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Batley Aid Appeals Raise Over £80,000 paigaam publications @paigaam2 IMWS57 01924 500 565 [email protected] Voice of Issue 249 December 2013 / Safar 1435 FREE Tri-Lingual Monthly Magazine Est 1993 Batley aid appeals raise over £80,000 he generosity of Batley has ding and food as e ort continue seen the community raise to help victims of communal riots Tin excess of £80,000 for in the region. worthy causes around the world A substantial amount, £35,000 and locally. is also being allocated to help Fundraising has taken place Syrian refugees, this is in addi- since the beginning of this year’s tion to £18,500 which was sent to Ramadhan, with money being Syria in Ramadhan. donated to a charity fund and The poor and destitute in Gaza various dedicated appeals. will also be helped as around Victims of the Muza arnagar ri- £6,000 has been set a side, whilst ots will be among the main ben- £5,000 has already been donated e ciaries of Batley’s generosity. A to help the desperate victims of dedicated appeal for Muza arna- the Typhoon in the Philippines. gar helped raise £12,429 for those But donations aren’t just being displaced in Northern India. distributed internationally, good The IMWS charity fund sub- local causes are also bene tting committee designated some ad- from donations made from the ditional funds towards the Mu- IMWS. za arnagar appeal, taking the Amongst those to bene t lo- total up to £20,000. cally will be the Kirklees Mayor’s Overseen by the Tayyab Hos- Appeal. The rst recorded dona- pital & Educational Trust, all this tion made by IMWS to the Batley money will be spent on provid- Mayor’s appeal dates all the way ing 400 people with tents; bed- back to 1972. ...continued on page 5 Exclusive interview *Inside Qiraat & Naat CYCL spin Mount There’s a new Jalsa a googly Sherriff in town An-Nisa Saturday 7 Dec p7 p9 centre pages 6.30pm including winner of Al-Hikmah Centre INSIDE the writing competition see page 15 Advertisement 2 December 2013 Voice of I M W S DEWSBURY Suppliers to Hilton, NHS, Kirklees Catering for t$POGFSFODFT t'VODUJPOT t1BSUJFT t8FEEJOHT "OZ0DDBTJPO “Get your cat ering righ fine Indian cuisin t” Tel: 01924 485 786 e for any occ Mob: 07976 266638 asion E: [email protected] VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE www.sukkurcuisine.co.uk WE WON’T BE BEATEN ON PRICE SERVICES LOCAL FAST 1 YEAR GUARANTEE VERTICALS ROLLERS WOOD VENETIANS Superb collection of blinds with a VENETIANS huge choice of fabric colours and ROMANS Special Oer patterns. PLEATED No hard sell - just helpful, honest 3 Vertical Blinds advice uk o. .c d t l Great value! & Excellent prices! s d n i l b £89 k u size and material . w w Trade & Wholesale enquiries welcome w restrictions apply www.ukblindsltd.co.uk Call us now on: FREE QUOTES, MEASURING AND FITTING FREE QUOTES, Mobile: 07973 624 527 Tel: 01924 566103 December 2013 3 Advertisement WE ARE BACK!! Hafiz Sweets in Savile town has been established on South Street for over 40 years and has now re- opened after a 3-year refurbish- ment. Dr Naeem Mohy- udin, who was keen still continues today’ he to continue the family busi- added. ness, has been working as The day to day running a full-time doctor whilst of Hafiz Sweets is being also being instrumental in managed by his father Ijaz revolutionising the new Mohyudin and brother brand. ‘I have thoroughly Habib-ur-Rehman Mo- enjoyed working on the hyudin. They specialise in shop and its great to have samosa-chaat along with it open finally’ he said. ‘My fresh halwa-channa-puri grand-father Hafiz Ghulam at the weekends. It is open Mohyudin set up the busi- 11am-8pm Mon to Friday, ness in 1971 and he would 9am-8pm Saturday & Sun- be proud that the name day and closed Tuesdays. 4 December 2013 Voice of I M W S Inside this Issue IMWS Funeral P6 The Legal Column Sub-Committee Report he IMWS Funeral Sub-Committee has Gulam Bhai Maniyar ( 07801 825691 ) P6 Shooting Stars soar to success Tbeen meeting regularly this year to Ismail Bhai Lunat ( 07875 517582 ) review and progress the work carried out Ayub Bhai Bismillah ( 07988 800450 ) P7 CYCL spin Mount a googly with regards to Muslim burials. The Com- mittee which is chaired by Mohammed MohammedBhai Pandor (07960 066973 ) P8 BGHS reach ‘Outstanding’ Laher comprises of the following mem- Ebrahim Bhai Chopdat ( 07980 381197 ) bers: Abdul Aziz Daji, Mohammed Mulla, Ismail Bhai E Daji ( 07779 227947 ) P8 Batley Food Bank - Local help Ismail E Daji, Ilyas Norat, Abdul-Rahman from local people Patel, Gulam Maniyar, Ismail Lunat, Ebra- him Chopdat, Mohammed Pandor, Mou- People are requested to contact the above for assistance with any funeral ar- P8 Child care taster delight lana Aslam Seedat, Ahmed Variava, Mou- lana Suleman Makda and Ayub Bismillah. rangements. Further information on Muslim burials – ‘What to do after death’ P9 There’s a new Sheri in town Discussions on the following important issues have taken place so far: is also available from the IMWS website: http://www.imws.org.uk/online/store2/ P10 Scammed; £650 for goods upl/upl1/BurialSupplement.pdf worth £2 • Making Funeral Arrangements: The Committee acknowledges the dedicated • MRI scanning of deceased bodies: A P11 National Halal Food Group work put in by Gulambhai Maniyar over many years. It also values the excellent number of areas including, Lancashire support provided by Ismailbhai Lunat. In and Bradford have set up provision for P11 IMWS urges locals to be more MRI/CT scans in place of post-mortems. vigilant when donating order to develop this provision, a number of people have undertaken training There is a cost involved with this and the provided by funeral agencies including Committee is looking into the possibility P12 Muslims boost UK economy of making this facility available to Mus- by £31 billion the Registrar for Births and Deaths and Kirklees Cemeteries o cers. The training lims in Kirklees. programme also included a presentation P13 Ten war criminals released in • Use of the IMWS Janaza Vehicle: Guid- Bosnia-Herzegovina by Moulana Aslam Seedat (MidYorks NHS Trust) on the Islamic perspective of ar- ance for its use is being reviewed cur- rently. P14 Nobel prize winner donates ranging and managing funerals. $500,000 award to charity In order to complement the valuable The new charges for funerals an- work carried out by Gulambhai Maniyar nounced by Kirklees from 1 October 2013 P14 Syrian refugees selling organs have been highlighted in last months to survive and Ismailbhai Lunat another four of our members have volunteered to help and Paigaam. P14 Who is Quilliam? facilitate funeral arrangements, there- fore in the event of a death in your family P24 Kids Corner please contact one person from the fol- lowing group of people: P25 Health Page: ...continued from front page Heartburn & Indigestion Shelter and toys will also be donated to the children’s ward at Dewsbury Hos- P26 – 30 Gujarati pages pital. Donations have come from the seven IMWS a liated masjids plus donation P31 – 32 Urdu pages received at the centre. A member of sta at the IMWS said: “We’ve had a lot of people from the com- munity come in and donate generously. The reaction has been over- IMWS Tel: 01924 500 555 whelmingly positive.” Ra k Dabhad chair of the charity fund sub-committee said: “We thank email: [email protected] all our donors and in particular our seven a liated Masjids who have Sports: 07968 222 886 made these donations possible.” To continue helping these worthwhile causes IMWS Charity Fund re- www.imws.org.uk lies on the generosity of the local community. You can make donations at the Al-Hilmah Centre or at an a liated masjid. If you would like to Imws Al Hikmah set up a standing order to make direct payments into the dedicated charity fund account please contact the IMWS o ce on 01924 500555 @imws1 or email: [email protected] December 2013 5 Articles Shooting Stars soar to success ast year’s runner-up in the IMWS 5- S h o o t i n g Laside Football Tournament went one Stars keeper step further by winning the coveted tro- to make phy in dramatic fashion. Shooting Stars two ne by Baser Akoodie eased the wounds of a year ago by beat- saves in the ing the deceptively named ‘No Hopers’ in rst couple Q- Can I discriminate against cus- a nerve racking penalty shoot out. of minutes. tomers because of my religious be- Shooting Stars progressed through the T h e i r lief? group stages as winners, winning three persistence of their four games, before a semi- nal paid o as they slotted the ball into the A- I do not think you can. A recent encounter with defending champions back of the net and went ahead soon af- Golden Oldies. The two nalists from last ter. Shooting Stars were not likely to give case held that the owner of a hotel year played with a cautious approach in up and levelled the score line through a could not discriminate against custom- a gripping semi- nal that saw few clear shot on the turn by the eventual Man of ers because of her Christian beliefs. The chances. A short back pass by Golden the Tournament, Imran Farooq. owner’s argument that discrimination Oldies, however, proved to be decisive as With the scores level at the end of law did not apply to her premises was the Shooting Stars forward latched onto it the allotted time the teams entered the defeated in the Court of Appeal.
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