Tomorrow, Join us for Friday Prayer at 1:30pm...Theme of this week by Imam Elahi: Faith a Source of Freedom from Depression & Violence, A path Towards Peace & Paradise!
This Sunday from 10:30am-12:00pm -Interfaith Service & Prayer: International Day of Peace . Imam Elahi will participate in the service, please attend with your family! Located at: Littlefield Presbyterian Church- 7560 Littlefield Blvd., Dearborn, MI

Advisory Council Meeting at the Islamic House of Wisdom

September 17, 2014- The IHW Advisory Council met for the second time in a month to discuss and strategize the community's challenges and opportunities.

Imam Elahi welcomed the Advisers and opened the meeting emphasizing on important of engagement of the community in all issues related to our spiritual, social, moral and political destination!

He also spoke about importance of participation in protection of the image and dignity of our faith and people against ignorance, Islamophobia and ISIS.

He said our success in raising a faithful new generation requires a collective effort by parents, schools, mosques, social network and all other human resources.

Following hajj Abed Hamoud's recommendation and agreement of the members, Judge Charlene Elder chaired the meeting.

The Council went through the the list of ideas already raised including:

Family issues, disaster of the increasing divorce rate, drugs and alcohol, standing against ISIS and other terrorist organizations, the concept of halal and haram, building stronger bridges between youth and the mosques, teach children how to love God rather than fear of God, more attention to Friday prayer, raise awareness about true Islam, Why Islam is being presented as a threat, attention to the danger of Atheism, inviting more English speaking scholars to the mosque, preparing youth for more critical thinking, role of women, focus on ethics and morality when speaking to the youth, promoting the culture of volunteerism, being good ambassadors of Islam in our jobs, business, schools and neighborhood, provide education for parents, organize ourselves to make a change, Increase outreach to colleges, Invite student organizations and more!

To make the Council more productive, the Advisers went through the list and voted for two subjects to be on the agenda for the next meeting on Oct 15th.

1-Youth: How to make the mosque youth-friendly

2-Islamophobia: How to deal with the public's view of Muslims in the context of ISIS.

Please send your comments, questions and recommendations to IHW, attention Advisory Council.

Yesterday, September 17, 2014: Shia-Sunni Imams Meeting

The new special agent in charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office, Mr. Paul Abbate asked the MMCC (Michigan Muslim Community Council) to meet with Imams Council to hear their concerns about the FBI work. The meeting was held in the ICD.

Imam Mustafa el-Turk, Co-Chair of the council welcomed the guest and introduced the Council members and opened the meeting.

Imam Elahi, Co-Chair also welcomed the guests. He expressed deep unhappiness of the Muslim community about the recent report by NCTC, affiliating the Dearborn community with extremism and terrorism.

Mr. Abbate addressed this concern and stated that the source of that report was not FBI but NCTC and he has done all that he could do to correct that information. He mentioned that Dearborn is a safe city and although he worked through the FBI Headquirter in D.C. to provide right information, still its the duty of Dearborn officials and political leaders is to reach out to the media and do what the U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuad courageously did after that report.

During this meeting, other imams present expressed their opinions about the community issues and challenges.

The FBI director appreciated the opportunity and concluded that they are here to serve everyone in a fair, equal and unbiased way. If there is any case that you consider to be unjust and problematic, he said to send it to him directly and he will promise to follow and correct anything false and unfair.

9/11 Anniversary honored in Unity Temple in Detroit!

Following the decision of a group of Interfaith partners, the anniversary of 9/11 was held in Detroit.

Imam Elahi addressed the audience consisting attendees from different faith traditions and spoke about the tragic terrorist attack in NY and continuity of terrorist tragedy in the Middle East and Africa.
Imam questioned the seriousness of the war against terror and spoke about the many 9/11's that happened in the last 13 years.
He stated that to win the war against terrorism including ISIS there is need for more seriousness, honesty and less contradiction and double standards. That is the only way to end the cancerous disease of terrorism in the world. He concluded with prayer for the souls of the victims and patience for their families.

NOW ENROLLING! 2014-2015 Arabic-Islamic School!

TO REGISTER: Stop by the IHW daily from 10-6pm or 10am-1pm THIS SATURDAY to register with the Principal. See flyer for details- For More Information: Call the IHW Office- (313)359-1221 or Reply to this Email!

09/18/14: Faith a Source of Freedom from Depression & Violence, A path Towards Peace & Paradise!