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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 

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wo barakatuhu.

The KMWA BoT election took place today and results have been confirmed.

There were a total of 41 voters and 156 votes cast.

The four candidates elected were Brothers:

Basir Ahmed 32 votes.

Waseem Mirza 30 votes.

Agha Naeem Ahmed Khan 30 votes.

Majid Arshad 28 votes.

Congratulations to these 4 Brothers and commiserations to the unsuccessful candidates.

I would like on behalf of KMWA to thank all those who took part and those who helped things to run smoothly.

Special thanks go to our election commissioners, Brothers Naseem Sheikh and Saeed Khan , who have so professionally carried out their job for over 20 years. May Allah reward them for their dedication and patience and fairness.

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wo barakatuhu.

The KidsMWA Spring nature trek was enjoyed in good weather on Sunday afternoon on 30th April in Riverside County Park, Lower Rainham.

The treks which occur during each season help us to experience the changing environment and wildlife with each season and help us to appreciate the creations of Allah subhana wa ta’ala through the changes that we see.

If you would like to join the group on future Treks, there will be one organised each season in shah Allah and so watch out for the Summer Trek announcements later on in the year.