MANA Projects
MANA’s projects are vehicles through which we manifest our stated mission and goals. Our mission is to pursue an agenda that reflects the points of view and experiences of the indigenous Muslims of North America and addresses their needs and aspirations. Our goals are to:
- Establish the strong presence of viable, healthy and dynamic Muslim communities, neighborhoods and institutions that meet the religious, social, economic and political needs of the Muslims in this land;
- Command justice, the doing of good and giving to kith and kin and to forbid immorality, evil and oppression;
- Promote Islamic unity and tolerance between Muslims based on the recognition of the great breadth and diversity within the wide-path of Sharīah.
- Call humanity actively and systematically to the life-giving message of Islam with wisdom and beautiful teaching;
- Advocate and work for just and righteous remedies to ills impacting North American society in general and Muslims in particular;
MANA Past Projects & Initiatives
Healthy Marriages Initative
Stable, healthy marriages are the foundation of a Muslim community. 50% of Muslim marriages end in divorce and only a few imams are trained in counseling. We've enlisted local communities to make healthy marriage a priority and created the Healthy Marriage Initiative to offer guidelines for pre-martial counseling, family counseling, spousal abuse, etc. We've conducted training programs for Pre-Marital and Marital Counseling in conjunction with other organziations.
Community Re-Entry Program Introduction
1 in 3 African American males are under supervision of corrections. Almost half of the formerly incarcerated return to prison. Conversion to Islam in prisons is high. 15% of prison population is Muslim. Recidivism rate for Muslims is only slightly lower than non-Muslims.
SHARE Centers
SHARE Centers are the vehicle for implementing MANA’s community activism agenda. It is a social service and advocacy center that serves the needs of the Muslim community and its neighborhoods by offering a referral services for job training, employment, housing, mental healthy programs, counseling, etc, as well as direct services such as temporary housing, counseling, employment, job training and advocating for the poor and needy
Dawah
Dawah is an obligation. Conversions in many cities is decreasing and few masjids have new Muslim programs. As a result, many new reverts leave Islam. MANA has developed models and materials for presenting the message of Islam that can be implemented by local communities .
Social Justice
MANA’s commitment to community activism is expressed
MANA Webinars
There are following Mana Webinars, Upcoming Events and Past Events
