Category: Current Status of the Organisation

Bismillah 

Alhamdulillah by the permission of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and His acceptance we have successfully engaged with our Dawah stall initiative under the KMWA umbrella and accompanied by our various other partners. 

The stall has already accomplished much on our amazing journey of Dawah and volunteers work in our local community. It all began fairly recently – within the last year. It was established as a result of a concern from myself (brother Farris) and Auntie Rizwana on the KMWA volunteers watts app group about how we could be a presence at the grand opening of the Gillingham Street Angels Charity Shop in Chatham – grand opening day. That’s where Neil the CEO of the charity suggested we should come along and be that presence and representation of KMWA volunteers and Dawah outreach initiatives. It should be mentioned that the street angels charity are an amazing community, not even religious based or focused and yet their staff are so welcoming and accommodating every time. 

Since then we have been regularly attending their shop with the stall and it’s still ongoing In Sha Allah. From this Dawah stall initiative we have had an increase in volunteers and even a new Muslim sister entering the fold of Islam. Every week we are on the stall the Qurans are nearly all taken. It has been a huge success and we are expanding further by even seeing us now getting permission to setup in the mall in Maidstone. There we have invited IERA down and other experienced personalities in the work of Dawah that have offered us support and training and is still ongoing In Sha Allah 

Finally, it should be said that the KMWA organisation has been very supportive and to hand at every point, especially in the initial stages. Brother Rizwan has been a fantastic supporter and has been readily available for the stall requirements throughout. We hope this relationship and our efforts for this noble work continues to grow and get stronger. We hope more volunteers – both brothers and sisters can help in any way to support and benefit immensely – even if it’s just your Duas – please let’s not stop now. 

May Allah سبحانه وتعالى reward, bless and accept from us all, Aameen.                

Br Farris Wilson.

Youth Hubb runs from 6:30 till about 9pm every Saturday in Gillingham Masjid.     We focus on youths from about 15 years old to 25-year-olds. We find that this age range are the most neglected but yet most impressionable. As once they leave madrassa, their connection to the mosque reduces drastically, and so can drift to where their environment takes them. 

Our aims of the Youth Hubb is to instil. 

• Brotherhood 

• love for the mosque 

• Discipline 

• A positive experience to attach their hearts to the mosque. 

• An Islamic environment 

• A support structure as they transition from young adult to maturity. 

We have been doing this though short Islamic reminders by Imam Irfan, we have 3 a side football, table tennis, boxing training from experienced trainers, interactive games and at the end of the evening we sit down and eat pizza together, and a special treat once a month we have some amazing home cooked food.    

I encourage everyone with sons from 15 to 25 year old to spend more time with Muslims of their age.           

Br Fayaz Iqbal 

This post contains Minutes of the Annual General Meeting which took place in 2022.

Apologies this was not posted last year.

19 ATTENDEES INCLUDING 8 TRUSTEES. 

1. TILAWAT – Performed by Imam Zahoor. 

2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE – Br Zaki Ahmed. 

3. CHAIRMAN AND GENERAL SECRETARY REPORT – Br Azeem Nader read out the printed report for 2021-22. Printed copies were available. 

4. TREASURER REPORT – Br Issa Rumjaun gave the Treasurers report and also summarised the financial position during the COVID period. Printed copies were available. 

5. APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS –  Akbar Chartered Accountants were reappointed and thanked for their service to the community, with respect to preparation of our annual accounting report, audited accounts, and the staff payroll. 

6. ELECTION COMMISIONERS REPORT – Brs Naseeem Sheikh and Saeed Khan delivered the election commissioners report and the results of the elections. There were 6 candidates for 4 Trustee posts. The elected Trustees were Brs Zaki Ahmed, Sayed Ishtiaq, Azeem Chaudry, Mahmood. The outgoing Trustees, Brs Sherebaz Khan, Amir Quraishi, Sajid Khan were thanked for their long service and sacrifice to the BoT and community. 

7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS & QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR – Following on from the vote of thanks, Br Ajaib suggested that it would be nice to have a history of KMWA and also a ‘wall of fame’ for those members who have served the Masjid.  

There were some general discussions around the maintenance of the Masjid and quality of the speaker system. The Masjid requires a programme of maintenance and improvement. This would obviously require extra and dedicated funding. 

Imam Zahoor wanted to thank and highlight those Brothers who help look after and clean the Masjid, especially on a Thursday night in preparation for Salaat-ul Jummah. The Raja family and Br Saeed Khan were especially mentioned. 

Br Ajaib wanted to highlight Brs Fayaz Iqbal and Atif Mir for their ‘Ark’ work engaging with the community and helping to fundraise for the new Masjid, and producing the newsletter. 

Some fundraising suggestions were made regarding possibly doing a TV campaign for the new Masjid. Br Abdul briefly summarised the issues that have hindered the progress with the building work, ie. COVID, lack of funds and increased building costs, and the anticipation that we will be able to continue with the development of the new Masjid over the next 12 months. 

8. RESOLUTIONS-   there were no specific resolutions passed.