It has been 10 years since the weekend hadith class and breakfast program after Fajar salat got started in the Charlotte area. Sheikh Bassam conducted the breakfast class for several years at Masjid Mustafa on Saturdays. Now the Sheikh runs the class on Sundays at his masjid the Islamic Center of Charlotte in the Progress lane.
It was in April of 1989 that a group of Muslims got together to form a group, calling themselves The Charlotte Masjid of Al-Islam. After a few years of meeting in homes of the community leaders, they were able to acquire a facility on Tuckaseegee Rd. In 1993, the community renamed itself Masjid Ash-Shaheed (Mosque of the Witness) to honor the memory of one of the founders.
Throughout Ramadan every community has held events designed to bring Muslims together for worship, contemplation and enjoyment. Our community iftaar, classes and late night dhikr forged new bonds of brotherhood and friendship or made existing bonds stronger. Each Muslim challenged the next to increase in prayer, devotion, worship and charity. Fundraisers shattered expectations and made us all believe that Allah has truly blessed the Carolina Muslim community.
The October issue of Carolina Muslims is missing one article that we had hoped to bring to you. We reached out to all three candidates of the Senate race for North Carolina to ask them specific questions that we felt were keyed to Muslim-American concerns. Neither Kay Hagan nor Thom Tillis responded even after dozens …
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By Imam John Ederer In the name of the Beneficent, Merciful God… All praise is due to The Lord of the universe. In the last 4 years I’ve been blessed to be a part of the Charlotte community. There is huge potential here with the growing population and the development of 3 new community centers. …
Duston Barto On September 13, Masjid Ar-Razaaq hosted their annual interfaith banquet in conjunction with Mecklenburg Ministries. During this event, the gathered community of people was able to hear a brilliant keynote address by Imam Omar Shaheed from As-Salaam Islamic Center in Colombia, South Carolina. Following his keynote address, each religious leader from Baha’i, Hindu, …
