Usuli Weekly Newsletter
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 21. December 2024
Dear Friends, Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum)! I pray you are well. It is hard to believe we are at the end of yet another year. So much has happened in the blink of an eye that was 2024. The world is, well, you know. May next year be better than we expect, insha’Allah (God willing)! In the meantime, let us continue to be grateful for our blessings, and resolve to do better in every way we can in the new year insha’Allah. USULI MUSIC FELLOWSHIP Do you know any aspiring and...
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 23. November 2024
Dear Friends, Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum)! I pray you are as well as can be expected in our challenging times, especially after the conclusion of our national elections here in America. So much to be said, to be processed, to be kind to ourselves over. But the hard work must continue to resist, to fight, and to create goodness in the world. Now more than ever, as the forces of darkness have been super-powered, so must we be in preparing for the long, good fight. May God help,...
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 06. October 2024
Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum) dear Friends, I pray you are well. First, I want to take a moment to acknowledge that we are at the one-year mark of the genocide that began 7 October 2023. May God honor, bless and elevate those who have been innocently killed, maimed, lost family members, and endured unspeakable suffering in these dark times in human history. We recognize that at this moment, the end is nowhere in sight, but we ask that God will aid and empower each of us to do our...
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 21. September 2024
Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum) dear Friends, I pray you are well. I can’t believe that we are only three weeks away from the First Usuli Annual Conference! We have lots of special events and surprises in store for those coming! It promises to be a great time insha’Allah (God willing) and we can’t wait to finally meet you in person! :) [If you cannot make it this year, we will miss you! But don’t worry, although we will not be live-streaming, we will record and share some of...
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 01. September 2024
Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum) dear Friends, I pray you are well and enjoying the last bits of summer. Obviously, someone pressed the fast forward button and launched us all to the end of August. Didn’t it just turn 2024 last month?? May we all make every moment count! LAST DAY TO GET EARLY BIRD TICKETS IS TODAY, SEPTEMBER 1! Are you planning to join us in person for our First Annual Usuli Conference in Columbus, Ohio, this October 11-12! We have been working hard to make it extra...
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 15. August 2024
Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum) dear Friends, I pray you are well! We are happy to be back from our summer hiatus and so proud that Shayan Parsai kicked off our return with a brilliant khutbah last Friday entitled, “Bangladesh: Governance and Integrity.” Check it out! EXCITING EVENTS AHEAD! We are now digging into preparations for lots of great events and projects to come! At the forefront is our upcoming First Annual Usuli (in-person) Conference in Columbus, Ohio, October 11-12....
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 17. May 2024
Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum) dear Friends, I pray you are managing as well as can be expected in these challenging times. I know it is incredibly hard as we continue to see so many heartbreaking images on social media and read the news headlines about the state of the world. At the same time, I am so inspired and encouraged by the many acts of bravery among our students and fellow humanists who so bravely stand up against injustice. Here, we have been working hard every week to...
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 08. May 2024
Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum) dear Friends, I pray you are managing well in these dark times. I am going to keep it short this week and only encourage everyone to watch the Shaykh’s khutbah from this past week entitled, “Protest or Perish: Lessons from The Ant Colony,” which is a brilliant demonstration of the importance of knowledge and scholarship in the darkest of times, when you think there is nothing left to say about our kids and students getting brutalized and arrested...
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 28. April 2024
Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum) dear Friends, I pray you are managing as well as can be expected given the state of the world, especially this week as our youth are being attacked, vilified, and arrested for protesting and building encampments on university campuses across the country in solidarity with Palestine. It is a dark, dark time for humanity and the videos that are circulating on social media with students, faculty, and many others being man-handled and dehumanized by the...
Usuli Weekly Newsletter · 17. April 2024
Greetings of Peace (al salamu ‘alaykum) dear Friends! I pray you are as well as can be expected given the state of the world. I, for one, am enjoying returning to non-fasting brain mode! :) Time to get busy trying to make change for the better… Ramy Youssef on SNL! Speaking of changing things for the better, congratulations to our dear friend, Ramy Youssef, who made history on the iconic Saturday Night Live Opening Monologue recently! At a time when things are dark everywhere for the Muslim...