Weekend School for Children
About Event
Masjid Al Farooq has been striving in the path of excellence since establishing its weekend school, the MAF Academy of Chicago. It started at our previous rental storefront location over a decade ago with 20 students and it now enrolls over a hundred students each year. Students are educated in general Islamic studies, Islamic etiquettes, Arabic reading and writing, Islamic social studies, Quran recitation and Tajweed (correct pronunciation).
Today, the weekend school enrollment has quadrupled; but the household income of our students is below the federal poverty level. Most parents cannot afford the already-low tuition to cover the school’s operating costs. It is only with generous donations that they are able to send their children to receive Islamic education.