Name: Bayan Iftar and Community Appreciation
Start: 2025-03-11T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-11T21:00:00-05:00
Location: GEM Multicultural Center

Join us for a special evening of reflection, gratitude, and community at the Bayan Iftar & Community Appreciation gathering.
About this Event

Join us for a special evening of reflection, gratitude, and community at the Bayan Iftar & Community Appreciation gathering. As we break our fast together, we will celebrate the impact of Bayan Islamic Graduate School and express appreciation for the students, scholars, and supporters who make our mission possible.

Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · 6:00PM

Location:

GEM Multicultural Center

6300 Independence Pkwy, Ste. A, Plano, TX. 75023

About Bayan

Bayan was established in 2011 as an independent, not-for profit Islamic educational institution that offers accredited graduate degrees in Islamic Studies - with the aim of creating a world that understands Islam in a modern context. Bayan’s mission focuses on cultivating today’s leaders and scholars for Muslim American communities, building capacity grounded in Islamic values and effective at impacting society at large.

Over the past decade, Bayan’s graduate degree programs have expanded. Bayan offers a Master of Arts (MA) in Religious Studies with a concentration in Islamic Studies, and additional MA specializations in Islamic Leadership, Islamic Theology, and Islamic Education. Furthermore, over half of Bayan’s students are enrolled in Bayan’s unique professional Master of Divinity (MDiv) in Islamic Chaplaincy program. Bayan launched its first doctoral program this year, the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in Islamic Leadership. Bayan’s degree programs are offered in partnership with the Chicago Theological Seminary, through which they are fully accredited.

Bayan provides professionalization and education to those Muslim Americans in leadership positions across the nation, such as imams, scholars, community organizers, chaplains, and teachers to be more effective and relevant to the needs of the community. To date, Bayan boasts 95 graduates and over 110 currently enrolled student who are working to enhance human capacity in these institutions to navigate the ever-evolving challenges in our communities.