Excellencia: The Pursuit

Excellencia: The Pursuit

is a Pre-University Seminar for Muslim Youth which aims to highlight

the importance of the pursuit of excellence amongst Muslim students

The Organising Committee for would like to extend its invitation to all students in JC, Poly and Madrasahs for the event, which will be held from 15 Dec 08 (Mon) to 18 Dec 2008 (Thu) @ Yusof Ishak House, National University of Singapore (NUS).

The seminar serves as an intellectual platform for Muslim students to enliven an enriching experience about excellence and its significance in their lives. Participants will go through a 4 day 3 night residential programme that will enrich them intellectually, physically and spiritually. It is hoped that this seminar will give students the drive to pursue excellence in all that they do, and motivate them to carry on forth from the seminar to attain excellence in life.

Through the avenues of forums, an outdoor experiential learning programme, as well as an outdoor project, participants will inculcate the attitude of perceiving excellence in every aspect of their lives. Participants will play a crucial and integral role in this process as they engage in these activities. Their findings will ultimately be the source of knowledge that will hopefully propel them further in pursuing excellence.

For further details, you may reach us at +6590681887 or via email at fellowship@singnet.com.sg . Do note that the deadline for registration is 29th Nov 08(Sat). Participants are required to pay a registration fee at a subsidized rate of $20.

We look forward to your positive response and eagerly await your participation in this worthwhile endeavour. Help us to fulfil this vision and make Excellencia: The Pursuit a success!

FMSA Iftar 2008

Assalamu'alaikum wr wb,

It's TIME!!
It's time for a reunion!
Time to meet the young, younger, and the 'warga emas'... =)

yOu are inViteD!

As we prepare for the coming of the last 10 days and nights of Ramadhan...

As we seek for His Gracious Blessings and Forgiveness in this blessed month…

This is the time that we get to meet our companions, comrades in arms, our dear brothers and sisters in Islam, that have been with us through thick and thin, all these years in our effort to spread the beautiful message of Islam.

FMSA is organising an Iftar & Qiyam session for all our members and our partners in the student world, junior members, adhoc, full-time, part-time, current members, seniors, family and spouse and 'lil cute babies, and children of all ages...

D'tails

FMSA Iftar 2008

Date: 20^th – 21^st September 2008

Time: Meet-up at 5.45pm

Venue: Masjid Kassim <5>

Programme

1745 : People to Gather

1800-1830 : Tadzkirah Ramadhan.

1830-1900 : Prepare for Iftar

1900-2100 : Iftar,Maghrib,Isyak and Terawih done with Mosque

2200-0000 : Excellence Series Talk

0400-0520 : Moments with Allahu Rabb aka Qiyamm

0525-0630 : Sahur & Subuh

*sahur provided


Please SMS " " to 9653 6144 (FMSA's HP no).
We need to gather the number of attendees and cater for the food.

Ramadhan Kareem!

Bro Farhan

FMSA 28th Bi-Annual General Meeting on 09 Aug 2008 / 17 Sya'ban 1429H

In the Name of Allah,Most Gracious.Most Merciful

Assalamua'laikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

Dear Members,

With great pleasure, all members are invited to attend the 28th FMSA BGM. The event details are as below;

28th FMSA Bi-Annual General Meeting

Venue: FMSA office, 150 Guthrie Bldg #02-01 S'pore 419973

Date: 09 Aug 2008 (Saturday) Time: 11 am to 2pm

Your presence will be greatly appreciated. Please make du'a for the session and the leadership renewal subsequently the new EXCO be a Just and Blessed one.

Syukran Jazillan.Wassalaam.

Brown Bag Speakers.

As we all (should) know, this Saturday will be FMSA's first ever Brown Bag session.
The two speakers that'll be with us for this saturday are Dr Rufaihah Abdul Jalil & Sis Shidrati Ali. Here's a little introduction about 'em :)

Shidrati Ali, a Mathematics Lecturer in Singapore Polytechnic, received her Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University under the Singapore-MIT Alliance graduate program in High Performance Computing for Engineered Systems in 2004.

She is currently serving as the Community Service Director of Rotary Club of Serangoon Gardens and was previously active in the Muslim Students Association in Boston, FMSA, and NUS Muslim Society. She had previously organized various community services such as painting of one-room flats for the elderly, beach clean-ups, blood donation drives, donation drives for Afghan refugees, Pakistan earthquake etc.

She is an avid swimmer and is currently taking her open water diving course. Besides her first love of reading, she also dabbles in writing stories, poems and religious articles. She also love to travel and photograph natural and cultural scenery.

Dr Rufaihah Abdul Jalil is a postdoctoral research fellow in Department of Surgery and Bioengineering in National University of Singapore. She recently graduated with Doctor of Philosophy (Biomedical Science) from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore in July, 2007. She hopes to be a part of the world research community that aims to develop novel cardiovascular technologies that use molecules and cells instead of mechanical devices to treat and cure various heart ailments. She has recently been awarded with the NUS Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship and has been offered a position in Stanford School of Medicine in USA.

Rufaihah has presented her research work in various local and international meetings in Barcelona, San Francisco, Boston, Japan and Thailand. Some of her collaborative work with other students have been published in international journals such as Biomaterials, Journal of Gene Medicine, Growth Factors and Life Sciences. She is also a member of the International Society of Stem Cell Research. She has previously received various bursary awards for her studies from both Mendaki and Muslimin Trust Fund Association. She was also awarded with a research travel grant from MUIS.

Rufaihah is also an active volunteer of Mendaki, is the assistant secretary of the Mosque Management Board of Kassim Mosque. She mainly travels and does outdoor activities during her leisure time.

WOW. Are they awesome or are they awesome?!

First Ever Brown Bag Session @ FMSA!

Salam dearest brothers and sisters!

wahahooo. haven't been updating this blog for quite some time eh? not to worry, we'll do our best to make sure this blog is as fresh as everrrr!

Okay. FMSA will be organizing it's first ever Brown Bag Session! Usually brown bag session requires the participants/audience to bring their own lunch. But we love to provide food for our dear brothers and sisters who attend any FMSA events don't we? HEE HEE. So insya-allah we'll be providing 'lunch'. Technically it'll be tea time since the session will be at 2.30pm. :) So the food provided will be what you'll eat during tea time okay :)

All the details are on the poster. Credits to Bro Saiful who created this poster! Amat simple tapi cantik! Otaknya amat bagus! lol.

Sharing Session @ FMSA

Salam everyone!

Hope you guys are doing well and in good health insya-allah :)

There will be a sharing session this school holiday on the theme of "Islam & Christianity". The purpose of this session is to instill a deep understanding of the comparison of the two major world religion, Christianity and Islam.

The topics that will be presented include:
- History of Christianity
- Similarities and Differences between Christianity and Islam
- Bible and Qur'an
- Q & A

The session will be presented by :
Brother Muhd Izhar Bin Mohd Roslan
Degree in Usuliuddin & Comparative Religion
International Islamic University of Malaysia
Al-Istiqamah Mosque Youth Development Officer

The session will be on :
Sunday 16th March 2008
9.45 am- 11.30am
@ FMSA
150 Changi Road
Guthrie Building #02-01

Hope to see everyone there!

Gathering & Briefing of Seminar 2008

Assalamualaikum everyone!

Lovely day isn't it? Alhamdulillah :)
As mentioned in one of the previous entries, something's happening on the 1st march! It's actually a gathering session for all of us and also briefing of the upcoming seminar in april! The details are as followed:

Event: Gathering session & Briefing for the upcoming Seminar (Apr '08)
Date: 1st Mar 2008, Saturday
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue: Fellowship of Muslim Students Association (FMSA!)
150 Changi Road Guthrie Building
#02-01


Come with a positive attitude, an open mind and loads of smiles :):)

Can't wait to see all you this saturday!
Insya-allah...

oh look at the beautiful faces :)

the rest of the pictures will be uploaded really soon. sorry for the delay.

accidents happen :

just to hype things up ;)

"... All praise is due to God, who has guided us unto this; for we would certainly not have found the right path unless God guided us! Indeed, our Sustainer's apostles have told us the truth!..."
(Al-A'raf 7:43)

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salam everyone.
it's been about a week plus since the BRMY camp and i hope the beautiful moments that we experienced during that meaningful weekend still stay fresh in our hearts and minds. noo wait, you don't believe me?! Here's what some of the participants mentioned abt the most awesome camp everrrr:

" FMSA did not only included Islamic context but at the same time touched on relevant topics and could relate to students. Gerek! Gerek!"

"I think everyone ought to have more experience going for an Islamic camp like FMSA."

"It changed me, it can change others too."

"Mind boggling eye-opener."

Don't get me started on the food ;) And the list goes on...

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Anyway, there's some happening on the 1st of March!?
What is it?! What is it?!
Check your inbox really really soooon! Oh, and our blogs too :)

Hadith 18...as shared...

Assalammualaikum Dunia...
Peace World...

Here is the hadith I shared during the Panel Discussion at the BRMY camp.

Abu Dhar Jundub bin Junadah and Abu Abdul Rahman Mu’adh bin Jabal, radiyallahu anhuma, reported that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:
“Fear Allah wherever you may be; follow up an evil deed with a good one which will wipe (the former) out, and behave good-naturedly towards people.”
[Al-Tirmidhi relates it, saying: It is a good (hasan) Tradition. In some copies he says: It is a good and genuine (hasan and sahih) Hadith.]

My point to share is simple.
There is much we have done, doing or will do which fall under the category of an 'evil' deed.
However, that should not stop us from following up with a good deed.

So, keep doing good, even when you are in the pits of 'evil'.

Allah is Most Merciful, Most Forgiving.
Never despair His Mercy.
He loves us...always.

regards,
~dew~

Project Zip! Video (shown during BRMY Camp @NACLI)

In aid of the victims of the Tsunami which struck the Indian Ocean on December 2004, FMSA sought collaboration with Saff-PERDAUS and PERGAS to undertake Project Zip!. The project made an appeal to Singaporeans to donate Ziploc bags containing several items of basic necessities and drop them at collection centres. The Ziploc bags were then directed to Aceh Indonesia.

The project was mainly manned by the youth and student community (Muslims and non-Muslims). Known as 'Youth for Humanity', these youths managed to pack some 11 000 ziplog bags containing items such as mineral water, cereals, biscuits, towels and some medication. Boxes of clothings and other aid items were also collected.

say yes to peace.

Hamza Yusuf spoke to me:
“If you are not upset about the way the world is going, you are asleep or spiritually dead. People need to get on board and start showing solidarity.”

BRMY Camp Video and Photos Link

BRMY Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brmy08/
BRMY Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21050264496
BRMY Yahoo! Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fmsa_brmy_camp
BRMY Forum : http://brmy.aimoo.com