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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.

To learn more about Imam El-Amin you can watch an interview with him below and hear him speak about Masjid An-Nur

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.

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

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