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How We Help

Working Together

The Shura is committed to bringing together Muslims in our region to connect with one another.

Education

We are committed to being an educational resource for our region. This includes helping empower our Muslim organizations and educating the greater community on Islam.

Best Practices

We are constantly striving towards setting the standard for our community with the best practices.

Leadership

One of our milestones as Shura is to build capacity for our leadership to succeed.

Shura On The Go

Check out what Shura is up to in the moment. Building community through action.

About Us

Our Mission & Vision

Mission: The Islamic Shura Council of Southern California assists Muslim organizations in serving the Muslim community of Southern California and the society-at-large. It represents the united voice of it’s members, coordinates community activities, enables effective communication, advocates on behalf of it’s member organizations, and fosters leadership development.

Vision: To be a leading organization for unity and excellence

Our History

The Islamic Shura Council was formed on April 20, 1995, by the Muslim leadership as a community-based nonprofit – 501(c)3 organization. This was a response to fill the need for an umbrella organization representing and advocating on behalf of the growing number of mosques and Muslim organizations in Southern California. It now has an impressive membership of 60 mosques and Muslim organizations. The organization also coordinated outreach campaigns and workshops on relevant issues for its constituencies. The linguistic meaning of Shura is the procedure of making decisions by mutual consultation and consensus. More History Coming Soon…

Our Board of Directors

Dr. Azeem Syed, Chairman

Institute of Knowledge

Munir Shaikh, Vice Chair

Bayan Islamic Graduate School

Ibrahim K. Dyfan, Treasurer

Masjid Al-Shareef

Bushra Bangee, Secretary

MSA-West

Azizah Ali-Regan, Board Member

Islah-LA

Sheikh Tarik Ata, Board Member

Orange County Islamic Foundation

Deana Helmy, Board Member

ICNA Relief SC

Arbazz M. Nizami, Board Member

Sahaba Initiative

Waqas Syed, Board Member

ICNA

Our Staff

Malek Bendelhoum

Executive Director

Elaine Younes

Office Manager

Kalim Farooki

Development Director

Imam Abdul Hafiz

Prison Outreach Project Director

Wali Abdul Hanifzai

Shura TV President

Our Projects

Young Inspirers

The Young Inspirers is a project of Shura Council of Southern California that provides education, mentorship, and an avenue to give back to their community and make positive contributions to the Muslim community through the Shura network.

Believing in the youth and the young talents, Shura councils launched this amazing program in 2017 as an intensive training to young professionals on the best practices of running a non-profit organization and serving on its board. From non-profit law to governance, to media relationships and other aspects of work needed in the non-profit sector. After nine months of training, participants will receive a certificate showing they could be the best contributors when serving on the board of their organization.

Board Of Imams

Imams are the spiritual leaders of our Masjid, the source of religious information to our community members, and the first consultants our community members go to when guidance is needed . The board of imams will serve to support the imams and empower them to serve the community in the best way. It will also serve to keep the imams and scholars in touch with the rest of the community members to assure good spiritual nourishment that fits the challenges of our times.

Open Mosque Day

Since 2002 thousands of neighbors, friends and curious Americans visited mosques and Islamic centers in Southern California to learn about the faith practices and cultures of their Muslims neighbors, enjoying food and tours of the mosques.

The project became so successful that in few years it spread to the rest of the nation. In 2017, fifteen years after inception, open mosque day became an international event where mosques in other counties like Australia, Thailand, and the UK, opened their doors to visitors to meet their Muslim neighbors and learn about Islam. Starting 2018, open mosque day will always be on the first weekend of October.

Muslim Speakers Network

Muslim Speakers Network promotes religious literacy and mutual respect through on-site presentations and interfaith dialogues to schools, colleges, universities, churches and other community organizations.

Well prepared presentations on Islamic topics, endorsed by well-known scholars are presented by certified speakers who went through rigorous training to be able to convey the message in a positive way to the audience. This project brought a lot of positive changes to how students in public and private schools view their Muslims classmates.

Prison Outreach Program

Prison Outreach Program (P.O.P) liaises with county, state and federal prison systems to secure the rights and fulfill the needs of Muslim inmates. It also, represents the Shura Council in all prison and criminal justice-related initiatives, campaigns and conferences.

For many inmates who were introduced to Islam while in prison, P.O.P comes to play a major role in educating them the true message of Islam by providing the certified materials and the qualified teachers who will help them to achieve the change needed to be able to gain their lives back and live it on the right path.

Muslim Charities Association

MCA is gathering of Muslim Charities serving the Southern California region. MCA strives to foster learning and collaboration between charities in order to benefit the Southern California community in the most impactful way today. For the long term, we’re working to improve the infrastructure of Muslim charitable groups by advising new organizations and consulting with existing ones.

Association of Islamic Schools

The purpose of this initiative is to create a more cohesive relationship between our Islamic schools. To facilitate meetings to exchange best practices, strengthen the bonds between our students, and create a body that can strongly advocate and negotiate on behalf of Islamic schools. We conduct retreats, training, and continuing education for our communities’ educators and school staff.

Some Facts About the Shura Council

Member Organizations

Years in Service

145

20/20 Participants

21,000+

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