Alhamdulillah , MUD 2005, 2006,2007 and 2008 were very successful. Over 15000 Muslims from all over California have attended this one of a kind, special event in the past four years.

Now, join us again for our 5th Annual MUD on August 8, 2009 at Great America Park in Santa Clara, CA.

Just like the previous years, halal food will be sold through out the day, vendors will be selling merchandize such as islamic art, clothing, jewelery, etc. and we will present the evening entertainment program.

Please note that in order to enter the Muslim Bazaar area and to see the Evening Concert, you must purchase tickets from us. If you have a season pass or some other day pass to Great America, you will not be able to enter the Bazaar and the Concert area.

For information on vendor booths, sponsorship, entertainment, marketing, and tickets, please go to the CONTACTS section of the website.

To book rooms at Biltmore Hotel and Suites for special rates given to Muslim Unity Day attendees, click on the Hotel Biltmore button .

More Details..

http://www.muslimunity.us/

Activities: Astro jumps, face paining, soccer, volleyball, tug-of-war, 3 legged race, and Frisbee. Games for kids, teen, adults, and seniors. Info: Food served between 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Purchase Tickets: https://si-eioswww8.com/mca-sfba-org/Secure/picnic.html

 A taste of Sweetness: A Preview of a long-term educational program offered by MAS for college-aged youth & young professionals.

High light of topics:

• Purification of the Soul
• 20 Principles of Understanding
• Islam in the American Context
• Islamic Revival
• 10 characteristics of a believer

Speakers:

• Imam Suhaib Webb
• Dr Hisham Abdallah
• Dr Imad Bayoun
• Sr Bhawana Kamil
• Br Munir Qtaish

Cost: $5/class or $25/total (6 classes)
Contact: myeducation@masbayarea.org

This event is held annually every year by Isna.net (Islamic Society of North America) and attracts up to 35k visitors mostly muslims around the world and mainly from USA. You can get more information from their website http://www.isna.net/. This years event was held at the Donald Stephenson Convention Center near Ohare International Airport.
The convention is held during the weekend for 3 days with many interesting talks by renowned speakers as well as a huge bazaar section. There is also a matrimonial section where one can join and meet professional singles with a view to marriage. If you haven't been to an event like this, I strongly recommend you attend next years event which will be held in Columbus, Ohio. The event gives you an overall picture and insight into Islam in USA as well as abroad and covers diverse subjects such as integration, challenges facing muslims and other relevant topics.

Inshallah, we are hosting another wonderful dinner to raise money for a Masjid.
Please join us on Saturday 25th August, 2007 6.00pm at the Capitola Community Center, 4400 Jade Street, Capitola 95010 We will provide tasty Indian Food, Tickets only $10 (in advance and at the door).

Directions From Highway 1: From Santa Cruz take Hwy. 1 south. Exit on 41st and go right until you hit Capitola Rd. Continue past the traffic lights and take a left turn into Jade Street at the next traffic lights. Go to almost to the end of this road to the Stop sign and turn right into the parking lot of Capitola Community Center.

Agenda: 6.45pm Quran recitation by Houcine
7.00pm Invited speaker Br. Ihab Badr will talk about the merits and importance of Ramadan.
7.30pm Donations - Food preparation - break
7.50pm Maghrib
8:10pm - 10pm Dinner & socializing

We are pleased to report that we had a successful day in the event organized by muslimunity.org at Great America. This all-day event is held annually by the group and attracts several thousand muslims all over the bay area. We the Islamic Center of Santa Cruz had our own booth setup to attract fellow muslims for donations and fund raising to our masjid. We raised $279 from the donation box not including the pledge forms and checks that inshallah the visitors will mail in. We also setup our affiliate distributor of the Quran chip where a portion of the money of any chips we sell will go to our masjid fund. We are currently working on an online service where users can buy the chips online. We sold 2 quran chips in the event and felt we could have sold a lot more. It generated a lot of interest amongst the visitors but we need to make the presentation and price more clear for the customers to buy. The important thing that came out of this event is that many people didnt know about our masjid and this was a great way of getting them to know.

We all did a tremendous job and I want to extend my thanks and appreciation to all of the team members especially to Brs. Faiz, Houcine, Ali and Sis. Miriam & Latifa. We have great things to look forward to to make our Masjid and fund hugely successful. Please check out some of the event pictures.

Next event: Dinner 25th August, 2007 at the capitola center as well as preparations for the month of ramadan. Lets all come together like we did here and make this a big success. Wasaalam - Br. Ferdouse

From Santa Clara to Santa Cruz, the day will start with Fajr Prayer at a lake and include horseback riding, hiking, team building activities, bbq, adventures through the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot, a bonfire with ‘smores, khatera, skits, and lectures from Imam Suhaib Webb! Cost: $70 Contact: youth@mcabayarea.org

 Alhamdulillah, our dinner event was attended by many of our community brothers & sisters and we were able to raise almost $10,000 dollars towards our new masjid. We now have approx. $190k and need to raise at least another $90k in the next 3 months and inshallah $1 million by the end of the year. This does not mean we need to wait until we raise that amount, we can secure a place like a plot of land well before this. Br. Munaf presented some possibles available places that are currently available in the market. Insahalla we will continue to research more places and keep you posted on the site of our progress in the fund-raising as well as the roperties/location. Br. Abu Naiem our Amir presided over the event.