BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY MSA

This year the MSA Executive board consists of the following members of our community:

Azra Qizilbash
Neda Eid
Anum Khan
Noor Shamsiah Toha
Ahmed Ali

Our Chaplain:

Dr. Imam Talal Eid

He is the founder and the Executive/Religious Director of the Islamic Institute of Boston. He is also the Muslim Chaplain at Mass General Hospital of Boston. For more info about our Imam visit:
http://www.iiboston.net

Our graduate student representative:

Aminul Huq

(past the game room behind the doors by the womens bathroom. There will be signs up by the door to help you see it.)

Office phone: (781) 736-5010

Email: bmsa@lists.brandeis.edu

v Halal Stores (Moody)

v Local Halal Stores

= Looking for housing?
The best place to look for housing is on the CRAIGSLIST. Its a website where people post their housing adds. The address is
http://www.craigslist.org
Look under “Rooms and shared”

= Looking for Halal food?
Moody street has some Indian and Pakistani grocery stores that sell Halal meat. Look under the GOOD LIKS. For all other kinds of non-veg item we usually shop at the local super market called “HANNAFORD”. Its on Main Street, address is
55 Russell St, Waltham, MA,
10-15 minutes walking distance from Brandeis. There is a Brandeis shuttle which runs almost every half an hour that will take you to Hannaford and Moody St.

= Looking for warm clothes?
If you need to buy comforters, pillows and bed sheets etc. there are two stores that sell all kinds of house hold goods. They are “TARGET” and “Linens `N Things” both located in Watertown Arsenal Mall. You can take the Bus number 70 to go there. For clothes there is a “Thrift” store on Moody St that sell used overcoats for a very cheap price, around $10 - $20. But if you want to buy new then
for coats and jackets you can go to “Marshall” or “Filene's Basement” in Arsenal Mall in Watertown or you can go to the
“BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY” at 37 White Street Porter Square, Cambridge, MA.
Hours: M-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 11am-6pm. You can take the commuter rail to go there.

= Want to go to Cambridge or Boston?
Brandeis has a shuttle that runs during the school year that will take you to Cambridge and Boston. The schedule can be found here.

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Jumu'ah Prayers:

On campus Jumu'ah prayer is usually held in the International Lounge in USDAN at 1:05 PM during regular semester only.

After the prayer we gather at the MSA suite to have lunch together.

Click here for monthly prayer schedule

v Memorize Quran

v Quran Recitation

v Hadith

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ خَلاَئِفَ فِي الأَرْضِ مِن بَعْدِهِم لِنَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ (١٤) وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءنَا ائْتِ بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هَذَا أَوْ بَدِّلْهُ قُلْ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أُبَدِّلَهُ مِن تِلْقَاء نَفْسِي إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلاَّ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيَّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ (١٥) قُل لَّوْ شَاء اللّهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلاَ أَدْرَاكُم بِهِ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُرًا مِّن قَبْلِهِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ (١٦)

(14) Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how ye would behave! (15) But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, Say: "Bring us a reading other than this, or change this," Say: "It is not for me, of my own accord, to change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me: if I were to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of a Great Day (to come)." (16) Say: "If Allah had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this have I tarried amongst you: will ye not then understand?"

(Yunus: 14 - 16) (سورة يونس: ١٤ - ١٦)

EID Celebration 2008

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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EID Oct 1st

Prayer: 7:30am

Location: Lombardo's Hall, 6 Billings Street, Randolph, MA

Meet us in front of USDAN at 6:30am

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EID Party (Henna, Music and good food)

Location: Heller Zinner Forum

Time: 6-8pm

Salam Everyone

Our Imam Talal Eid will be leading the Eid al-Fitr

Inter-Collegiate and Campus Wide IFTAR: Sponsored by MSA, BUILD, Catholic and the Protestant Chaplaincy

Location: Sherman Function Hall

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Insha-allah we'll be having our Inter-MSA and campus wide open Iftaar on the 25th September starting 6:30pm in the Sherman Function hall. This is co-sponsored with the BUILD fellowship program, the Muslim Student Association, the Catholic and Protestant Chaplaincy and a lot of our well-wishers.

Islam And Arts: Photography and Spoken word event

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Salam all,

Sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life:

You are all invited to the Castle, at CHUMS for the first MSA event of the year!

This Thursday, the 18th, we'll have several of the Brandeis Muslim students present their spiritual identity through their own

Observing and sharing the spiritual experience!

Monday, September 1, 2008

Asalammu aliakum and peace unto you all!

Inshallah, god willing, Ramadan will begin September 1st this year and the BMSA is excited to begin the spiritual journey as a group as well as have it open to all interested Brandeis students!

If you aren't familiar with the Muslim holiday of Ramadan

Tentative schedule for Ramadan in 2008

Monday, September 1, 2008

According to the website “www.Moonsighting.com” on August 31, the moon will be sightable in Southern Africa, South America, and Central America. Therefore, first day of Ramadan (fasting) in North America according to sighting, is expected to be September 2, Insha-Allah. However, according to Saudi

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. All Praise is to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds and Blessings upon His beloved Prophet peace be upon him.

In the name of Allah, the most Gracious the most Merciful...

Assalamualaikum
“May peace be upon you”

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