Last Night, Wednesday, November 24th- It was a pleasure to spend some time with an energizing interfaith Thanksgiving service at Hamtramck Community Center last night. Imam Elahi shared a few words about appreciation for diversity and avoiding extremism whether religious or political.
Imam enjoyed the words of other speakers from Hamtramck Mayor- Karen Majewski to his friend Rev. Gregory Roberts to the keynote speaker Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah. Thank you CWA and Br. Arif Huskic for organizing such a diverse observation.
We hope you all enjoy this Thanksgiving weekend with your family and friends.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the concept of Thanksgiving is the most central feature in the Abrahamic traditions.
The Quran 75 mentions the term of "shokr" or thanking 75 times!
Every day must be a day of thanksgiving! Every day is 24 hours which is 1440 minutes! We must thank our Lord for every second of this time, which means thanking Him 86400 times a day!!
You may say it's impossible, well thanking is not by tongue only; it's about reflection, remembrance, responsibility and above all, the sense of God's presence in our soul all the times, that is not impossible!
Let's thank God for the gift of life, guidance, provision, faith, family, friends and all other blessings we can't even begin to count.
As you are enjoying your Thanksgiving meal with your family and friends please pray for those who do not have what you have! We live in an unjust world with so much poverty, racism, pain, fear, war, refugees and confusion. Let's pray for those who live in war zones targeted by torture, terrorism, occupation and oppression.
If you can help them in any way possible, that would be your real expression of Thanksgiving!

11/24/16: Thanksgiving Interfaith Service