwid Class (Mon — Cancelled This Week)
6. Jummah Prayer Locations (Friday, March 5) 

Community Events & Activities 

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1. Seminar: The Steps of the Travelers (Saturdays)
2. City Year Volunteer Opportunity (Upcoming/April)
3. CAIR 13th Annual Banquet (Saturday, March-20)
4. Youth For Haiti (Spring Break)

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MSA EVENTS & ACTIVITIES 

 

1. MSA General Body Meeting Potluck (Friday, March 5) 

You are all invited to our weekly General Body Meeting (GBM) this coming FRI @ 6:00 PM. 

  

POTLUCK Come join your friends and fellow MSA-ers as we eat food brought from of diverse MSA members! Love to cook? Want to try something new and want feedback? This your chance! prizes will be awarded to Best Main Dish, Most Appealing, Best Dessert, Most creative, and Most authentic!

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·         Date: Friday, March 5

·         Time: 6:00 PM

·         Location: Scott Lab (Room 0024)

·         Format: Potluck 

2. Sisters Circle (Monday)

Join the Sisters weekly to strengthen your eman, the bonds of sisterhood and dedicate time to Allah. We meet every Monday and on alternating weeks, we will have a HALAQA one week and a social event the following week. 

 

·         Date: Mondays

·         Time: 4:30 to 6:30 PM

·         Meeting Place: Scott Lab (Room 103)

·         Contact info: osusisterscircle@gmail.com

·         Hijabi Monologues Questions/Join (Tryouts start this Month. Check www.msa-ohiostate.com for details).

·         Contact info: HIjabiMonologues.osu@gmail.com 

3. Brothers’ Night (CANCELLED THIS WEEK)

Converted to Islam? Born into Islam? By birth or by choice, we’re Muslim. Let’s get together. Come to hang out, get to know each other, and for some snacks and games. Classroom 5024 is tucked away in a corner of the fifth floor in Smith Laboratory. Every Wednesday night at 7:30 - c’mon, don’t be shy brotha’!

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·         Date: Wednesdays

·         Time: 7:30 PM

·         Place: Smith Lab (Room 5024)  

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·         POTLUCK NOTICE Brothers’ Night is cancelled this week but we hope you will join us at this week’s GBM Potluck with a dish and an appetite for great food. P.S. You may win a prize for your creation (and if you don’t, you may still enjoy prize-worthy food that others make). 

 

4. Tutoring Services (Tuesdays & Thursdays)

MSA tutoring services is FREE for registered MSA members. Everybody is welcomed to register with MSA. First session is FREE for everyone. 

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·         Date: Tuesdays

·         Time: 4:30 PM

·         Place: Aviation Building (Room 110)

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·         Date: Thursdays

·         Time: 4:30 PM

·         Place: McPherson (Room 1005) 

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5. MSA Tajwid Class (CANCELLED THIS WEEK) 

Tajwīd (تجويد) is an Arabic word meaning proper pronunciation during recitation (literally meaning to make better). The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) has said, ‘Indeed Allah desires that the Qur’an be recited in the manner it was revealed.’ Please, come prepared with a Quran and a notebook.

·         Date: Mondays

·         Time: 7 to 8:30 PM

·         Place: McPherson (Room 1045) 

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6. Jummah Prayer Locations

The campus Jummah prayers for Friday, March 5 

  

MSA Jummah

·         Time: 12:30pm - 1:00pm

·         Location: Pomerene Hall Room #213 (Ballroom)

·         Directions: http://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=067 

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Medical Center Jummah

·         Time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm

·         Location: The 5th floor of Rhodes Hall at the Atrium.

·         Directions: http://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=35

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Nationwide Children’s Hospital

·         Time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm

·         Location: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, hospital chapel 

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES 

  

1. Seminar: The Steps of the Travelers (Madarij al-Salikeen).

How to be closer to Allah by Ibn al Qayyim (Saturdays) 

You are all invited and encouraged to attend the weekly seminar on how to improve your soul and be closer to Allah. Tell your family and friends. 

• “The Steps of The Travelers”
• By Dr. Marwan Mohamed

• Saturdays at 7:30 PM
• Masjid Omar ibn Al-Khattab
• 580 Riverview Dr. Columbus OH 43202 

   

2. NEW! City Year Volunteer Opportunity (April 5-9)

The Columbus’ chapter of City Year presents a few volunteer opportunities available for active Muslims to help the local youth and school systems. City Year will be hosting “Camp City Year” from April 5 to April 9. Volunteer help will be needed with registration, co-teaching, activities… etc. It’s a day camp (8 AM to 3:30 PM) but you may only commit to a few hours in the morning or afternoon. You may commit for the whole week, a day or just a few hours – help is appreciated. 

 

Anyone interested should e-mail Aliyah at aliyah.aziz@gmail.com. 

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3. CAIR 13th Annual Banquet (Saturday, March 20) 

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) invites you to attend the CAIR-Ohio’s 13th Annual Banquet. The evening will revolve around A NEW ERA OF HOPE. OUR ROLE, OUR FUTURE. Seating is limited, so RSVP early by calling 614-451-3232 

 

·          Keynote Speaker: Imam Siraj Wahhaj

·         Entertainment: Comedian Azhar Usman 

·         Date/Time: Saturday, March 20

·         Dinner & Program start at 6 PM

·         Place: Columbus Marriott Northwest

·         Address: 5605 Blazer Pkwy, Dublin OH 43017

·         Tickets are $30, Childcare is $10 per family

·         Email  faraaz.siddiqui23@gmail.com or info@columbus.cair.com

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4. Youth For Haiti: Spend your spring break helping Haiti (Spring Break)
We would like to invite college students, 18 years of age and older, to sign up for this program. Youth will volunteer to build shelters during their spring break or help with the ongoing Medical clinics alongside supervised professionals.

·         $500 will cover the cost of airfare, food, lodging and transportation in Haiti.

·         Students will be supervised by mentors.

·         Youth for Haiti will be for one week for each participant

·         There will be 3 rotations: Weeks of 3/8, 3/15 and 3/22 of 2010

·         For more information please email: Sr. Mariya Nadeem ( YouthForHaiti@portal.hhfrd.net ) or 

visit Youth For Haiti Program Page: http://www.muslimsforhaiti.org/YouthForHaiti.html