Aims and Goals

The following are the projects we hope to pursue in the near future:

Web Site
An informative web site for the Council to provide religious resources, answer legal questions, and provide a notice board for those seeking imams and teachers to facilitate the imam and khutba placement process.

Fatwa Board (Dar al-Ifta’)
A panel of Islamic jurists responsible for answering queries on Islamic rulings. This panel will be in constant contact with leading local and overseas jurists when discussing juridical matters.

Marriage Counseling
Marriage counseling will be handled by qualified marriage officers approved and certified by the Scholars Council. The counselors will tend to marital disputes, marriage breakdowns, abuse, and social and domestic problems.

Intensive Courses and Religious Retreats
Intensive courses, retreats, and camps (on weekends and holidays) will be organized by the Council on various Islamic sciences. Competent scholars and experts in the relevant fields will be invited to benefit the communities in North America.

Arbitration
The Arbitration Committee will attend to disputes, especially in the distribution of estates and business transactions. All parties involved will be brought together to commit themselves to the final binding decision of the arbitration committee.

Education
The teaching of correct and pure Islamic beliefs and practices to our children, youth, and adults (men and women alike) will be a matter the Scholars Council will accord the utmost importance. To this end, theScholars Council attempt to establish after-school programs, provide a proficient and comprehensive madrasa syllabus, and organize comprehensive training workshops to better prepare teachers and volunteers. It is only through the nurturing of our children and youth that we can rightfully maintain hopes for a brighter future of Islam in this country.

Publications
The Council will periodically prepare and distribute notices and newsletters to educate the Muslim community on important issues and current affairs.

Halal Department
The Halal Department will take up the momentous task of trying to ensure that Muslims have easy access to halal and wholesome food products, since much of their spiritual well-being rests upon this. This challenging task will entail the two-fold effort of supervising meat processing plants, slaughter houses, and food retail outlets, and provide proper halal certification.

Moon Sighting Committee
The Scholars Council will attempt to bring about greater understanding and guidance to the moon sighting issue which unfortunately is an issue of great confusion in North America. The Scholars Council working alongside other established hilal committees will bring attempt to bring together ‘Ulama and leading astronomers to determine the beginning of the months of the Islamic calendar.

Scholarship Funds
The Scholars Council will set up, in due course, a scholarship fund for those in the community who have the desire to study Islam but do not have the funds to do so.

Coordinating the Placements for Imams and Teachers
The Council hopes to facilitate the appointment of Imams and teachers for masjids, and for Friday sermons.

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