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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

This was a great opportunity for parents to accompany their six and upward/ young teens to experience an afternoon of creative self expression in the form of Pebble Art.

An extremely well planned event allowing young hands to explore the offerings of nature. Shells, large/small pebbles, twigs and paints were provided for these young minds to create their unique art works. Once assembled and glued they were framed.

Expert supervision and guidance was provided by the teachers.
An extremely well thought out creative space catering for the younger years by providing height appropriate tables.

This was a lovely opportunity for parents and kids to bond in a joint activity. Also allowing parents to connect or reconnect with other parents.

Thank you KMWA Volunteers for providing such a well planned and wonderful opportunity within the walls of our blessed Masjid.

Current services provided by KMWA:
-Spiritual advice for worship and daily life.
-Marriage services – performing Nikkah and registration.
-Providing a mechanism for formally taking Shahada.
-Visiting the sick ( including in Hospital when possible).
-Janazah Services and raising the funds where necessary.
-Madrasa Education for children and adults (in its most basic form learning to perform wudu and Salaat, learning to read the Quran in Arabic, learning basic Islamic etiquette and fiqh).
-Those in genuine need for help in the general community.
-Point of contact of the Muslim Community with the local council, police and other statutory bodies.
-Point of contact of the Muslim Community with the local and national Media.
-Hate crime Hub.
-Facilitating Islamic awareness training, Islamic awareness weeks, Masjid open days and Iftaar sharing with non Muslims in Ramadaan (taste Ramadaan).
-Interaction with groups of different faith through our involvement with Medway Interfaith Action to give a greater awareness of the Islamic faith to other religious communities.

If you need any of the services above please contact Br Azeem Nader – number available in KMWALTR #003