Generation M

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Generation M gathered from all over the Bay, Muslims and non Muslims to come out and enjoy their successful event. September 20, 2003 at UC Berkeley, in the Wheelers hall from 2 till 10 pm, speakers, and Islamic music along with short comedy skits and much more gave life to the auditorium. A lot of speakers inspired the young hearts of many that were there. Some of the famous speakers came out to the generation M such as, Imam Zaid Shakir, Dr. Sapphire Ahmed, Amir Abdul Malik, Ustadh Suhaib Webb, Ali Shayan and many more. Some of the artists were Kumasi, Aman brothers, and Napoleon from the Outlawz. They were all here to talk about the topic, Muslim Youth vanguard of the Islamic Revival.
As everyone got settled down, Abdul Rahman, one of the members of the Muslim Student Association started reading some versus from the Holy book Quran, and telling everyone about their meanings. Along with it another member talked about some Hadiths which are some true stories of the Prophets and the sahabas. As us youth tend to get very sleepy and start to lose our attention to the main thing, the Mc Rima Choudry decided to get them awake. She announced that the Aman brothers were going to sing their song all around the world live. When the music artists got up on the stage, they got all the youth wide awake. They filled the air with music and people hollering and cheering them on. There was nothing like an inspirational music to get the youth back to paying attention.
It was the speakers turn to enlighten the youth with some knowledge. Each of them had a true story to tell and a word of wisdom to spread. Some of the speakers talked about how their lives were changed just by believing in Allah. Many of them gave examples of such like when Dr. Sapphire Ahmed, a doctor from New York was in her clinic waiting for the arrival of her patient, a woman or should we say a man walked in. She noticed the name of her patient and was surprised to...