Date & Time:

 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!

Date & Time:

 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!

Date & Time:

 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!

Date & Time:

 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!

Date & Time:

 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!

Date & Time:

 October 9, 2:30 pm

Location:

 IFC

Info:

  Come see what JHUMA is planning for the rest of the semester!

Date & Time:

 October 3-4, 2009

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.

Date & Time:

 September 20, 2009

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
We'll be meeting at the IFC at 6 am to pray Fajr and then going to Masjid-al-Rahmah. Anybody who has a car, please bring your car to the IFC to help transport people.

2) Breakfast at IHOP
Insha Allah one van will be heading back to JHU after Eid prayer for anybody who needs to get back. The other van will be heading to IHOP!

3) Lovely Eid Dinner
Insha Allah we will be having a lovely dinner from O's Place at 6 pm at the IFC. Please do come out and enjoy the good food and company!

Date & Time:

 August 28, 2009 - 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.

Date & Time:

 September 16, 2009, 7:00 pm

Location:

 IFC

Info:

  Bring all your friends out in a campus-wide day of fasting! Free pizza dinner for iftar!

Date & Time:

 September 12, 2009, 7:15 pm

Location:

 IFC

Info:

  Re-connect with our alumni at this lovely iftar.

Date & Time:

 September 12, 2009, 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!

Date & Time:

 September 11, 2009, 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!

Date & Time:

 September 7, 2009, 7:00 pm

Location:

 Smokler Center (Hillel)

Info:

  Join the JSA and MSA as we team together for a kosher chinese dinner!

Date & Time:

 September 6, 2009, 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!

Date & Time:

 September 5, 2009, 3 pm

Location:

 IFC

Info:

  Please come out to find out about JHUMA's upcoming events and ways you can get more involved!

Date & Time:

 Tuesday May 5, 12 PM

Location:

 AMR BBQ Pit

Info:

 We love our seniors and this will be an opportunity to show them just how much we do. Please come out as we bid farewell to some very prominent members of our community. We have a slew of activities planned out so inshAllah it will be quite a fun time.

Date & Time:

 Sunday April 19, 1 PM

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 We are presently accepting nominations over e-mail. The positions available are the following: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, two Internal Community Relations Chairs, and two External Community Relations Chairs. If you have questions about any of the positions, feel free to email the account or you may direct questions to the board members themselves.

Date & Time:

 Friday April 17, 2009, 7 PM

Location:

 Upper Quad

Info:

 Please click here to join the Jummah team for Relay for Life and come out for this awesome all-night event raising money for cancer!

Date & Time:

 Friday April 17, 2009 after Jummah

Location:

 Charles Commons 304

Info:

 After Jummah, MSA National president Asma Mirza will be giving a presentation about her experience as MSA National president and the organization in general.

Date & Time:

 Saturday April 11, 2009

Location:

 Glass Pavilion

Info:

 Get excited and save the date, our annual Spring Banquet is coming up insha Allah!

Speaker: DR. SHERMAN JACKSON

Sherman Jackson is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to numerous articles, he is author of Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî (E.J. Brill, 1996), On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî’s Faysal al-Tafriqa (Oxford, 2002) and, most recently, Islam and the Black American: Looking Towards the Third Resurrection (Oxford, 2005). He is co-founder of the American Learning Institute for Muslims (ALIM), a former member of the Fiqh Council of North America, past president of the Sharî‘ah Scholars’ Association of North America (SSANA), and is listed by Religion Newswriters Foundation's ReligionLink as among the top ten experts on Islam in America.

Entertainment: NATIVE DEEN

Native Deen is an internationally renowned hip-hop, R & B, and Islamic Nasheeds band. The trio consists of Joshua Salaam, Naeem Muhammad, and Abdul-Malik Ahmad. Over the years, their music has inspired countless young people to hold onto their faith amid the pressures and temptations of daily life. Together, they have played some of the world's most distinguished auditoriums and performed alongside artists such as Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), Sami Yusuf, Zain Bhika, Raihan, Dawud Wharnsby, Seven8Six, Outlandish and much more. Their albums they have produced have been "Night of Remembrance" (2004), "Deen You Know" (2005), and "Not Afraid to Stand Alone" (2007)

Fundraiser: SISTER CLARA MUHAMMAD SCHOOL

It's a local school in Baltimore with the mission of providing an Islamic education, foundation, and structure for students with which they can grow as morally conscientious, intelligent, and upright human beings, who are prepared to lead, contribute, and compete on a global level and guided by Allah (swt), through His creation, the Holy Quran, and the life example of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh).

There will also be a wonderful, catered dinner, so come hungry :) This is our biggest event guys, so get excited!! Ticket prices will be $15 for students (if purchased in advance) and $20 in all other cases. In fact, tickets can be purchased through the website here.

For directions to Homewood campus, please click here.

Date & Time:

 Saturday April 4, 2009, 1 PM

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 We'll be going to see the beautiful cherry blossom festival this weekend. It'll be sooo pretty :) We'll have vans driving from here to DC and will be back in the evening.

Date & Time:

 Saturday March 28, 2009, 8:30 AM - 11 AM

Location:

 The Beach

Info:

 Relay for Life is April 17th, so this Friday, JHUMA will be having a table to raise money for our team. There will also be food. To join our team, please visit the site.

Date & Time:

 Friday March 27, 2009, 1 PM - 4PM

Location:

 Manna House

Info:

 This Saturday, we'll be volunteering at Manna House, which is the same homeless shelter we sponsored for the Fast-a-Thon. There's only a few spots left, so please email the account if you'd like to participate.

Date & Time:

 Friday March 27, 2009, after Jummah

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 April's going to be an eventful month, so please come out this Friday to hear about all we have planned

Date & Time:

 Wednesday March 6, 2009, after Jummah

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 Immediately following Jummah prayers upstairs, our Khateeb, Saafir Rabb, will be leading a discussion downstairs. Saafir Rabb is the director of "I Can't, We Can," which is a non-profit drug addiction rehabilitation program in Baltimore City. He will engage us in a discussion about faith-based community revitalization. Lunch will be provided! Jummah Cafes are always great, so be sure to come out!

Date & Time:

 Wednesday March 4, 2009, 5 pm - 6 pm

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 The sisters got together for a halaqa on making fun of people, gossiping, and backbiting. Insha Allah we hope to make this a regular event!

Date & Time:

 Thursday February 19, 2009, 7 pm

Location:

 Glass Pavilion

Info:

 This event will be emphasizing the remarkable cultural and ethnic diversity that is found in Islam and will be relying on the support of our own general body members! Cultural representations of Islam from different regions will be put on display, including the Middle East, Central Asia, East Africa, and the United States. There will be plenty of foods to sample from different cultures!

Date & Time:

 Tuesday February 17, 2009, 6 pm

Location:

 Charles Commons Room 304

Info:

 Panelists of this event will describe their personal and spiritual experiences in the moments preceding and following their conversion to Islam. The cultural realities of living as an African-American convert will also be emphasized.

Among the panelists are Darryn Naseer Jones, a Hopkins student, and Sheikh Darryl Wainwright, former Imam of Masjid-al-Haqq.

Date & Time:

 Sunday February 15, 2009, 2 pm

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 Hisham Mahmoud is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies at UCLA with minors in Arabic and Hebrew. He also holds an appointment at Princeton University as a Lecturer in Arabic. He has translated and edited several classical Arabic works on issues pertaining to ethics, philosophy, and jurisprudence, and is the Executive Director of the Zaytuna Curriculum Series.

Hisham will be relating the life experiences and journeys of Prophet Ibraham (as), as it is understood from the Islamic tradition, and reflecting on its lessons.

Date & Time:

 Friday February 13, 2009, 6:10 PM

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 The sisters are heading out for an evening of halal fun! Spread the word; it's going to be fantastic insha Allah! Dinner will be in the Inner Harbor. Please meet in the IFC at 6:10 pm and we will take the shuttle down to the harbor! If you'd like to pray Maghrib before heading out, please meet at the IFC at 5:45 PM!

Date & Time:

 Friday February 13, 2009, 7 PM

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 Jealous that the sisters were heading out for an evening of excellent halal fun, the brothers are attemping to put together some sort of brothers only event. Brothers will pray Isha and then head out to the Motor Trend International Auto Show in the Inner Harbor which costs $10. If possible, please bring cash.

Date & Time:

 Wednesday February 11, 2009, 7 pm

Location:

 Charles Commons Room 304

Info:

 Edina Lekovic, Communications Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council will be the speaker. She acts as a spokeswoman for the American Muslim community to media outlets, government officials, interfaith leaders, academic institutions, and community groups. She has been featured on several national news channels and her work has appeared in many leading newspapers.

The focus of her speech will be on the representations of Islam in American media and on Muslim-American political engagement.

Date & Time:

 Friday February 6, 2009, after Jummah

Location:

 IFC

Info:

 The Board and several general body members have been busy working on putting together outstanding events, so please come to the meeting tomorrow to find out what exactly is coming up!

Date & Time:

 January 29, 2009, 8 pm

Location:

 McCoy MPR

Info:

 Our speakers will be speaking about perspectives and topics in Sunni and Shia Islam. They will offer their comments, and questions may follow at the end. As JHUMA is comprised of a diverse and considerate set of individuals, we anticipate respectful dialogue at the event. A pizza dinner will also be served. A bio about the two speakers are included below:

In case you're not familiar with McCoy MPR, it is in McCoy Hall, which is located on 34th Street between N. Charles and St. Paul Streets. Once you enter the building, you'll find a security desk inside, but you don't have to go through the turnstiles; simply turn left once you step inside and the MPR room will be the first room on your left.

Date & Time:

 December 7, 2009, 7:30-10pm

Location:

 Charles Commons MPR

Info:

 The MJ Initiative, which is a collaboration between JSA and JHUMA will be watching "Shaolin Soccer" and a free dinner will be served. It's a movie that mixes martial arts and soccer. It should be fun; bring your friends! You can check out the trailer on YouTube too if you like.

Date & Time:

 November 15, 2008, 5-10pm

Location:

 George Washington University

Info:

 Here's the deal: The DC Council is hosting Islamic Jeopardy. 12 competing MSAs. Dinner. Talk. Networking. We got to represent JHU right! We need six people who'd be interested in being on the team. Please email the account by 10/30! We will have more than enough space for non-team members to cheer them on too! This is going to be huge!! Here is a link to the flyer too, in case you need a visual aid: http://www.battleofthemsas.com/Battle-Flyer.jpg

Date & Time:

 November 8, 2008, 1-5 pm

Location:

 AMR I BBQ Pit/Freshman Quad

Info:

 Get ready to rumble!! Imagine a giant game of "Capture the Flag." Come out to represent your class in a variety of events! Get out of the library for a little bit and enjoy the beautiful fall weather. This is going to be fun, guys...and there will be pizza. We will be having class clashes, so each class needs to wear their colors.

Senior (and grad students): RED

Juniors:BLACK

Sophomores:GREEN

Freshman: BLUE