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Food for Iftar last year cost us £3000. So if anyone wants to sponsor Iftar for a day, the cost will be £100 or you could share the cost of sponsoring Iftar with someone else. Please contact Abdul or Zaeem if you would like to sponsor Iftar, or donate by text (by texting KCLM15 £<amount >to 70070).

Etikaaf arrangements are in place for gentlemen. Preference will be given to newcomers but it is first come first serve basis. Please put your name forward to Intikhab Mahadik (07904128062) or Abdul Rehman Parkar (07931773145) if you are interested.

We need to embark on collecting donations for our Wudu Area refurbishment. So please donate generously during this holy month.

May Allah make our fasts easy and forgive us in this holy month and guide us to the straight path.

Contacts: Abdul Parkar (07931773145), Zaeem Parkar (07974230574), Intikhab Mahadik (07904128062). Razia Modak (078742953), Kiffey Dalvi (07519944793)

Fund Raising for Wadhu area

On the 29th April the team went to jamia Masjid in Hounslow and collect £1,260. Also the team were out in Bury park on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15th May and collected £790. As you know the project for the Wudu Area will cost us £40,000, so far we have raised £34,000. To bring this to light here are some photos of why we need to do this , plus photos of people giving up their valuable time for the community for fund raising.

May 2016

In this issue:

Update from Sports &

recreation team

Ramadhan news

Healthy Living Day

Kokni Community Luton Newsletter

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu.

We hope you are keeping well by the Grace of The Great

Almighty Allah. Our prayers go to those who are hospitalised and sick. May Allah bless them all with the best of the health.

Ramadan Kareem to all of us in advance.

As the Holy month of Ramadan is on the doorstep, we would like to brief you how we, as a committee have made arrangements at our Masjid and Community Centre.

Throughout the month, sisters will be accommodated in Unit 1 for Taraweeh prayers.

Iftar will be in Unit 1. There will be a break of 15 minutes after Maghrib Azan until Maghrib Jamah for Iftar.

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May 2016

In this issue:

Update from Sports &

recreation team

Ramadhan news

Launch of new

revenue streams

Kokni Community Luton Newsletter

Membership subscriptions

We still have members who have yet to pay 2015 subscriptions, can I please ask that they

pay as soon as possible.

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Update from Head of Sports Yaseen Parkar

Assalamu alaikum members, as promised we have a busy summer of events coming up. Hopefully you have got these dates in the diary already – please contact me or any of the sports team if you have any queries:

Race For Life (Ladies) – Sun 22nd May 2016 (Dunstable)

Health Living Day – Sun 29th May 2016 (Challney) – see attached Flyer

Family Fun Day – Sat 6th August 2016 (Challney)

Kokni Games – Sat 17th September 2016 (Challney – TBC)

We will send out reminders by text as usual, nearer the time of each event.

Ladies Swimming

The last session of ladies swimming will take place on Sun 15th May 2016, and will resume after Ramadan (Sunday 10th July). Numbers are fairly consistent so we will try to keep this going.

We are still attempting to book men’s swimming as soon as an appropriate slot becomes available at Denbigh.

Men’s Football

Still going strong, with some of the elder statesmen such as Daud Parkar, Saeed Modak, Anwar Tambe and Iqbal Jhetam making some regular appearances!

Please note that men’s football will not be on, on Sun 29th May due to Health Living Day and will not take place during Ramadan.

Rookie Life Guarding

We have been offered the opportunity to get some of our youngsters trained up to become life guards. Many of our previous youngsters have already trained in the past and it would be good to get many more trained going forward. To be eligible you must be under 16 and be able to swim. A nominal fee of £1 per session may be charged.

Please note that this will be a mixed group of girls and boys, as well as some non-Kokni children.

Funding

Many of the above activities are heavily reliant on grant funding as well as members’ subscriptions. There are still many in arrears for 2015, and 2016 subscriptions are also due. Please make every effort to pay your subs to any committee member. Many activities will cease to continue if we cannot afford to keep them going.

Please note there are still many funding opportunities for women and girls especially, for coaching courses, etc which Sabrina, Nazeema and Jabine will be happy to advise on

Golf Day

The planned Golf Day did not take place in April due to issues with venues (costs in particular) so we are hoping to do the Golf Day in late summer now. Please contact Kashif Dalvi on (07982) 260495, if you are interested.

Assalamu alaikum,

Yaseen Parkar

Head of Sports & Recreation

(07967) 184930

May 2016

Kokni Community Luton Newsletter

Lastly, in order to keep our records up to date, please email ad-

min@kokniluton.co.uk to confirm your address, email and mobile

phone number.

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Education News

Assalamu Alaykum

Alhamdullilah we are pleased to report that KCL Madrassa Section for boy & girls has seen a steady improvement in the children’s attendance. The children have increased in there Islamic knowledge and good regular attendance has played a big part.

At the AGM the membership got a taste of what the children have covered. The memberships at the AGM were given a quiz which consisted of 50 questions that the Maktab children had sat. A set of quiz questions was given to the men & Women. The women won the competition by smashing the men. The women got 34 out of 50 questions right. As for the men...paperwork went AWOL.

On Saturday 7th May 2016 a parent’s consultation meeting was held and well attended by parents. Topics covered were around home tuition, attendance, security & outstanding fees. The whole event had received very good & positive feedback

The women’s sections run by Razia are covering Tajweed & Seerah on Tuesdays. The attendance is good and those attending are benefiting from the Islamic knowledge.

If anyone is interested in joining or would like any other topics covered, please contact Razia directly on 07874295358 for women’s education

Education Team:

Sa’id Modak – Hisham Parkar – Zuleika Tambe & Razia Modak

RAMADAN SPECIAL for females only

Every Friday 7pm to 8pm there will be a refresher course for the youth on Salah, Ghusal, Wudu, perfecting Quran. Starting 03 June. Please contact Razia on 07874295358 to register.

May 2016

Kokni Community Luton Newsletter

Lastly, in order to keep our records up to date, please email ad-

min@kokniluton.co.uk to confirm your address, email and mobile

phone number.