MITMSA announcements from 2004-2007:
[May 15th, 2007]
● End-of-the-Year Day of Fasting and Iftar
To celebrate our last day of classes and prepare ourselves for an intense weekend of studying, we'll fast on a day recommended by the Prophet (pbuh) and break our fast together. Even if you can't fast the entire day, please come join us for iftar/dinner!
Sponsored by MSA and funded by GSC
Thursday, May 17th at 8:00pm in McCormick's Brown Living Room.
[May 4th, 2007]
● The results of the Executive Committee elections can be found here.
● Rhetoric and Repression of Uyghur Muslims in Western China, a talk by Rebiya Kadeer, President, World Uyghur Congress.
Sponsored by the MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice, MIT Amnesty International, and the MIT Muslim Students Association.
Tuesday, May 15th at 7:30pm in 66-110. Click here for more information.
[April 28th, 2007]
● Thank you to everyone who showed up to the Executive Committee elections! Results will be posted online shortly.
● Join your friends and Muslims from all over Boston to help raise money for and awareness about the hungry in Massachusetts. Participate in the Walk for Hunger on May 7th.
[April 17, 2007]
MSA ELECTIONS 2007
You Decide!
Click here for the Elections page
[April 2007]
● CPW is coming! Join us for these great events:
Thursday, 8:00p–8:45p in W11 - MSA Information Session (Have questions about the MSA? Want to find out what Muslims do on campus? Come to this information session held by current members and get your questions answered.)
Friday, 1:00p–2:00p in W11 - Friday Prayer Service (Jumah)
Friday, 2:00p–3:00p - Lunch (Come join the MSA for a pleasant lunch after Jumah prayer! We'll meet in W11 and walk to somewhere nearby.)
Friday, 8:00p–10:00p - Dinner with the MSA (Enjoy a delicious dinner and meet the MIT MSAers. Join us for a fun night in the city. We will meet in W11 and depart from there.)
Don't forget to visit us at the Activites Fair on Saturday in Johnson Athletics Center!
● Join us on April 14th for a talk on the Miracles of the Quran by Imam Khalid Nasr. 5-7p, Room 1-150.
● We will be starting a documentary series on April 19th. Watch and discuss the "Biography of Malcolm X" with us.
● Executive Committee elections are coming up on April 28th.
● Join your friends and Muslims from all over Boston to help raise money for and awareness about the hungry in Massachusetts. Participate in the Walk for Hunger on May 7th.
[February 26th, 2007]
● "Jihad, Holy War, and Terrorism", a talk by Dr. Jamal Badawi, Professor Emeritus at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada. Wednesday, March 7th; Room 4-270.
● Have you heard Muslim country singer Kareem Salama? Interested in finding out more about his music? Did you miss the MSA IRON CHEF Girls vs Guys Cook off? Were you there and want to relive all of the excitement?
Join us at the MIT MSA annual spring dinner, featuring Kareem Salama and a movie of the legendary MIT MSA Iron Chef Competition! (View Trailer) Saturday, March 10th; Student Center: Lobdell.
[February 2007]
● Interested in Art? Be sure to go see Nabila Irshaid: Flying Carpet, a Palestinian Artist Exhibition at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, February 8 - April 8, 2007.
Opening reception: Thursday, February 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist talk with Nabila Irshaid: Saturday, February 10, 2:00 p.m.
[January 2007]
● Have a great IAP!
● Check out these IAP classes on Islam!
[December 4th, 2006]
● Come listen to Paul Beran & Hilary Rantisi, U.S. American and Palestinian grassroots reconciliation workers in Israel and Palestine, at Israel and Palestine: A Way Forward? on Tuesday, December 5th, 7p-9p
● Join the MSA as you gear up for finals. Join us while you study (on December 14th, 3p-5p)
and take a break from it all (on December 16th, 9p-10p).
[November 5th, 2006]
● The MIT MSA NYC Trip has been scheduled for Friday, Nov 10th.
● Professor Jonathan Brown (University of Washington) will speak about Hadith Science on Nov 18 at 5:30pm in Room 4-370.
[October 22nd, 2006]
● Eid Mubarak! The Boston Council of Imams has announced that Eid will be on October 23, 2006. Eid prayer will be held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury at 7:30am.
Meet us at the Kendall T Stop at 7am and enjoy breakfast in Boston with us after prayer.
● Come celebrate Eid with the MIT MSA at our Make Your Own Sundaes on a Monday Eid Social! Oct 23rd, 8:30pm in McCormick Hall's Brown Living Room.
● Check back soon for details about our upcoming Eid trip to New York City on Nov 4th.
[October 15th, 2006]
●Thanks to everyone who pledged to fast during the Fast-a-thon.
277 people pledged to fast and we raised $1,564 for The Greater Boston Food Bank and Mercy Corps. Thanks to the sponsors:
Boston Shwarma
Kappa Sigma@MIT
MA Green Energy Fund
Medina Market
Provident Healthcare Partners, LLC
Sepal
STA Travels
● Read Recep Senturk's paper's on Human Rights in Islam here.
[September 25th, 2006]
● A PDF of daily iftaar locations has been added here.
● The MIT-MSA presents a talk on Human Rights in Islam by speaker Recep Senturk on Sep. 29th at 5pm in Room 4-163.
[September 23rd, 2006]
● Ramdan Kareem! Check out the Ramadan and R@MIT pages for more information about our activities this month.
● Ramdan prayer times schedule is now online.
● Daily iftaar locations have been added to the calendar. Times are approximate. Iftaar will begin after Maghrib Prayer.
● Miss the General Body Meeting? View the power point presentation here.
● Freshmen- need advice? Contact us!.
[November 13th, 2004... (up until now)]
● TOMORROW (Sunday- November 14th-) EID AL FITR ISNA announces EID to be on Sunday, Nov. 14. Click here and here for info on prayers in Boston.
● TOMORROW (Sunday- November 14th)-Boston-wide intercollegiate EID DINNER! 8pm, Walker Memorial, MIT, $7 entrance
● -Ramadan draws near an end, insha'Allah make the most of what remains
● IAP Islam Classes!
● Islamic Poetry Contest (due Nov. 30)
● It is now the last day of Ramadan! Be sure to do extra dwah
● Today: Iftaars are held at the Musalla, W11, at Maghrib time (4:35-5pm)... Isha is at 6:15 in the musalla.
[October 25th, 2004]
● Wed- Nov 10th-Ramadan@MIT Faculty Dinner- all faculty & admin are invited!
● Thurs, Oct. 21st- Islam Awareness Month at Brandeis began
[October 16th, 2004]
● -Ramadan begins! Click on the image right for more information about Ramadan@MIT
● Everyday: Iftaars are held at the Musalla, W11, at Maghrib time (5:50-6)... Isha and Tarawees are at 7:30 in the Musalla.
[October 14th, 2004]
● Fri- Oct 15th-Ramadan begins! Click on the image right for more information about Ramadan@MIT
[October 10th, 2004]
● Mon- Oct 18th-Ramadan@MIT Student Dinner- all are invited!
[October 10th, 2004]
● Sat/Sun, October 15/16th-Ramadan begins! Click on the image right for more information about Ramadan@MIT
● Minutes from the MSA meeting 10/10 posted.
[October 9th, 2004]
● Sat, October 9th- ICNE Conference ● Tafseer (in English) of Surah al-Qadr; 1pm, MIT Musallah, all welcome! ● Mas Youth Qiyam, ISB, 10pm
● Sun, October 10th- Boston Half Marathon ● Meeting
● Tues, October 12th- ISB Community Meeting
[Sept. 28th, 2004]
● Minutes from the MSA Boston meeting are available here.
[Sept. 26th, 2004]
● there is an MITMSA Exec Meeting TODAY (Sunday)
[Sept. 20th, 2004]
● The MITMSA Welcome dinner was a total success!
● there is an MSA Boston General Interest Meeting this Saturday
[Sept. 8th, 2004]
● MITMSA Meeting, Saturday the 11th, 11:30am room 1-132
● the MSA welcome dinner is next Friday! (see flyer)
● the ISB Qiyam is this Saturday after magrhib
[Sept. 1st-7th, 2004]
● MITMSA Welcome BBQ is Monday, at 3:30 pm at the Kresge bbq pits. (see flyer)
● Website launch! Look out for the new & improved MITMSA website, coming soon to an Athena near you- September 5th.
● Welcome all new students! Please click here for important information
See also: Calendar of Events