| Meetings in 2005 |
| August |
Speakers: Dr. Mohammad Rajabally and Mrs. Reshma Hyder
"Serving the Victims of Domestic Violence in our Community" |
| July |
Annual AMILA Picnic, Lake Elizabeth, Fremont |
| June |
Speakers: Dr. Shamim Sinnar and Ahmed Kamal Sultan Salem
"To Be or Not To Be: Islam and the Beginning of Life" |
| May |
Speaker: Author Asra Q. Nomani
"The Muslim Women's Freedom Tour" |
| April |
Speaker: Lizanne McBride, International Rescue Committee
"Three Months After the Tsunami" |
| March |
Speaker: Sheikh Ragip Robert Frager
"Islam, Sufism, and Psychology" |
| February |
Speakers: Ahmed Nassef, Imam Zaid Shakir, Maha El Genadi, and Ahmed Kamal Sultan Salem
"What is Progressive Islam?" |
| January |
AMILA Family Day
Ice Skating in Cupertino |
| Meetings in 2004 |
| December |
Speaker: Daniel Islam Denton, Bilingual Educator
"Islam In Native American Cultures" |
| November |
AMILA 12th Anniversary Meeting!
"Iftar & Moonsighting" |
| October |
Forum w/Amnesty International and the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center
"Summit on Sudan: Information & Action" |
| September |
Speaker: Matt Savinar, Author
"Life After The Oil Crash" |
| August |
Annual AMILA Picnic, Lake Chabot Park, Castro Valley |
| July |
Speaker: Naeem Mohaiemen, Journalist & Filmmaker
Documentary Screening: "Muslims or Heretics?" |
| June |
Speaker: Dr. Aslam Abdullah, Editor, The Minaret
"History of Muslim Involvement in Elections" |
| May |
Speaker: Imam Musa Bale Balde, Timbuktu Foundation
"Preserving the Ancient Manuscripts of Timbuktu" |
| April |
Speaker: Nazanin Shenasa, Multimedia Artist
"Textiles in Islamic Culture" |
| March |
Speaker: Michael Wolfe, Filmmaker
"The Making Of "Muhammad" and Future PBS Films" |
| February |
Speaker: Imam Zaid Shakir, Zaytuna Institute
"Islam in the African American Experience" |
| January |
Speaker: Maad Abu Ghazaleh, Democratic Candidate for Congress, California District 12
"Muslims And The 2004 Elections" |
| Meetings in 2003 |
| December |
Speaker: Traci Tokhi, www.lovingparenting.org
"Exploring the Spirit of Parenting" |
| November |
AMILA 11th Anniversary Meeting!
"The Tastes & Sounds Of Ramadan" |
| October |
Speaker: Asifa Quraishi, Harvard Law School
"Inside Ijtihad: An Introduction to Madhhab Methodologies" |
| September |
Speaker: Matthai Chakko Kuruvila, Reporter, San Jose Mercury News
"Islam In The Media: A Reporter's View" |
| August |
Annual AMILA Picnic, Lake Elizabeth, Fremont |
| July |
Mural Painting In Downtown San Francisco
& Picnic With The Japanese-American Community |
| June |
Speaker: Said Nuseibeh, Photographer
"Islamic Architecture in Andalusia" |
| May |
Speaker: Dr. Jess Ghannam, Bay Area Activist
"Special Registration & Muslim Identity" |
| April |
Roundtable Discussion
"The Invasion Of Iraq" |
| March |
Speaker: Rick Rocamora, Photographer
"Freedom & Fear: Bay Area Muslims After 9/11" |
| February |
Speaker: Alison Weir, Founder, If Americans Knew
"The Israeli-Palestininan Conflict: An American Crisis" |
| January |
Speaker: Shirin Sinnar, Student, Stanford Law School
"Excluding Aliens, Suppressing Dissent: An American Retrospective" |
| Meetings in 2002 |
| December |
Annual AMILA Eid Celebration |
| November |
AMILA 10th Anniversary Meeting!
"Who Wants to Be An (Islamic) Scholaire?" |
| October |
Speaker: Zahir Janmohammad
"Genocide in Gujurat" |
| September |
Speaker: Imam Feisal Raouf, Masjid Al-Farah, New York City
"New York Muslims After September 11th" |
| August |
Speaker: Farzana Nabi, Ph.D Candidate, UC Berkeley
"Rebuilding Afghanistan" |
| July |
Annual AMILA Picnic |
| June |
Speaker: Eman Tai, Director, Calligraphy of Thought
"The Calligraphy of Thought Poets" |
| May |
Speaker: Sheikh Hamid Mavani, Religious Director, Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California
"History of Twelver Shi'ism and Prospect of Sunni-Shi'i Rapprochement" |
| April |
Speaker: Ahmad Dallal, Professor of Middle Eastern History, Stanford University
"The Rise of Modern Islamic Movements" |
| March |
Speaker: Lt. Abuhena Saiful-Islam, Muslim Chaplain, US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
"Interactive Q&A; Session via Teleconference" |
| February |
Speaker: Zarqa Nawaz, Canadian Muslim filmmaker
"An Evening with Zarqa Nawaz & Screening of Her Films" |
| January |
Speaker: Shirin Sinnar, Stanford Law School
"Excluding Aliens, Suppressing Dissent: An American Retrospective" |
| Meetings in 2001 |
| December |
Speaker: Scientist & Author Prof. Nazeer Ahmad
"The Role of Pakistan and India in the Current Crisis: Present Predicament and Future Direction" |
| November |
Ninth Annual AMILA Anniversary meeting
"Showing Appreciation for Our Friends and Supporters" |
| October |
Facilitators: Aysha Nur & Abdel Malik Lapalme
"What Happened on September 11th and Where Do We Go From Here?" |
| September |
Speaker: Govind Acharya, Amnesty International South Asia specialist
"Monitoring the Rights of Muslims in India" |
| August |
Speaker: Tariq Ramadan, grandson of Imam Hasan al-Banna
"Islamic Revival in the 21st Century" |
| July |
Annual AMILA Picnic |
| June |
Speaker: Imam Faheem Shuaibe, Masjid Al-Waritheen
"Shariah and Human History: How Can Muslims Look Forward When We Look Backward" |
| May |
Speaker: Khalil Bendib, political illustrator and activist
"Teach-In on Algeria: Can Someone Please Tell Me What's Going On Over There?" |
| April |
Speaker: Linda Tauhid, Human and Organizational Development Specialist
"Articulating a Muslim Response to the African AIDS Crisis" |
| March |
Speaker: Rashad Yaqoob, VP Business Development, IslamiQ
"Standing at the Crossroads of Western and Islamic Finance" |
| February |
Speaker: Dawud Wharnsby-Ali, Islamic Singer and Songwriter
"The Aesthetic and the Development of the Muslim Child" |
| January |
Speaker: Najee Ali, Director, Islamic H.O.P.E., Los Angeles
"Where Islam and Civil Rights Activism Meet" |
Meetings in 2000 |
| December |
Speaker: Naheed Sheikh, Director, Narika (Bay Area Domestic Violence Shelter)
"Sanctimonious Silence: The Muslim Community's Response to Domestic Violence" |
| November |
Reception and Dinner with the Artists of the AMILA Art Fair
|
| October |
Speaker: Hisham Abdallah, Islamic scholar
"Finding a Balance between Knowledge and Activism in Islam" |
| September |
Speaker: Hatem Bazian, UC Berkeley Department of Near Eastern Studies
"Tamim Al-Dari: Significance to Contemporary Palestine" |
| August |
Speaker: Suhail Khan, Press Secretary to Congressman Tom Campbell
"Muslims in Public Service" |
| July |
Annual AMILA Picnic, Temescal Park, Oakland |
| June |
Speaker: Omar Ahmad, Founder, Council on American-Islamic Relations
"An Introduction to CAIR" |
| May |
Speaker: Marghoob Qureishi, Muslim Student Network
"Entrepreneurship in Islam" |
| April |
Speaker: Shahed Amanullah, AMILAnet Administrator
"How the Internet is Shaping Muslim Society" |
| March |
Speaker: Samer Mahdi Ali, University of Indiana at Bloomington
"The Warrior Who Lost Face: Heroic Poetry and Image Building by Al-Mutannabi" |
| February |
Speakers: Imran Maskatia and Ali Asadullah
"Reflections on Iraq" |
| January |
AMILA Eid Party |
Meetings in 1999 |
| December |
Speaker: Najiyyah Agard, Masjid Waritheen
"The Shahadatain Institute" |
| November |
AMILA Seventh Anniversary Meeting - Islamic Tile Painting |
| October |
Discussion: AMILA Steering Committee
"Exploring our Values as Muslims in the US" |
| September |
Speaker: Irfan Saadat, former President of MCA
"Reflections on the Islamic Heritage of Andalucia" |
| August |
Speaker: Prof. Ingrid Mattson, Hartford Seminary
"Pluralism, Democracy, and Islam21" |
| July |
Annual Picnic and Kosovar Muhajireen Welcoming Event |
| June |
Coordinator: Tracy Corbett, Santa Clara County social worker
"Muslim Social Services Panel" |
| May |
Speaker: Hassan al-Rawi, Calligraphy Teacher
"Arabic Calligraphy Workshop" |
| April |
Speaker: Dr. Nasiha Al-Sakina (Nancy Lydick)
"Gender Relations, Marraige, and Parenting in Islam" |
| March |
Speaker: Michael Wolfe, Journalist/Author
"The Making of the ABC Nightline Documentary on Hajj" |
| February |
Speaker: Dr. Ebrahim Moosa, Visiting Professor, Stanford University
|
| January |
Speaker: Shaikh Salahuddin Nassar, Al-Azhar University, Cairo
"Tafsir of Surat Al-Asr" |
Meetings in 1998 |
| December |
Speaker: Dr. Bilal Hyde, Chaplain, San Quentin Prison
"12 Guidelines for American Muslims" |
| November |
Sixth Annual AMILA Anniversary Meeting
"1998: The Year in Review" |
| October |
Speaker: Salam al-Marayati, Director of MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs Council)
"Election Preview 1998" |
| September |
Speaker: Stephen Schwartz, Muslim journalist with the San Francisco Chronicle
"Defending Balkan Civilization Against Genocide" |
| August |
Discussion Forum: "Islamically Correct!"
Brush up on your current events and debate topics in an entertaining and informative environment |
| July |
Annual AMILA Summer Picnic, Mitchell Park, Palo Alto
Speaker: Hina Azam, Graduate Student, Duke University
"A American Muslim in Fes" |
| June |
Speaker: Abdul Rauf Nasir, Muslim Chaplain, Salinas Valley State Prison
"Da’wa to Muslims in the California Prison System" |
| May |
Speaker: Rima Nashashibi, Candidate, California State Assembly 67th District
"Participating in California Politics" |
| April |
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Cleary
"Unnamed Prophets" |
| March |
Speakers: Barbara Lubin, Executive Director, Middle East Children's Alliance
George Azar, Photojournalist and author of "Palestine, A Photographic Journey"
Gulshen Beyatli, Activist with Bay Area Iraqi refugees
"Crisis in Iraq: A First-Hand Perspective" |
| February |
Discussion Topic:
"American Muslims Respond to American Secular Holidays" |
| January |
Speaker: Hakim Archuletta, Dar al Islam, New Mexico
"Islamic Work in America" |
Meetings in 1997 |
| December |
Speaker: Audrey Shabbas, Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services (AWAIR)
“Islamic Values and American Educational Philosophy in the 21st Century” |
| November |
Fifth Annual AMILA Anniversary Meeting
Yassir Chadley and Friends (North African Sufi Musicians) |
| October |
Speaker: Dr. Amal Winter, Psychologist and Women's Candidate Trainer in Jordan
"An Update on Women and Politics in Jordan" |
| September |
Speaker: Omid Safi, Doctoral Student in Islamic Studies, Duke University
"Adab: The Code for Compassionate Behavior" |
| August |
Speaker: Levent Akbarut, New Horizon School, Pasadena, California
“A Model for Islamic Education in America” |
| July |
Annual AMILA Summer Picnic, Don Edwards Wildlife Reserve, Fremont
Picnic from 11 am - 2 pm, Coyote Hills Park Educational Nature Walk from 2 - 4 |
| June |
Speaker: Asifa Quraishi, Esq., US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
"Her Honor: An Islamic Critique of the Rape Laws of Pakistan from a Woman-Sensitive Perspective" |
| May |
Speaker: Dr. Maher Hathout, Islamic Center of Southern California
"Spiritual Activism," followed by a discussion of our response to the Anti-Terrorism Act |
| April |
AMILA Steering Committee Elections and BBQ Lunch |
| March |
Speakers: Ahmad Taha & Dina El-Sayed, Speakers' Bureau
"Conveying Islam to Non-Muslims" |
| February |
Speaker: Chloe Chaudhry, AMILA
"A Discussion of Zakat and Video Presentation of Muslim Charities" |
| January |
Speaker: Said Nuseibeh, Photographer
"Exhibition of Photos of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem" |
Meetings in 1996 |
| December |
no record |
| November |
Fourth Annual AMILA Anniversary Meeting
Sitar and Syrian flute performances, monologues, comedy, and AMILA's theme song! |
| October |
Speaker: Munir Shaikh, Graduate Student in Islamic Studies, UCLA
"The History, Culture, and Lifestyle of Al-Andalus" |
| September |
Speaker: Javed Ellahie, Esq., Ellahie & Associates, San Jose, California
"Preparing for Death - Legal & Islamic Aspects" |
| August |
Speaker: Dr. Aijaz Kazmi, Psychiatrist, Modesto, California
"Psychiatry in Islam" |
| July |
Annual AMILA Summer Picnic, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Barbecue Lunch! Softball Tournament! Interactive Discussion!
See the famous Buffalo Herd of Golden Gate Park! |
| June |
Speaker: Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, University of Texas at Austin
"Muslim Discourse in the United States" |
| May |
Speaker: Walid Azzam, Astrophysicist at Stanford University
"Gazing Back into Time: A Lecture on Stargazing and Astronomy" |
| April |
Discussion Topic: "One Nation Under God"
An interactive case study and discussion of Muslims, America, and the 21st Century |
| March |
Speaker: Khalil Bendib, Cartoonist, The Minaret Magazine
"Art in the Service of Truth" |
| February |
Speakers: Hakim Archuletta and Anas Coburn, Dar al-Islam, New Mexico
"Preparing for the AMILA Spiritual Retreat" |
| January |
Speaker: Ahmed Taha, ING/AMILA Speakers' Bureau
"The Speakers' Bureau: Teaching Islam in American Classrooms"
or "Top Ten Reasons to Go Back to Seventh Grade" |
Meetings in 1995 |
| December |
Speaker: Michael Muslim, Imam, San Francisco Correctional Facilities
"Muslim Da'wa in American Prisons" |
| November |
Third Annual AMILA Anniversary Meeting
"Andalusian Tea and Poetry Reading" |
| October |
Speaker: Asifa Quraishi, Esq., Muslim Women's League
"As Far as China: Reflections of an American Muslim Woman Attendee of the UN World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, September 1995" |
| September |
Speaker: Dr. Yaser Haddara, Stanford University
"Muslim Apologetics in the 20th Century" |
| August |
Speaker: Walid Azzam, Astrophysicist at Stanford University
"A Tale of Two Forces: The Muslim Individual and the Muslim Community" |
| July |
Discussion Topic: "A Forum for the World's Moral Voices?"
A UN Resolution Discussion on the creation of a World Religions Organization |
| June |
Speaker: Professor Mohja Kahf, University of Arkansas
"Remembrance of God in Qur'an and Sunna" |
| May |
Discussion Forum & Workshop Presented by AMILA ARCHERS (Human Rights Subgroup):
"Letter Writing Drive for Indonesian Prisoners of Conscience" |
| April |
AMILA Steering Committee Elections |
| March |
Discussion Forum & Workshop:
"Gender Relations in Islam" |
| February |
Speaker: Professor Sahar Von Schlegell
"Remembrance of God in Qur'an and Sunna" |
| January |
Speaker: Adnan Husain, Ph.D Student in Middle Eastern History, UC Berkeley
"Sufism and Ghuluw: A Survey of Medieval Muslim Extremism in the Post-Mongol Period" |
Meetings in 1994 |
| December |
Speaker: Yaser Haddara
"I Beg to Differ: Islamic Conflict Resolution" |
| November |
Second Annual AMILA Anniversary Meeting
Three-Hour Boat Cruise on the San Francisco Bay, with food and entertainment |
| October |
no record |
| September |
Speaker: Haleem Quraishi, UC Berkeley Film School
"The Image of Islam in Cinema" |
| August |
no record |
| July |
Annual AMILA Summer Picnic, Palo Alto
Picnic from 11 am - 2 pm |
| June |
Discussion Forum & Workshop Presented by AMILA ARCHERS (Human Rights Subgroup):
"Taking Sides: How Far Are You Willing to Go?" |
| May |
Speakers: Jasminka Kalajdzic, Sara Kruelich
"How AMILA Can Help the Newly Immigrated Bosnian Community" |
| April |
AMILA Steering Committee Elections |
| March |
Discussion Forum & Workshop:
"Human Rights Activism and AMILA" |
| February |
Speaker: Professor Hamid Algar
"Literary Heritage of the Bosnian Muslims" |
| January |
Reflections and Discussion:
"The Pursuit of Knowledge" |
Meetings in 1993 |
| December |
Reflections and Discussion:
"Qur'anic Reflections on Tolerance and Cooperation" |
| November |
First Annual AMILA Anniversary Meeting
"In A New Light" - a play by Mohja Kahf presented by the members of AMILA |
| October |
Discussion Forum & Workshop:
"American Muslims in the Workplace" |
| September |
Discussion Forum & Workshop:
"Marraige and the American Muslim Family in the 1990s" |
| August |
Discussion Forum & Workshop:
"Muslim Youth - The Next Generation" |
| July |
Annual AMILA Summer Picnic, Tilden Park, Berkeley
Picnic from 11 am - 2 pm |
| June |
no record |
| May |
AMILA Steering Committee Elections |
| April |
Speakers: Salam Al-Marayati, Director, MPAC
"Political Platforms" |
| March |
Speaker: Professor Hamid algar
"Ramadan" |
| February |
no record |
| January |
no record |
Meetings in 1992 |
| December |
no record |
| November |
no record |
| October |
Speakers: Asifa Quraishi and Jihad Turk
"Introduction to AMILA" and "American Muslim History" |
