Category: Activities

This year on February 11th-12th Rochester lit up with Medway Lights Festival transforming Rochester’s historic iconic buildings and spaces into works of art. KMWA’s Azeem Nader, Rizwana Shelly and Ajaib Hussain participated with a discussion on what makes Medway great and beautiful and what we love about it. It was fantastic to see the whole community come together in praise of Medway from young to old who have arrived in the UK and are trying to build a better life.

International Holocaust Memorial Day

Every year the International Holocaust Memorial Day is held on the 27th January and remembrance services are held locally, alternating between the Chatham Memorial Synagogue and Rochester Cathedral.

As well as prayers, exhibitions, and poems there are also plays by school children to commemorate and remember not only the Holocaust atrocities and persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany during World War II but also the recent genocides that have happened in Darfur, Bosnia, Cambodia, Rohingya Muslims in Burma/Myanmar and more recently the Uyghur Muslims genocide/persecution in China.

If you would like to support more of these humanitarian activities,

Please get in touch with Ajaib Hussain – Contact details available in KMWALTR #004

KMWA is pleased to be running a Quran tajweed course for ladies – at Gillingham Masjid.

Classes will run on SUNDAYS in the Masjid

They will be every Sunday for one hour between 1pm and 2pm.

They will start from Sunday 9th January 2022 in shah Allah.

It is expected that participants will already be familiar with reading the Quran.

If you would like to sign up for this course or have any questions, please contact or leave your details with
Br Azeem Nader via WhatsApp/text message only Number available in KMWALTR #004.

NEW TAJWEED & AQEEDAH CLASSES AT GILLINGHAM MASJID

KMWA is pleased to be running a second course that will cover Quran tajweed as well as Aqeedah for boys (aged 11 to 18) at Gillingham Masjid.

Classes will run on Monday evenings in the Masjid

They will be every Monday night for six weeks after Isha Prayer between 7pm (at Salaat -ul-Isha) for one hour until about 8.15pm.

They will run from Monday 10th January 2022 for six weeks inshAllah.

It will be a six week course with classes taught by Maulana Irfan.
It is expected that participants will already be familiar with reading Arabic.

The cost of the entire six weeks is £30. There is a discount of £5 for multiple family members – ie. 2 brothers from the same family would pay £25 each.

THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR THE COURSE IS 12. YOU WILL NEED TO PREREGISTER AND PAY THE COURSE FEE IN ADVANCE BY FRIDAY 7TH JANUARY AT THE LATEST IN ORDER TO RESERVE A PLACE.

If you would like to sign up for this course or have any questions, please contact
Br Azeem Nader via WhatsApp/text – Phone number available in KMWALTR #004.

As soon as the opportunity arose; I and two other friends decided to take up golf to beat the boredom of the home environment, and meet outside for social fun and exercise. Of course, in those days meeting outside was still restricted in large numbers, but we figured the open space of a golf course allowed us total freedom with good social distancing!

Quickly, we got kitted out with golf clubs and a bag each which we bought second-hand off eBay/Gumtree and headed to the nearest golf range to try them out. To our surprise, it didn’t cost a lot and we quickly found convenient golf courses nearby to play at regularly. Locally, there are plenty of nice courses to play; either nine holes or 18 holes, such as the Upchurch River Valley Course near Rainham, the Southern Valley near Rochester, or the Snodhurst Bottom Pitch and Put Course in Chatham. The latter is a Par 3 meaning an easier, shorter course but still challenging. Most of the courses have golf ranges and greens to practice on and are pay and play; meaning open to everyone and not too expensive, but some are more exclusive and members only. They are all family and kids friendly so it’s a very nice environment.

Traditionally, golf has been a bit of an elitist sport but now it is accessible to everyone, and especially more and more people of colour are playing the game. So much so that my friends have even started lessons for their young eight-year-olds to get them into the sport early! Maybe they will become the Asian “Tiger Woods” of the future InSha’Allah !

Read the full article and learn more in KMWALTR #003 (including contact details of the Muslim Golf Association)

Important Notice

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Dear sisters
We are back for our weekly Wednesday Halaqa/ Circle ⭕️

الحمد لله رب العالمين

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 10.30 am 11.30am
Location: KMWA Masjid in Gillingham.

Followed by a cup of coffee ☕️/tea & biscuits until 12.30pm.

Look forward to welcoming you back insha Allah. If you’re unable to attend, please share with friends & family!