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The Muslim Converts’ Association of Singapore (Darul Arqam Singapore) is a registered charitable organisation dedicated towards public education, social welfare and religious enhancement of the community. The cross-cultural fabric of our members and community indeed represents the essence of harmonious living in a multi-racial country that transcends global boundaries. OUR MISSION • To provide religious guidance and render assistance to members as may be necessary. • To organise religious, literary, and/or recreational activities and to publish Islamic articles and/or literature. • To participate and provide welfare services for the community where necessary, and • To represent the interests of all Muslim converts residing in Singapore. CONTENTS 2 President’s Message 3 Council Members 4 Executive Committee 4 Staff 6 Corporate Affairs Division 13 Converts’ Development Division 19 Education & Da’wah Division 32 Finance & Strategic Development Division 34 Marketing & Corporate Communications Division 36 Volunteers’ List 32 Onan Road, The Galaxy Singapore 424484 Tel: +65 6348 8344 Fax: +65 6440 6724 Email: [email protected] Website: www.darul-arqam.org.sg Registered with Registry of Society under the Societies Act UEN: S80SS0037D 1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Assalamu’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate and Most Merciful. Alhamdulillah, Darul Arqam has been engaged with the Muslim community and has shared Islam with its public for 30 years (since September 1980 to September 2010). Reflecting on the past year’s activities, Darul Arqam is reminded of the honour and purpose to serve not only as a community organisation. We are pleased to be part of a positive Islamic movement that serves one and all, with the resources that put forward the importance of knowledge and creating understanding, as well as the significance of social bonding between Muslims and also with non-Muslims. As the focal point to the new learners of Islam, our courses and lectures continue to provide a platform towards understanding the religion through various perspectives. Our social and welfare programmes continue to develop towards fostering better relationship amongst Muslims and better support for our new Muslim brothers and sisters. Our financial aid programmes continue to offer monetary assistance and a series of motivational workshops for the poor and needy families that strive to improve and progress. For the youth, we have seen the establishment of the Youth Of Darul Arqam (YODA) and their emblazing spirit in the activities that revived the energy of the Association in many creative ways. The spread of projects that fortified the strength of Darul Arqam and vividly coloured our community is detailed further in this Annual Report. Alhamdulillah, the support, trust and confidence that accompany the responsibility of this Association is still strong. The care, contribution and feedback from members, volunteers, and donors, are highly valued elements that have helped us in fulfilling our duties. Insha’Allah, with the Guidance and Blessings of Allah (SWT), we would continue to proceed positively and in harmony with the community, while we uphold and spread the Islamic message of peace and excellence together. Wassalamua’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Muhd Faiz Edwin Ignatious President Darul Arqam Singapore 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS The Council members elected for the term 2010 to 2012 were as follows: Abdul Jalil Muhd Tahir Sheik Mustafa Abu Hassan Abdul Wahab Mattar Syed Ismail Ahmad Alsagoff Ahmad Azmi Abd Rahman – Co-Opted 30 Oct 2010 Muhd Remy Abdullah Arif Pang Xiang Zhong Zainal Zakaria Ariff Sultan s/o Yousoff Sultan Nur Shafiqa Chew Wan Koon Danial Bohan Fatimah Abdullah Edwin Ignatious M @ Muhd Faiz Lily Khoo @ Shahira Abdullah Hafidz Abdullah Safiyyah Maria Pilar Mendoza Flores Samir Irving Ng Meng Hon Soraidah Saari Mohd Ridzuan Ng Wong Sai Fung @ Iman Abdullah Moiz Tyebally – Co-Opted 30 Oct 2010 Abdul Rahim Stelzer – Resigned 31 Jul 2010 Salman Morrison Wayne John Faisal Fernandez – Resigned 30 Oct 2010 Muhd Mubarak Habib Mohamed Imran Andrew Price – Resigned 28 Nov 2010 Ridzuan Wu Chia Chung Muhd Karim Francis – Resigned 17 Jul 2010 Shahbaz Ahmad 3 EXECUTIVE MEMBERS The Executive Committee members as at 31 December 2010: Edwin Ignatious M @ Muhd Faiz President *Imran Andrew Price Deputy President Ariff Sultan Yousoff Sultan Vice President (Corporate Affairs) Abdul Jalil Muhd Tahir Asst Vice President (Corporate Affairs) Syed Ismail Ahmad Alsagoff Vice President (Finance & Strategic Dev) Samir Irving Ng Asst Vice President (Finance & Strategic Dev) Muhd Mubarak Habib Mohd Vice President (Education & Da’wah) Sheik Mustafa Abu Hassan Asst Vice President (Education & Da’wah) Hafidz Abdullah Asst Vice President (Education & Da’wah) Muhd Remy Abdullah Vice President (Converts’ Development) Safiyyah Flores Asst Vice President (Converts’ Development) Abdul Wahab Mattar Vice President (Marketing & Corp Comms) *(resigned on 28 November 2010) STAFF As at 31 December 2010, the total staff strength of Darul Arqam was 33. General Manager’s Office Zainal Abidin Nordin General Manager Iskandar Yuen Abdullah Deputy General Manager Suhaila Ismail Management Support Officer - Secretary Corporate Affairs Zahara Zainudin Senior Management Support Officer Farid Rizan Abd Razak Ahmad Management Support Officer Mohd Sameer Shahul Hamid Management Support Officer Ardian Saliman Management Support Officer Finance & Strategic Development Norsiah Saad Head of Division Hanim Yahya Senior Executive Officer Norzaah Musa Management Support Officer Jazzerina Johan Management Support Officer Converts’ Development Dr Siti Maryam Head of Division NurulJannah Harith Fadzillah Senior Executive Officer Rusmini Komzari Executive Officer – Counsellor Muhd Amin Teo Abdullah Senior Management Support Officer Noormala Saleh Senior Management Support Officer Irwani Asad Management Support Officer Muhd Ishak Kamarudin Management Support Officer 4 Education & Da’wah Anis Maricar Madarsa Maricar Acting Head of Division Mohamed Meeranudeen Asst Head of Division Sharifah Khadijah Executive Officer (Education) Maung Kyaw Zin Tun @ Omar MA Executive Officer (Education) Muhd Fairuz Abdullah Management Support Officer (Education) Nor’ashikeen Abdullah Management Support Officer (Education) Muhd Amir Johan Management Support Officer (Education) Muhammad Taufiq A.Majeed Executive Officer (Da’wah) Junaidi Ali Senior Management Support Officer (Da’wah) Marketing & Corporate Communications Anis Maricar Madarsa Maricar Head of Division Aishah Mohamed Hussein Executive Officer - Editor Centre for Islamic Management Studies Pte Ltd (CIMS) Razali Tompang Asst Head (Business Dev.) Siti Hanem Md Said Senior Management Support Officer Rohiza Abdul Rahman Management Support Officer Nur Fazliana A. Rahman Management Support Officer Hazidah Kasmani Management Support Officer 5 MEMBERSHIP The Association’s membership stood at 2,355 as at 31 December 2010. Membership as at 31 Dec 2010 Ordinary Life 462 Ordinary 1384 Associates 493 Students 16 0 500 1000 1500 The membership privileges included receiving Membership New Membership Converts copies of The Muslim Reader and MCAS News, Renewals Applications Entitlement discounts for books at The English Islamic Jan 90 Jan 18 Jan 66 Bookshop and courses offered by Darul Arqam, Feb 64 Feb 27 Feb 57 priority registration for events, talks, and Mar 18 Mar 9 Mar 53 seminars. Apr 17 Apr 6 Apr 37 May 7 May 9 May 46 Jun 5 Jun 5 Jun 49 Jul 8 Jul 3 Jul 49 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 60 Sep 16 Sep 8 Sep 54 Oct 11 Oct 7 Oct 56 Nov 1 Nov 3 Nov 47 Membership Monthly Breakdown Dec 22 Dec 6 Dec 58 TOTAL 264 TOTAL 107 TOTAL 632 The Association’s membership from 2008 to 2010 is shown below: Membership from 2008 to 2010 Breakdown of Membership 2355 2500 as at 31 Dec 2010 2036 1915 Born Non 2000 Muslims, Muslims, 1500 805 (34%) 16 (1%) 1000 500 Converts, 0 1534 2008 2009 2010 (65%) 6 INTERNAL AUDITORS Bro Sallim Abdul Kader and Sis Dalya Fong were elected to be the Internal Auditors of the Association for the term 2010 to 2012. TRUSTEES The Association’s Trustees are Bro Sidek Saniff, Bro Ridzuan Wu and Bro Kamar Lim. RISEAP (Regional Islamic Dakwah Council of South East Asia and The Pacific) The Association is a corporate member of RISEAP. HONORARIA TO VOLUNTEERS The volunteers received honoraria as reimbursement for out of pocket expenses incurred such as transport, meals, materials, etc for their services rendered in teaching, duties as registrar or evaluator, counselling, etc. The following are the names of Council Members who received honorarium/financial assistance and the sums received during the year 2010: Name Division Course/Financial Assistance Total Danial Bohan EDD KIS $ 270.00 CDD Registrar $ 80.00 MC for Ramadan $ 30.00 Evaluator $ 20.00 Befriender $ 35.00 $ 435.00 Feisal Fernandez EDD Knowing Islam $ 630.00 BCI $ 1,620.00 BCI Express $ 2,580.00 CDD Registrar $ 1,440.00 Evaluator $ 980.00 $ 7,250.00 Hafidz Abdullah EDD Solat Tutorial 1 $ 325.00 Solat Tutorial 2 $ 240.00 $ 565.00 Muhd Karim Francis EDD KIS $ 45.00 CDD Home Visits $ 20.00 Evaluator $ 80.00 $ 145.00 7 Name Division Course/Financial Assistance Total Muhammad Mubarak EDD KIS $ 45.00 BCI_2_10 $ 450.00 $ 495.00 Muhd Remy Abdullah EDD KIS $ 405.00 MGC Normal $ 1,365.00 CDD Evaluator $ 20.00 Registrar $ 80.00 $ 1,870.00 Safiyyah Flores CDD Evaluation $ 1,100.00 $ 1,100.00 Sheik Mustafa EDD BCI_1B_10 $ 630.00 BCI_2A_10 $ 450.00 BCI_2B_10 $ 360.00 BCI_2C_10 $ 450.00 $ 1,890.00 Soraidah