{"id":280,"date":"2025-04-06T21:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T21:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:08:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/2026\/04\/03\/minneapolis-live-meeting-is-closed\/\">Minneapolis Live Meeting is Closed<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-03T14:11:29+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 3, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The live meeting formerly held in Minneapolis, MN, is closed.We will keep you informed if this changes.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/map.png\" alt=\"meetings\" class=\"wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/map.png 762w, https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/map-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/map-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/meetings-list\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Meetings List<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/2020\/09\/08\/meeting-format\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Meeting format<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/site-change-log\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Site Change Log<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/meetings-list\/\">Click for Full Meeting List<\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cWhoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein; and whoever recommends&nbsp;and helps an evil cause shares in its burden; and Allah has power over all things.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<br>\u2013&nbsp;<strong>(Quran 4:85)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Recovery with an Islamic Approach<\/strong><br>\nWe have sought to integrate the treatment requirements of both Al-Islam and the Twelve Step approach to recovery into a simultaneous program.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our personal thanks and appreciation goes to the Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous programs from which we borrowed. Just as Narcotics Anonymous&nbsp;&nbsp;was founded out of its need to be non-specific with regard to substance, so Millati Islami was born out of our need to be religiously specific with regard to spiritual principles.<br>\n&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Continuous Growth<\/strong><br>\nMillati Islami, by God\u2019s will, (masha-Allah) offers a fresh perspective on age old ideas for treating our fallen&nbsp;human conditions. We pray further that it will serve as a model for successfully understanding and&nbsp;addressing the special problems encountered as recovering Muslims and substance abusers in a&nbsp;predominately non-Muslim society.<br>\n&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Submission<\/strong><br>\nWe look to Allah (God) to guide us on Millati Islami (the Path of Peace). While recovering, we strive to&nbsp;become rightly guided Muslims, submitting our wills and services to Allah.<br>\n&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Service<\/strong><br>\nIslam tells us clearly that the status of man in this world is that of an \u201cAbd\u201d (servant or \u2018slave\u2019). We know&nbsp;that we must learn to be slaves and servants only to Allah and not slaves to mind and mood altering&nbsp;chemicals. We must also learn not to be slaves to people, places, things, and emotions.<br>\n&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Custodianship<\/strong><br>\nAllah tells us that man is \u201cKhalifa\u201d (agent or inheritor of the earth). This means that Allah has entrusted us&nbsp;as human beings with custodianship of His creation.<br>\n&#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Begin with ourselves<\/strong><br>\nOur own bodies, minds and souls truly belong to Allah.&nbsp;They are only entrusted to us for a time. We are charged with their care while we have them in our&nbsp;possession.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">A wide array of online<br>and in-person meetings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Millati Islami has face-to-face meetings in most major cities, <br>Zoom meeting most days of the week, <br>and a telephone meeting.<br>See the menu above, or just <a href=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/meetings-list\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/meetings-list\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Millati Islami is a Recovery Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>12 step based.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 Tradition adherent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founded in September 1989.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tollfree-1024x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tollfree-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tollfree-600x342.jpg 600w, https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tollfree-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tollfree-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/millatiislami.org\/V2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tollfree.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><em>\u201cI have always found it rather difficult to let Allah\u2019s superior and flawless will prevail in my life and govern my will. However, when I make humble efforts, serenely accepting His will for me at some moment in my life, I feel absolutely relieved of the load I have carried on my shoulders..\u201d<\/em><br><\/p><cite>12-Step member<br>Pakistan<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div>Please support this effort. <br\/>\nMillati Islami World Services has established several pathways though which you can help.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<table border=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 752px; height: 51px;\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MillatiIslami\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5a\/Patreon_logomark.svg\/220px-Patreon_logomark.svg.png\" alt=\"Patreon logomark.svg\">Become a Patreon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MillatiIslami\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MillatiIslami<br><br><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; 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