June 2022

Dear Brothers and Sisters. Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahu Wa Barakatuhu. MANAL is pleased to announce that Arafah will be on Friday, July 8 and the first day of Eid Al Adha will be on Saturday, July 9. All praise and thanks are due to Allah SWT for this and His other blessings upon us. We cordially invite all members of our Muslim community to join our Eid prayer at 8:00 AM on Saturday, July 9th at the indoor facility of Techniplex (39 Churchill Avenue, St. John's). All congregants are kindly requested to please: have wudu at home wear a face mask bring own prayer mat arrive at around 7:30 am to allow enough time to settle before the start of the prayer. follow instructions of MANAL volunteers to park at designated spaces (if driving) We wish you all a very blessed Eid together with your families and beloved ones. Also, we would like to thank the management of Techniplex for accommodating our Eid prayers in their space. In the next few days, we will share more information about MANAL's Eid celebration program. So please stay tuned for updates from our website and mail list. Jazakumullahu Khairan, MANAL Executive Committee

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahu Wa Barakatuhu. With the lifting of most COVID 19 restrictions in our province, MANAL has updated its own protocol. Accordingly, when attending Masjid An Noor: congregants are no longer required to bring their own prayer mats congregants will no longer be asked to show their vaccine passports children of all ages are now welcome to attend congregational prayers but must be supervised by their parents / guardians at all times Please note that there is no change in our mask mandate. So, please make sure to bring and wear your own face mask inside the mosque to help protecting the most vulnerable. We also encourage you to please sanitize your hands when entering and exiting. Thanks for all your support and cooperation as we navigated these difficult times together over the last two years. Jazakumullahu Khairan MANAL Executive Committee

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Assalamu Alaikum. It has been almost a year since four members of a multi-generational Muslim family were killed in an Islamophobic attack by being struck to death while they were side walking in their London Ontario neighborhood. The youngest member of the family survived with some injuries, but has lost his parents, his grandmother and his only sibling during this horrific incident. As we approach the first anniversary of the London attack, we invite all of you to please take some time to remember and pray for the victims. On June 6, after Maghrib prayer, our volunteer imam(s) will offer a Quran recitation and make douaa for our London Family. This will be a private service only for the members of our Muslim community / Mosque congregation. May Allah swt grant our deceased brother (Salman Afzaal) and our deceased sisters (Talat Afzaal, Madiha Salman and Yumnah Afzaal) with the highest ranks of Jannah. May Allah swt also protect our young brother Fayez Afzaal, giving him a long and healthy life before reuniting him with his family in Jannah. Jazakumullahu Khairun. MANAL Executive Committee