Alhamdulillah, I’m proud to announce that Bayyinah and AlMaghrib have officially joined hands! Many of you probably heard the announcement at TDC, but I wanted to expand a little more on what this means for both organizations, the following is a Fact Sheet I’ve created for the purpose of informing people about the partnership:

THE NEW MARRIAGE BETWEEN BAYYINAH AND ALMAGHRIB INSTITUTE

Overview:

Carrying forward the vision of providing the best Islamic education available in the West, Bayyinah and the AlMaghrib Institute have finally joined hands!

Students from all over North America and the UK will finally be a step closer to getting their bachelors degree in Islamic studies, without having to cross any oceans.

What this all means:

• Bayyinah offers high quality Arabic education, with a special emphasis on the Qur’an. Those students who take Bayyinah classes will not only learn the fundamentals of Arabic, but those who excel will be able to understand the language of the Qur’an in a whole new way.

• The AlMaghrib Institute offers students the chance to earn their bachelors degree in Islamic studies. To earn this degree a student must:

• • Memorize a portion of the Holy Qur’an
  • Complete 90 mandatory credit hours*
  • Complete 20 Electives credit hours
  • Complete 18 Arabic credit hours

• This means that those students who wish to earn their degree with the AlMaghrib Institute must complete at least 18 hours of Arabic, which will be offered by Bayyinah*.

• The Arabic classes will be conducted in cities in which AlMaghrib seminars are regularly conducted, insha’Allah.

• Bayyinah classes will be run and managed by the Bayyinah Institute and will not be run under the qabeelah system.

*See almaghrib.org for more details on accreditation requirements

*Register at bayyinah.com

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I’m definitely really excited about this partnership, you all should be very excited. Especially since we will be launching our new class “Divine Speech: Literary Characterisitics of the Qur’an” in 2009 in your city or a city by you.

Now, if you love the Bayyinah instructors, or if you’ve never had the privilage of attending a Bayyinah seminar, inshaAllah we’d like to give you a taste of the beauty of Arabic.

In order to get EXCLUSIVE videos from Bayyinah, you can only access them through this website:

UnderstandArabic.com

Once you put your name and email, everday for about two weeks you will be able to access our exclusive videos, including Br. Nouman’s take on the 10 FAQ of Arabic.

This is for your benefit inshaAllah, so take advantage of it!

I don’t know if many of you have been to a TDC convention in the past or not, but I have to say It’s AWESOME. You feel like you’re in a bubble of iman the whole time you’re there and you never want it to stop.

My TDC experiences have always been great. The sisters I’ve meet there are amazing, MashaAllah. And InshaAllah, if Allah wills, I plan to be there this year.

I absolutely love Sh. Yasir Qadhi’s talks, so I can’t wait to see what topics he speaks about this year inshaAllah.

The Arabic lectures are amazing, if you understand Arabic. Somehow, the beauty of the deen is just so much more enveloped in the lectures when they are in Arabic.

Br. Nouman Ali Khan will be there for one day only, but delivering two AMAZING talks, inshaAllah. Word on the street is that he also will have a surprise announcement to make during the convention …hmm.

I myself, If I’m able to go inshaAllah, will be doing some promoting at the Bayyinah booth on that Friday of the convention, where people can find out more about our brand new seminar we’re launching next year, “Divine Speech: Literary Characteristics of the Quran.”– The balagha class which will be coming to a city near you inshaAllah very soon. Seriously, this class is going to be awesome inshaAllah. (And I’m not just saying that because I’m promoting it… It’s seriously going to blow everyone away, inshaAllah.)

I recommend everyone to try to make it to the convention this year if you can go. It’s really the best annual convention in America. I’m just waiting for them to put up the schedule for the lectures! C’mon TDC, snap snap!

If there are any sisters out there planning to be there, inshaAllah let me know I’d love to meet you. HK, can’t wait to see you again, inshaAllah .