Background
Alhamdulillah we have established Quran classes for the brother’ and sisters. However in regards to the sisters’ Quran class, it was only attended by one (1) person throughout the whole semester. This has made sister Azzah, the teacher, feel very demotivated from our community. However, she is willing to come back if we provide support for her in regards to making a program.
This demonstrates two problems:
A low community focus on the Quran. A lack of support and infrastructure for the talent in Nueces. It’s important to note here that problem (1) can be due to multiple reasons such as poor advertising, a lack of knowledge surrounding the classes, fear of intimidation, and so on. It does not at all indicate that the Nueces community / college students do not care about the Quran.
Plan
Sister Faiza outlined having a monthly recurring Quran workshop that is largely focused on fixing one’s Surah Al-Fatiha.
This would integrate with the weekly Quran classes by giving people a first glimpse into the technicality involved within Quran recitation, which is needed in order to perfect one’s prayer.
Additionally, better advertising/marketing is needed in order to better portray what this workshop, and more generally speaking, the Quran classes, look like.
The rough timeline for this is to set up the logistics and infrastructure in August and to start classes in September, insha’allah.
Such classes would also be set up for the brothers, though probably after the sister’s workshop is all sorted out. Additionally, the timings are yet to be figured out as sisters classes must happen in the seminary room.