Category: Current Status of the Organisation

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. 

Q What is your favourite story from the Quran?

Although the story of Yusuf (as ) is often described as rhetoric mist beautiful of stories. There are many facets to the story of Ibrahim (as). I have enjoyed covering the story in our Arabic classes and it often shows such a profound reliance on Allah over adversity – from the time that his people were to throw him in the fire, to the time Hajar and Ismail were taken to the desert, to the time he was asked to sacrifice his own son.

Q What is your role as a trustee?

I am General Secretary of KMWA

Q What have you been most passionate about within KMWA?

Expanding the existing Masjid to the conservatory extension, representing the community through local and national media and robustly defending them, instrumental in new Masjid land bid and purchase, improved engagement with local and statutory bodies including Islamic awareness training and Islamic awareness weeks, visit my Mosque open day and taste Ramadan. Appointment of an English speaking Imam – 10 years ago. Facilitating youth groups, women’s groups to operate more freely .Help expand the operating group of people within KMWA.
Help found the volunteers group.

Q What is your 5 year Vision for the Gillingham community?

Find the answer to this question and more in the full article in KMWALTR #003