Please join us on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 6:30 PM to commemorate the Arabeen of Imam Husayn (AS). Arba'een or "the fortieth day," is a Shia Muslim religious observance that occurs forty days after Ashura.

The program includes dinner, prayer, and lectures by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim (English) and Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar (Farsi) and Dua.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please wear your masks during the program. Moreover, the event will be live streamed via YouTube. Please click here to enter ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Biographies

Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar was born in Iran in 1981 and started his studies on Shiite theology and Shiite jurisprudence in 1997. He continued these studies while also attending the School of Engineering. Mostafa Daneshgar earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iran in 2003, then immigrated to Syria where he continued his religious studies at the Seminary of Zanabia at Damascus.

In September 2010, he immigrated to the United States and continued his studies and cultural activities. Mostafa attended the School of Engineering at Wayne State University and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University.

Mr. Daneshgar has written more than 200 articles and speeches about Islam, Shiite, and relations between religions, specifically Shiite, as well as cultural and social challenges in Persian, Arabic, and English.

Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim is the Friday Prayer Imam and current ICCNC board member, and he is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley. He has been involved within the Muslim community in various roles and has taught on a wide range of topics, including Islamic spirituality, ethics, community-building, youth outreach, and family conflict resolution. He's led inter-faith and intrafaith outreach efforts and appeared on live programming with global viewership, and spoken at various panels and conferences. He is also the author of an excellent introductory book on Islam titled “Islam Explained: A Short Introduction to History, Teachings, and Culture”.

Please join us for the Muharram Ashura program starting on Monday, August 8, 2022, at 7:00 PM.

The program includes dinner, prayer, lectures by Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar (Farsi) and Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim (English) title “The Ethics of Resistance,” Dua, and Azadari.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please wear your masks during the program. Moreover, the event will be live streamed via YouTube. Please click here to enter ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please click the link below to donate to ICCNC and support the Muharram programs.

Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar was born in Iran in 1981 and started his studies on Shiite theology and Shiite jurisprudence in 1997. He continued these studies while also attending the School of Engineering. Mostafa Daneshgar earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iran in 2003, then immigrated to Syria where he continued his religious studies at the Seminary of Zanabia at Damascus.

In September 2010, he immigrated to the United States and continued his studies and cultural activities. Mostafa attended the School of Engineering at Wayne State University and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University.

Mr. Daneshgar has written more than 200 articles and speeches about Islam, Shiite, and relations between religions, specifically Shiite, as well as cultural and social challenges in Persian, Arabic, and English.

Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim is the Friday Prayer Imam and current ICCNC board member and he is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley. He has been involved within the Muslim community in various roles and has taught on a wide range of topics including Islamic spirituality, ethics, community-building, youth outreach, and family conflict resolution. He's led inter-faith and intrafaith outreach efforts and appeared on live programming with global viewership, and spoken at various panels and conferences. He is also the author of an excellent introductory book on Islam titled “Islam Explained: A Short Introduction to History, Teachings, and Culture”.

Please join us for the Muharram Tasua program starting on Sunday, August 7, 2022, at 7:00 PM.

The program includes dinner, prayer, lectures by Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar (Farsi) and Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim (English) title “The Ethics of Resistance,” Dua, and Azadari.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please wear your masks during the program. Moreover, the event will be live streamed via YouTube. Please click here to enter ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please click the link below to donate to ICCNC and support the Muharram programs.

Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar was born in Iran in 1981 and started his studies on Shiite theology and Shiite jurisprudence in 1997. He continued these studies while also attending the School of Engineering. Mostafa Daneshgar earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iran in 2003, then immigrated to Syria where he continued his religious studies at the Seminary of Zanabia at Damascus.

In September 2010, he immigrated to the United States and continued his studies and cultural activities. Mostafa attended the School of Engineering at Wayne State University and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University.

Mr. Daneshgar has written more than 200 articles and speeches about Islam, Shiite, and relations between religions, specifically Shiite, as well as cultural and social challenges in Persian, Arabic, and English.

Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim is the Friday Prayer Imam and current ICCNC board member and he is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley. He has been involved within the Muslim community in various roles and has taught on a wide range of topics including Islamic spirituality, ethics, community-building, youth outreach, and family conflict resolution. He's led inter-faith and intrafaith outreach efforts and appeared on live programming with global viewership, and spoken at various panels and conferences. He is also the author of an excellent introductory book on Islam titled “Islam Explained: A Short Introduction to History, Teachings, and Culture”.

Please join us for the Muharram 1444 program starting on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at 7:00 PM. The program will conclude on Monday, August 8th.

The program includes dinner, prayer, lectures by Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar (Farsi) and Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim (English) title “The Ethics of Resistance,” Dua, and Azadari.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please wear your masks during the program. Moreover, the event will be live streamed via YouTube. Please click here to enter ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please click the link below to donate to ICCNC and support the Muharram programs.

Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar was born in Iran in 1981 and started his studies on Shiite theology and Shiite jurisprudence in 1997. He continued these studies while also attending the School of Engineering. Mostafa Daneshgar earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iran in 2003, then immigrated to Syria where he continued his religious studies at the Seminary of Zanabia at Damascus.

In September 2010, he immigrated to the United States and continued his studies and cultural activities. Mostafa attended the School of Engineering at Wayne State University and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University.

Mr. Daneshgar has written more than 200 articles and speeches about Islam, Shiite, and relations between religions, specifically Shiite, as well as cultural and social challenges in Persian, Arabic, and English.

Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim is the Friday Prayer Imam and current ICCNC board member and he is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley. He has been involved within the Muslim community in various roles and has taught on a wide range of topics including Islamic spirituality, ethics, community-building, youth outreach, and family conflict resolution. He's led inter-faith and intrafaith outreach efforts and appeared on live programming with global viewership, and spoken at various panels and conferences. He is also the author of an excellent introductory book on Islam titled “Islam Explained: A Short Introduction to History, Teachings, and Culture”.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at 7:30 PM to commemorate the Arabeen of Imam Husayn (as). Arba'een or "the fortieth day" is a Shia Muslim religious observance that occurs forty days after Ashura.

The program includes lectures by Dr. Hamid Mavani (English) titled “Contradictory Visions of an Ethical Society: Imam Husayn vs. Taliban” and Dr. Akhlaq (Farsi) titled

امام حسين و مصيبت بزرگ ميانمايگي عالمان

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICCNC events continue to be held on Zoom. Please click here to enter the Zoom meeting.

Hamid Mavani Bio

Dr. Hamid Mavani is an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School / Claremont School of Theology His expertise in Islamic Studies stems from academic training at universities and specialized theological training at the traditional seminaries in the Muslim world. His primary interests 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 on a work in progress on Islamic legal theory, to be 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 (under contract with the Edinburgh University Press).

Sayed Hassan Akhlaq Bio
Dr. Sayed Hassan Hussaini, "Akhlaq," specializes in philosophy and religion. He is involved in comparative studies, dialogue among civilizations, and inter and intra-faith dialogue. For the past decade, he wrote books, papers, and gave lectures and speeches worldwide, including in the U.S., United Arab Emirates, Iran, Afghanistan, South Korea, Greece, Russia, and the United Kingdom. In addition, he gives scholarly lectures for religious communities. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran, Iran. He completed his Islamic theological studies (Hawzeh Elmieh) in Mashhad. Currently, Dr. Akhlaq teaches at Marymount University, Washington, D.C.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please join us for the Muharram 1443 program starting on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at 7:30 PM. The program includes Quranic recitation, English lecture by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim, Adhan and prayer break, Farsi lecture by Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar titled “ جهاد عقلانی در اندیشه امام حسین (ع)“, Dua, and Azadari.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and surge of Delta variant cases in the Bay Area, ICCNC conducts this year’s Muharram events via Zoom and YouTube. Please click here to enter the Zoom meeting or ICCNC YouTube Channel.

Please click the link below to donate to ICCNC and support the Muharram programs.

Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar was born in Iran in 1981 and started his studies on Shiite theology and Shiite jurisprudence in 1997. He continued these studies while also attending the School of Engineering. Mostafa Daneshgar earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iran in 2003, then immigrated to Syria where he continued his religious studies at the Seminary of Zanabia at Damascus.

In September 2010, he immigrated to the United States and continued his studies and cultural activities. Mostafa attended the School of Engineering at Wayne State University and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University.

Mr. Daneshgar has written more than 200 articles and speeches about Islam, Shiite, and relations between religions, specifically Shiite, as well as cultural and social challenges in Persian, Arabic, and English.

Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim is the Friday Prayer Imam and current ICCNC board member and he is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley. He has been involved within the Muslim community in various roles and has taught on a wide range of topics including Islamic spirituality, ethics, community-building, youth outreach, and family conflict resolution. He's led inter-faith and intrafaith outreach efforts and appeared on live programming with global viewership, and spoken at various panels and conferences. He is also the author of an excellent introductory book on Islam titled “Islam Explained: A Short Introduction to History, Teachings, and Culture”.

Please join us for the weekly recitation of Dua Kumayl recitation by Br. Ahmad Rashid Salim via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.