{"id":33,"date":"2017-07-10T14:40:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isstcc.org\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2023-02-14T02:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T02:50:41","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isstcc.org\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row hide_bg_image_on_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; hide_bg_image_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1507303349993{padding-top: 8.4em !important;padding-bottom: 8.4em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div id=\"sc_icons_449719933\" \n\tclass=\"sc_icons sc_icons_default sc_icons_size_small sc_align_center  vc_custom_1507300956516\"><div class=\"sc_icons_item\"><div id=\"sc_icons_449719933_icon-icon-shaha-00\" class=\"sc_icons_icon sc_icon_type_ icon-icon-shaha-00\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><span class=\"sc_icon_type_ icon-icon-shaha-00\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- \/.sc_icons --><div id=\"sc_title_1155557914\"\n\t\tclass=\"sc_title color_style_default sc_title_default  vc_custom_1676342706368\"><h3 class=\"sc_item_title sc_title_title sc_align_center sc_item_title_style_default\">Welcome to the ISSTCC<\/h3><\/div><!-- \/.sc_title -->[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; hide_bg_image_on_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; hide_bg_image_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1508771706579{margin-top: 2em !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3738&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; hide_bg_image_on_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; hide_bg_image_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1508771713229{margin-top: 2em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<mark><u>Islamic Society of Southern Texas<\/u><\/mark><u>\u00a0<\/u><b>(ISST)\u00a0<\/b>was founded in 1995, ISST is a non-profit non-political Muslim organization operating exclusively for religious, charitable, educational, and literary purposes. Our mission is to show that religions are not necessarily the main source of every conflict, hostility, and clash among world civilizations, rather, religions can play a major role in restoring world peace, respect, sympathy, trust and peaceful coexistence with different groups when the followers are educated, and guided properly to meet the needs of changing values of tomorrow\u2019s world. ISST is a vibrantly diverse, welcoming community that finds that Corpus Christi is a great place to live. The ISST offers services for Muslims and individuals of all faiths through the AbulQasim Masjid. In addition to the daily prayers and Friday congregational prayers, ISST offers classes in the basics of Islam, Fiqh, the life of the Prophet Muhammad, and more. For those wanting to learn about Islam for the first time, ISST has an excellent outreach program specializing in introductory topics of Islam. ISST also operates Corpus Christi Islamic School &#8220;Sunday School&#8221; which focuses primarily on mosque-based education. Sunday School is in session every Sunday, except scheduled holidays. Classes are diverse and include Qur&#8217;an study and memorization, morals and manners, Introduction to Islam, History of Islam, How to speak Arabic, Hadith (Sayings of Prophet Mohammad PBUH), Fiqh and more.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row hide_bg_image_on_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; hide_bg_image_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1507303349993{padding-top: 8.4em !important;padding-bottom: 8.4em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; hide_bg_image_on_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; hide_bg_image_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1508771706579{margin-top: 2em !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3738&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; hide_bg_image_on_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; hide_bg_image_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1508771713229{margin-top: 2em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Islamic Society of Southern Texas\u00a0(ISST)\u00a0was founded in 1995, ISST is a non-profit non-political Muslim organization operating exclusively for religious, charitable, educational, and literary purposes. 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