BASIC INFORMATION
- Title – Ramadan day 15 Irving Masjid
- Date – Friday, August 3, 2012 | Ramadan15, 1433
- Mosque – Islamic Center of Irving
- Address – 2555 Esters Road, Irving , TX 75062
- Website – http://irvingmasjid.org/
- 29 Mosques – 29 days of Ramadan at: www.RamadanDaily.com
- Today’s Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeghouse/sets/72157630892554058/show/
- Iftaar Time today: 8:28 PM CST
- Recommended reading listed below the note
- Link to this piece: http://ramadanexclusive.blogspot.com/2012/08/ramadan-day-15-irving-masjid_3.html
I simply cannot believe it is the 15th Iftaar of Ramadan of 1433.
The Islamic Center of Irving aka Irving Masjid is in the centre of the Dallas/ Fort Worth Metroplex with great freeway access from both sides of the Metroplex. It’s a fairly diverse congregation with large Subcontinentian (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh) congregants.
Imam Zia Shaikh has attended at least 15 of the many interfaith events we organize, and he was the master of ceremonies (Compeer) in two of our events – www.Unitydayusa.com and www.holocaustandGenocides.com both designed to promote understanding between people of different traditions. He was the lead Imam at the www.QuraanConference.com.
The missionaries whether they are Mormons, Evangelists or the Jaamatis (Muslims), they all sound alike, using similar language and too eager to sell their religion. If you had experience with phone solicitation calls, you would see through this. Those guys memorize the whole spill and are eager to get it out of their system, when you interrupt them, they are lost, and instead of responding to your question they resume their spill. I don’t know their success rate, but in sales, they say if you hit enough numbers, someone will buy it.
There is a huge tent outside the mosque for Iftaar dinner, it was boxed dinner. While in the line, I got to speak with a few people, one of them has moved from Connecticut and was excited about the arrangements made here. He was asked by his friends back home to take the video and send it to them; he said he has not done that. Instead he will share this site. www.RamadanDaily.com .
Please share the practice of your mosque in whatever city you live in.
In Big D, that is Dallas, every now and then we see women wearing full Burqa, it is not common but it exists. I saw a lady walking from the Mosque to the tent this evening completely covered. A month ago, in the course Islam 101 at Plano Masjid, one of the ladies on the panel was completely covered with a small slit cut for her eyes to see. In Carrollton I saw a lady driving on George Bush freeway. That is three in three years of the 60,000 some Muslims in the area.
I should have known better, but we learn something new every day. There is a beautiful Mosque ( I thought) in Frisco, way back when I was managing a home building subdivision in Frisco (1998) this Mosque was under construction and I wondered if Qibla is incorporated into the Mosque as it seemed circular. Today, I decided to go for Juma prayers, as I go to different Mosques on Fridays. The place was all locked up, I hung around until 2:00 PM and left, it was too late to go the other Mosque in Frisco. The sign in front of the gate said, “school of Islamic Sufism.” The building, the gardens and the entry gate is magnificent.” Insha Allah, I will go back there one of these days. There was also a place called Tauheed Center in Frisco that was closed most of the times, someone said, that it was an Iranian Christian congregation. I have not verified that.
Please mark your calendar for the Unity Day USA, a positive event that brings all Americans Together to rededicate our pledge for a peaceful, prosperous and secure America. We are a part of America and we need to feel and live it. If you liked some of the article, you will like the description of Unity Day USA at www.UnityDayUSA.com
Co-Authored by Imam Zia and Mike Ghouse – http://quraan-today.blogspot.com/2008/01/muslim-response-to-wilders.html
TV Appearance – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nB_c5qHlj0
What does God really want?
http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/10/are-muslims-part-of-american-story.html