In the name of Allah SWT, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. All praise is for Allah SWT alone whose help and forgiveness we seek. We ask His protection against evil and wrong doing. Whomever Allah SWT guides cannot be misguided and whomever Allah SWT allows to go astray cannot be guided to the straight path. We bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah SWT, and we bear witness that Muhammad PBUH is His Messenger.

The Hedaya Center (as The Muslim Society of Greater Danbury Inc.) was founded in June 2009 by a few committed sisters in our community as a private summer gathering in Newtown CT to tutor their children about their beliefs. This community grew steadily into a ‘school’. Over a period of  the following two years, with more children enrolling and the addition of Programs for New Muslims, Youth, Women etc., the ‘school’ evolved into the ‘Al Hedaya Islamic Center’ with a multi-cultural Muslim Community vision that reflects the core Muslim values of moderation, education and outreach.  Our community includes about 100 Muslim households from Arab, African, European, US, Central and South American, Chinese, Thai, Filipino, Indonesian and South Asian origins. Our ethnic and national diversity reflects our community’s rich cultural heritage and Islam’s enduring message of moderation, peace and justice

Eid Mubarak from the children at Hedaya 2020