It was really worth going to. I enjoyed it. 
Here’s some pictures…
(btw the pictures are really bad, but getting good pictures was the last thing on my mind at the time 
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A shot of the Jersey Sunset just before we left to go to the event.
The rest are outside of the Ritz theater (where it was being held). It was really cold and windy outside, and the line was realllllyyy long and all the Muslims froze their bumbums off 
. There were almost 3000 people that attended.
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Bad quality pictures because I increased the brightness when I put them on the computer. (they were really dark before)
A few pictures of the ceiling of the theater, which (ironically) had paintings of pictures resembling those from the Renaissance (nude people, vines, grapes, etc. 
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And then there’s some pictures of the theater audience (there was a top section and then a bottom part. Women and men sat on different sides)
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Some of the speakers that came up…
Imam Zaid Shakir (pretty much the flyest scholar out there. I loved his speech - he had the crowd laughing My new favorite speaker.)
Imam Siraj Wahaj (an inspiring speaker, as always. He makes people WANT to donate :k: haha)
Abdul Adrees (sp?) (I had seen him about two months earlier at a fundraiser, and the thing I love most about his speeches is how he quotes directly from the Quran, sometimes even giving the exact number of the verse. Unfortunately, many people in the audience chose not to take advantage of this experience and decided to begin talking. At this point, Hamza Yousaf came up to the mic and told everyone that if they wanted to talk, they should leave. He’s the man. 
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(there were like two other speakers, but I didn’t get pictures of them nor did I catch their names =)
And last, but not least… Sheikh Hamza Yousaf
I wish I knew as much about Islam as him. I really do.
Here’s an audio clip from a video I made of part of his speech. This is good :k: =]
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Wow! Lucky you!! Amazing stuff man.
You shuda still recorded it on video tape or something :D
but looks like you had fun :)
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Yea the camera I have makes sucky videos, especially when the lighting is as low as it was in the auditorium.
So I made a few videos, but when I put them on the computer, you can hardly see anything, so I figured I’d just uploaded the audio
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Nice shots :k:
Do you have a blog/photo site for your shoots? You have some skills for shooting pics. :k:
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Great pics. I’m sure it must have been a wonderful event. Btw, I like your sig Phato. 
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^Hehe thanks. Yea she said that like a couple days ago, I thought it was hilarious (but I don’t think she was trying to be funny 
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bizz - Thanks, pal Yea I used to have a blog once upon a time but just lost interest. I might start one up again someday. :k:
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GREAT!!
Did you hook up with any boy, phatty?
Were there lot of cutie hijabis looking for rishtas?
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I have NEVER been to ANY ICNA convention 
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Dope, you animal. 
The women and men were sitting on seperate sides. hahah SUCKERS!
EMM - hmm well this wasn’t really a convention…more like a conference, I guess. Just a series of speeches and some snacks being sold at the back. The conventions are off the chaiiiinnnn . The last convention I went to was the ISNA one in DC about 3 years ago. It was really lots of fun. There were so many things going on…bazaar, speeches, food, namaazes..different rooms for everything.