Your Interim Executive Director

Assalamu Alaikum Dearest Sisters and Brothers, I pray you all had a beautiful Eid inshAllah. As many of you know, by the grace of Allah, this past year the Barr Foundation kindly awarded me the Barr Fellowship. As part of this fellowship, the leader chosen must take a three month sabbatical from his/her organization. InshAllah I’ll be taking that sabbatical …

Thank You ISBCC Family!

Thank you, ISBCC Family! Nearly 500 of you blessed us at ISBCC’s Light Upon Light Iftar: Alhamdulillah, it was a great night! We reflected on the ways the ISBCC has been a beacon of light for the community. We were gifted this evening with testimonies of how our programming has been a leading light in the areas of Islamic Knowledge, …

Living Prophetically – Mohamed Abanoor

Share this PostPrelude Among the central gifts bestowed upon the ISBCC by Allah has been those incredible community members who have practiced a Prophetic ethic and modeled it for all of us through their actions. People like Muhammad Ali-Salaam, Justice Ismail Laher, and Boston’s very own Ella Collins teach us through their stories and struggles how to follow in the …

Living Prophetically – Alif Muhammed

Share this PostPrelude Among the central gifts bestowed upon the ISBCC by Allah has been those incredible community members who have practiced a Prophetic ethic and modeled it for all of us through their actions. People like Muhammad Ali-Salaam, Justice Ismail Laher, and Boston’s very own Ella Collins teach us through their stories and struggles how to follow in the …

Shaykh Yasir’s State of the Commonwealth Invocation

Share this PostState of the CommonwealthOn January 23rd 2018 Shaykh Yasir Fahmy was invited by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to deliver the opening invocation for the Annual State of the Commonwealth address. Below is a the transcipt of Shaykh Yasir’s invocation. Bismillah Bismillahi rahmani Raheem wa salat wa salam wa ala rasousilah In the name of God the gracious the …

Invocation by Shaykh Yasir Tonight at State of Commonwealth

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh, This evening Shaykh Yasir Fahmy will be delivering the invocation at Governor Charlie Baker’s State of the Commonwealth address. To the best of our knowledge we understand that this will be the first time a Muslim has been requested to give an invocation, and we encourage everyone to share in this special moment by watching live …

An Opportunity to Give this Dhul Hijjah

Assalamu Alailum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh Dear Community, By the grace and mercy of Allah (swt) we have reached the blessed first 10 days of Dhul-Hijjah. These blessed days are an opportunity to gain vast reward, and Shaykh Yasir has been repeatedly encouraging us to fast, pray qiyam, make continual remembrances, and give Sadaqa. We want to offer you an ...

Dhul Hijjah is Upon Us!

Share this PostDhul Hijjah is Upon UsNarrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Dhu al-Hijja)." The blessed first ten days of Dhul Hijjah begin at magrhib this evening inshaAllah. Join us after isha for a ...

On Charlottesville & The Boston Holocaust Memorial

Share this PostOn Charlottesville & the Boston Holocaust MemorialAssalamu Alaikum Dear Brothers and Sisters, As Shaykh Yasir has been teaching us throughout the past two years, a core tenet to living the Prophetic life is recognizing and affirming the dignity of each and every human. Indeed, when America has been at its best, it has fully embraced this tenet. This ...

ISBCC Updates

ISBCC UpdatesAssalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhi Dear ISBCCers, We wanted to share with you some wonderful news for our community (or as Shaykh Yasir likes to say the barakah of post-Ramadan). Ramadan Goal Alhamdulillah our community committed nearly $730,000 this Ramadan for the ISBCC. Thank you for your support for this house of Allah. May Allah accept each of ...