Program Overview

Program Guide for 2013 coming soon!

 

Tentative Program Tracks for ICNA-MAS Convention 2013 – Hartford, CT

 

Main Program Outline

 

1

Saturday

11 am

to

1 pm

Inaugural Session

ICNA President

MAS Exec. Director

  • Happiness: The Universal Quest

  • Happiness: The Gift of God

  • Achieving Lasting Happiness

Naeem Baig

Ayman Hammous

Dr. Heidi Hyde

Dr. Obeyd Choudhri /Yasir Ali ?

Dr. Kia Jahed

2:30 – 4:00

Sharia Council

Abdool Rahman

Daoud Nassimi

Omar Suleiman

Hafiz Inayatullah

Dr. Irfan Khan

Imam Raouf Zaman

Dr. Abdul Jabbar

Hafiz Zafeer

3

Saturday

4:15 pm

to

5:30 pm

Cultivating Compassion and True Happiness

  • Living a Life Worth Living – Practicing Acts of Kindness

  • The Most “Rewarding” Work You Will Ever Do

  • The Good Life: The Happiness that Lasts

Dr. Mohsin Ansari

Imam Rafiq Mehdi

Dr. Altaf Husain

4

Saturday

6:00 pm

to

8:00 pm

We Are A Happy Family

  • What men and women need to know about each other

  • A Practical Advise on How to become “A Family” Again

  • Allah: The Missing Link in Our Relationships

  • Moderation and Balance: The Happiness Formula

Sh. Mokhtar Maghraoui

Yasir Qadhi

TBD

Dr. Jamal Badawi

5

Saturday

10:15 pm

to

midnight

Where Are We Headed – Trends in Society

“Whoever among you see an evil deed must stop it with his hands” – Hadith

  • Simplify Your Life

  • Short-lived Happiness: Equating Happiness with Success & Fun

  • Time: A Wasted Treasure (aka Social Media, Video Games, etc.)

  • The Truth About Recreational Drugs, Shisha/hookah, Marijuana

  • Hayya: The Forgotten & Fading Characteristic of Our Times

Sh. Abdool Rahman

Wisam Sherieff

Imam Suhaib Webb

Imam Zaid Shakir

7

Sunday

10:00 am

to

11:30 pm

ICNA Sisters

- Sumera Afzal

- Saadia Yunus ??

- ..?

11:45 – 1:00 pm

Pursuit of Happiness: For Americans Only?

  • Is struggling for Civil Rights is the pursuit of Happiness?

  • America and the pursuit of happiness

  • TBD

Nihad Awad

Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad

Non-Muslim ( Naeem Bhai will talk to a few people)

8

Sunday

1:45 pm

to

2:30 pm

Camali Kids Show

9

Sunday

3:00 pm

to

5:00 pm

Materialism and Consumerism

“My Ummah will be tried through wealth” – Hadith

  • Just a Little More! Can Money Buy Happiness?

  • A Mighty Test! Effects of Loving the Life of This World

  • Social Comparison: Leading Cause of Depression

  • Simplify Your Life

Abdul Nasir Jangda

Hafiz Inayatullah

Imam Mohammad Magid

Sh. Yasir Birjas

10

Sunday

5:30 pm

to

8:00 pm

Achieving Happiness Through Islam

  • Unhappiness is Easy – Happiness Takes Work

  • TBD

  • Equating Happiness with Fun and Pleasure

  • The Moment of Ultimate Happiness:
    “When Allah Reveals Himself to Us in Paradise”

Omar Suleiman

Naeem Baig

Imam Siraj Wahhaj

Nouman Ali Khan

Yasir Qadhi

11

Sunday

10:15 pm

to

midnight

Entertainment Session

  • Baba Ali

  • Omer Regan

  • Boonaa Mohammad

  • Ammar al-Shukry

12

Monday

11:00 am

to

1:00 pm

Secrets of True Happiness

  • Intention Sets Direction

  • Be Grateful – Attitudes and Behavior That are Essential to Happiness

  • Cooling the Fires: Learning to Forgive

  • Personal Health and Happiness

  • Managing Stress, Hardship and Trauma

  • Closing Remarks

Qasim Mazhar

Imam Zaid Shakir

Mokhtar Maghraoui

Dr. Mohammad Yunus

Nouman Ali Khan

Naeem Baig