48:27 “Truly did Allah fulfil the vision for His Messenger. ye shall enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, with minds secure, heads shaved, hair cut short, and without fear. For He knew what ye knew not, and He granted, besides this, a speedy victory.” (Y. Ali)
A Publication of The Muslim Unity Center of Bloomfield Hills Spring 2012 • Rabi II – Jumada I – Jumada II

The CommUnity Journal is published by the Muslim Unity Center of Bloomfield Hills,
1830 Square Lake Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
IMAM
Sheikh Mohammed Almasmari
Board of Trustees:
Dr. Muhammad Kashlan, Chairman
Dr. Mahmoud Al-Hadidi, Vice Chairman
Dr. Fahd Al-Saghir
Dr. Mouhib Ayas
Br. Basim Abdullah
Dr. Fadi Demashkieh
Dr. Hadi Akeel
Board of Directors:
Dr.Mahmoud El-Gamal, President
Dr.Mazin Sabbagh, Vice President
Sr. Dania Demeshkiah, Secretary
Br. Ali Abdullah, Treasurer
Br. Ameer Al-Hadidi
Sr. Ranya Al-Hadidi
Dr. Sami Baraka
Dr. Tallal Zeni
Editorial Board:
Dr. Abdulsalam Alkassab
Nuha Alfahham
Sarah Alfaham
Managing Editor:
Sarah Alfaham
Cover Photograph by: Rola Kadi
Rola is a sophomore at Wayne State
University studying Electronic Arts.
The CommUnity Journal aims to inform the community of opportunities to participate in events with our congregation, with our extended family of Muslim Centers in SE
Michigan, and with our Muslim and Non-
Muslim neighbors through interfaith dialogue.
Articles appearing in this publication are part of a dialogue that is taking place in the world and in the Muslim community. Publication does not mean endorsement: each article presents the view of its author(s) only. When articles are submitted for the publication, they may be edited for the content, language or length.
From the Editor’s Desk ........................................................... 1
From the Pulpit ....................................................................... 3
New Board Members ..............................................................
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Our Academic Success ......................................................... 5
Creating a Higher Standard .................................................... 6
Ethical Influencing ................................................................... 8
Marketable Resumes ................................................................ 9
Getting Involved in College .....................................................11
Freshman 15 ......................................................................... 13
Key Questions for Successful Modern Muslims ................... 15
Youth Corner: Poem,My Thoughts About Winter ...................
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By Abdulsalam Al-Kassab, M.D.
This issue of the journal will be delivered inshallah as the Spring is starting and the school year is close to its last quarter. We chose the theme to be about education and the importance of it in the larger context of planning one’s life, since the youth represent a large number of our community. You will read articles from a vast variety of topics, from choosing a plan for the future, to how to follow a healthy diet on college campuses. Several authors have contributed their perspectives.
With this issue, I will conclude my term as the editor of the journal. A new editor will take over from the next issue. I would like to thank all of our readers for allowing me to serve as the editor for the past four years and I wish you all a very happy and successful life with
Allah’s (SWT) blessings.
Send your comments to
community_journal@yahoo.com and have your thoughts displayed in the Letters to the Editor Section.
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By Sheikh Mohammed Almasmari
Salaam . I hope you and your family is doing well,
In the name of Allah, and Salutation and greeting upon Rassululah Saw,
I ask Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala to protect you, and your women, sons, and daughters, and the whole humanity. As well to help our Ummah from all that treat it unjustly.
Our subject in this issue is the importance of planning in this life. We cannot appreciate the importance of planning until we understand the importance of time. In Suratul ASR, Allah SWT swears upon time, and as known to Ulama, Allah
SWT in Quran swears upon significant subjects.
In this context, when time is the subject of the swearing, hence life in general is also subject to this swearing. Alhakim in his Mustadrak has narrated through the authority if Ibn Abbas RA that the Prophet SAW said make use of five resources before it vanishes. Utilize your youth before aging, health before sickness, wealth before poverty, spare time before extreme engagements, and life before death.
The teachings of Rassululah SAW were as such and thus many Ahadith explain the im portance of time. The companions of Rassululah
SAW use to utilize their time correctly, and regret if any of it has not been made use of. Here is Abdul lah binMasood RA saying that he has not regretted for losing anything as much as he has regret ted for a day that has passed without gaining good deeds. In terms of good deeds, they were in prog ress every day, so much so Ibn Masood RA use to say, I hate to see a person idle and not busy in an endeavor of Dunya or Akhirah.
From the above we realize the importance of time, and that it is impossible to utilize time with out proper planning, and hence planning is a pillar of life and success. Allah SAW explains in Quran the story of Yusuf (AS) as he has been jailed unjustly. However, through his interpretation of the dream of the king, and prescribing for them as to how they should plan for the upcoming drought, he was able to help the people of Egypt. Certainly this was the acceptance from Allah and conse quently the wisdom of Yusuf AS. Therefore, plan ning has been mentioned in Quran, and as has been said, if one does not plan for success one plans for failure.
The first step in the chapter of planning is
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to understand the hadith narrated by Imam Thir midi through the authority of Abu Huraira, that the prophet of Allah SAW said the Life span of my Ummat is between Sixty to Seventy years, and very few surpass that. Therefore, if this is our life span, how much of it has passed and how much is re maining? May be thirty or forty, less or more. The question remains, what do I want to achieve in this remaining time? Some answers are, to strength en my Iman, to learn more about the teachings of Islam, to succeed in my studies, work hard at my work. Because life is short, that is how a suc cessful person thinks. To reach your destination, proper planning must be devised, for we cannot attain our targets without planning, as shown by the biography of Rassululah SAW. The question is now, how do we plan our life? Here are few point ers and guidelines for proper planning:
1) The plan should be realistic not imaginary.
2) Practical and not impossible, for example you cannot be a medical doctor in one year.
3) Focus on the talents that Allah has given you, i.e. Reading, writing, Medicine, Engineering.
4) There must be a timeline to achieve the plan.
Finally, such planning has benefits includ ing:
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1) To feel that you have a role in life such that every day there is progress.
2) The feeling of happiness because people are looking forward to what you will present.
Nevertheless, the greatest planning is to plan for our akhirah and the day that we will stand in front of Allah to answer His questions. It is nar rated by ImamThirmidi through the authority of
Abu Barza Alaslami RA that Rassululah SAW said that Nobody will be able to move until he is asked about his life, how he has consumed It, his knowl edge, what did he do with it, his wealth, how did he earn it and how did he dispose of it, and about his body, how did he wear it out.
We ask Allah SWT to accept us all towards what pleases Him.
Imam Almasmari
UNITY CENTER EXTENDS SPECIAL WELCOMES
The Unity Center is pleased to welcome four new Board of Trustee members.
Dr. Sami Baraka, MD: I moved three years ago to this community. I enjoyed being here, my mission is to serve this vibrant community to the best of my ability to promote peace and to unite the minds and hearts of our valued community members.
Dr. Tallal Zeni: I was born in Cleveland. My parents are from Homs, Syria. I went to undergrad at Purdue, medical school and surgery residency at Indiana University, fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at Evanston northwestern healthcare. I am married with 3 kids. I am the director of minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at St. Mary Mercy hospital. Also work at St Joseph Oakland and St Joseph Ann Arbor.
Ranya Al-Hadidi: I currently am a sophomore at the University of Detroit Mercy. I am currently enrolled in the university’s BS/DDS Dental program and am majoring in Biology.
My goal for being on the Board of Directors is for me to be a voice for the youth; I would like to be able to represent their expectations and views and work with the board to make them become reality. This Center has so much to offer the youth, and we must take advantage of that as best we can.
Dania Demashkieh: I am a third year undergraduate student at the University of
Michigan Dearborn. The Unity Center is truly my second home, and I feel it is a responsibility and obligation for me to give back to the center that has given me so much. I hope to work with the youth to bring them a warm, comfortable place they enjoy coming too as well as shape them to become our bright future Inshallah.
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By Mrs. Khalida Beydoun-Hachem*
As we continue our endeavor in the education world, we are blessed to have numerous resources to assist us in our road to achieve –our college degree. Many seniors begin applying to universities and colleges early in September to ensure they are admitted and to receive additional scholarships, grants, and work study opportunities via the university or college of their choice. Yet, the guidance counselor’s main goal is to inform both the students and their parents of the set deadlines in which they must meet.
As a guidance counselor, I schedule
ALL the university and college visits early in
September and October to have the applicants apply and have the application fee waived.
Parents therefore don’t need to pay for the college application which will save them a great amount of money. Then, I set up an onsite in which the college recruiter meets the senior one on one and goes over the application,
ACT/MME results, and their transcript (a detailed grade report from 9th to 12th). Once the onsite is complete, the senior is offered
ALL the scholarship funding available to him/ her per their academic achievements since they applied early in the school year.
Another resource utilized is the local
...when it comes to all the funding that is available, “It takes a city to raise a child”, is a quote that is 100% accurate in its defi nition.
community scholarship banks in which I email, call, or visit to give them my information so they can inform me about ALL the scholarships available. I also have compiled a vast networking system in which I receive all other scholarships. Guidance Counselors are the driving force for any senior along with their parents to ensure the graduating senior receives all the necessary funding to complete their undergraduate studies.
Narrated Aisha
The Prophet said, “Such a person as recites the Quran and masters it by heart, will be with the noble righteous scribes (in Heaven). And such a person exerts himself to learn the Quran by heart, and recites it with great difficulty, will have a double reward.”

Last but not least, there are numerous scholarship banks online one can utilize.
There are also government websites online such as www. Findtherightscholarship.
com, educationconnection.com, and www.
scholarshipzone.com. Parents, students, and guidance counselors working for the common goal are crucial and vital to ensure that the senior has ALL the tools necessary prior to
December (since many of the colleges and universities have that month as the cut off in their deadlines) when it comes to all the funding that is available. “It takes a city to raise a child”, is a quote that is 100% accurate in its definition.
*Mrs. Khalida Beydoun-Hachem is a Middle
School & High School Guidance Counselor/
Assessment Coordinator at Riverside Academy
West. You can email her at beydounk@gee-edu.com
By Dr. Hiba Alkassab D.D.S.*
“Class, please quiet down.” The chatter in the room continued. “Class! Please quiet down.”
The loud talking turned into whispers, but did not stop. “Class! Please show respect and stop talking!” Finally, silence came.
It was my first experience teaching a class in Sunday school, and I was quickly learning that teaching was a difficult art to master. How many times had I sat in classes when I was younger, where my teacher was the one trying to quiet us down, and my classmates and I were the ones who continued talking.
As students, we often failed to realize the challenges our teachers constantly (and determinedly) tried to overcome in order to teach us something they sincerely wanted us to learn. I have seen and heard so many students make a mockery of their teachers, ridicule their teaching methods, and undermine their authority in the classroom. Unfortunately, this has been an increasing trend, and respect shown towards teachers has been increasingly something of the past and a missing part of the present. The even more unfortunate part is that is something that is afflicting all societies, Muslim and non-
Muslim alike.
My hope is that Muslim students can reverse that trend and make a statement in front of their non-Muslim counterparts about how the student-teacher relationship should be. Our Islamic tradition is rich with examples of beautiful relationships of mutual respect between the teacher and the student, starting with our beloved Prophet (SAW) who is the
Teacher of teachers and his companions, who were his students, down to our eminent scholars of the past and present, and their students. The feeling of indebtedness towards one’s teacher was a recurring theme throughout the stories of our scholars. They never belittled anything they learned from anyone, be it from a child, or a commoner in the market. Imam Abu Hamid al-
Ghazali (RA) is famous for recounting a story in which a highway thief taught him the importance
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of keeping knowledge in the mind and the heart, rather than on paper.
If Muslim students can bring back to life the elements of teacher-student relationships that were a central part of our Islamic heritage and history to their American classrooms, they can, in turn, make a powerful statement about the beauty of Islam to their non-Muslim classmates and teachers. In classrooms where teachers are struggling to gain the attention of their students in order to achieve their teaching goals, having a student that leads by example in demonstrating respect and sincerity would certainly be a welcomed blessing.
I would love to see Muslim students being the first ones to class, turning in their assignments in the best of forms and on time, actively participating in classroom discussions, and contributing positively to the overall classroom and school environment. I urge all parents to encourage their children to exemplify these beautiful values as students, and to commend them whenever they see their children are embodying them. Living the beautiful teachings of the Prophet (SAW), including listening respectfully, sharing one’s opinion diplomatically, and treating elders courteously, is the most effective forms of da’wah, and there
I pray that Allah (SWT) guides our students towards success and that He opens the door of
may that be a door to people’s hearts that will allow them to see the Light of our deen.
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By M. Ammar Hatahet, MD*
Introduction
So many years ago, I, along with other department heads attended a management seminar in Toronto to help us improve our management skills. The most intriguing lecture however was given by Dr. Cialdini, it was not about how to manage people under you but rather about managing and ethically influencing people above you.
At first look, it seemed a bit fishy, how could that be.
Shortly afterwards and before getting home I found myself using many of these points to harmonize my relationships with everyone I interacted with. After learning the six principles of ethical influencing, you will find out that each of these points may be used at different times in different situations.
What is ethical influencing:
The ethical use of influence means being honest; maintaining integrity; being a detective, not a smuggler or burglar. It is truthful without deceit, it is purposeful without arrogance.
Relevance to interviewing:
When interviewing for a position, whether in college or work, remember you don’t need to surpass your interviewer, just other candidates. However, the interviewer know little about you, who you are and what you are about. They may know your scores, and may have read your personal statement, but the interview is your change to demonstrate that you are the one they are looking for.
Principles of ethical influencing:
1- Reciprocation: Be the fist to give. Whether it is service that you can offer, or knowledge that you may have. This is not information about others but rather this is the technical knowledge that you uniquely posses.
Could be in the form of the latest sports news, or the latest technology breakthrough. Something that your interviewer would like to know. Some times you need to be the first to make concessions, those should never be compromising of your principles. But there many other trivial things that we hang on to that really don’t matter.
2- Scarcity: When interviewing make sure you have a change to emphasize genuine scarcity, something that no other candidate could offer. We all are unique, each one of us has some exclusive information or characteristics. If you can, beforehand find out what your interviewer may be interested in. Sometimes it is your ability to speak another language, or you ability to stay up for so many hours studying or working.
3- Authority: Establish position through professionalism: It is critical to demonstrate your professional knowledge regardless of the field you are in.
Highlight your credentials, give credit when credit is due, it shows integrity. Humbly speak about your strength, but also admit your weakness. Often it helps to start with the weaknesses first or use the sandwich technique where you mention a weakness between two strengths.
4- Commitment: One of the most important characteristics that employers are looking for in a prospective employee is commitment. Describe your past commitments, starting with the small tasks that you have completed and building up to the more important and critical tasks. Don’t underestimate any responsibility you have fulfilled in the past, including being a counselor at the youth program or chaperone at a field trip. These commitments carry more weight when they volunteering and long lasting.
5- Similarities: As humans, we all like people with whom we have things in common. Look around the office in which you are being interviewed in, find things that you have in common with the interviewer. You may find clues for future collaboration, or shared areas of interest, talk about them. What interviewers can see through is fictitious fake compliments, don’t compliment unless you mean it.
As you reflect on the stories of the prophets, think about Muhamad’s SAWS scarce honesty and integrity as he was asked by Qureish to handle the black stone, he was the one, at a time full of deceit and competition; he was the one with unquestionable integrity. No two people could disagree on the choice.
Think about how Yusuf (PBUH) in reciprocation he first offered to explain the dreams of the other two inmates in the prison of the Egyptian ruler. Think of the authority that was given to Sulaiman (PBUH) by Allah, and how he did not shy away from using it. But at the same time he was humble enough to remember Allah as the provider.
Lastly, think of Moses’ (PBUH) commitment to his people, unquestionable and unwavering.
Finally, think of the interview as a chance to learn and strike a deal where both parties benefits. If it does not work out, it is not the end of the world. Learn from the experience. If it does work out, then make sure you give some pointers to the next brother or sister candidate. After all, success comes with hard work and only when Allah intends for it to happen.
Note to the reader; Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
M. Ammar Hatahet, MD, MPH, FACP is the
Section Chief, Internal Medicine and Director of
Clinical Research at McLaren Oakland Hospital as well as a Clinical Associate Professor at Michigan State
University. You can contact him at ammarhat@aol.
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Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, “Keys of the unseen knowledge are five which nobody knows but Allah . . . nobody knows what will happen tomorrow; nobody knows what is in the womb; nobody knows what he will gain tomorrow; nobody knows at what place he will die; and nobody knows when it will rain.”

By Nannette McCleary Shaw*
The first step to beginning any job search is to have an effective resume. This means you have a marketable representation of your past accomplishments that demonstrates what you want to do. Most people just list their history, but these resumes often fail in marketability. “Sell yourself,” is the common advice given to this oversight. What exactly does that mean?
After reviewing thousands of resumes, I know that understanding the fundamentals is critical for creating resumes that get noticed – especially in today’s everchanging economy.
Resume Basics
A good resume is like a well-written research paper with a clear purpose and a beginning, middle and end.
It follows the C’s of good writing. Unlike lengthy papers, however, the most effective resume writing style has a condensed business communication orientation. This means you must be clear and concise in presenting your relevant qualifications. Any resume can be divided into three parts: Header, Purpose and the Supporting
Evidence.
Headers should be current and professional contact information. This information usually tops your resume and includes your name, address, phone number(s) and email, but if you are posting to public websites, you may want to consider only using email as online safety is an increasing concern.
Purpose statements follow Headers and provide the center for your resume. Whether you are using an objective, summary, profile, or other introduction, the purpose establishes form and function for the rest of your resume. Just like research paper abstracts provide arguments, your purpose supplies an overview that supports your Supporting Evidence.
Supporting Evidence comprises the rest of your resume and is your skills and qualifications that connect to your resume’s purpose in a logical, continuous order.
While there are infinite variations, there are three basic forms of supporting evidence that successful resumes contain:
• Education – This can include your degrees, certifications, licenses, schools, coursework, trainings, and other professional development. Correct form is to list information consistently in reverse chronological order with your most recent achievements first.
• Experience – Relevant experience can be paid, unpaid, part-time or full-time work, as well as academic projects, school activities, community volunteering, or hobbies and interests.
As with Education, these items are listed in reverse chronological order and include title, organization, city, state and dates.
• Technical Skills –
These are more than your computer skills. Technical skills refer to those required proficiencies, techniques, procedures, equipment, etc., for your specific field. For example, a scientist might list research protocols, an artist might list paint mediums, or a secretary might list various clerical abilities such as filing, typing, scheduling, reception and others.
Language fluency (both foreign and programming) is another marketable capability.
The C’s of
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Clean
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Competency
Concise
Concrete
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Connected
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Contact
Content
Context
Continuity
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Current
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While all C’s are important, the two most critical elements that will make or break a resume are content and context. Content refers to demonstrating your competencies by describing your skills and abilities.
Beyond listing your experience and education to make your resume stand out, you must concretely demonstrate what you did. Remember to:
• Use bulleted action statements that start with descriptive verbs to describe duties and responsibilities; focus on accomplishments and unique strengths.
• Double up on verbs to provide more depth to your accomplishments (rarely do we ever perform one action in isolation – you are reading and comprehending right now).
• Quantify; tell how much or how often tasks were performed to demonstrate proficiency.
Narrated ‘Uthman
The Prophet said, “The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it.”
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• Include relevant works-in-progress with expected completion dates and present your level of proficiency accurately.
• Stay away from meaningless character statements like “good communication skills” (your resume and interview will demonstrate this).
What makes a resume truly effective, however, is context. Context refers to how relevant your presented information is to potential employers. This is why a marketable resume is like a pizza flyer. Just as most people discard circulars without much consideration, so, too, do most resumes fail to grab the attention of their intended audience. In today’s economy, you have less than 10 seconds to make an impression – and that is if you get past the electronic eye to have your resume viewed by a human. Following the primary rules of marketing, you will need to:
• Research the position, organization, field, and industry for better understanding of your fit.
• Make your resume inviting and easy to read with clean and balanced utilization of space that clearly presents how you add value to potential employers.
• Highlight your most relevant Supporting
Evidence with descriptive headings and strategically organize for marketability; i.e., list “Customer Service
Experience” first if experience is emphasized over education.
• Understand the terminology of the field; use language with the right connotation, and appropriately employ the buzz and key words relative to the organization.
• Focus on transferrable skills (check out the verbs employers use) to support indirect experience; always start and build from your strengths.
In conclusion, the answer to the question, “What can I do to make my resume more effective?” is – it depends. The number one rule of marketing is “Know
Your Audience”. The more you relate your direct experiences and transferable skills to each employer’s needs in a well-constructed resume, the more marketable you will be.
*Nannette McCleary
Shaw is a Licensed
Professional Counselor and a career counselor at
Wayne State University.
She has nearly 20 years’ experience reviewing resumes and coaching others to obtain work and maintain satisfying careers. She can be reached at: n.shaw@wayne.edu.
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What’s Freshman 15?
Students across every college campus are familiar with this term and the problems it presents. The transition from high school to college provides new pressures such as: a greater demand for time devoted to schoolwork, drinking, eating at strange hours, and boredom snacking. All of these behaviors result in a weight gain known as the “Freshman
15,” referring to the fifteen pounds one can gain upon entering their first year of college. Though many experience this change, there are ways to avoid putting on the extra pounds!
According to researchers, college is a critical time for people to create good eating habits.
Control your dining plan
Campus dining rooms encourage an all-youcan-eat mentality. Counter it by filling your plate with at least 50 percent (half of your plate) with greens. 25 percent should be filled with a whole grain such as steamed brown rice and whole-wheat bread. Your protein or meat should not be more then 3 oz or the size of the deck of cards. Always choose grilled/ baked/boiled. Fried foods practically have no nutritional value, and they are absolutely lethal for your heart.
Rushing to finish your food before the next class can make you over eat and feel bloated.
Set aside at least an hour for major meals.
Structure your eating habits
Nadina Bourgeois, 24, packed on 15 pounds her first year at the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor. She blames her “weird” schedule for her expanding size. Apply The Three Rule to your daily schedule. Eat every 3 hours. Eat 3 snacks per day. Eat 3 small meals per day. Drink/
Eat 3 servings of dairy per day. For snack grab a fruit or a low-fat yogurt. Choose low-fat dairy products. Studies suggest, the calcium from low-fat dairy products destroys our body’s fat cells if we consume them on a regular basis.
Avoid peer pressure
Just because everyone else from your class study group heads to the local pizza joint after class doesn’t mean you have to join in the feeding frenzy. Either keep it to two slices plus a salad (eat the salad first to fill up), or take a rain check. It’s easy to overdo it when you’re with your friends.
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Watch the liquid calories
Liquid calories add up quickly! That’s often part of the reason why people gain weight the first year. Not only does alcohol contain a lot of calories, but people also make poor food choices when they’re under the influence.
Allhumdullillah, Muslims should not have problem in alcohol department. However, do not drink your calories as juices and sodas.
Drink water or have your occasional diet soda.
Use sugar substitute and low-fat/fat free milk for your coffee, especially if you are drinking coffee often to stay up before exams.
Plan for cramming
When you’re trying to stay awake and focused, studies show that chewing gum can help, and the sugar-free kind is virtually free of calories. But when you just need those chips or cookies to get through an all-nighter, keep the damage down by buying single-serving packs.
Although you don’t need a stocked kitchen in your dorm, it helps to keep yogurt , fruit, and granola bars (2 to 3 grams of fiber per serving; no more than 10 grams of sugar) on hand.
Always keep a bowl of fruit.
Take a course on healthy eating
Adding a nutrition science course to a student’s curriculum has been proven to be an effective intervention against weight gain. If that’s not possible, make an appointment with your campus nutritionist for advice on maintaining or losing weight. You can also find great healthy eating information on the internet, endorsed or advocated by a registered dietitian. A study by Cornell
University researchers suggests that daily weight-monitoring can also be a useful tool for keeping college weight gain in check.
Join a gym, Reduce stress
College can be a place of great opportunity and enjoyment, but at times it can also leave students feeling stressed. Stress makes you fat. Exercising alleviates stress. Furthermore, many students swap high school sports for college studies, and they end up burning fewer calories. The campus gyms are amazing, not to mention, usually free. There is also spiritual bliss, so go to Jummah every friday. Your college’s MSA (Muslim Student Association) is a great organization to join. It is of paramount importance to incorporate a healthy lifestyle to steer away from future diseases. Obesity is the number one cause of the most prevalent conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. Avoid the FRESHMAN 15 !
*Misbah Choudhri, is a Registered Dietitian. She graduated From Texas A&M
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Many times youth are told they can be great individuals in society, and this is true. However, The CommUnity Journal put together these interviews with already successful individuals that grew up as American Muslims.
The first interview was conducted by Dr.
Hadeel AlKassab, DDS with ophthalmologist Dr. Kamran Riaz, MD.
1- What motivated you to pursue the career you are in now?
KR: My early experiences in the sciences, particularly biology, caused me to marvel at the creation of Allah. To me, the human body, despite all its weaknesses and flaws, is one of the most amazing creations of Allah -- fittingly enough, Allah then tells us that the heavens are a far greater creation than us, making one feel both precious and humbled at the same time. I was fascinated by how the body main tained health and warded off disease, and how physicians, through the permission of Allah, can serve as means by which Allah preserves our health and cures disease. Of course, the beautiful irony is that Allah is in no need of any means, which is why I feel that being a physician is also a precious and humbling ca reer. Finally, and most importantly, I was in spired by the fact that all Prophets (`alayhim al-salam), especially our Beloved (salallahu to preserve their vision was something that I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to combine this career with my background in the Islamic sciences to pursue my life goal: working in both arenas to help people “see” both exter nally and internally. The tradition of our great scholars from Muslim history shows that in deed it is possible, and necessary, to be wellversed in the spiritual and so-called secular sciences. To them, these were two sides of the same coin, and hence our history is filled with magnificent men and women who were jurists, mystics, theologians and scholars of sacred knowledge, as well as being physi sought to rekindle this tradition.
cians, astronomers, philosophers and every other career under the sun. I was motivated to be part of a new generation of Muslims who
2- Why do you think its important to give back to your community?
KR: I think of all the possible answers to this questions, this one suffices: because it’s the sunnah of the Prophet (salallahu `alayhi wa sallam)
“There are important areas and discussions that truly need Muslim voices
-- organ transplantation, stem cell research and euthanasia, to name a few
`alayhi wa sallam), served as physicians as well. Specifically, I chose ophthalmology be cause the Prophet too was an ophthalmolo gist: replacing Qatadah’s (R) eye and curing
Ali’s (R) eye disease being two well-known examples. To me, the eye is the most com plex, sophisticated and beautiful organ in the human body, and we value our eyesight per haps over all other senses. Many people have said they would choose death over blindness
-- to me, working in a field that helped people
3- Any advice you have for others entering the medical field?
KR: I think Muslims should have a clear inten tion when entering the medical field that this is something they wish to do solely for the sake of Allah, and it’s something they themselves wish to do. There are many pressures within the Muslim community, especially from fami lies, to pursue medicine for the sake of wealth/ status/etc. I think Muslim students who are interested in medicine should immerse them selves in clinical and research activities to find out whether medicine really is for them or not.
Too many people enter medicine because of external pressures and unfortunately end up having a difficult time because their heart was not in it in the first place. I think it’s crucial for
Muslim students to figure out if they truly have a passion for the field, and whether this pas sion is for the right reasons. The other advice is perhaps a bit more idealistic, but I hope
Muslim students are inspired by our sacred
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I feel you can only see and appreciate them if you start off from the correct vantage point: that is to say, to be inspired by one’s deen to go study this so-called secular field that will in turn lead to a greater appreciate of one’s deen, and a greater quantitative and qualita tive gratitude and worship of one’s Creator.
4- What is your advice on balancing between pursuing academics and sacred knowledge?
KR: It is something that is definitely possible and crucially needed. It is difficult, no doubt, but it has been done in previous generations and there are several notable physician-schol ars in our communities today that set an ex ample for us all, including myself. I think there are important areas and discussions that truly need Muslim voices -- organ transplantation, stem cell research and euthanasia, to name a few -- but these voices cannot simply be from
Muslim scholars who have not had an under standing of modern medicine, nor should it be from Muslim physicians who are not familiar with the rich legal and spiritual tradition that we have inherited. Rather, it truly requires people who can bridge both these disciplines in order to provide meaningful contributions towards these crucial discussions. No doubt, studying both is difficult -- it requires a tremen dous amount of discipline, time-management and sacrifice; it also requires patience and perhaps an ability to deal with criticism as when people try to walk both paths, they are often viewed as “dabblers” rather than being truly dedicated to each field. But I don’t think this myopic understanding of others should af fect those who are truly interested in immers ing themselves in the sacred and medical sci ences from going forward. Ultimately, if one has an intention that is sound, as my teacher
Shaykh Amin said recently, there is no more powerful force in the cosmos than a sincere intention.
The second interview was conducted by
International Academy High school student Yaman Abdulhak with Author and
Producer Kamran Pasha.
1. What motivated you to pursue the career you are in now?
KP: Growing up as a Muslim in American, in the 1970s and 80s, all I ever saw were nega tive portrayals of Islam in the media, both in news media and in Hollywood, and so I de cided that the only way that was going to change was if Muslims started actually getting involved in the creative part of Hollywood in stead of just complaining about it, and so that is why I’ve chosen this profession of being a screenwriter and novelist.
2. Why do you think it is important to give back to your community?
KP: It is essential in our religion Islam that we give back to the community. Islam is meant to be a community religion. We are all told in the holy Quran to stay united together, so this is part of our faith. Our community is what binds us and we can’t do everything by ourselves, and that is why we have been asked to be an ummah[Community]. Part of that responsibil ity is to give back to the ummah and some times part of that responsibility is to challenge the ummah when it’s going down the wrong path. That’s sometimes what I do is that some
Muslims criticize the work that I do and I stand very strongly for the importance of the work that I am doing, even though not every Mus lim agrees with it. Because I am doing this at least as another important element as a positive voice for Muslims in the media.
3. Is there any advice you have for others becoming a profession other than the stereotypical professions that we have (at least in our area where it’s usually an engineer or a doctor)? Any advice you have for those people?
KP: You have to follow the gift that Allah gave you. Every one of us is born with an inner gift and a unique talent that Allah created us to

do. Just following what other people want thinking it’s going to make you money and fame is not going achieve the purpose that
“Picasso was not created by Allah to be a doctor, he was created to be an artist.” the whole world would have lost out on the beautiful work that he did, so that is what I am saying. The advice is that you have to follow your heart and you know what your heart is because if you’re doing it for your self, even if everyone else is against you, then you’ll be following your heart.
Allah put us on earth for. If your purpose is to be a doctor or engineer, it is something that you would do even if there is no money in it, even if the Muslims suddenly de cided that this is not a good profession, we shouldn’t be doing it, and there was not peer pressure to be involved. It’s something that comes from your heart. So if you’re doing it for those reasons, you’re doing it for the right reasons. But if you’re doing the stereotypical professions just to make your fam ily happy or to make other people happy, at the end of the day, you’re not going to be happy and nor is Allah, because if Allah cre ated you to be something else - if he cre ated you to be a lawyer, if he created you to be a filmmaker, then you’re supposed to do that - and you’ll know that because you’ll be unhappy when you try to do something else. You may be making a lot of money doing something else, but in your heart, you’re bored an unhappy not to follow your heart.
And the greatest gift you can give this um mah is to achieve the purpose that Allah created you for. Every human being has a different purpose: Albert Einstein was not created to be a filmmaker - Allah created him to be a physicist. And had he gone off and done something else, the whole world would have lost out on the value of what he could have done. Similarly, Picasso was not created by Allah to be a doctor, he was cre ated to be an artist. And had he gone off and become a doctor instead of being a painter,
4. Anything else you have to say?
Any other advice you would like to give?
KP: My advice is building on the last thing
I said. My advice is that you have to follow personal authenticity. Islam is a courageous religion. The Muslims would never have come out of Arabia and conquered half the world in a period of 20 years had they just tried to act fearfully and tried to take paths that seemed very secure and people had done these things already. A lot of Muslims today, they live in the United States very fear fully, and they don’t want to do anything that is different or take risks, and that’s the first sunnah[practice] of our prophet (PBUH), he took risks and he took the ultimate risk. No one believed in him except for very few peo ple. He went out and did what his purpose of life was which was to preach {la Illah illa
Allah} and the whole world was against him and he did it anyways. He took a very big risk. He didn’t live his life to impress other people or to fit into society, or to be a nice middle class person going to functions and bragging about living up to what everybody else is doing. He was uniquely authentic and he did what his path was, even if he was alone. That is the sunnah - that is the first sunnah and if Muslims don’t do that, then they’re living fraudulently, they’re not living authentically. So instead of talking about our prophet (PBUH), we should start trying to act like him, and he was courageous, and acted without a fear and took risks.
Narrated Malik bin Huwairth:
I came to the Prophet with some men from my tribe and stayed with him for twenty nights. He was kind and merciful to us. When he realized our longing for our families, he said to us, “Go back and stay with your families and teach them the religion, and offer the prayer and one of you should pronounce the Adhan for the prayer when its time is due and the oldest one amongst you should lead the prayer.”
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