MCA Youth

For thirty years, Cuba was incorporated into the economy of the Soviet Union. Eastern Europe would export wheat and other foodstuffs to Cuba, as well as inputs for industrialized agriculture (such as tractors, pesticides, and fossil fuels); Cuba, in turn, would export sugarcane from her industrialized state-owned farms to Russia and East Germany. The collapse [...]

The best way to show appreciation to anyone is to give that person a thank you gift. This Ramadan things have been little different for Muslims. Anti-Islam rhetoric has taken the shape of election time politics and it is now normal to not allow Muslims to have freedom to worship. In the midst of all [...]

MCA is currently going through an expansion/reconstruction and part of the project is to build a simple yet symbolic Minaret. It is not going to violate any city codes because it will be under the city limit of 70 feet. Like I said, purely symbolic and traditional in nature. The City of Santa Clara had [...]

It’s not an unfamiliar scene; youth- of all ages and levels of involvement- trumped by their superiors under the guise of responsibility. Though it’s not our place to judge the intentions of those in superordinate positions, what does become an obligation is utilizing the privilege of having a voice to represent our ideas and thoughts [...]

CAIR as most of you know is the America’s largest Muslim civil liberties advocacy organization that deals with civil advocacy and promotes human rights. CAIR has over 300 volunteers and 70 employees. As you can see, CAIR is made possible by the numerous volunteers who dedicate their time and energy for the greater good of [...]

Nine influential American Muslim scholars have come together in a YouTube video to repudiate the militants’ message. The nine represent a diversity of theological schools within Islam, and several of them have large followings among American Muslim youths. (NY Times) The video features Imam Suhaib Webb, Imam Zaid Shakir, Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Mohamed Magid, [...]

I have lived in Santa Clara my whole life, born and raised in the same community. My bond to MCA started long ago as my parents were there when surveys went out to decide whether property should be bought for a Mosque. Masjid An Nur a previous church, became the first mosque in Santa Clara. [...]

There has been a lot of talk surrounding the building of a community center near ground zero in New York. When Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf decided to build a Muslim cultural center in lower Manhattan, he imagined something very similar to YMCA. As the word got out about the plan to build a Muslim community [...]