Islamic Center of Yuba City

Location

3636 Tierra Buena Road, Tierra Buena, CA 95993

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 3203, Yuba City, CA 95992

Website

http://www.islamiccenterofyubacity.org

The Islamic Center of Yuba City is the only Islamic mosque in the Yuba-Sutter area. It primarily serves the local Punjabi-American community. The majority of Punjabi-Americans in the Yuba-Sutter area are Sikh rather than Muslim, and the majority of people in India are Hindu rather than Muslim, but the majority of people in the Punjab province of India are Muslim.

Islam is a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the teachings of the Qur'an and the prophet Muhammad. The Islamic Center of Yuba City practices Sufism, the mystical aspect of Islam (sometimes called the Way of the Heart), and is connected with two Sufi Orders, the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order and the Qadiri Rifai Sufi Order. Its website states:

Sufism recognizes and nurtures the spiritual nature of human beings.

Without nurturing the soul, any religion can become hard and dogmatic.

Islam's long legacy has been to nurture the spiritual nature of man . . .

The spiritual richness of Islam is the aspect that the fundamentalists and extremists have carefully extracted from their teachings, schools, and mosques.

This is something that has been systematically and consciously cultivated for many years.

Now, Islamic learning has become dangerously unbalanced

without the teachings of its saints and shaykhs.

Because . . .

for the Extremist, Islam is about power.

For the Sufis, Islam is about Surrender.

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