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Featured Event

Happy Little Hearts Toddlers Group is Back!

MCC's popular Islamic-themed toddlers' playgroup restarts! If you have toddlers or pre-schoolers (ages 1-5), join us from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. next Thursday.

In these five-week sessions, we will develop a love for Islam through book reading, sing-along, parachute Ttme, activities, and more!
Register Here

Kids Dua & Art Spring Workshop

 For ages 6 to 11, Community Artist Tarannum Saeed offers a five-week Wednesday evening workshop where children can create art and learn while having a good time with their Muslim peers.

These sessions will pick up from the winter session and focus on using different painting mediums. All skill levels are welcome.

Register Here

Upcoming Events

Three Jumu'ah Khutbahs @ MCC

Dr. Abdullah Ali, Sidi Shahryar Abbasi, & Sidi Ibrahim Qureshi
Friday, May 5 | 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  • **First Service: 1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.**
  • Second Service: 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
  • Third Service: 3:40 p.m. to 4 p.m.

**Parking congestion. Avoid first service.

Weekly Friday Evening Women Halaqa

Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad
Friday, May 5 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Sisters: Join this weekly women's gathering with Rahmah Foundation about navigating contemporary issues. Join in person or virtually!

Monthly Sisterhood Hike

Sr. Sohaila Ahmadyar & Sr. Aparna Khan
Saturday, May 6 | 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

This Saturday, join us for a morning hike at Las Trampas Regional Park in San Ramon to get to know other sisters in the community & enjoy the great outdoors.

Family Support Classes

Addiction Specialist Dr. Amer Raheemullah
Thursday, May 4 | 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 7 | 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

In providing hope & help for Muslim families around the country with a loved one struggling with an addiction, MCC & Madina House cohosts a weekly family-and-friends virtual meeting for Muslims fighting an addiction (of any kind).

Tafseer of Surah al-Yaseen

Shaykh Talal Ahdab
Sunday, May 7 | 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Every Sunday afternoon, Shaykh Talal leads us through Surah Yaseen, unfolding the lines, stories & lessons we can benefit from. Watch past sessions.

Online Sister's Weekly Bookclub

Ustadha Leila Fakira
Tuesday, May 9 | 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Sisters, join our weekly virtual-only Seerah book club, where we have an active discussion, take away lessons for our daily lives, and inshaAllah fall in love with our Prophet ﷺ.

Personal Finance for Muslim Teens

Economist Sidi Zeeshan Mukhtar
Saturday, May 13 | 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

There is a critical need to educate Muslim teens about living within a budget. For our youth ages 13-18, please join us for this interactive discussion on the poverty versus wealth mindset.

Monthly Dhikr & Support Circle

Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi
Saturday, May 20 | 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

In this women's healing & Dua circle, we comfort & provide sorority for sisters experiencing grief, loss or isolation or marital, parenting & health challenges, or caring for elderly loved ones.

Monthly Islamic Storytime

Khala Sahar
Saturday, May 20 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Each month, this animated storyteller reads & entertains our young children for an engaging hour for ages 2 to 10. Past sessions

Radiant Resilience Womanhood Retreat

The Rahmah Foundation & MCC East Bay
Saturday, May 20 | 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

*Save the date! Registration is coming soon.*
Cultivate a more meaningful life by reflecting the lights of righteous women with our distinguished lineup of workshop speakers: Shaykha lesha Prime, Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi, Ustadha Maryam Amir, Ustadha Shamira Ahmad, & Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad.

Du'a Corner

These community members are asking you for the greatest gift a person can give to another: a sincere prayer by name.
  • Amna Suharwardy (Danville/San Ramon): Her aunt, Rafaat Jehan Syed, passed away on Wednesday in San Ramon.
  • Tasmina Hussain (Alameda): Her sister, Rizwana Islam, is suffering from flu.
  • Tahira Shaikh (Conrcord): Her mother, Nasreen Bano, is suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes.
  • Zeenat Iqbal (Hayward): Her mother, Zain Iqbal, is ill. 
  • Fathi Khaleq (Dublin): He and his wife are blessed with a baby boy, Khaled Khaleq. 
Submit a request for a community dua in our next prayers requested list:
mcceastbay.org/dua

This Week's Featured Photo

MCC's Sixth Annual Eid Carnival was a blast! Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's carnival, and a special thanks to all the volunteers who assisted us with the festival.

This Week's Featured Video

During Women's Qiyam in Ramadan, Sheikha Ieasha Prime makes an emotional supplication asking and begging earnestly and humbly to Allah for His forgiveness and mercy and to grant us His favors and answer our requests.

Make a Difference, Donate a Bike

Bicycles can be one's primary mode of transportation if they are new to the country and don't have a driver's license or a car.

We have more than a dozen male refugee breadwinners for their families on the waitlist now.

As part of MCC's refugee assistance program, we are collecting bicycles for refugee families in need, especially bikes for adults & teens.

Please support these families during this blessed month of Ramadan.

Donate a Bike

Mental Health Clinic for Bay Area Muslims

We want you to get the mental and spiritual help you deserve.

MCC has a new mental health clinic in our facility – a joint partnership with nonprofit Maristan to bring professional mental health services to 90,000 East Bay Muslims.

Our clinicians are currently accepting in-person appointments.
Book an appointment

Support our Newly Arrived Refugee Families

Please support the new arrivals in our community by purchasing from our Amazon wish list for refugees.

Our MCC-SRVIC Refugee Support Team has chosen these items as high need. There's something for every budget! Thank you for your support.
Amazon Wish List

Sunday School Volunteers

This August, the MCC Sunday School needs more Quranic teachers & substitute teachers for the 2023-24 School Year.
Volunteer

We're Here to Help the Community!

✨ About Us

Muslim Community Center East Bay (MCC) is a faith-based community hub that promotes the unity of God through service, education, and inspiration.

We are privileged to serve the 90,000+ Muslims in the East Bay community. 

 

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