Interview with Imam Safwat Morsy.
The interview was held at October 25th at 2 pm, after Friday prayer.
For contact: [email protected]
1. When was your site founded? It was founded in 2002.
2. Who was/were the founder(s)? Al imam established it when he came to San Francisco.
3. How did the mosque derive its name? Al Sabeel means the path and we wanted to be that for our members.
4. What demographic do they serve? Because it’s set in San Francisco, a pretty diverse city, it’s a very diverse masjid, with Muslims coming in from many backgrounds: Arab, Pakistanis and many other backgrounds.
5. Is your site affiliated or partners with any other mosques? It’s not affiliated with one specific mosque; this masjid works with any mosque and church that reach out to them. The mosque even reaches out to hospitals where Muslims are seeking life support; they also train doctors who work with Muslim patients. They work with synagogues and high schools; just a few weeks ago they had a class of 45 students from UCSF come in to look around and learn about the mosque.
6. What kind of structure is your mosque? The mosque is a part of a building. It’s located on the first floor.
7. Find out about any projects, events and services your mosque offers and is involved in: Al Sabeel has a summer camp, field trips and activities for the children.
They celebrate Christmas with churches around the area, and they are allowed to use a church’s kitchen for cooking for Eid, as their mosque doesn’t have a proper and big enough kitchen.
For Ramadan, they have a huge program. They hold everyday Iftars, and during the last 10 days of the Holy month, they hold I’tikaf and Iftar every day.
They also offer social support and social services for Muslims and non-Muslims, like marriage counseling.
8. Their mosque is moving! They purchased a bigger building since their landlord raised the rent and it was a better deal to purchase a new building bigger and better for the community. Their new address will be 118 Jones St. San Francisco.
9. They haven’t been involved in any legal cases, and they haven’t been victims to any hate crimes.
10. They have a newsletter that’s posted on the website. Their sermons “Khutab” are also posted online.
11. There is a Al Sabeel mosque, Al Sabeel school, Al Sabeel youth group and Al Sabeel book store.
12. Question to his daughter who was sitting in with us for the interview: What do you like most about the mosque? What’s not to like? I like the feeling of community, and here there’s always a feel like the community is like a second family. If a new person comes in, they feel welcomed and to help out and fit in. a big second family.
The interview was held at October 25th at 2 pm, after Friday prayer.
For contact: [email protected]
1. When was your site founded? It was founded in 2002.
2. Who was/were the founder(s)? Al imam established it when he came to San Francisco.
3. How did the mosque derive its name? Al Sabeel means the path and we wanted to be that for our members.
4. What demographic do they serve? Because it’s set in San Francisco, a pretty diverse city, it’s a very diverse masjid, with Muslims coming in from many backgrounds: Arab, Pakistanis and many other backgrounds.
5. Is your site affiliated or partners with any other mosques? It’s not affiliated with one specific mosque; this masjid works with any mosque and church that reach out to them. The mosque even reaches out to hospitals where Muslims are seeking life support; they also train doctors who work with Muslim patients. They work with synagogues and high schools; just a few weeks ago they had a class of 45 students from UCSF come in to look around and learn about the mosque.
6. What kind of structure is your mosque? The mosque is a part of a building. It’s located on the first floor.
7. Find out about any projects, events and services your mosque offers and is involved in: Al Sabeel has a summer camp, field trips and activities for the children.
They celebrate Christmas with churches around the area, and they are allowed to use a church’s kitchen for cooking for Eid, as their mosque doesn’t have a proper and big enough kitchen.
For Ramadan, they have a huge program. They hold everyday Iftars, and during the last 10 days of the Holy month, they hold I’tikaf and Iftar every day.
They also offer social support and social services for Muslims and non-Muslims, like marriage counseling.
8. Their mosque is moving! They purchased a bigger building since their landlord raised the rent and it was a better deal to purchase a new building bigger and better for the community. Their new address will be 118 Jones St. San Francisco.
9. They haven’t been involved in any legal cases, and they haven’t been victims to any hate crimes.
10. They have a newsletter that’s posted on the website. Their sermons “Khutab” are also posted online.
11. There is a Al Sabeel mosque, Al Sabeel school, Al Sabeel youth group and Al Sabeel book store.
12. Question to his daughter who was sitting in with us for the interview: What do you like most about the mosque? What’s not to like? I like the feeling of community, and here there’s always a feel like the community is like a second family. If a new person comes in, they feel welcomed and to help out and fit in. a big second family.