Join us for Friday Prayer at 12:30pm... This week's theme by Imam Elahi: Giving Thanks: The Purpose of Life, the Most Productive Interaction with God & Creation!

Sunday Service & Breakfast at 11:00am: Enjoying the Ocean of Words of Wisdom in Nahjol-Balaqa of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib

Sunday School- Islamic lessons are taught in English from 11:00am-1:00pm- lunch is included. Stop by the IHW or reply to this email to register your children!
Weekly the classes touch on an element of faith, figure in history, Islamic Manners-Etiquette, Section of the Prayer and chapter of the Holy Quran. Historical events will be commemorated and celebrated based on the Islamic Calendar.

November 26, 2014- Last night, Wednesday- An interfaith Thanksgiving service was held at the People's Community Center located in Hamtramck, Michigan. The service was organized by brother Arif Huskic, the chairman of Common Word Alliance!
Hamtramck Mayor Karen Majewski, Judge Paul Paruk and Superintendent Thomas Niczay were the main speakers. Imam Elahi and some other Muslim and Christian leaders were asked to share some thoughts and reflections with the audience.
Imam Elahi admired the mayor, the judge and the superintendent for their words focused on the importance of community services and spoke about the hadith from prophet of Islam who said that humanity is like a divine family and the closest members of this family union to God are the ones who are more useful for society. The essence of faith is action, contribution and sacrifice for the sake of others, the imam said.
Imam Elahi admired the policy of Judge Paruk who prefers community service over jail for certain individuals with minor crimes. Imam mentioned that generally speaking, most of the crimes are done out of poverty and ignorance. If people with a good education and job wont get involved with stealing and similar crimes, the only exception would be people with greed or a criminal mentality.
At the end, Imam Elahi spoke on the concept of Thanksgiving and culture of appreciation in our relationship with God, People and the Planet!

November 26, 2014- Mr. Pete DaSilva, the representative of Harriet Tubman center met with imam Elahi.
In this meeting, Pete briefed the imam of Tubman center's services including issues related to Detroit's public transportation and call for social justice.
The imam admired Pete and his organization for their social services and welcomed the idea of cooperation between the two organizations (Tubman and IHW) in any areas that might help the people of both communities.

11/27/14: Giving Thanks: The Purpose of Life, the Most Productive Interaction with God & Creation!