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Raising A Nation Presents: An Islamic Perspective

Jalya Client — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 02:22:19 +0000

🔈It’s that time of year again when we all join together to learn with one another about a topic that has been at the forefront. Now more than ever, our community must stand together.

🇵🇸 Palestine has been the topic on all of our minds, and through the ongoing injustices we witness, we all have the opportunity to educate ourselves further. Raising a Nation Presents: Palestine Through Time | An Islamic Perspective. Join us for our 8th annual Raising A Nation Family Conference to learn about the history of Palestine.

January 27, 2024 USE PROMO CODE: HCI FOR 40% OFF More information on speakers, program, and tickets: Tiny.cc/raisinganation

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IslamicFamily Opens Doors to Refugee Sponsorship: Your Chance to Make a Difference

Jalya Client — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 22:47:18 +0000

In a world where compassion knows no boundaries, IslamicFamily is paving the way for individuals in Edmonton to become a beacon of hope for refugees seeking a better life. We are thrilled to announce that our refugee sponsorship applications are now open, and we invite you to join us on this meaningful journey. Application Period: You have until February 26th, 2024, to submit your sponsorship application and be a part of this life-changing initiative. Getting Started: To determine your eligibility and initiate the process of becoming a refugee sponsor, please visit www.islamicfamily.ca/sponsorship or simply click the link in our bio. Your willingness to extend a helping hand can make a world of difference to those in need. Upcoming Town Halls: We understand that you may have questions about the sponsorship process. To address your queries and provide insights, we will be hosting two informative town halls:

Virtual Town Hall:
- Date: Monday, January 22nd, 2024
- Time: 7:00 PM
- Platform: YouTube
In-Person Town Hall:
- Date: Saturday, January 27th, 2024
- Time: 12:00 PM
- Venue: IslamicFamily Hüb

Important Information: Please note that this application process is open to individuals currently residing in Edmonton who wish to sponsor refugees from abroad. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications directly from asylum seekers or from sponsors outside of the Edmonton region. Join Us in Making a Difference: At IslamicFamily, we believe in the power of community and compassion. By opening your heart and home to those seeking refuge, you become a source of hope, support, and transformation. Let’s embark on this journey together and be the change we wish to see in the world. Visit www.islamicfamily.ca/sponsorship today and take the first step towards making a meaningful impact. Together, we can create a brighter future for refugees in need. 💙

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Empower Expectant Mothers with Penny Appeal’s New Initiative

Jalya Client — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:56:16 +0000

In the joyous journey of pregnancy, every expectant mother experiences a multitude of emotions. It’s a period filled with anticipation, excitement, and love as you prepare to welcome a new life into the world. Now, thanks to Penny Appeal, you have the opportunity to make this journey even more special by giving back to those in need.

Penny Appeal’s New Program: Supporting Expectant Mothers

Alhamdulillah, Penny Appeal is proud to introduce a brand new program designed to empower expectant mothers in Karachi Pakistan. This initiative allows you to make a positive impact during your pregnancy by contributing to a noble cause.

How Does It Work?

When you choose to participate in this program, the funds collected are used to provide up-to-date equipment and essential supplies to maternity wards and clinics in Karachi, Pakistan. These facilities cater to mothers who may not have access to the resources they need for a safe and healthy pregnancy.

Why is This Program Important?

Pregnancy is a time of immense joy, but it can also be a challenging journey, especially for those facing economic hardships. By joining this program, you’re not only celebrating the miracle of life within you but also extending a helping hand to mothers who deserve the best care.

How Can You Get Involved?

To learn more about this heartwarming program and how you can participate, simply click the link in our below. Your support can make a significant difference in the lives of expectant mothers and their newborns.

Let’s join hands with Penny Appeal in this meaningful endeavor. Together, we can empower expectant mothers and ensure that every pregnancy is a journey filled with love, hope, and support. 💖

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How this local homemade bakery is supporting Gaza

Jalya Client — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:18:15 +0000

An Edmonton woman is donating proceeds of her baking to support Gaza. For Zieneb Abougoush, the baker behind the homemade sweet business Delightful Cravings, baking has always been an exciting hobby and with the support of her family and friends, she decided to start a homemade bakery business. “In starting my business I have had the opportunity to explore different styles and enhance my creative freedom,” Abougoush said. With the recent war in Gaza, Abougoush wanted to extend her support in a unique way. “I had been eager to open a home-based bakery for a while now but felt extremely driven to finally do so in order to extend my support to Gaza through my passion for baking,” she said. She was inspired by the fact that local Edmonton businesses like Afflatus Hijab, Mama Asha Café and Charife Elkadri have been supporting the people of Palestine by donating their proceeds to humanitarian aid organizations as well as spreading awareness. Abougoush chose to donate her proceeds to Islamic Relief Canada, a Muslim-Canadian humanitarian aid organization and registered charity. “This is the quickest way to send support through a trusted channel such as Islamic Relief that provides medical emergency aid, clean water and food to displaced people in Gaza,” Abougoush said. “We’ve seen the Muslim community, along with the non-Muslim community, come together passionately to fundraise and show their support for Palestinians in Gaza in many innovative and creative ways,” Islamic Relief Canada told CTV News Edmonton. Abougoush hopes she’s able to make an impact and help the people of Palestine. “Raising money for Palestine can help people in several significant ways,” she explained. Islamic Relief Canada said donations will provide medical supplies, food packs, food vouchers, fresh produce, ready-to-eat meals, blankets and mattresses, clean water, hygiene kits and psychosocial support to the children of Palestine.

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All Out for Gaza Demonstration by Free Palestine YEG

Jalya Client — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 08:11:32 +0000

Commemorating Innocence: A Call for Peace in Solidarity

Dear Jalya Community, In the spirit of solidarity and compassion, we bring your attention to an upcoming event hosted by Free Palestine YEG. This commemoration aims to honour the precious lives lost, particularly the children in Gaza, and calls for a ceasefire, urging the Canadian government to take a stand for peace. 🌸 Event Details: Commemoration and Protest 🌸 Date: November 26th Time: 1:00 PM Location: Violet King Henry Plaza, 99 Ave, Edmonton AB, T5K 1E4 Visual Display: A Solemn Tribute Attendees are encouraged to bring a pair of shoes as a visual representation, symbolizing the innocent children who tragically lost their lives in Gaza. This poignant display will serve as a powerful reminder of the human cost of conflict. Community Support: From Protest to Donation Following the demonstration, these shoes will be donated to local organizations supporting needy individuals in Edmonton. This act not only pays tribute to the lives lost but also extends a helping hand to those within our own community who are facing hardship. Guidelines for Engagement:

Respectful Participation: Engage with respect and intentionality, acknowledging the sensitivity of the cause.
Protest with Words, Facts, and Presence: Advocate for change through the power of words, facts, and your peaceful presence.
Self-Protection: Prioritize your safety. Do not engage with counter-protesters.
Preserving Significance: Refrain from actions or behaviors that might diminish the significance of the event. Let our collective message be clear and impactful.

As a community, let’s come together to amplify the call for peace and justice. By participating in events like these, we contribute to a collective voice that advocates for positive change. 🤝 Thank you for being a part of the Jalya community, where unity, compassion, and action intersect. We look forward to seeing you there as we stand in solidarity for a peaceful future. #FreePalestineYEG #SolidarityForPeace #EdmontonCommunity #CommemorationEvent #JalyaUnity

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Important Update on “By The Pen” Islamic Calligraphy & illumination Exhibit

Jalya Client — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:23:59 +0000

🌟 Update on Art Exhibit: Important News for the Jalya Community! 🌟 🚨 Dear Jalya Community, Attention Please! 🚨 We come bearing a crucial update regarding our eagerly awaited Art Exhibit, a heartfelt cause close to our community. 🎨 Artists’ Arrival Update: The talented Turkish artists, Ferhat Kurlu and Zeynep Kurlu, have landed safely in Edmonton. However, a small snag— their luggage, holding precious prints and artwork, has been delayed. 🗓 Rescheduled Exhibit Date: In response to this, we’ve decided to reschedule our exhibit and art sale/fundraiser for Palestine to the upcoming Friday, November 24th. Mark this date on your calendars and join us for this impactful event! 🔄 No Need for Re-registration: For those who’ve already registered, fret not! Your registration remains valid for the new date. If, however, you find yourself unable to attend, kindly let us know. ❓ Queries or Concerns? Feel free to direct any questions you may have to @islamicfamilyca. They can assist you and ensure a smooth transition. 🌈 Anticipating the Future: Despite this minor delay, The artist excitement is unwavering. Islamic Family can’t wait to share this enriching artistic experience with all of you. Your unwavering support is truly appreciated, and Islamic Family and the artist are thankful for your continued enthusiasm. 🤝 A heartfelt thank you for being an integral part of the Jalya community! We eagerly anticipate your presence on the rescheduled date. 🌟✨ #JalyaRepost #ArtExhibitUpdate #EdmontonCommunity #SupportPalestine #SaveTheDate

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Support Orphans in Gaza

Jalya Client — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:01:06 +0000

In the wake of the ongoing crisis since October 7th, 2023, where over 10,000 innocent civilians have tragically lost their lives, including 4,000 babies and children, the situation in Gaza remains dire. Amidst the affected population, the orphaned children stand out as the most vulnerable, having lost their entire families. Our community in Alberta is coming together with Penny Appeal to make a meaningful impact on the lives of these orphaned children. Your generosity, as gracious donors, plays a crucial role in prioritizing the well-being of these young souls. Penny Appeal is on the ground, working tirelessly to hand-deliver life-saving relief items directly to those in need. Your support ensures that essential supplies, such as food, water, warm blankets, sleeping bags, medical kits, and hygiene kits, reach the orphaned children in Gaza. Jalya urges all of our followers to contribute and make a difference in the lives of these innocent children. Together, let’s stand with Gaza, offering hope and immediate assistance to those who need it the most. Visit https://donate.pennyappeal.ca/program/emergency-response/gaza/ to be a part of this humanitarian effort and join us in providing crucial aid to those affected. #GazaCrisis #HumanitarianAid #PennyAppeal #EdmontonMuslims #StandWithGaza #BlogPost

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New “Kid Fit” After School Fitness Program (All Proceeds Go to Palestine)

Jalya Client — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:10:49 +0000

Kid Fit Fitness Program 🤸 All proceeds will be going to Palestine 🇵🇸 Join now with certified personal fitness trainer Dounia Mouallem to help your child build strength, endurance, coordination, confidence, and healthy habits! – Ages 6-13 – 8 sessions – Start date: November 07 – End date: November 30 – 6:00- 7:00 pm – $100/ child What Is It? * The purpose of this fitness program is to support children by being physically active. The activities will help build strength, coordination, functional movements, and confidence! Where Will It Take Place? * Location: Edmonton Islamic Academy Our Mission & Goal: * Our mission is to educate children on the importance of maintaining an overall healthy and active lifestyle. Our goal is to get kids physically active by having fun. Other Information: * To sign up please DM us @kidfit.yeg or email us @kidfit.yeg@gmail.com * Please do not hesitate to reach out and ask any questions * Spots are limited! Trainer and Qualifications: * Dounia Mouallem * CSEP Certified Personal Trainer * NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist * NAIT Personal Fitness Trainer Diploma Contact Information: * Instagram: kidfit.yeg * Email: kidfit.yeg@gmail.com

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Edmonton Protest and Sit-in for GAZA

Jalya Client — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:58:15 +0000

The Canada Palestine Cultural Association is planning an emergency protest and sit-in TOMORROW, Oct 18 at 5 p.m. They will be protesting to denounce the series of devastating incidents taking place in Gaza, including the bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital by occupation forces.

The Protest will be held at the Alberta Legislature, and the address is 10800 97 AVE NW, Edmonton. In terms of what to bring, if you can please dress in Palestinian colours, wear your Kuffiyah, bring posters and flags. The CPCA is also asking protesters to travel in pairs or groups for safety and support, not to engage with anti-protestors, not to use hateful rhetoric of any kind towards any group, ignore any attempts to provoke or antagonize you and not to climb on public property.

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The New Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary of the organization in Canada

Jalya Client — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 03:54:34 +0000

“World Peace Organization” grants Consul “Hussein Muhammad Rahal” the position of Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary of the organization in Canada

In the midst of the presence of international legal and humanitarian organizations, diplomatic personalities, representatives of diplomatic, politics, ministerial, parliamentary bodies, heads of municipal unions, heads of municipalities, risks and activities of civil society, entrepreneurs in Lebanon and expatriates, the World Peace Organization held a ceremony honoring His Excellency Consul Hussein Mohammed Rahal and his “inauguration as an ambassador of the World Peace Organization, And he was appointed as the Deputy Minister and the Head of the Branch of the Organization in Canada.

During the ceremony, which opened with the Lebanese national anthem and the anthem of the commissioner, the concert was known by Dr. Nader Joumaa, where he addressed the attendees saying: Republic of Egypt, land of peace, which has participated since the 1960s in several international peacekeeping missions starting in 1970 in the state of Nairobi and other countries that are still in existence Clinging the olives on one side and holding on to the banqiya on the other, and the bloody wound remains the wound of Palestine, the wound sinking in the body of the nation, from here we send a salute of glory and pride, to all the honorable fighters in Palestine, Sham and the Arab homeland, and to all international organizations that have sought and still seek to resolve the conflicts that protect all Arab and every Muslim, academic, judicial and cultural figures who have worked to resolve international disputes at the Arab and international level, his excellency the advisor Adel Al-Saba’i, whom we celebrate today with a group of intellectuals and activists in the field of maintaining international peace and security in the World Peace Organization, and a big salute to the soul of the hero President Jamal Abdullah.

During the ceremony, the advisor Adel Al-Saba’i presented the president of the World Peace Organization and said in a speech about the civilization of his country, Egypt, “We are a nation that has been modernized for many centuries and hated many centuries, because the continent is neither a winner or defeated.”

And during his word, the wars that afflict the world, which knows no one big or small, the oppressor or the oppressed, in war we hear no sounds of minions or the bells of churches, in war we only hear the sound of rockets and bullets, in war we will not hear the chirping of birds and caressing of pigeons, so we want peace and we will always and forever seek To the attainment of peace, because peace was not created for justice but justice was created for peace, and justice will not be achieved until every right takes his right, justice will not be fulfilled until every aggressor pays the price for his aggression, and he and the members of the organization are honoured to be a soldier of this organization.

Mufti Zahla Wal-Baqaa Sheikh Dr. Ali Al-Ghazawi said “These institutions that are raised the hat at the bottom of the earth because their goal is to seek peace and peace in the life of humanity, we need mental peace and human peace so that the homeland will be as great as their people, as their people grow up in it.

I remember Lebanon in his speech where he said we need these organizations to be among us in Lebanon, it is time for the homeland to be great with its people, we need to think about this advanced level for the homeland not to be great unless the level of thinking of its people is great, our Lebanon today needs these energies, not that He is abandoned from him and he should make room so that his energy returns to him, then it is right in our national anthem to say that we are easy and the mountain is grown for men.”

The ceremony was concluded by His Excellency Ambassador Hussein Muhammad Rahal with a speech in which he said: Man has been created to live freely on the face of this earth that God intended for him in a difficult and long-term test and in a constant conflict between good and evil, calling for the victory of truth and justice and spreading the message of love and peace.

Peace, my brothers, is a large and wide title that covers many aspects of human life. Peace is not only to live without wars, but peace is in the soul of a man, his heart, his livelihood, his health, his physical awareness, his safety, and his strength of faith.

Peace will also be in fighting poverty, ignorance, alleviating the oppressed, supporting the oppressed, helping the needy, homeless, the disabled, the elderly, the sick, and taking care of and protecting children from abusers, criminals and the unjust.

In the conclusion, Ambassador Rahal said: We promise you to work together honestly and honestly to support peace, however and wherever it is on this planet of ours, which has become plagued with problems, wars and crises, and we know very well that this is not easy, and the road is long and thorny, and we are certain that with work, faith and sincerity we will one day reach peace The universal in all its humanistic and ecological concepts.

International Peace Ambassador Libna Sami Al-Hayek had participated in organizing the ceremony for the organization, she gave a speech in which she thanked the Jade Youth Association Against Drugs in the person of its president Joseph Hawat because of the trust she gave her in delivering international relations to the Jade Association and this position opened doors for her in the outside world and assigned her a position International Peace Ambassador and Head of Women’s Parliament of the Arab Union of Tribes Lebanon Branch and thanked the organization for honoring them in the Gad Assembly.

I thanked everyone who accepted her invitation to attend this ceremony. Thanks to Mufti Zahla and Baqaa Dr. Sheikh Ali Al-Ghazawi and Bishop Joseph Maoud representing Father Eli Sadiq and the former Deputy Minister Eli Maroni and the Baath Arab Socialist Party representing Boulid Faheem and the coordinator of the Future Stream in Baqaa, the Mayor of Majdal Anjar Municipality, Mr. Saeed Yassin and President Popular thought stream Dr. Fawaz Farhat and Party of Seven, represented by Samer Hamia, the president of Caritas Ghassan Nassar, civil defense in Bekaa, the president of the Farmers’ Union in Lebanon, Mohamed Al-Farro, and all Lebanese charities that participated in the celebration and the businessman Mr. Kamal Zahmoul Al-Mays, the International Development Advisor Dr. Abdul Majeed Abdul Ghani and his mentor Ms. Lina Abdul Ghani and business consultant Dr. Ahmed Saleh.

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