ICNA Sisters Wing:ICNA Sisters Wing:Connection to American Connection to American

Society Society

Saadia Z. YunusSaadia Z. Yunus

What is ICNA Sisters Wing?What is ICNA Sisters Wing?

Organization struggling towards Organization struggling towards establishing the Deen in this land establishing the Deen in this land

1970's on1970's on motivating Muslims to wake up motivating Muslims to wake up to their obligations:to their obligations:• Protect their identitiesProtect their identities• Spread the messageSpread the message

Striving to achieve its objectives Striving to achieve its objectives through an organized strugglethrough an organized struggle— a national Islamic movement— a national Islamic movement—ICNA —ICNA

ICNA Sisters Wing—AimsICNA Sisters Wing—Aims

ICNA Sisters Wing is trying to accomplish ICNA Sisters Wing is trying to accomplish many goals, all of which assist in many goals, all of which assist in establishing a connection with this societyestablishing a connection with this society

How? How? • Usra-tul-MariaUsra-tul-Maria• Dawah activitiesDawah activities• Why IslamWhy Islam• MCNAMCNA• NoorNoor• Online InstituteOnline Institute• Cooperating with OthersCooperating with Others• Upcoming Family Program of ICNAUpcoming Family Program of ICNA

Usra-tul-MariaUsra-tul-Maria

Established about Established about 5 years ago for 5 years ago for English-speaking English-speaking sisters sisters

Part of the Part of the Tarbiyah Tarbiyah Department of Department of ICNA Sisters WingICNA Sisters Wing

Provides the Provides the resources for resources for individual and individual and collective tarbiyah collective tarbiyah

Building knowledge Building knowledge of Deen and of Deen and society—training society—training sessions, seminars, sessions, seminars, members’ members’ meetings, etc. meetings, etc.

Dawah ActivitesDawah Activites Working on both the individual and Working on both the individual and

collective levels to spread the message of collective levels to spread the message of Islam Islam

Strategies and techniques are developed Strategies and techniques are developed for effective dawah to non-Muslims as well for effective dawah to non-Muslims as well as Muslims as Muslims

Distributing dawah material (Islamic Distributing dawah material (Islamic literature, flyers, handouts, etc.) literature, flyers, handouts, etc.)

Why IslamWhy Islam

A subdivision of the Dawah A subdivision of the Dawah Department Department

Works to spread the true Works to spread the true message of Islam to non-message of Islam to non-Muslims Muslims

Has a program for mentoring, Has a program for mentoring, guiding, bonding with new guiding, bonding with new Muslimahs Muslimahs

Ansar Project, Shahadah Shahadah classesclasses

MCNAMCNA Muslim Children of Muslim Children of

North AmericaNorth America Teaching children, Teaching children,

raising them according raising them according to Qur’an and Sunnahto Qur’an and Sunnah

Understanding the Understanding the society they live in and society they live in and teaching them to be teaching them to be strong in their Deenstrong in their Deen

Companion magazine Companion magazine reaches out to children reaches out to children all over the U.S.all over the U.S.

NoorNoor

ICNA Sisters Wing’s ICNA Sisters Wing’s magazine in English magazine in English

Created as a source for Created as a source for not only Muslim women not only Muslim women and their families, but and their families, but also as a source of also as a source of dawah dawah

Articles on topics relating Articles on topics relating to society and issues to society and issues dealing with everyday dealing with everyday lifelife

Online InstituteOnline Institute

Goal—to offer Goal—to offer members a chance members a chance to further develop to further develop the skills/ the skills/ knowledge and knowledge and understanding that understanding that they have they have

Creating effective Creating effective da’ees (callers to da’ees (callers to Allah) Allah)

Cooperating with OthersCooperating with Others Relations with other organizations are Relations with other organizations are

defined based on the Qur’anic principle: defined based on the Qur’anic principle: • ““Cooperate on the basis of righteousness and Cooperate on the basis of righteousness and

piety and do not cooperate in the matters of piety and do not cooperate in the matters of disobedience" (Qur’an 5:2) disobedience" (Qur’an 5:2)

Future PlansFuture Plans

ICNA’s Family ICNA’s Family CampaignCampaign for this year for this year—to strengthen the —to strengthen the most important unit of most important unit of societysociety

Educate Muslims and Educate Muslims and fellow citizens of other fellow citizens of other faiths about family faiths about family values in Islam values in Islam

Stronger relationship Stronger relationship with Islamic Centers with Islamic Centers and Masajid and Masajid

ConclusionConclusion

ICNA Sisters Wing is working diligently to ICNA Sisters Wing is working diligently to establish Allah’s Deen in the Landestablish Allah’s Deen in the Land

Through many of its programs, ICNA Sisters Through many of its programs, ICNA Sisters Wing works to establish a connection with Wing works to establish a connection with society to better achieve its goals society to better achieve its goals

Du’aDu’a

May Allah (swt) help this organization in May Allah (swt) help this organization in achieving its aims and may He accept all of achieving its aims and may He accept all of

the efforts of every single worker of this the efforts of every single worker of this beautiful movement.beautiful movement.

May He make us all successful in dunya and May He make us all successful in dunya and Akhirah.Akhirah.

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