April

4/2 MCN Member Organized	In response to the tragic Bronx fire, we are reahing out to the African community with important education around fire satey. Attached is the first fire safety forum the Coalition of African Social Service Organizations is co-sponsoring with the Fire Dept.  Councilwomen Carmen Arroyo and  Helen Foster are co-sponsors.  ACS is also spreading the word through its outreach programs.  We have arranged for a French translator through the Fire Dept.but welcome any assistance from Bambara, Mandingo and French speakers.  We are hoping to reach many of the mothers who are home alone with the children so we need help with childcare.	This is the first of 3 forums we are setting up.  Nah We Yone, Sauti Yetu and the Muslim Women's Institute have worked together to plan this one.  African Services Committee, Africa Hope Committee and West Harlem Head Start are organizing the one in Harlem.  African Refuge is planning one in Staten Island.
4/4 MCN Meeting	Board meeting	50^th Street and Third Avenue
4/5 MCN promoted	Alwan for the Arts Presents A Conversation About Immigrants Rights to Due Process April 5th, 2007 7 PM Free and open to the public In conjunction with the Rights Working Group's Night of 1,000 Conversations Campaign, Alwan will host a conversation about immigrants rights and due process.	13 Beaver Street, NYC
MCN member organized	4/6 Immigrant rights are human rights - Stop detentions and deportations   Come discuss the ongoing struggle to defend immigrant rights Speakers:  Deepa Iyer South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT) Marie Tatro, South Asian Brooklyn Legal Services Cheryl Wertz New Immigrant Community Empowerment(NICE) Moderator: Ahsanullah Bobby Khan                     email: ahsanullahk@gmail.com	Friday April 6th - 7:00 p.m. Pakiza Restaurant 1032 Coney Island Avenue Corner of Foster Avenue (Q train to Newkirk) Sponsored by: Coney Island Avenue Project For further information please call at 718-859-0238 or
4/12 MCN Promoted & funded	Thurs 4/12: Islam and the West: Competing Fundamentalisms. A conversation with prominent women writers: Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, novelist, psychiatrist, and advocate for Arab women’s rights; Dr. Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Pakistani scholar and poet with extensive writing on Feminist Theory, Postcolonial Criticism and South Asian Theatre; Bina Sharif, writer, director and actress. Sohair Soukkary will read Easter Monday Celebration: A 5,000-Year-Old Tradition. Babara Nimri Aziz, journalist and anthropologist will moderate. 6:30	@ 451 West St. 212-242-4201. http://www.brechtforum.org/events/n-upcomingevents.php
4/13	Anti 24 rally at Fox
4/16 MCN member organized	Dear Brothers and Sisters, I hope this email reaches all of you in the best of health and Iman. As you all might have heard already that Mohammad Ali (www.aerosolarabic.com), an urban artist from the UK will be touring the US, will produce a series of Graffiti Murals including a special commemoration in the Bronx for the 9 Muslim children who died in a blaze there recently http://www.aerosolarabic.com/v2/news.php?id=73	Show up at: 56 E. Mount Eden Ave, Bronx, NY Azeem Khan          (516) 369 6542     azeem@icnait.com Promo Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5PFkChgP5g
4/17	I am writing on behalf of The Interchurch Center. You are invited to a Lunch Briefing, featuring Dr. Rizal Sukma of Indonesia. For details, see the attached flyer.	The Interchurch Center 475 Riverside Drive NYC
4/17 MCN attended	STOP GENOCIDE, SAVE DARFUR: Muslims, Arabs, and Africans Taking a Stance Presentation by Jana El-Horr from the The American Islamic Congress (AIC) The American Islamic Congress has partnered with the Save Darfur coalition and STAND (a Student Anti-Genocide Coalition) to demand an end to genocide in Sudan. With the ongoing crisis in Darfur and the dormant voice of Arab governments and regional bodies, it is vital for Arab-Muslim voices to speak out for peace and justice. Question/Answer Session to follow talk. Brought to you by: Muslims for Social Justice, Turath (Arab Students' Association), Amnesty International, African Students' Association with compliments of the Muslim Students' Association	Columbia University
MCN Meeting	British Consulate Meeting
4/19 MCN member organized	The Muslim Bar Association of New York will host its First Annual General Meeting on Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 7 p.m. On that night, MuBANY will officially mark one year as a bar association and announce its new board of directors. For more information on the ongoing election and how you can vote, please visit www.muslimbarny.org <http://www.muslimbarny.org/> . Keynote speaker: Aziz Z. Huq, Esq., Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at the Brennan Center For Justice and former law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Location: Bukhara Grill, 217 E. 49th Street (Bet. 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
4/19 Community partner	You may also hear former gitmo detainee brother Moazzam Begg live via teleconference on Thursday April 19th, 2007 . AMAL will be hosting the event at NYU and we encourage all to attend.	NYU Furman Hall
4/19	Metro NY Religious Council Against Torture Breakfast event with Omar Mohammedi, Geroge Hunsiger etc	Riverside Church
4/19 MCN members participated	Muslim Jewish Network Proposed Agenda 4/19/07 6pm-8pm Business Current issues and updates (30 mins or more) Attacks on Debbie Almontaser and her school Expansion of our group Attacks on CAIR	Friends Meeting House Rutherford Place 15 Street, Second Avenue
4/20 MCN member organized	http://www.redtears.co.uk/karbala/teaser.html Confirmed Speakers: -Peter Chelkowski, PhD (Tehran University), Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU -Syed-Mohsin Naquvi, author of "The Tragedy of Karbala" (1992) and most recently, "Understanding Karbala" (2007) -Hany A. Mawla, JD, adjunct professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Political Science and the Center for Middle East Studies Friday, April 20th 7pm - Screening of Documentary, "Karbala: When Skies Wept Blood" 8pm - Panel Discussion and Q & A	New York University > Kimmel Center > 60 Washington Square South > New York, NY 10012 > 8th Floor > Room 808
4/21 MCN member organized	Hip Hop Imam and discussion of Muslim Hip Artists: Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood After Afternoon prayers	113 Street, Harlem
4/22	Masjid al Hikma Interfaith	31 Avenue and 48 Street, Astoria
4/22 MCN sponsored	Muslims for Justice in Darfur invites you to a Darfur Teach-In--Working Towards Peace in Darfur: Our Responsibilities as Muslims Presentations by:  - Darfurian activists- ImamAl-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid (author, A Muslim Manifesto onDarfur) - MatthewEmbry, AJWS-Representative, Religious Leaders of African Ancestry for Darfur Muslim Graduate Student Group, NY Progressive Muslims, Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, Women in Islam, Muslim Bar Association of NY, Muslim Consultative Network	NYU Thompson Center 238 Thompson Street 2^ND floor New York, N.Y. info: (718) 512-5176 (917) 414-8453 REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED, ADMISSION FREE
4/26 MCN member speakers	Thursday, April 26, 2007 Religious Values and the Practice of Law 2006-2007 Speaker Series; Religion & Law Enforcement: When Does Prosecution Become Persecution? Part III: The Ethics of Surveillance: Monitoring Mosques  in collaboration with the Muslim Bar Association of New York,  Auburn, Theological Seminary, and the Louis Finkelstein Institute at Jewish Theological Seminary. The program will feature:   David Harris, Balk Professor of Law and Values, University of Toledo College of Law Author of Good Cops: The Case for Preventive Policing Foria Younis, Former FBI Agent P. Adem Carroll, Chair, Muslim Consultative Network and Co-host, WBAI Radio War on Immigrants Report	Thursday April 26 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. | Reception to follow Room 430 B&C, Fordham University School of Law School, 140 W. 62nd St., New York, NY 10023
4/27 MCN member	African Muslim Immigrant Literacy Intiative: FRIDAY April 27, 2007 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. West African FOOD  MUSIC         DANCE Sauti Yetu Center for African Women P.O. Box D New York, NY 10034 tel:  (718) 665-2486 fax: (718) 665-2483	Enter through Whittier Hall at 1230 Amsterdam Ave. or Zankle Hall at 525 120th St. between Broadway & Amsterdam Whittier Courtyard
4/27, 28 MCN Vista Participating	Citizen Corps Disaster Volunteer Conference,	St Francis College Bklyn
4/28 Recommended	Next Saturday (April 28th) we will be cleaning masjid dar-ul Islam.  We will be working from Fajr to Maghrib and any one is invited to come at any point.  The masjid was burned down in a fire a while ago but the infrastructure was kept in tact.  Bring gloves, tools, anything you can. Council of Muslim Professionals NY	Dar-ul Islam 606-612 salem ave, Elizabeth, NJ 07201, USA
4/30 recommended	Please Join Congressman Joseph Crowley And Special Guest, Congressman Luis Gutierrez For a very important Immigration Town hall	Date:  April 30, 2007 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm         Location:  LaGuardia Community College Little Theater 31-10 Thomson Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101

MCN Member Events COMING UP

Women In Islam Inc

Presents the

6th Annual

Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Lecture

& Award Ceremony

Honoring Women Who Dedicate Their Lives

To Helping Others

Sunday June 24, 2007

3-6 pm

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award Honoree

INGRID MATTSON

President

Islamic Society of North America/ISNA

WII Inc Compass Award Recipients

Langston Hughes Auditorium

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

515 Malcolm X Boulevard at 135^th Street

SAVE THE DATE

ADCMA Second Annual Banquet
May 5th, 2007
Hyatt Harborside- Grand Ballroom

"Toward a More Perfect Union"
2007 ADC Annual National Convention
Washington, DC
June 8 to 10
http://www.adc.org

Save the Date!

Conference: South Asian Community and Disabilities: Raising Awareness, Facing Challenges, Accessing Resources

Friday, June 15, 2007

@

The Hyatt
New Brunswick, New Jersey