Formal meeting this Friday (May 4th)

Posted on 1st May 2012 by Ans

The Islamic Society is holding a formal meeting in LTB 5 on Friday (May 4th) at 17:00 and you are all invited. During the meeting, the Ex-committee is going to grant certificates of attendance to those who were following our Arabic and French series of classes during the year, and is also going to grant certificates of appreciation to the members who helped during the Islamic Awareness Week and the Islamic Conference. At the end of the meeting, the Ex-committee is going to formally hand its responsibilities over to the  new Executive Committee. It is important that ALL the new Executive Committee members be there.

P. S. Arabic coffee and other refreshments will be served.

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    Prayer times for May and June

    Posted on 1st May 2012 by Ans

    For prayer times for the two months of May and June please click here.

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      New ISoc Executive Committee

      Posted on 26th April 2012 by Ans

      Following the Islamic Society Elections yesterday, we are very glad to announce the names of the new ISoc Executive Committee (below). The Ex-committee wishes the Islamic Society members all the best with the new committee and would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the welfare of the Islamic Society this year. You can see that we have more positions this year, and this has been intended to make the executive committee responsibilities proceed more smoothly and easily.

      We would also like to ask the sisters who would like to be in the Islamic Society Committee to email us expressing their wish to be executive members.

      Please note that the new Exec Committee will take over effectively in a formal occasion next week (probably Wednesday). The Ex-Committee will then hand over its responsibilities to the new committee and will grant attendance certificates to the French and Arabic classes’ students and teachers and thank-you certificates to those who contributed to the Islamic Awareness Week and Islamic Conference. Please expect an email regarding this in the next couple of days.

      President:                                      Abdulkareem Alzahrani        (aaalza)
      Vice President:                            Ans Alghamdi                         (adalgh)
      Treasurer:                                     Muhammad Krkjie                (mhkrkj)
      External Relations Officer:    Mahmoud Alhamad              (malham)
      Councellor:                                   Muhammad Alreshoodi       (mamalr)
      TechMan:                                       Fawaz Alarfaj                         (falarf)
      First secretary:                            Ibrahim Kabiru Musa           (ikmusa)
      Second secretary:                       Farooq Rahimi                       (frahim)

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        This is just a reminder that starting from this Friday (30/03) the khutba will start at 13:10 (BST: British Summer Time).

          Posted on 29th March 2012 by Ans | Leave a comment

          The Islamic Society is very glad to let you know that you can now nominate yourself for a position in the next Islamic Society Executive Committee. There will be 6 positions in the next committee (positions 4 & 5 are new ones):

          1. President
          2. Vice President
          3. Treasurer
          4. External relations officer (communicates with university and other societies) 
          5. Councellor (provides help and support for members who are in need of help and advice)
          6. Secretary

          These positions are open to everyone in the society. Please be brave and come forward! If you are interested in nominating yourself for any of these positions, please reply to this email, stating the position you want to nominate yourself for (below is a template email). The deadline for sending your nomination to us is Friday 23rd March at 11:00 am. Any nominations after this deadline won’t be accepted!

          Note: If you have already spoken to any member on the committee about your wish to nominate yourself, you still need to confirm this by email. Only written nominations are regarded as official nominations!

            Posted on 19th March 2012 by Ans | Leave a comment

            The Islamic Society would like to invite you to the Islamic Finance Workshop which will be run by brother Tarek El-Diwany. The title of the workshop is ‘The Islamic Alternative to a Life of Debt‘. Below is some biographical information about brother Tarek.

            Time: Monday 19th March, 18:00 – 19:30
            Venue: LTB 1

            Tarek El Diwany is a writer and consultant in Islamic banking and finance. Between 1996 and 1998 he headed the Islamic Finance department at Prebon Yamane in London, having previously established an OTC bond derivatives dealing operation for the same company. He is the author of The Problem With Interest (1997), the editor of Islamic Banking and Finance and founder of http://www.islamic-finance.com (1997). He holds a BA Hons in Accounting & Finance from the University of Lancaster in the UK (1985) and is a founding partner of Zest Advisory LLP.]

              Posted on 14th March 2012 by Ans | Leave a comment

              The Islamic Society is taking part in the Dignity and Respect Festival taking place this week. Today (14/03) there is a talk by the President of the Islamic Society about dignity and respect in Islam. Please join us there.

              Time: 19:00 – 20:00
              Venue: LTB 5

                Posted on 14th March 2012 by Ans | Leave a comment

                Please fellow this link for Prayer times for March and April. Prayer_times_for_March_and_April

                  Posted on 5th March 2012 by Ans | Leave a comment

                  Please follow the link below to watch the Asr Prayer our brothers established between Squares 2 and 3 in the Islamic Awareness Week.

                  http://youtu.be/z2vtPmOdMwE

                    Posted on 5th March 2012 by Ans | Leave a comment

                    On behalf of the Islamic Society at the University of Essex and the Conference Organising Committee, I would like to thank each one of you for the tireless efforts you exerted for the conference to happen. Alhamdulillah, the conference went very well and we have received a very positive feedback. Nothing would have been done without the help of Allah, and then your precious efforts.
                    I am speechless before those brothers and sisters who devoted plenty of their time, money, and energy to help us organise the two events (Islamic Conference and Islamic Awareness Week).
                    I am not fortunate enough to know or remember all the names of those who devoted a great deal of their time for the events, but I hope that my memory would serve me to mention only some.
                    Brothers:
                    Dr. Mateen Durrani, the Conference Chairman and father of ISoc
                    Amgud Alshayeb, the mass of devotion
                    Atif Alhejali, the man of hard times
                    Wael Alharbi, the man of sincerity
                    Fares, the unknown knight
                    Abu Lina, the website man
                    Tahir, the AV man
                    Ahmad Abu Lifa, our imam in prayers
                    Talal Darwish, the Counsellor of the Society
                    The Libyan Revolutionaries: Muhammad Khraiyef, Marwan, Usama, Umar, Ramadan, …..
                    The heroes in the battlefield: Umar Abdul Kareem,Ahmad Alabras, Majd, Zardad, Muhammad Kapir (the Bilal of the society), Muhammad Asfour, Sami, Muhammad Sulaiman, Ahmad Aljbouri, Farouq, Saeed Saeed, Borzhan or Borjan, Mahmoud Alhamad, Ahmad Alhindi, Abdullah Almuslih, Khalifa, Abdul Karim Al-Zahrani, Ahmad Alzahrani, Ibrahim Kalaji, Fuaad, Abdul Hai  and other brothers I don’t know or can’t remember.
                    The Saudi Society (Abdullah Alasmari and all the brothers and sisters who took care of the coffee, tea, and sweets on a daily basis.
                    Sisters:
                    Ruksana, Suhaila, Hanan, the ‘Henna’ sister, Um Aisha, Marina, Darulehsan, Fariza,  Serife, Manal, our guest Vicky, and other sisters I don’t know or can’t remember.
                    Our prayers and sincere thanks go to those who were working in secret, either by donating money for the events or sending invitations to their friends.

                      Posted on 4th March 2012 by Ans | Leave a comment