a message from advisor asad.

"sorry, i've slacked in my duties as a MYNA advisor. I've spent the past few months observing, reading and reflecting upon whats going on around us. the dynamics of the muslim world and american muslims are changing at every moment. i'm not a reactionary activist. i'm also not with any global islamic movement. i haven't progressed on appointing new MYNA officers because i believe we're in the midst of a transition. there's no schedule for this phase, and -who is doing what- is uncertain on the national and zonal levels. MYNA GROUPS ARE DEAD EVERYWHERE ELSE AND VARIOUS REORGANIZATION PLANS HAVE YET TO TAKE EFFECT. Ask yourself... WHAT GOOD IS AN ACTIVE REGION 7 if its parent organization lays dead or dying while other movement based youth groups continue to indoctrinate unsuspecting kids with the same old dry reactionary teachings, ideological cousins to those terrorists out there.after september 11th i think we MUST NOT continue with mindless activism as if it was yet another time to react to hate crimes and do dawah and then move on to the next event (ie. the olympics). I Will NOT corrupt innocence by sucking yet another child into the dangerous world of Muslim activism without being able to convince myself and parents that our group's Methodology and Ideology has nothing to do with those who HATE and dehumanize. We the advisors and former officers need to discuss these issues before continuing with business as usual. I'm holding a meeting at the United Muslim Conference in Orlando on the weekend of Dec 21th. We can discuss these and other priorities and hopefully come out more energized and able to respond to whatever the serious needs of our youth are at the moment. i want to see who out there wants to commit to helping our youth be the dymanic muslims they ought to be and what we have to do to get it done. within MYNA or WITHOUT. IF you've worked hard FOR MYNA the organization, i'm sorry, things may change. BUT if you used your time in MYNA to improve yourself and the world around you than pray that Allah blesses you with His grace and mercy. No struggle is wasted if it was done right and with pure intentions. If you can't come to Orlando for the conference then e-mail me your thoughts on the issues discussed above and if you know any former or current MYNA advisors or local officers please forward them this e-mail and ask them to respond with there suggestions directly to me, e-mail me or call me at --- - --- - ---- .peace and love."

from Huda Rahim

"...recently i was talking to rubina, and she told me that nothings been happening with myna for the past god knows how long :) you guys have all worked waaaaaaaaaaay tooooooooo hard to drop it and just let it go. our region was the bomb region, and we can't let that go to waste :) out of all the states in america, i really think that florida is one of the most united and thats such a great thing! and there's so much potential to keep it that way and even more if we tried. kulsum, remember how hard you worked on the myna olympics? didn't you feel like it made a big difference in the unity for muslims? and sadaf, you've been working with myna forever... you know how far we've come... sajid- don't you miss those nights of trying to come up with the myna schedule? :) lol...but you have to put all that experience to work! come on you guys. we have to pull the region back up. lets start with putting people into office, and just anyone who's interested. rubina said she's really interested... i know my sisters both can help... i'm sure some of the girls from tampa would be happy to help out. if you guys have anyone you know, i'm sure they'd be good too. we just really need to get the region back together now."