2017-07 Monthly Report

Monthly Report

July, 2017

 

  • Attended a meeting of the donors/supporters/well-wishers of the “Diversified Educational Foundation” (DEF) on Sunday, July 2nd at the Tawheed Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

 

  • Conducted the Nikah ceremony of Imran Ahmed Shirajee & Shahreen Ferdous Chowdhury on Thursday, July 6th.

 

  • Conducted the Nikah ceremony of Shaffwan Uddin Ahmed & Maisha Rahman on Friday, July 7th.

 

  • Delivered a khutba on Friday, July 7th on the topic: “Ramadan – Taking Lessons from it.”

 

  • Conducted a pre-marriage counseling session with a prospective couple (Sk Masud Hossain & Muniza Uddin) on Monday, July, 10th.

 

  • Drafted an email on July 13th for the Board’s approval to be sent to Ms. Grace Dezern–Executive Director of the Town Village Senior Complex requesting her to arrange a meeting with the owners of the Complex regarding a discussion with them about their vacant unused land east of AMDA and west of the Senior Complex.  

 

  • Delivered a khutba on Friday, July 14th on the topic: “Anxiety and Depression.”

 

  • Conducted the Nikah ceremony of Sk Masud Hossain & Muniza Uddin on Saturday, July 15th at the Muslim Unity Center Mosque in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

 

  • Gave a speech to commemorate the death of Ms. Ayten—a lady of Turkish origin at the Kaul Funeral Home in Clinton Township on July 22. She passed away earlier this month. The deceased’s husband, Mr. David, apparently, a Christian gentleman had requested IONA’s Imam Mustapha Elturk to conduct the burial service to respect the deceased’s wishes to be buried in the Muslim tradition. On Imam Mustapha’s request, I took the responsibility of conducting the post-burial service at the Kaul Funeral Home.

 

  • Emailed on July 24 my recommendations to the Board to allow a community member (Br Mirza Ansaar Baig) to sell 150 copies of a book entitled: “The Life of Muhammad” in AMDA on August 4, after Friday prayers and during the Friday Family Night Dinner on the same day. Br Mirza will donate the entire sale-proceeds of the books to AMDA Masjid.

 

  • Emailed on July 25 a proposal to the Board to discuss the possibility of uploading the brochures published by AMDA on its website in a digital format so as to make them accessible to a wider readership. There are presently eleven published brochures.

 

  • Delivered a khutba on Friday, July 28th on the topic: “Concept of the Blessing of Wealth.”

 

  • Delivered a short tafsir of few verses of the Qur’an every day after Salat ul Fajr.

 

  • The weekly Quran classes on Wednesdays and Thursdays were suspended during the month of Ramadan and were resumed after Eid ul-Fitr.

 

  • The “Ideal Muslim Halaqa” series was conducted on every Friday after Maghrib prayers other than on the first Friday of the month.