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Program Director Arlene El-Amin, describes Masjid An-Nur's involvement in an event called Day of Dignity:

Volunteer Valerie Shirley explains the logistics of the Food Shelf

In the interview below she is discussing the many ways that youth at Masjid An-Nur participate in community service and engagement.

In the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting. When we are fasting Masjid An-Nur offers a free dinner nightly because we fast from sunrise to sunset and at sunset you break your fast. And they offer a free dinner to all those who are fasting

Because I grew up in the inner city in Chicago and I saw such a need for social services, and individual needs and family needs and there was like no money or no resources for it. So I was inspired to do community service 'cause I felt that was the…

They were doing a lot of things that other mosques were not.

Masjid An-Nur is the first masjid in Minnesota to have sign language and interpreted sermons.

When I covered and covered more properly it commanded more respect, especially from the African-American community. Of course people looked at me funny but it was no different from the looks I got just for being black and being somewhere black people…

I remember feeling like I had joined a family of millions.

At the masjid, the Jumah prayer service happens every Friday at 1:30pm. Similar to most masjids around the world, Jumah prayer is the largest prayer service of the week, with male members of the community in highest attendance.