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EASTBOURNE ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE NEWSLETTER 6 18.7.13
In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Assalamu Alaikum waRahmatullah WBR.

1. Blessed Ramadan: “When the month of Ramadan comes, the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of the Hellfire are closed, and the devils are chained.” (Reported by al-Bukhari) The Prophet (PBUH) has called this month – a blessed month and a great month.

2. Mosque Bank Accounts: Allah swt has guided the bank to unblock the accounts of His House and Lloyds Bank will compensate the Mosque for the inconvenience. Please do not cancel your direct debit. Allah promises the recompense of seven hundred times of what a believer spends for His sake (maintenance of His House..Our Masjid). Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5073; Muslim, 993. And Allaah is the Source of Strength.

3. Thank you for your donation. The Mosque Management Committee urges the community to donate money for water, electricity and salaries. Join us to maintain our mosque for prayer and free education of our children. Allah SWT will shade those who give in charity. Your generous donation will be spent on maintaining the House of Allah. InshaAllah the new mosque will be realised also.

4. Unauthorised Meetings in the mosque are not allowed. The mosque is the place we purify ourselves spiritually. The Mosque belongs to everybody for prayer and learning. “The mosques of Allah shall be visited and maintained by such as believe in Allah and the Last Day, establish regular prayers, and practice regular charity, and fear none (at all) except Allah (Quran Chapter 9 Verse 18).
5. The Trustees are the legal guardians of the mosque. The Mosque is legally and lawfully Registered Charitable Company 1152022. We pray to Allah to make us of those who are able to benefit from this Ramadan and reap the benefits and rewards of this blessed month (Ameen)
The Management Committee invites our congregation to suggest/put forward agenda items. Please email them to eastbournemosque@yahoo.co.uk If you have a concern that you wish the management committee to discuss and take forward on your behalf, please let us know.

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GOOD NEWS

The New Management Committee had its first meeting. It was a very good start and will work positively to ensure our new mosque building is realised. The Trustees will ensure our mosque is safeguarded and be a beacon of collaboration as it has been for the last 15 years.

FIRE SAFETY: The fire officers have inspected the building and fitted new fire detectors. Exits are sufficient and Br Hamid is working on a drawing to show exits. All exits should be open during Jummah

EICC: The Trustees are liable for any accidents, damages, building problems, neighbour disputes, and legal action against asbestos, highways, and compensation claims. This means the Trustees are personally responsible for all these risks. In order to eliminate all these possible risks, EICC has been converted into a CHARITABLE Limited Company limiting Trustees to only £10 liability. The aims and objectives of EICC remain the same. EICC is a Registered Charity No: 1152022

New Mosque Building: The architect is working on suggested amendments. We will prepare for building regulations, implementation of legal agreements with ESCC and obtain estimates from building contractors.

EID PARTY: This will be held in the mosque this year. Sister Shameem is the organiser. Help needed please.

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam,

The next meeting of the Fundraising Group will be on 17.3.13 after Zuhr prayer in the mosque. The agenda is Fund Collection From Other Mosques.

The community wants to see progress and urges everybody to concentrate on how we can raise funds so that the building can start. Key people willing to help raise funds in other mosques will be given a letter of authorisation so that funds are collected responsibly. Those interested to go round the country to collect funds, please bring a passport size photograph to be appended to the letter from the Chairman.

As you know, we have collected 285,000 pounds so far and we need to have at least 350,000 to start the building. InshaAllah, with the effort of the community we will get there soon. I am also attaching our planning consent confirmed by the Eastbourne Borough Council.

The Management Committee would like to thank the entire community for working hard and for the donations. May Allah build a House in Jannah for all of us InshaAllah.

Please click below to view our planning permisssion granted for building a new mosque in Eastbourne.
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Jazakallahkhairan
Taleb Durgahee
Chairman

EID 2012

Assalam walaikoum brothers and sisters in Islam.

Welcome to our masjid on this day of celebration, especially those who are new to Eastbourne and those who have recently embraced Islam. We extend our brotherhood and love to you. May you find peace, fulfilment and piety in Islam. I would like to talk to you about the future of our masjid.

For those who do not know, the Council has given us planning permission to rebuild our mosque. We have just had our second Live TV Appeal and in total our funds are rising up to £300,000 InshaAllah. This is a tremendous achievement and you should be proud of this. All of us should be proud. Achievements like this come our way only because we have good Muslims here and elsewhere who care about our religion and our masjid.

We are a success story but let me remind you Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts. It is courage that helps us to build on success and rise from failure. We need your courage to push for a better Masjid for our next generation, you need the courage to step forward and lend a hand to realise our dream. May Allah guide us to use this courage to safeguard the future of Islam in Eastbourne. We need each and every one of us to show the courage to start the building soon.

Brothers and Sisters, The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Our dream is to have a safe mosque, better facilities for our children to be educated in Islam, better facilities, more teachers, better wadu facilities and excellent amenities for our ladies. This is our dream, your dream and everybody’s dream. Show courage because Boldness has genius, power, and magic of Allah in it.” It is this boldness, this courage that will help us to start the building InshaAllah next year. Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared. I hope you are a little bit scared by what I am saying because this will awaken the courage in you InshaAllah. Let us today have a great dream and start digging the foundation of our Masjid next year. Let us have faith in Allah the ultimate provider. If you think we are  building castles in the air, then you must begin your work to put the foundations under them.

Resilience is what our community has. The islamic community here has the ability to keep going even when things get tough and we will see the job through. With your help and Allah’s support, we will get there. Our community has many talented people in all kinds of professions and skills. We need you to be an active member, come forward and offer your skills to the mosque and to our local community. Without you, we are weaker, together we can go forward confidently and fulfil our dream.

As we reach the conclusion of this holy month of Ramadan, I would like to wish you all a heartfelt, happy and blessed Eid. May you celebrate and enjoy this auspicious day with your family, friends and loved ones, and take forward the positive intentions and good faith you have practiced over the last 30 days.

Let me also take this opportunity to thank you all for the sincere support and generosity you have shown to our brothers and sisters suffering in Syria and other countries as well as those vulnerable communities in the UK. May Allah accept and reward your kindness and good deeds. I pray that you continue to do all that you can to help our community and our mosque.

EID MUBARAK.

Fundraising Group Meeting at Eastbourne Mosque on Friday after Jummah. All welcome.

Agenda: PLANNING FOR OUR LIVE TV APPEAL ON 12.8.12 ON ATN BANGLA TV SKY CHANNEL 827 FROM ASR TO FAJR.

Please donate generously and visit our websitewww.eastbournemosque.com You can donate by phone, by direct debit or paypal on our website. Do not forget every little bit helps and your smile

‘Do not belittle any good deed, even if it be meeting your brother with a cheerful face’       (Hadith-Muslim)
 
‘Every good deed is sadaqah(charity). To meet your brother with a smiling face (is sadaqah)’ (Hadith-Bukhari).