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Mosque Committee 2014
As per the Constitution para 5.4 , on 31 March 2014 the following Office Bearers were elected by the new Committee :
1. Haji M. Banaras – Chairman
2. Haji Alf Din – Vice Chairman (unopposed)
3. Aftab Quadri – Secretary
3. Aftab Quadri – Secretary
4. Haji Azam Janjua – Vice Secretary (unopposed)
5. Farhan Naeem – Treasurer
5. Farhan Naeem – Treasurer
6. Haji Chaudhry Azeem – Vice Treasurer
7. Raja Tabraiz
8. Mohd Shabir
9. Raja Qamar Javed
10. Raja Abdul Razak
11. Raja Khalid Khan
The following 11 Nominees were accepted and declared as been duly elected as members of the new Management Committee.
South Street Mosque Membership
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP CLOSED 10 JANUARY 2014
Please note that at a Meeting on 27 December 2013 at South Street Mosque, it was agreed that the closing date for the membership application will be extended to 10 January 2014.
It was also agreed that an independent Membership Committee will be agreed upon ASAP. The Membership Committee will receive, process and validate all membership forms and accept or reject membership applications based on agreed criteria. The criteria will apply equally across the whole membership.
Imam WINS fight against South Street mosque
The headline story on local newspaper (evening Post) dated 9 Feb 2012 was:-
This court case cost the Mosque in region of £15,000 (when you add in the legal costs) and public embarrassment. However, to-date the management Committee, headed by Haji Banaras has always maintained they were in the right.
South Street Mosque Membership Information
Information about membership forms was being made available in dribs and drabs.
The information below about Membership forms was displayed on the mosque noticeboard, but there was no announcement about it. It was another few weeks before community knew about the availability of membership forms….READ ON BELOW.
Membership Forms Nov 2013
REMEMBER THESE FORMS CANNOT BE COPIED – YOU MUST GET ORIGINAL FORM. Each form has a unique Application Serial No in the format RIC786-nnnn.
1b – Response from Mosque Committee
Following email was received from the Mosque Chairman on 19 November 2013. The Reply From Qamar Javed is at bottom (as Comment)
From: <readingislamiccentre@aol.co.uk>
Date: 19 Nov 2013 17:40
Subject: Response to your recent query.
Dear Qamar Javed;
Thank you for your recent communication, it was a surprise as you were aware of conversations indicating that the election for the Management Committee is imminent, and it is also acknowledged that the group that you are aligned to have been canvassing the community very hard for at least the past few months.
1a – Letter of Complaint to Mosque Chairman
Following letter was hand delivered to the Mosque Chairman on 7 Nov 2013
Mr Qamar Javed
<Address>
7 November 2013
To: Haji Mohammed Banaras – Chairman (hand delivered)
Jamme Masjid Ghausia – Reading Islamic Centre (Mosque)
50-52 South Street, Reading RG1 4QU
CC: (1) Ms. Jo Lovelock, Leader of the Council, Reading Borough Council (emailed)
(2) Mr. Manzoor Hussain, Chairman, Pakistan Community Centre Reading (emailed)
(3) Charity Commission (emailed)
Management Committee in Breach of the Mosque Constitution
Dear Mr. Haji Banaras,
I write this letter in my capacity as a member of the current committee, as a current Land Trustee and as a long standing member of the Mosque organisation. As you are aware, over half of the current Committee Members, including myself, have not been invited to any Committee Meetings for approximately 2 years.
This letter of complaint is on behalf of all the committee members (who have not been invited to any meetings), the general members of the mosque, and the senior founding members.
The main complaints are listed below in simple terms with relevant dates to avoid any ambiguity or confusion. I have also proposed solutions to resolve the current issues in order to regain public confidence.
Firstly, I wish to raise serious concerns about the Management Committee not operating according to the Mosque constitution and its disregard for the legitimate rights of its members and the public for information.
Second, due to lack of transparency and accountability, I wish to make the supporters of our organisation and wider community aware of the current issues and challenges facing the organisation.
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