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EID DAY ACTIVITIES
- There are three main ISSU activities planned for Eid day:
Morning: Salat al-Eid
12:30 PM: ISSU Eid luncheon
7:45 PM: ISSU Eid banquet
- Please take off from school or work and celebrate Eid! Eid is more
important than that problem set, paper, or program you're working on. EID PRAYERS: Salat al Eid al-Fitr
- The ISSU will insha'Allah continue the tradition of joining the
local community centers for Salat al-Eid. There are three main locations
that we will be attending. Zakat al-Fitr (required charity) will be
collected at these locations. IMPORTANT: if you need a ride for Eid
prayers, please contact the contact person given below.
1. South Bay Islamic Association (SBIA),
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose
8:30-9 AM Takbeer, 9-9:30 AM English Talk by our very own
Dr. Ebrahim Moosa. 9:30-10 AM Eid Prayer and Khutbah, 10:30 AM -
onwards bazaar. IF you need a ride,
sisters: please contact Sayra (sayra@leland, 7-0847)
brothers: please contact Shaffique (adam1@leland, 7-1266)
2. Muslim Community Association (MCA), Santa Clara
Prayers begin at 9:00 AM.
IF you need a ride, brothers: Irwan (isiregar@alumni.stanford.org)
can take 3, Farhan ((650) 323-5110) can take 4 brothers.
sisters: so far no one has volunteered, but if you'd like to go
to MCA and neither of the other options, please email me and
we'll try to make some arrangements insha'Allah.
3. Shi'a Muslim Association of the Bay Area (SABA), San Jose
Prayers begin at 8 AM. IF you need a ride,
please e-mail me or call me (Salim) at 497-9547.
EID LUNCHEON. AFTER EID PRAYERS: KFC THE DHABIHA WAY @ 12:30 PM
- After the Eid prayers we will all insha'Allah meet at Elliot Program
Center at 12:30 PM for dhuhr and the ISSU Eid Luncheon. As a special
treat we have arranged for a Muslim owned KFC to prepare 100%
Dhabiha Halal Kentucky Fried Chicken, and to cover the cost of
the food we are asking $3 / person. The event (like the other events
for the day) is open to the whole ISSU family: students, alumni,
faculty, staff, families, friends, and community members. Please
invite your friends, all are welcome!
- After indulging in the fried chicken and bonding with our fellow
Muslims, we may engage in a variety of informal activities, such
as sports, hiking, shopping (?!), or a sightseeing trip to the City (and
proceed from there straight to the ISSU banquet). If it is a sunny
day, please bring soccer balls, footballs, volleyballs, etc.
EID BANQUET. 7:45 p.m. in the city.
- The final event for the Eid will insha'Allah be the Eid banquet.
We are planning to meet at a nice seafood restaurant in SF
at 8 pm and we would like this to be a formal event.
The cost will be partially subsidized by the ISSU, please
expect to pay about $10 / person.
- This should be a great event and a last chance to eat dinner in
style with the ISSU at a scenic location in the City before we all
return to the normalcy of our post-Ramadhan lives. More info about
location and directions will follow within the next 2 days, but keep
in mind that we will be leaving around 7 pm from Stanford.
DIRECTIONS
SBIA: Santa Clara County Fairgrounds at the intersection of S. 7th St. and
Tully Road, San Jose.
From 101: Take Tully Road (West) and go 1.5 miles to the fairgrounds.
From 280: Take the 10th St. Exit (South) and go 2 miles and then
make a right on Tully.
There is free parking across the street from the fairgrounds.
Contact: SBIA Office (408) 947-9389, http://www.sbia.net
MCA (3003 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara):
101 S to Bowers Ave exit towards Great America Pkwy. Keep
right at fork in ramp. Merge onto Bowers Ave. Take a left
onto Scott Blvd.
The locations for prayers are the MCA Islamic Center, and the
Vanguard hallroom (the hall across from the MCA center).
Contact: (408) 246-9822
SABA (2725 South White Road, San Jose):
101 S to Tully Road West
Right on White Road.
Contact: (408) 238-9496
Elliot Program Center:
From Tresidder, go down Santa Theresa St. all the way till it
begins to curve. Take a left on Governers' Road and continue
until it becomes a dead end. At the dead end turn left and
Park. Elliott is located up on the hill overlooking the lake.
From Campus Drive West, take a left on Santa Theresa St.,
take a right on Governer's Road and follow previous directions.
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