Help me Teach Islam in Europe!
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Assalamu alaikum my dear brothers and respected sisters.
Alhamdulillah, in the past few months, Allah has helped his poor servant volunteer over 2 months of his time to teach around many cities in Europe, mainly in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands, and many others, as those of you who have been following my facebook page already know (Facebook.com/imamwaleed)
However, one of the significant limitations that I had during those research and teaching travels, is that I was only able to accept invitations from organizations that were able to cover my expenses such as plane ticket, transportation, and accomodation, but many others were left out due to lack of financing both on their end and mine. In fact, I had to use my modest life savings to finance some of those Daawa trips, but I cannot sustain doing this alone for the long term.
There has been several student groups and organizations who wanted me to visit them and teach, as one of their main challenges is that most Imams in Europe come from Muslim majority countries and only speak their back home language, such as Arabic, Urdu, or Turkish, but they are unable to communicate in the local European language or English, thus not able to reach out to the younger generation. Also since they are students, they have limited funds to invite outside speakers to visit them and teach.
Another example, is the most Northern Masjid in the world, in the city of Tromso, Norway, who were interested in inviting me to teach, but since Norway is the most expensive country in the world, they communicated their inability to cover the costs of the visit, as their local donations barely covers the costs of running their local Masjid.
Another goal from my travel, is to visit both Muslim minorities in European countries, and Muslim majority countries in Europe, research their situation, and then educate my page followers about those countries. For example, 20 years have passed since the war and ethnic cleansing happened in Bosnia in the 1990's, but today, many Muslims are not aware of the situation of their Muslim siblings in Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, and other minorities around them in Montenegro and Macedonia, and I would like to shed light on them, learn about them, and share what I learn on my page, which has regular subscribers of 56,500 and a total reach of over 550,000 so far thanks to Allah.
Therefore, I thought about approaching my brothers and sisters on my page and elsewhere to contribute towards the cost of reaching those remote places for teaching and research, but hesitated for a long time because of the sensitivity of collecting funds. However, when I witnessed dozens of missionaries spreading other religions during my travels, who are very well funded by their organizations and businesses, I thought that I should not slow myself down because of lack of funding and should seek help from my brothers and sisters who know me well and have been following me for several years. As for those who don't know me yet, I invite you to watch some of the work that Allah has blessed me with on youtube and facebook.
Insha'Allah I will only be able to go as far as this fundraising goes, but my target is to spend the maximum allowed time for a European visa, which is 3 months, mainly the months of September, October, and November insha'Allah (excluding the Eid break), targeting about 13-20 countries. If there is any unused amount at the end, it will be used for future teaching and researching, which you can always follow the progress on my page.
May Allah accept your gift and contribution and help us all spread the peaceful message of Islam while learning about our Muslim siblings around the world. Please help us by spreading the cause!
Alhamdulillah, in the past few months, Allah has helped his poor servant volunteer over 2 months of his time to teach around many cities in Europe, mainly in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands, and many others, as those of you who have been following my facebook page already know (Facebook.com/imamwaleed)
However, one of the significant limitations that I had during those research and teaching travels, is that I was only able to accept invitations from organizations that were able to cover my expenses such as plane ticket, transportation, and accomodation, but many others were left out due to lack of financing both on their end and mine. In fact, I had to use my modest life savings to finance some of those Daawa trips, but I cannot sustain doing this alone for the long term.
There has been several student groups and organizations who wanted me to visit them and teach, as one of their main challenges is that most Imams in Europe come from Muslim majority countries and only speak their back home language, such as Arabic, Urdu, or Turkish, but they are unable to communicate in the local European language or English, thus not able to reach out to the younger generation. Also since they are students, they have limited funds to invite outside speakers to visit them and teach.
Another example, is the most Northern Masjid in the world, in the city of Tromso, Norway, who were interested in inviting me to teach, but since Norway is the most expensive country in the world, they communicated their inability to cover the costs of the visit, as their local donations barely covers the costs of running their local Masjid.
Another goal from my travel, is to visit both Muslim minorities in European countries, and Muslim majority countries in Europe, research their situation, and then educate my page followers about those countries. For example, 20 years have passed since the war and ethnic cleansing happened in Bosnia in the 1990's, but today, many Muslims are not aware of the situation of their Muslim siblings in Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, and other minorities around them in Montenegro and Macedonia, and I would like to shed light on them, learn about them, and share what I learn on my page, which has regular subscribers of 56,500 and a total reach of over 550,000 so far thanks to Allah.
Therefore, I thought about approaching my brothers and sisters on my page and elsewhere to contribute towards the cost of reaching those remote places for teaching and research, but hesitated for a long time because of the sensitivity of collecting funds. However, when I witnessed dozens of missionaries spreading other religions during my travels, who are very well funded by their organizations and businesses, I thought that I should not slow myself down because of lack of funding and should seek help from my brothers and sisters who know me well and have been following me for several years. As for those who don't know me yet, I invite you to watch some of the work that Allah has blessed me with on youtube and facebook.
Insha'Allah I will only be able to go as far as this fundraising goes, but my target is to spend the maximum allowed time for a European visa, which is 3 months, mainly the months of September, October, and November insha'Allah (excluding the Eid break), targeting about 13-20 countries. If there is any unused amount at the end, it will be used for future teaching and researching, which you can always follow the progress on my page.
May Allah accept your gift and contribution and help us all spread the peaceful message of Islam while learning about our Muslim siblings around the world. Please help us by spreading the cause!
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