February 2009 | Online: www.myCrescent.com | Serving since 2006
“Allah will not deprive you of knowledge after he has given it to you, but it will be taken away through the death of the religious learned men with their knowledge. Then there will remain ignorant people who, when consulted, will give verdicts according to their opinions whereby they will mislead others and go astray.” -Narrated by Abdullah bin Amr
Dallas Hosts Annual National Youth Training Retreat By Salman Aziz
(COLLIN COUNTY, TX) On a cold night a group of Muslim youth huddled around a camp fire roasting marshmallows. Chanting and singing after a long day of activities and educational sessions, the youth seem happy and energetic. These are the boys and girls of the MYNA Leadership camp. The retreat was held at Collin County Adventure
Camp, north of Dallas, Texas in an environment of spirituality, excitement, and adventure. Collin County Adventure Camp is spread across 427 acres of scenic forest, lakes, trails, sports fields and much more. Participants took part in state-of-the-art leadership and skill-development workshops, sports, team-building activities, and great entertainment
programs, all led by nationally renowned scholars and highly successful Muslim activists and role-models. Aisha Noor, a senior member of Muslim Youth of North America (MYNA) says the quality of the youth stands out, and trusts the youth will go back to their communities and grow MYNA. >> More on page 11
Tarbiyah Takes Center Stage At Islamic School Of Irving has made commendable progress in the last two years,” according to a review last year by AdvancED Worldwide which is a unified organization of North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), Southern Association Of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and National Study of School Evaluation (NSSE).
By Hazrat Amin
(IRVING, TX) Academic excellence and an Islamic atmosphere is not the only goal at Islamic School Of Irving (ISI). The administration is keen on proper tarbiyah of each student. At ISI we
“The school’s mission, process and goals are not only evident throughout the school, but understood and explained by all stakeholders, including students.” -AdvancED Review
are “weaving academic excellence with highest morals and characters,” says school board president Jaffer Edhi. Edhi recalls the planning Started as Kindergarten program in 1996, ISI has a history of phase where all stakeholders were successfully managing education. invited to participate in strategic “As a result of planning, the school goals so that the school >> story continues on page 09
“We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our founding fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man” -President Barack Hussein Obama
Family, service and ibadah is the motto at Makkah Masjid in Garland.
This Month IN U.S. HISTORY
* 1732 - George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born on February 22. * 1788 - Massachusetts was admitted as the 6th state. * 1790 - The US Supreme Court met for the first time * 1870 - 15th Amendment to the Constitution was passed. * 1899 - The Treaty of Paris was ratified to officially end the Spanish-American War. * 1913 - The 16th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified creating the income tax. * 1958 - The first US Satellite was launched. * 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia exploded on reentry killing all seven astronauts.