Beside the Khalifa Stadium and next to Villagio
Al hamdulillaah, the Qatar Awqaf’s approval for a second mosque in Doha in which the Friday khutbah will be given in English was finalized yesterday, and today the official formalities were completed with me as the designated Khateeb.
Some pictures of the mosque will be added later and the khutbah will be recorded – in shaa Allaah. Perhaps we will also try to arrange live streaming of the khutbah, as someone suggested recently.
Anyway, Allahu Akbar! We have been trying unsuccessfully to get this beautifully designed mosque for this purpose for the past 2-3 years. With every difficulty comes ease. It is in a truly beautiful location – very family oriented, with perhaps the largest public family park in Qatar nearby as well as two major shopping centers, Villagio and Giant Stores.
Tags: Aspire, Doha, Jumu'ah, Khutbah in English, Qatar, Villagio
Assalaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullah,
dear shaykh Bilal, I am not sure if you will be able to respond to posts in this blog or not, however I would firstly like to commend you in your efforts to spread of daw’ah of Islam to the world, Muslim and Non-Muslim alike. May Allah accept your efforts.
Secondly, I would like some advice, as I am a Muslim convert from Canada who is currently living in Egypt where I originally came to study arabic and Islam. I have found more and more that this country is hardly suited for hijrah and is very hostile to islam in general. I have heard much good about qatar, could you possibly advise me with an approach to live there, and study the deen. wa jazak allah khayr.
wa alaykum salaam brother,
I would advise you to try Saudi Arabia and the Sudan before Qatar, as life is very expensive here and the BA level programs are not very strong, furthermore, the Arabic for non-arab courses are not appropriate for your needs.
was salaam
Dr Bilal
Dear Mr. Philips,
I am a journalist in Qatar writing about the worldwide controversy of niqab. I was wondering if I could speak to you about it the recent controversies in France and Egypt. I would be very interested in hearing your perspective on the subject. Please email me back as soon as possible. My deadline is this Sunday, March 14. Thank you!
Elizabeth
As-Salaamu Aleykum Warahmatulaahi Wabarakatuh
Dear, Dr. Bilal Philips
May this message finds you in the best of Iimaan and health, aamiin Inshaalaah. My name is Salah Mohamed, of Rochester, MN, USA. I am the president of Rochester United Muslim Students Association, (RUMSA).
Currently we are planing to put together and preparing for a summer conference, Inshaalaah that will take place in the first weekend of July 2, 3, and 4th, 2010. We would like to extend an invitation to you brother, and hope and pray you will be able to attend the conference and free during those days.
May Allah reward you all the dawah you do. Jazaa Kalaah Kheyr,
your brother in faith,
Salah Mohamed
rumsa2008@gmail.com
salahm22@hotmail.com
please respond to both of these email. Than you.
wa alaykum salaam and thanks for the invitation, however, I am unable to travel to the USA due to political issues. May Allah grant your conference success.
was salaam
Dr Bilal
Dear Elizabeth,
I’ve responded by email. However, I will be traveling on the 12th of March to the UK again.
I am new to Doha, Qatar and am wanting to convert from Christianity to Muslim. Do you have any recommendations on what approach that I need to take? And also what mosques here are taught in English?
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely yours,
Lindsey
Welcome to Doha and great to hear that you desire to make the ultimate step to the true religion of God. You may call me for details as the the procedures here at 5834013. There are two mosques in Doha which have sermons in English, Fanar, where I was the Imaam for Jumu’ah prayers for over a year when it first started, and now the Aspire Mosque opposite Villagio Mall, where I currently am the Friday Imaam.