It’s that time of month again! IECOC Youth will be holding their monthly First Fridays event this Friday, May 1, 2015. Make sure not to miss this great opportunity to make wonderful friends, discuss hot topics, and enjoy delicious food and fun games! See the flyer for more details.
On Sunday, April 26, 2015, IECOC hosted an all-day marriage workshop that brought together over 60 young adults to learn from a number of professional marriage and religious counselors, including Imam Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini, Dr. Sara Said, and Sr. Maryam Rasouli. Participants listened to and discussed topics such as: “Self…
An End to Aggression on Yemen April 21, 2015 For the past month, the Saudi-led coalition military campaign against Yemen has caused significant devastation and indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians. Yemen is considered the poorest country among the Arab nations. For a number of decades, Yemen has been an arena…
On Sunday, April 26, 2015, IECOC will be holding a marriage workshop with presentations by Imam Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini and marriage counselors Dr. Sara Said and Maryam Rasouli. The workshop will be held from 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm. For more information, and to register for this workshop, please see…
On April 21, 2015, faith leaders representing various religious traditions from across Los Angeles came together in solidarity to promote religious pluralism and peace and to shun religious discrimination and violence. Invited by the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, Imam Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini (President of the Shia Muslim…
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. To God we belong, and to God we will return. It is with great sadness that we have received news of the passing away of Dr. Sayed Mohammad Bahroluloom at the age of 88 on April 7, 2015 in the city of Najaf, Iraq.…
On Saturday, April 11, 2015, the Muslim Women’s Network will be distributing free roses attached to Prophetic narrations at the Beverly Hills Mall, Irvine Spectrum, and Downtown Disney. The objective of this project is to help counter Islamophobia and clear up various misconceptions about Islam to the general public. Muslim…
On Saturday, April 11th, the IECOC will be celebrating the birth of Lady Fatima al-Zahra (as). The program will begin at 7:30 PM with prayers, followed by youth speakers, children’s performances, and keynote speaker Edina Lekovic, concluding with dinner. All are welcome to participate in this joyous event!
On Saturday, March 21st, the IECOC and the Shia Muslim Council of Southern California participated in an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California. A panel was held with the partitipation of Sayed Mahdi al-Qazwini and the senior founding members, whose…
We have received word that the IECOC Umrah and Ziyarah group has successfully completed the rites of Umrah in Mecca and Ziyarah in the city of Madina. During this time, the group visited anumber of significant sites in and around the two cities, such as the graves of the Prophet…