He will forgive for you your sins and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence. That is the great attainment.
2023-June-9: At a meeting in the MCQ conference room with Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and Ms. Anna Gainey Executive Chair, Canada 2020, Ms. Anna Gainey expressed looking forward to continuing to build a strong and successful relationship with MCQ. She brought up the MCQ Federal Grant application to Honourable Marc Miller where MCQ president Afzal H Sheikh mentioned that although the application was accepted the Program is currently unable to process applications from Québec-based applicants that are subject to M-30 of La loi sur le ministère du Conseil exécutif until the Government of Canada and the Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes (SQRC) reach an agreement on the most effective approach to implementing the program in Québec.
March 21, 2023: Ms. Ann-Nathalie côté, Agent sociocommunautaire, and Ms. Geneviève Coderre of the local police department briefing to assess our safety in helping to keep our community safe, in a meeting at MCQ with the Muslim Community of Quebec (MCQ), management team: Afzal H Sheikh-President, Sammy Chalati-past president & COT member, Ashraf Liaqat-COT member
June 9, 2023: At a meeting in the MCQ conference room, Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and MCQ President Afzal H Sheikh exchanged views about community development, especially in a multicultural environment. The MCQ president explained to the Honourable Minister that the MCQ is a 42-year-old establishment which has 3 areas of activities, community services, educational institutions, and religious services. He also added that in terms of infrastructure, this organization is running without any federal, provincial, and municipal government help. He expresses his strategy, planning, design & development for the reconstruction of buildings to adapt to the growing population.
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February 6, 2023: MCQ COT Member Br. Ashraf Liaqat is handing over a check to the representative of Syrian Kids Foundation Sr. Souzan Malla.
Cause: The audience of MCQ is providing their support in response to the devastating Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria. The MCQ management team is transferring 100% of the funds without any administrative cost to be distributed to the beneficiaries of the Türkiye and Syria Earthquake Response.
A powerful earthquake in Türkiye (formally known as Turkey) and the surrounding region struck in the
early morning of February 6, 2023. Reports indicate that the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 on the
Richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was in southeastern Türkiye, near the Turkish city of
Gaziantep — around 60 miles from the Syrian border and a hub for humanitarian assistance in the region. Less than 12 hours later, a second earthquake hit the region, with almost the same scale of 7.7 Richter.
Ms. Anna Gainey Executive Chair, Canada 2020, along with Lisa Montgomery, Chief of Staff for Hon. Marc Miller expressed, meeting and speaking to all the brothers and sisters of the Muslim Community of Quebec (MCQ) Montreal mosque. Before entering the prayer hall, MCQ representatives exchanged views about Muslim culture and the decorum of the prayer hall especially about the Friday prayer.
2023-04-28: Ms. Margaret Guest Constituency assistant, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, House of Commons of Canada, speaking about different community programs that are available from Federal Government. Sr. Fayza Rifai, MCQ COT Member, cited the necessity of a place where elderly citizens can get together for the recreation of their time.
PREPARATIONS FOR RELEGIOUS DUTIES (Cleanness)
Ablution
[5:6] O you who believe, when you observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), you shall: (1) wash your faces, (2) wash your arms to the elbows, (3) wipe your heads, and (4) wash your feet to the ankles. If you were unCLEAN due to sexual orgasm, you shall bathe. If you are ill, or traveling, or had any digestive excretion (urinary, fecal, or gas), or had (sexual) contact with the women, and you cannot find water, you shall observe the dry ablution (Tayammum) by touching CLEAN dry soil, then rubbing your faces and hands. GOD does not wish to make the religion difficult for you; He wishes to CLEANse you and to perfect His blessing upon you, that you may be appreciative.
What Nullifies Ablution
[4:43] O you who believe, do not observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) while intoxicated, so that you know what you are saying. Nor after sexual orgasm without bathing, unless you are on the road, traveling; if you are ill or traveling, or you had urinary or fecal-related excretion (such as gas), or contacted the women (sexually), and you cannot find water, you shall observe Tayammum (dry ablution) by touching CLEAN dry soil, then wiping your faces and hands therewith. GOD is Pardoner, Forgiver.
Menstruation
[2:222] They ask you about menstruation: say, "It is harmful; you shall avoid sexual intercourse with the women during menstruation; do not approach them until they are rid of it. Once they are rid of it, you may have intercourse with them in the manner designed by GOD. GOD loves the repenters, and He loves those who are clean."
PREPARATIONS FOR RELEGIOUS DUTIES (Dress code)
Dress Nicely For The Masjid
[7:31] O children of Adam, you shall be CLEAN and dress nicely when you go to the masjid. And eat and drink moderately; Surely, He does not love the gluttons.
Dress Code for Men
[24:30] Tell the believing men that they shall subdue their eyes (and not stare at the women), and to maintain their chastity. This is purer for them. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything they do.
Dress Code for Women
[24:31] And tell the believing women to subdue their eyes, and maintain their chastity. They shall not reveal any parts of their bodies, except that which is necessary. They shall cover their chests, and shall not relax this code in the presence of other than their husbands, their fathers, the fathers of their husbands, their sons, the sons of their husbands, their brothers, the sons of their brothers, the sons of their sisters, other women, the male servants or employees whose sexual drive has been nullified, or the children who have not reached puberty. They shall not strike their feet when they walk in order to shake and reveal certain details of their bodies. All of you shall repent to GOD, O you believers, that you may succeed.*
[33:59] O prophet, tell your wives, your daughters, and the wives of the believers that they shall lengthen their garments. Thus, they will be recognized (as righteous women) and avoid being insulted. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
Dress Code Relaxation
[24:60] The elderly women who do not expect to get married commit nothing wrong by relaxing their dress code, provided they do not reveal too much of their bodies. To maintain modesty is better for them. GOD is Hearer, Knower.
[33:55] The women may relax (their dress code) around their fathers, their sons, their brothers, the sons of their brothers, the sons of their sisters, the other women, and their (female) servants. They shall reverence GOD. GOD witnesses all things.
[4:82] Why do they not study the Quran carefully? If it were from other than GOD, they would have found in it numerous contradictions.
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