On behalf of ICSA Youth Council, we are pleased to invite you the Finale of 4th Annual Interactive Academic Contest , which will capture the final moment for the wining school.  The last standing schools are Higher Ground Academy, Roosevelt High School & South High School.   Awards will be given to the winners! 3HIGH SCHOOLS COMPETING, 1 CUP, 1 LOCATION

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Self – Social Development: 21st Century Critical Skill

Development is a broad term and it is different for the individual, family, community, society, or nation. Each one of these categories needs its own development in a different way. For a nation, development means economic, health, technology, military, education/literacy, politics, religion/spirituality, moral, and ethical well being. The country as a whole accomplishes improvement in each area for all of its citizens.  However, family, community and even national development will not be possible without individual development. Thus, for individuals, self development means to have quality education, steady income, stable family, healthy body and sound mind. It also means being intellectually equipped, acting responsibly, and having good etiquette and character, in all his or her daily life activities. What is the significance of individual self and social development? Is there a difference between the two? Can personal self development or social development be enough for a person? (read more)

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Lead Yourself & the World will Follow: Meets every Friday @ Masjid Dar Al-Hijah (6-8pm): Lead Yourself & the World will Follow, a youth initiative. In today’s world where everything is being flipped from it is original aspect, where the role and responsibilities of an individual, family, community, and nations are intermingled; the right and wrong are blended and tough to classify; the religion and purpose of life are misunderstood; where science became a tool to kill people for all physical and mental, to destroy the environment, where ethics and moral guidance are no longer the norms of many people’s daily lives. Many tribulations occurred to the world. Thus, there are a sacred responsibility and binding action upon every individual to take their part on the betterment of the society. (read more)

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Ongoing Education Opportunities

  • Morning School- Saturday-Sunday from 08:00am – 12:00pm
  • Afternoon School- Saturday-Sunday from 02:00pm – 06:00pm
  • Al-Hikma School- is a private Islamic school based in ICSA’s headquarters offering high quality academic and Islamic instruction. It is a pre-school for children between 3 to 5 years of age. Monday-Thursday from 08:00 am– 1:00pm 
  • Weekly Halaqa:
    Fridays:     6-8pm (Lead Yourself & the World will Follow: Youth Initiative
    Saturdays & Sundays:     Right after  Maghrib (‘Umadatul Ahkam’)

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Somali Remittances Provide Critical Lifeline

Legally registered hawala companies have served as lifeline for the Somali community following the fall of central government in 1991. Minnesota boasts the largest Somali community in the nation – about fifty thousand strong. The U.S. Treasury Department estimates that the Somali-American diaspora sends over one hundred million dollars a year. Since, Somalia does not have a functioning banking system, hawalas have filled the void. News of the remittance companies shutting down came as a shock to the community and rumors began to float around that there was no way of sending money to their loved ones after two weeks (before the extension). Then frantic calls from all over the world filled the phone lines: What will happen next? What can we do? Who can help us? Can this happen in America? (read more)

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Spiritual Development

A human being consists of two important elements – body and soul – and each of these elements has special needs.  For example, in order for the body to grow, it needs food, medicine, exercises, etc. – and this is what many people put emphasis on these days.  It is important to put stress on this part. However, the soul also needs the same care, if not more. The care of the soul is not by means of food, nor medications, or exercises, but through education, that connects one to the Creator through good deeds, sincerity, and perfection (ihsan). The dictionary definition of soul is, “The immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life.” Thus, human being cannot fully develop and reach the level of vicegerent, which God meant for them, unless both body and soul are developed. Since the development of body is covered extensively in the media and billions of dollars are spent on, we will discuss spiritual development that nourishes the soul. (read more)

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Inspirations of My Visit to Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque

I wrote this article for an assignment in my First College Capstone class. Imam Sharif Mohamed is my classmate. The assignment was to do something out of one’s ‘comfort zone’ and notice how it felt and what it made one think about. I was very curious to make a connection with Imam Sharif and his community in Minneapolis.  I live in south Minneapolis and am aware of the burgeoning Somali community – the retail area on Lake Street and a mosque on 13th Avenue that I drive by each day, but I have not really connected with anyone in these communities. (read more)

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Dar Al-Hijrah Times

Dar Al-Hijrah Times is published every month throughout the year [Read more]

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