Pre Ramadan Conference 2025
Pre Ramadan Conference 2025
Unlocking Barakah
Cultivating & Recognizing Divine Blessings
Ramadan is a month of countless blessings, let us prepare to greet it as we would prepare for an honored guest! Join us for our Annual Reverts Reconnect Conference to learn how to make actionable goals and bring change in our lives during this Holy Month. May this Ramadan to be your best Ramadan Insha’Allah!
Saturday | Feb 22 | 2-10pm
At MAS Ibn Sina Center, 46-01 20th Ave, Queens, NY 11105
Ticket Prices: Enjoy an early bird discount at $25 until January 24. Afterward, tickets are $30, and $40 at the door. Buying tickets early helps us plan better.
Vendor Tables: Each table costs $100
Food will be available for purchase
Babysitting is available for children aged 3+ (must be potty trained). Cost: $10 per child online at the door will be $15.
Speakers:
Imam Abdullah Oduro
Imam Tom Faccine
Sh. Abdelrahman Badawy
Sh. Muhammad Badawy
Imam Wesley Lebron
Sister Sondos Alsilwi
Sister Ahlam Hassan
Sister Amina Rodríguez
Quran Recitation:
Brother Abdullah Radoncic
Speakers
Imam Tom Faccine
Imam Tom accepted Islam in his early twenties. He holds a BA in Political Science from Vassar College (2011) and a BA in Islamic Law from the Islamic University of Madinah (2020).
He also holds a chaplaincy certificate from The Chaplaincy Program conducted by the Prophet's Mosque (2019).
Tom is currently the Imam and Director of Religious Affairs of Utica Masjid (Utica, New York), as well as the Imam of Hamilton College where he does part-time chaplaincy work. He also teaches Tafseer to middle schoolers online through Legacy International Online High School.
Sheikh Muhammad Badawy
Sheikh Mohammad Badawy is an educator from Brooklyn. He is a graduate of the College of Shariah at Umm Al Qura university in Makkah and holds a BA in Health Science and Nutrition from Brooklyn College.
He also completed degrees in Applied Sciences and the Arabic Language.
He is currently the Resident Sheikh at the MAS Youth Center in Brooklyn NY
Imam Wesley Lebron
Imam Wesley is a Puerto Rican convert who accepted Islam in 1998. He has a BA in Islamic studies from Mishkah University.
He is the co-founder of the 3 Puerto Rican Imams Projects, a non-profit humanitarian organization that has does work in Palestine, Nigeria, Pakistan, Caribbeans, Central America, South America, and right here at home in the United States.
He is currently the Imam / Director of Education and Programs for MAS NY Reverts Reconnect.
Sister Maha Albrashi
Sister Maha is the Assistant Principal at Andalusia Islamic School in MAS Upper NY.
She is pursuing a second masters degree in School Leadership.
Youth across NY are familiar with Maha as she has over 10 years of youth mentoring and is the co-host of the “Companions of the Message” podcast. She is a spoken word artist and is known for her eloquence and deep, thought-provoking poetry.
Sister Amina Rodriguez
Sister Amina has a bachelors in Islamic Studies from the International Open University. she is certified as a Quran teacher with the methodologies: Al Qaidah Nuraniyah (by Sheikh Muhammad Farooq Ar Rae- KSA) and Al Qurtubia (by Sheikh Muhammad Idrissi Alcaraz -Spain).
She has a certificate in adult education from Harvard University (USA). She is currently in the 2nd year of Tarbiyah al Islamiyyah at the Islamic University of Spain (Instituto al Andalusia).
She is the founder of "Instituto Latinoamericano de la Mujer Musulmana" (Latin American Instituto for the Muslim Women), www.ilmm.org where she teaches Islamic studies and Quran to Spanish speaking women and children.d her 4 cats. Given the option, she would run a cat ranch.
Qari Abdullah Radoncic
Brother Abdullah completed his memorization of the Quran in his youth and is currently pursuing his Bachelors’. He will recite a portion of the Quran to our conference audience Insha’Allah.