MIFNA’s Maulidur Rasul celebration

MIFNA together with the Omar Ibn Al-Khattab foundation and Indonesia Muslim Foundation (IMFO) held a joint Maulidur Rasul celebration at Masjid Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, 1025 West Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90007 on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010. More than 300 people attended the event.  There was a diversity of food representing the different countries and uplifting presentations from Indonesia, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Turkey, Pakistan and Nigeria. MIFNA’s group presentation was made up of a few Malaysian families and students from Arcadia, Long Beach, Pomona, and Rancho Cucamonga.  It was a truly colorful and joyful event displaying the unity of the ummah.

Thank you to all who volunteered to make the event a huge success.

Photos of the event can be viewed at our Picture Gallery.

Eid il Adha (Hari Raya Aidiladha) Events and Qurban

Eid il Adha was celebrated in southern California on Friday, Nov 27, 2009.  MIFNA did not organize Eid il Adha prayer this year.   Members went to their local mosque or the Anaheim or Ontario convention centers for Eid il Adha prayer.

The Consulate General of Malaysia and MIFNA organized a Qurban (sacrifice) for Eid il Adha.   A total of 14 shares were purchased at $175 per share.  Two cows were sacrificed early Saturday morning, Nov 28, for the Qurban.  The meat was divided up at the Consul General’s residence and part of it was used to make soup and curry, which was served at the Eid al Adha lunch held at the Consul General’s residence in San Marino.   Approximately 100 people turned up for the lunch and took home some Qurban meat.  The soup was cooked by none other than MIFNA’s own chef and vice president, Fauzi Zainal while the curry was cooked by MIFNA director, Sulaiman Abbas. Other volunteers from the Consulate and MIFNA helped with the cooking as well.

MIFNA would like to thank Encik Norman and his family for hosting the Eid il Adha/Qurban lunch at their residence.  We also would like to thank all volunteers who helped with the Qurban, meat distribution, cooking and clean up for the event.  Thank you to all who donated for the Qurban by purchasing shares and to those who came to the event with desserts.

Photos of the event can be viewed at our Picture Gallery.

Eid il Fitr (Hari Raya Aidiltifitri) Events

MIFNA held Eid il Fitr prayer at 8.30 am on Sunday, Sept 20, 2009 at the Veterans Park Hall in Long Beach.  More than 200 people attended the prayer followed by a traditional Hari Raya breakfast.  A family photo session was held on the stage as a fundraising activity.  This netted $700 in donations to MIFNA. Thank you to all volunteers who rented and set up the hall, cooked and brought the wonderful food, organized the photo session and cleaned up the hall.  The event was recorded and the DVD may be made available for purchase in the near future.  

The Consulate General of Malaysia held a Hari Raya AidilFitri celebration at Arcadia Community Center on Saturday, Sept 26, 2009 from 11am - 3 pm.  More than 300 people attended the event.  MIFNA volunteers assisted with the hall decoration and entertainment. Thank you to all volunteers who helped make this event a big success.

MIFNA’s first Family Fun and Fundraiser Day

We held our first Family Fun and Fundraiser Day at Carbon Canyon Regional Park on Saturday, August 15, 2009 from 11am - 5 pm.  Approximately 200 MIFNA members, family and friends came to the event.  There were lots of games for all age groups and plenty of food and prizes.  MIFNA also held a silent auction which included auction of an airline ticket from Malaysia Airlines.  We raised $1358.27 from the sale of food and proceeds from the silent auction.  Thank you to all volunteers and donors who made this event possible.  For those of you who missed this Family Day, we plan to make this an annual event.  So stay tuned for next year’s Family Day announcement.

MIFNA joins Shura Council of Southern California
Four MIFNA Board members attended the annual fundraising dinner of the Shura Council held on Sat, May 30, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel, Anaheim.  The featured speaker at the event was Dr. Jamal Badawi from Canada. At the event MIFNA pledged a donation of $1000.00 to the Shura council.  This donation includes membership fee to join the Shura Council of Southern California.  As of October 10, 2009 MIFNA is a member of the Shura Council.  

MIFNA’S new 2009-2011 Board of Directors

The New MIFNA Board of Directors held a meeting on April 10, 2009 in Long Beach, CA at the residence of MIFNA’s new president, Ishak Japar.

Summary of the meeting and action items:

The structure of the board was defined and tasks and responsibilities of the Vice President (Fauzi Zainal), Treasurer and 3 directors were determined:
1.    Event  planning                                                    Fauzi Zainal
2.    Treasurer                                                             Rina Faisal
3.    Membership directory and member liaison:        Norizah Sharif
4.    Social and welfare activities:                               Sulaiman Abbas
5.    Fundraising activities and events:                       Zaiful Hashim*

The Board also appointed ex-officio members for the following functions:
6.    Publicity and Communication:                                   Hasnah Hamdan
7.    Malaysian Consulate liaison and religious affairs:    Rasli Muda
8.    Malaysian Students Dept liaison:                              To be determined.

*In July 2009, Mr Zaiful Hashim resigned from the Board due to other commitments.  The Board appointed Dr Hasnah Hamdan to fill the vacated position.