Mon 19 Jan, 2009
Current Halaqa Program
The MAC Youth Halaqa has four focuses:
- ILM: To build and excel in the essential knowledge in tafseer, tajweed, seerah, hadeeth and other Islamic sciences.
- Youth Concerns: To cover contemporary challenges experienced by all of us on personal level, on campus, community and society at large.
- Tazkiyah: New exercises with new methods to enrich our connection to Allah subhanahu wa ta’la.
- Excel: To support youth with new skills and talents necessary in the development of a professional Muslim. The fruit of Excel will be finalizing a project defined by the coordinators and Halaqa members. The purpose of the Excel aspect of the halaqa is to enable the youth to excel and become professional and strong Muslims capable of taking on projects that benefit our ummah.
Previous Halaqa Program
The following are a few program items for the previous halaqas.
The halaqa program was structured as follows:
- Qur’an Reading/Memorization
- A 40 minute main topic segment
- A Q&A session or an activity
- Presentations by halaqa participants
- Social time to build brotherhood/sisterhood
The following are a few program items that were previously covered:
- Tawakul
- Brotherhood/Sisterhood
- Hayaa
- Repentance
- The Importance of Qiyam
- The Meaning of Tazkiyah
- Preparing for Ramadan
- The Importance of Moral Character
- Importance of Seeking Knowledge
- Tafseer Surat Al-Kahf
- Tafseer Surat Al-Mulk
- The biography of Khawla bint Al-Azwar
- The biography of Imam Ibn Taymiyah
- Honor Killings and Islam
- Gender Relations in Islam
- The Final Sermon of the Prophet
- Presentation Skills and Islam
- Decision Making in Islam
- Taqwa & Multiculturism
- The Power of Du’aa
- The Meaning of Death