ISNA to Hold 50th Annual Convention

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Monday, July 15, 2013

ISNA to Hold 50th Annual Convention

The rubric for the convention this year is "Envisioning a More Perfect Union: Building the Beloved Community"

The convention, an annual Islamic event held at the end of the summer and regularly hosting dozens of (this year, 200) invited speakers, as well as musical entertainment, art and photography exhibitions as well as 'meet the author' events - and concentrated around a bazaar of artists, businesses and trade exhibitions. ISNA is an association of Muslim organizations and individuals that provides a common platform for presenting Islam, supporting Muslim communities, developing educational, social and outreach programs and fostering good relations with other religious communities, and civic and service organizations.

Invited speakers for this year include Hamza Yusuf, past ISNA President Ingrid Mattson, Jamal Badawi, Congressman Keith Ellison, online host Nouman Ali Khan, esteemed scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Professor Sherman Jackson, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, Tariq Ramadan, Imam Yusuf Kavakci and Imam Zaid Shakir.

For more information, please see the convention website: http://www.isna.net/annual-convention.html

عن أبي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه قَالَ:
قَبَّلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ وَعِنْدَهُ الأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ جَالِسًا‏.‏ فَقَالَ الأَقْرَعُ إِنَّ لِي عَشَرَةً مِنَ الْوَلَدِ مَا قَبَّلْتُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا‏.‏ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ لاَ يَرْحَمُ لاَ يُرْحَمُ ‏"‏‏
God's Messenger kissed Al-Hasan bin Ali (his grandchild) while Al-Aqra' bin Habis At-Tamim was sitting beside him. Al-Aqra said, "I have ten children and I have never kissed anyone of them", God's Messenger cast a look at him and said, "Whoever is not merciful to others will not be treated mercifully." (Bukhari, Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab), 18)

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