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.

“Sixth Book of Mathnavi” lectures will be conducted every Sunday starting at 11:00 AM PST.

The lectures will be held via Zoom and ICCNC YouTube Channel. For Zoom, please click here to register for the lecture series. Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences.

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 special Laylatul-Qadr event at ICCNC. The program includes an English lecture by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim, Maghreb and Isha Prayers, Iftar, a Farsi lecture by Dr. Hassan Masoud , Dua Jawshan Kabir, special Laytul Qadr ceremony (Ahaya).

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 the special Laylatul-Qadr event at ICCNC. The program includes an English lecture by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim, Maghreb and Isha Prayers, Iftar, a Farsi lecture by Dr. Masoud, Dua Jawshan Kabir, special Laytul Qadr ceremony (Ahaya).

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

Please join us for the special Laylatul-Qadr event at ICCNC. The program includes an English lecture by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim, Maghreb and Isha Prayers, Iftar, a Farsi lecture by Dr. Mirdamadi , Dua Jawshan Kabir, special Laytul Qadr ceremony (Ahaya).

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

“Sixth Book of Mathnavi” lectures will be conducted every Sunday starting at 11:00 AM PST.

The lectures will be held via Zoom and ICCNC YouTube Channel. For Zoom, please click here to register for the lecture series. Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences.

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.

“Sixth Book of Mathnavi” lectures will be conducted every Sunday starting at 11:00 AM PST.

The lectures will be held via Zoom and ICCNC YouTube Channel. For Zoom, please click here to register for the lecture series. Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences.

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 12:30 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.

“Sixth Book of Mathnavi” lectures will be conducted every Sunday starting at 11:00 AM PST.

The lectures will be held via Zoom and ICCNC YouTube Channel. For Zoom, please click here to register for the lecture series. Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences.

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. Soroushs’ classes by paying a $10 fee per class by clicking here.

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 12:30 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.

“Sixth Book of Mathnavi” lectures will be conducted every Sunday starting at 11:00 AM PST.

The lectures will be held via Zoom and ICCNC YouTube Channel. For Zoom, please click here to register for the lecture series. Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences.

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 seventh debate titled "Should a practicing Muslim follow (taqlid) in the branches of religion (furu' al-din)?" on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM (Los Angeles Time). Mr. Massoud Adib and Mr. Ali Tabiatpour will participate in the debate. Dr. Yaser Mirdamadi moderates this debate.

The purpose of these debates is to broaden and deepen the general public’s 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.

The opening statements from the speakers can be found here.

Biographies

Massoud Adib is a member of the Philosophy Department faculty at Mofid University, Qum, Iran. He has a master's degree in Islamic Philosophy and Theology from Qom University and formal seminary education at Qom seminaries. He has taught courses in Islamic theology and philosophy at Mofid University for many years. He is a regular speaker at Kanoon Towhid, Canada.

Ali Tabiatpour is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, holding a master’s and a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Principles of Law from the University of Tehran. He has also studied Islamic seminary courses. He is the author of the book “ The Role of Custom in the Inference of Jurisprudential Rulings by Mujtahids” and the article “ The Application of Probability Calculations in the Validation of Hadiths”, both of which are pending publication.

Dr. Yaser Mirdamadi is a researcher in medical ethics at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. In 2019, he received 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 12:30 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.

“Sixth Book of Mathnavi” lectures will be conducted every other Sunday starting at 11:00 AM PST.

The lectures will be held via Zoom and ICCNC YouTube Channel. For Zoom, please click here to register for the lecture series. Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences.

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

Join us for a joyous celebration of Imam Mahdi's (AS) Birthday and the ICCNC's 29th Anniversary on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 6:00 PM at ICCNC. 

The program includes prayer, dinner, a lecture by guest speaker Dr. Hamid Mavani titled "Rediscovering Our Common Humanity: Role of the Messiah (al-Mahdi) and Jesus Christ”, review of the last year’s accomplishments, volunteers appreciation, and music. Child care and class for kids (5-10) is available.

We look forward to sharing this special occasion with you! 

Tickets: General $10, Children 5 yrs and under are free. Please register and purchase your tickets by Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

For more information, please contact us at info@iccnc.org or 510-832-7600.

Hamid Mavani is an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Bayan Islamic Graduate School. His expertise in Islamic Studies stems from both academic training at Universities as well as specialized theological training at the traditional seminaries in the Muslim world. His primary fields of interest include Islamic legal theory, women and Shi‘i law, Islamic theology and political thought, Islam and secularity, intra-Muslim discourse, and environmental ethics. He is the author of a book published by Routledge in June 2013 titled, Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi‘ism: From Ali to Post-Khomeini and is co-author with Dr. Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi of Islamic Legal Methodology: A New Perspective on Uşŭl al-Fiqh, published by IIIT. Dr. Mavani’s scholarship also includes translations of Islamic texts from Arabic and Persian into English. In this regard, he finished translating from Persian a ground-breaking work by Ayatollah Mohsen Kadivar on Islam, apostasy, and blasphemy titled, Blasphemy and Apostasy in Islam: Debates in Shi’a Jurisprudence, published by Edinburgh University Press.

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 the last lecture of the series: “Science and Religion” in Farsi by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush on Sunday, February 9,2025 at 11:00 PST.

The lecture will be held in person on Sunday, February 9, 2025, at 11:00 AM PST at the
1 West Campbell ave, room Q-84, Campbell, CA 95008

Following the lecture, there will be a luncheon with Dr. Soroush to celebrate many successful years of lectures and discussions . The lecture will also be live-streamed via Zoom and ICCNC’s YouTube Channel. For Zoom, please click here to register for the lecture series. Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences.

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 12:30 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.

“Sixth Book of Mathnavi” lectures will be conducted every other Sunday starting at 11:00 AM PST.

The lectures will be held via Zoom and ICCNC YouTube Channel. For Zoom, please click here to register for the lecture series. Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences.

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