Here’s pics from Route 114: ‘Ulum Al-Qur’an taught by Shaykh Mohammed Faqih. Enjoy!

2008 seems to have seen its fair share of AlMaghrib Institute instructors coming to Chicago. First in January came AbdulBary Yahya for The Shepherd’s Path, followed by Yasir Qadhi in March for an orientalist conference he spoke at, followed by AbdulBary coming again for Loyola MSA’s IAW dinner, followed by YQ again for Light Upon [...]

Sacred Scrolls was an awesome experience; in Chicago over 400 students and nationwide over 2000 students benefited from this class and combo of instructors in these past two weekends. Mixing both Imam Suhaib and the platform of AlMaghrib helped this seminar become the Islamic event of the summer.

One year ago, Qabeelat Wasat found a new venue known as Hamburger University to host AlMaghrib’s The Code Evolved: Evolution of Fiqh, a seminar on the history of Fiqh taught by Shaykh Yaser Birjas. The idea of a going to an educational ground founded on meat patties wasn’t the only memorable part of the seminar, however.

Remember the hype and feeling of the having an upcoming IlmFest in Chicago back in 2006, and the excitement of finishing it, going home with a great feeling? Our brothers and sisters in New York just experienced that this past weekend with IlmFest 2008. Check out pics from day one of their monster event:

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While most people are used to seeing Shaykh Yasir Qadhi at a podium giving speeches about Allah subhanahu wa ta’alah, he made it clear last weekend that he likes to chow down as well.
While in town for an academic conference sponsored by the American Orientalist Association, Shaykh Yasir made plans to spend a couple of [...]