Past Events
Here's a list of events that JHUMA has held in the past. We'll be uploading pictures and videos from the events in the near future so remembet ot check this page later.
Senior Barbeque
Date & Time: |
Saturday May 8, 12 pm |
Location: |
AMR BBQ Pit |
Info: |
Come enjoy good food and company before everybody leaves for the summer! |
Elections
Date & Time: |
Sunday May 2, 2 pm |
Location: |
McCoy MPR |
Info: |
It's time to elect a new executive board for the 2010-2011 academic year! Please send any nominations you have to our email account! |
Hopkins Housing Society Fair
Date & Time: |
Wednesday April 21, 7:30 pm |
Location: |
Charles Commons Kitchen |
Info: |
Join the Muslim Association at a meet-and-greet with prospective students! We will be decorating cookies, so feel free to stop by for a snack and conversation! |
Relay for Life
Date & Time: |
Friday April 16, 7 pm - Saturday April 17, 7 am |
Location: |
Upper Quad |
Info: |
Join the Muslim Association team in raising money for cancer research! |
Constitutional Amendment Meeting
Date & Time: |
Friday April 16, after Jummah |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Come propose changes to our constitution. Your vote counts because we need a four-fifths majority to pass amendments! |
Hopkins Housing Society Fair
Date & Time: |
Wednesday April 14, 7:30 pm |
Location: |
Charles Commons MPR |
Info: |
Join the Muslim Association at a meet-and-greet with prospective students! We will be decorating cookies, so feel free to stop by for a snack and conversation! |
Relay for Life Fundraising Breakfast
Date & Time: |
Sunday April 11, 10 am |
Location: |
Charles Commons Kitchen |
Info: |
Enjoy a delicious breakfast while raising money for Relay for Life! |
Spring Banquet for Haiti
Date & Time: |
Friday April 2, evening |
Location: |
Glass Pavilion |
Info: |
Join us for our annual Spring Banquet. This year's speaker will be Saafir Rabb, and entertainment will be provided by The reMINDers. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. |
MJ Initiative: Rabbi and Imam Event
Date & Time: |
March 26, 2:15 pm |
Location: |
Mattin 162 |
Info: |
Imam Johari and Rabbi Pine will be leading a presentation together on "Making Faith Real Today: Reinterpreting Judaism and Islam for the West" |
Open Your Eyes: What's the Diff? Perspectives on Shia and Sunni Islam
Date & Time: |
March 7, 6 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Panelists Sabeeh Baig, Husain Danish, Heba Mustufa, and Aasiyeh Zarafshar will be leading a presntation on similarities and differences between Shia and Sunni Islam alongside a simple meal. |
Sisters Day Out
Date & Time: |
February 27, 1 pm |
Location: |
Towson Mall, meet in front of Charles Commons |
Info: |
Join the sisters for a day of halal fun! We'll be eating lunch, going shopping, and watching a movie! Please be on time so you don't miss the bus! |
Brothers Paintball Trip
Date & Time: |
February 27, 10 am |
Location: |
Paintball Sportsland, meet at IFC Parking Lot |
Info: |
Thankfully, the place provides rentals. Rentals are $36 dollars and you get:
This is a fairly good value and the pictures on the website show a wide variety of fields. They even have a castle and a couple of fortresses!
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Unveiling the Mystery: A Panel Discussion on the Hijab
Date & Time: |
February 18, 7 pm |
Location: |
Charles Commons Ballroom B |
Info: |
Sponsored by Identity, with JHUMA as a co-sponsor. The panel will feature Professor Niloofar Haeri, who has done research on different cultures' modesty in clothing, specifically the burka and the hijab for many years. Joining her will be two Muslim JHU students, Affan Sheikh and Nora Ali, who will share their own experiences and thoughts on wearing or not wearing a hijab. |
Hiking Trip
Date & Time: |
January 30 - January 31 |
Location: |
Poconos |
Info: |
Come enjoy a weekend retreat with the MSA. $40/person covers accomodation as well as some of the food. Brothers and sisters will be housed separately. |
Study Break
Date & Time: |
Wednesday December 9, 5pm - 9pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Take a break from all your studying to enjoy some lovely snacks catered by the MSA freshmen and good company. |
Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner
Date & Time: |
Sunday November 22, 6pm - 9pm |
Location: |
Glass Pavilion |
Info: |
Join the interfaith community for a lovely Thanksgiving dinner, complete with halal turkey. :) |
Shalom Alaikum Game Night
Date & Time: |
Saturday November 19, 7 pm - 9 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Join the JSA and JHUMA (JHU Muslim Association) for a relaxing study break! There will be board games and refreshments, as well as great company! |
Battle of the MSAs
Date & Time: |
November 14 |
Location: |
George Mason University |
Info: |
For those of you who don't know, Battle of the MSAs is an inter-MSA Islamic Jeopardy competition. There are a few other incentives to go other than to put your Islamic knowledge to the test: speaker Nouman Ali Khan, free dinner, and a chance to meet other Muslims in the area. If you're interested in being part of our team, please email the account (we need 6 members). Here are the categories that will be covered:
-Quran
For more information visit www.msanational.org/dc
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MSA on Ice
Date & Time: |
Friday November 13, 7 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Come for a fun night of ice skating with IHOP afterwards! |
Islam Awareness Day: Peanut Butter and Jumm'ah
Date & Time: |
Friday November 13, 2:30 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
This is a joint event with the Jewish Students Association where we make sandwiches together and then donate them. |
Islam Awareness Day: Muslim Mosaic
Date & Time: |
Wednesday November 11, 7 pm |
Location: |
Glass Pavilion |
Info: |
This is the culture event where we have different tables representing different nations/cultures. Each culture will talk about Islam and how it is present in their regions of the world. There will be food samples from each culture division too! |
Islam Awareness Day: O Allah Where Art Thou
Date & Time: |
Monday November 9, 7 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Brother Halim will come talk about the concept of God as it is presented in Islam. |
General Body Meeting
Date & Time: |
Friday November 6, after Jummah |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Come see what JHUMA is up to and vote for a new junior representative! |
Islam Awareness Day: Leap of Faith
Date & Time: |
Thursday November 5, 6 pm |
Location: |
Mattin Center SDS Room |
Info: |
We will be having 4 converts come and talk about their experiences before and after Islam and it'll be open for questions! |
Project Downtown
Date & Time: |
Sunday October 25, 11 am - 1 pm |
Location: |
My Sisters Place (meet at the JHMI shuttle stop near the IFC) |
Info: |
Join JHUMA for a morning of helping out the needy in downtown Baltimore! |
Game Night
Date & Time: |
Saturday October 24, 8pm - 12am |
Location: |
AMR MPR |
Info: |
Come out for a night full of fun. Games include Taboo, Mafia, Apples to Apples, and many more! |
Cook-a-Thon
Date & Time: |
Saturday October 17 |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
JHUMA plans to host a cook-a-thon for homeless families in the area. If you can cook and are willing to spare some time, please contact Nora at nali8@jhu.edu or jhuma@jhu.edu for more information! We will end the day by taking food to the individuals and seeing the fruits of our labor. This is will no doubt inshAllah be a great experience so please do come out for it! |
Sisters Halal Fun Night
Date & Time: |
Friday October 16, 7 pm |
Location: |
Wherever the night may take us |
Info: |
The sisters are heading out for a night of excellent halal fun! If you're interested in joining in, please email jhuma@jhu.edu! |
Freshmen Rep Application
Date & Time: |
Tuesday October 13, 12:01 pm |
Location: |
Your Sent Box |
Info: |
Calling all freshmen to apply for the freshmen rep position on our board! The application is very short, so please don't hesitate to apply! |
General Body Meeting
Date & Time: |
Friday October 9, 2:30 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Come see what JHUMA is planning for the rest of the semester! |
Ilmfest 2009
Date & Time: |
Saturday October 3 - Sunday October 4 |
Location: |
Baltimore Convention Center |
Info: |
Al-Maghrib institute presents Ilmfest 2009 featuring Yasir Qadhi, Waleed Basyouni, Abdulbary Yahya, and many more. For more information, please visit www.ilmfest.com. |
Eid-al-Fitr
Date & Time: |
Sunday September 20 |
Location: |
EVERYWHERE |
Info: |
EID MUBARAK!!!!
Alhumdulillah, ISB has announced that Eid is on Sunday September 20!!!
JHUMA has a lovely Eid itinerary. Here are the details:
1) Eid Prayer at ISB
2) Breakfast at IHOP
3) Lovely Eid Dinner |
Ramadhan
Date & Time: |
August 28 - Eid-al-Fitr |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Beginning August 28, JHUMA began regular Ramadhan events. Suhoor every morning before Fajr and iftar every evening at Maghrib time. Taraweeh prayers were held every day (starting the night before the first day of Ramadhan) in the Musallah. |
Fast-a-Thon
Date & Time: |
Wednesday September 16, 7:00 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Bring all your friends out in a campus-wide day of fasting! Free pizza dinner for iftar! |
Alumni Iftar
Date & Time: |
Saturday September 12, 7:15 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Re-connect with our alumni at this lovely iftar. |
President's Day of Service
Date & Time: |
Saturday September 12, 12:30 pm - 5pm |
Location: |
Rec Center |
Info: |
Be a part of President Daniels' Inaugeration Celebration by coming out to volunteer for a day! Special arrangements have been made for people who are fasting so they don't have to partake in anything too strenuous. To register, please visit http://www.jhu.edu/csc/events/presidentsdayofservice.shtml and be sure to say you're registering as part of the JHU Muslim Association! |
Quran Lock-In
Date & Time: |
Friday September 11, Isha - Fajr |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Take advantage of one of the last 10 nights of Ramadhan by coming to our all-night Quran Lock-In. We will be reading Quran independently as well as having Islamic discussions followed by suhoor at IHOP! |
Ramadinner
Date & Time: |
Monday September 7, 7:00 pm |
Location: |
Smokler Center (Hillel) |
Info: |
Join the JSA and MSA as we team together for a kosher chinese dinner! |
Iftar with Sheikh Faraz Rabbani
Date & Time: |
Sunday September 6, 7:30 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Sh Faraz Rabbani will be giving a lecture on how Prophet Mohammad SAW interacted with society and non-Muslims during iftar! |
General Body Meeting
Date & Time: |
Saturday September 5, 3 pm |
Location: |
IFC |
Info: |
Please come out to find out about JHUMA's upcoming events and ways you can get more involved! |
