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- EIN 20-1799252
- (617) 858-6114
- at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center 100 MALCOLM X. BLVD. Roxbury Crossing MA 02120 USA
- www.isbcc.org
- isbcc
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Mission: Mas boston society, inc. (mas boston) is a community-based organization focused on developing leaders who have the spiritual and organizational capacity to move people to strive for god consciousness, liberty, and justice, and to convey islam with utmost clarity. We are one of 50 chapters nationwide that are part of a larger national organization - the muslim american society (mas) - committed to the same mission. Mas boston provides vision and broad areas of focus for our local chapter and serves as a resource for educational materials, workshops, and speakers.
Target demographics: Muslim youth & families
Geographic areas served: Greater Boston area
Programs: Mas boston mainly provides programs through the islamic society of boston cultural center (isbcc). On occasion, mas boston offers programs at other greater boston institutions, community centers, and mosques. During 2014, mas boston had three areas of focus: spiritual development and education: mas boston offers its congregants the five daily prayers, the weekly congregational sermon/prayer (khutbah) on fridays, the friday night spiritual lessons (halaqas), islamic knowledge workshops, seasonal religious holidays programming (ramadan, eid ul-fitr, and eid ul-adha), 1-on-1 spiritual counseling, a vibrant religious youth program (deen14), islam 101 classes for people interested in learning islam and/or newly converted muslims, tours for people of other faiths and students of all ages, and classes on reading and memorizing the quran on saturdays and sundays through our mas quran institute. Building a strong community: mas boston holds a monthly culture series, a literary series, and a movie series to learn, to appreciate, and to celebrate the various ethnicities of the congregants. Mas boston also operates the common word cafe program - an open space where conversations between muslims and people of other faiths help build a stronger community. Mas boston - through the isbcc health team - also offers mental health workshops, mental health counseling, health screenings, and parenting workshops. Through partners, mas boston also offers a monthly food pantry and weekly esl courses. Serving the common ground: mas boston is part of the greater boston interfaith organization (gbio), a coalition of churches, synagogues, and mosques, who are committed to working together on causes of justice. The organization, through gbio, organized recently around health care and public education issues. In addition, mas boston hosts several civic engagement workshops and lectures where speakers come to tell their story or teach a civic lesson.