Volunteers are needed every Wednesday from 10 AM to 1 PM to cook, pack, and distribute food to the unhoused and those experiencing food insecurity in Oakland.

Those who are interested in volunteering for this cause, please contact Ms. Suzaun Hirbod at suzaun.hirbod@iccnc.org.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for the monthly discussion of Al-Ghazali’s “The Alchemy of Happiness” in Farsi by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Volunteers are needed every Wednesday from 10 AM to 1 PM to cook, pack, and distribute food to the unhoused and those experiencing food insecurity in Oakland.

Those who are interested in volunteering for this cause, please contact Ms. Suzaun Hirbod at suzaun.hirbod@iccnc.org.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

The Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC) will hold its ninth debate titled "Does the Qur'an Want Everyone to become Muslim?" on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM (Los Angeles Time). Dr. Farhad Shafti and  Dr. Khalid Zaheer will participate in the debate. Dr. Yaser Mirdamadi moderates this debate.

The purpose of these debates is to broaden and deepen the understanding of religion in the 21st century. The general theme of the debate series is Belief and Unbelief in a “Post-Secular Era.”

The debate will be live-streamed on Zoom and on ICCNC's YouTube Channel.

Biographies

Dr. Farhad Shafti studied at Islamic Seminary in Tehran, continued with years of self-study and research, before completing a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. His doctorate, an outcome of his studies under Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, critically examines the Farāhī scholars’ Qur’anic exegetic methodology. His monograph The Farahi School and Reformist Islam is forthcoming from Routledge. He authored the Exploring Islam website and regularly lectures and publishes in Farsi on the Qur’an, spirituality, and pluralism. He also holds a PhD in Management Science and is an Associate Professor at the University of Glasgow.

 Dr. Khalid Zaheer is a student of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi. He has also studied Quran from Mawlana Amin Ahsan Islahi and Dr. Israr Ahmad. He did his PhD from the University of Wales. His dissertation was a critique on Islamic Banking. He is affiliated with Al-Mawrid, an institute devoted to the task of doing research on and teaching Islamic Studies.He’s an Imam at the Muslim Society of Guelph Masjid, Guelph, Ontario and an administrator and teacher at the Meezan School, Guelph, Ontario.

Dr. Yaser Mirdamadi is a researcher in medical ethics at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. In 2019, he received his Ph.D. in Islamic and Middle East Studies from the University of Edinborough. He has an MA in Muslim Cultures from Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (AKU-ISMC) London, UK, and an MA in Islamic Theology from Ferdowsi University Mashhad, Iran. Also, Dr. Mirdamadi completed a Level 3 Diploma (equivalent to a Master’s degree) in Classical Islamic studies from Hawza Ilmiyya (Islamic Seminary), Mashhad, Iran.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Volunteers are needed every Wednesday from 10 AM to 1 PM to cook, pack, and distribute food to the unhoused and those experiencing food insecurity in Oakland.

Those who are interested in volunteering for this cause, please contact Ms. Suzaun Hirbod at suzaun.hirbod@iccnc.org.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for the monthly discussion of Al-Ghazali’s “The Alchemy of Happiness” in Farsi by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

We invite you to our monthly gathering for the recitation of Dua Kumayl by ICCNC’s Resident Scholar Dr. Ahmad Rashid Salim.

Let us come together in reflection and prayer, seeking peace and well-being for all.

Your presence will be a blessing.

Volunteers are needed every Wednesday from 10 AM to 1 PM to cook, pack, and distribute food to the unhoused and those experiencing food insecurity in Oakland.

Those who are interested in volunteering for this cause, please contact Ms. Suzaun Hirbod at suzaun.hirbod@iccnc.org.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Volunteers are needed every Wednesday from 10 AM to 1 PM to cook, pack, and distribute food to the unhoused and those experiencing food insecurity in Oakland.

Those who are interested in volunteering for this cause, please contact Ms. Suzaun Hirbod at suzaun.hirbod@iccnc.org.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Volunteers are needed every Wednesday from 10 AM to 1 PM to cook, pack, and distribute food to the unhoused and those experiencing food insecurity in Oakland.

Those who are interested in volunteering for this cause, please contact Ms. Suzaun Hirbod at suzaun.hirbod@iccnc.org.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us to commemorate the birthday of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) on Saturday, September 13, 2025, starting at 5:30 P.M. The program includes dinner, lecture by ICCNC’s Resident Scholar Dr. Ahmad Rashid Salim in English, poetry , music and prayer. Dinner is $15 per person, with all proceeds supporting relief efforts in Gaza.

secure parking is available for the participants at the Scottish Rite Center Parking on 1558 Madison Street.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Volunteers are needed every Wednesday from 10 AM to 1 PM to cook, pack, and distribute food to the unhoused and those experiencing food insecurity in Oakland.

Those who are interested in volunteering for this cause, please contact Ms. Suzaun Hirbod at suzaun.hirbod@iccnc.org.

Please join us for a weekly lecture series by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush “Existential reading of the Qur’an” in Farsi.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for the monthly discussion of Al-Ghazali’s “The Alchemy of Happiness” in Farsi by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush.

This meeting will be streamed via Zoom and YouTube. For Zoom, please take a minute to register before entering the class by clicking here. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

We also appreciate your support of Dr. Soroush’s classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.