Bloomfield Muslim Community Center is now open for 5 times daily Salah (congregational prayer). Please come with your friends, family, and neighbors to join us in offering our daily Salah to our Creator & tafakkur (meditation) upon the Creator. Prayer times are posted on our homepage at lighthouse4h.org For questions please call Imam Baykar directly at […]
Unitarian Universalist Society: East`s, Director of Religious Education, Gina Campellone, brought a group of students from her society to Bloomfield Muslim Community Center. Imam Baykar and Mustafa Akbulut presented the basics of Islam and took questions.
Lighthouse for Humanity: Bloomfield Muslim Community Center stands firmly against injustice. To that affect we have participated in Vigils/Memorials across CT including: Asylum Hill Congregational Church – Hartford, CT – June 13, 2016 Unitarian Universalist East – Manchester CT – June 15, 2016 Granby Town Green – Granby CT – June 16, 2015 First Congregational […]
On April 12th, Director of the Istanbul Foundation for Science & Culture Dr. Faris Kaya and Hartford Seminary alumnus and Imam of Bloomfield Muslim Community Center Baykar Yurdakul visited the Seminary, conversing with Admissions Director Tina Demo and a number of current students on Imam Said Nursi’s study of the Qur’an. They also met with Dr […]
Bloomfield Muslim Community Center is proud to host Bloomfield and Greater Hartford residents for a Meet & Greet with Muslim neighbors this May 7th & June 11th. Meet and Greet Program: 1pm – Meet Imam Sammy Aziz & Senior Imam Ahmet Baykar 1:15pm – Presentation on Islam 101 by Imam Sammy Aziz while drinking Turkish […]
Refugee Resettlement groups in Hartford, West Hartford and Bloomfield will converge on Unitarian Society of Hartford (www.ushartford.com) for a half day training on Islamic and Arab cultural competency. Lighthouse for Humanity:Bloomfield Muslim Community Center with Muslim Coalition of Connecticut (www.muslimcoalitionct.org) will host the refugee training. “We expect 100 members from over 30 Churches and a […]
Lighthouse for Humanity members from across Connecticut including President Ali Furkan, Vice President Ismail Yildiz, Imam Ahmet Baykar, Imam Sami Abdul Aziz and many board members attended the MAS Convention yesterday. The convention took place at the Omni Hotel in New Haven CT. Lighthouse for Humanity contributed by providing a speaker for the 11:30am-12:30pm main […]
Imam Ahmet Baykar and Imam Sami Abdul Aziz attended the Association of Muslim Chaplains Conference at Yale University this past weekend. The event provides training and mentor-ship for Chaplains, Leaders, Imams and volunteers from across the nation. “I enjoy attending the AMC conference due to the skills I acquire, and brotherhood/sisterhood that is built” states […]
Bloomfield Muslim Community Center hosted its first confirmation class from Trinity Episcopal Church (Hartford, CT) yesterday. Confirmation is a process teenagers go through to confirm their religious beliefs and commit to a religion. This process leads them to learn about other faiths. We went over the 6 tenants of belief, 5 pillars, women, hijab, extremism, […]
Bloomfield Muslim Community Center represented with a booth at the Auer Farm Festival on May 31st from 11am-3pm during Celebrate Bloomfield Week. Connections were made with many community leaders including rotary president, deputy mayor and town council members. We enjoy very much connecting with our neighbors and contributing towards Bloomfield’s spiritual life.