Masjid Al-Islam provides an array of social services that helps its customers become self-reliant with opportunities and experiences that assist with behavioral change and that promote healthy lifestyles. We help individuals and families become productive citizens in the communities in which they live. Our services are open to the most vulnerable, the disenfranchised, the homeless, low-income persons, the underemployed, and those greatest in need.  We provide program services that educate and embrace the whole human being.  We do not discriminate based on a person’s race, ethnicity, creed, or physical limitations.  

The following is a list of services and activities that MAI offers.

Social Services

The Beacon of Light Community Services Program (Doors open from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm)

  • Feeding Our Neighbors – Provides free meals every Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 12 noon. We offer a full breakfast on Saturdays at 8:00 am. Our feeding programs are based on a first-come, first-served basis.

  • Downtown Pantry – Provides non-perishable food to the homeless on site.

  • Pantry Plus – Provides non-perishable foods to individuals and families with food insecurities that live within the community and its surrounding areas.

  • Clothe Thy Neighbors – Provides clothing, toiletries, baby diapers, etc., every Saturday and Sunday while supplies last.

  • Financial Assistance to the needy when funds are available. Eligibility requirements apply.

  • Health and Human Services (HHS) –

  1. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – We assist income-eligible clients to apply for and receive food stamps.

  2. Community Partners Program – 211 Texas referral program for those requesting human resources for housing,  financial assistance, jobs, health and transportation needs, child care, educational training, youth and family, and senior services.

Educational Services

  • MECA Sunday School for children /youth –  Quran learning and Arabic classes

  • Adult and Youth Education  Quran learning, Arabic, and the life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

  • Computer Classes – Beginners and Intermediate held Saturdays at the Beacon of Light at 2:30 p.m.

  • Weekly Educational Lectures and Halaqas

  • GED Preparation

  • Seminars and Conferences

Prayer Services

  • Five Daily Prayers

  • Friday/Jumu’ah Khutbah and Prayer

Outreach Activities

  • Dawah –Outreach activities that help educate Non-Muslims about the truth of Al-Islam

  • Interfaith Projects with other faith groups

  • Support for the Incarcerated

Other Services