Re: ICP Weekly Announcements
Weekly Newsletter
Jummah YouTube Live
Imams deliver a Friday sermon followed by weekly announcements for the Pittsburgh Muslim community. The 12:15pm service will be in Arabic while the 1:15pm service will primarily be in English, led by Imam Christopher Caras. Please excuse us if technical difficulties cut off or interfere with the quality of the livestream.
Donate to the ICP !
Exciting news!! The Sisters Thrift Project (STP) will be hosted by ICP this summer, and will be open for sales and to accept clothing donations after each Jummah service and during some ICP events this summer Insha'Allah! Proceeds go to ICP!
The STP set-up is downstairs in Classroom 2, next to the entrance of the sisters' stairwell. Donations can be dropped off there ONLY at Jummah services and ICP events (not at other times). More information on donation needs and requirements is in the graphic and on the website: bit.ly/sistersthrift
Don''t forget to read Surah Al Kahf!
Jummahs for the Ummah
Take action each Friday for persecuted Muslims around the world.
Abu Bakr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
Verily, if the people see an oppressor and they do not seize his hand, then Allah will soon send punishment upon all of them.
Source: Musnad Ahmad 31, Grade: Sahih.
This Weeks Actions:
This week, we mark Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of widespread enslavement of Black people in the US. It recognizes the struggle and perseverance of Black people in the US (of whom the indigenous Muslims in the US were largely comprised) against slavery. Juneteenth reminds us of injustices of the past, perseverance and striving, and injustices that continue against Black Americans that we must remedy. Did you know - per the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, commonly referred to as the amendment abolishing slavery - that slavery can still be legally imposed when imposed as a punishment for a criminal conviction? This loophole to the ban on slavery is still used to enslave people today! This deeply violates our Islamic values and harms a group of people - people who are incarcerated - that is disproportionately Muslim and BIPOC. Learn more and express to decision-makers your opposition to this cruel and unjust loophole at EndTheException.com.