Residents of Healey moved a step closer to establishing local facilities for salaah and a madrassah for children. The community, under the registered charity Healey Islamic Trust, have been working for many years to establish a local masjid. The Muslim
In December, the Chair of the IMWS Charity sub-committee Munir Daji travelled to Bangladesh by invitation of international charity Islamic Relief (IR). IMWS and IR have a long standing working partnership stretching over three decades and IR thought it would
The 58th IMWS AGM took place last month with members having an opportunity to debate and direct the future of the Society. Prior to the AGM on the same Saturday evening, an SGM took place on matters relating to the
Year 3 and 4 students from two local Muslim schools in Dewsbury joined forces last month to clean up a local park in Saville Town. The clean-up was arranged by Madni Muslim Girls’ Primary School together with Paradise Primary School
A report by a think tank saying Batley is in the least 10 places in the country when it comes to being integrated has been criticised as ‘bizarre and baseless’ by the local MP. The Policy Exchange is said to
IMWS has sent £6500 to help provide warm clothing to the people of Gaza who remained trapped in what is the world’s largest prison. Gaza today remains much of the same ruins we saw on circulating pictures during the summer
Hundreds of Muslims across a number of charities and volunteer groups from Batley, Dewsbury and further a field raced to help victims caught up in the recent floods. It all started with Cumbria following the devastation left behind by storm
ICWA executive committee members, along with ICWA volunteers and local ulemaas including the Imam of Jumma Masjid, headed up North to Cumbria and then to York to help those affected by the recent floods. A total of 30 people joined
Children from Paradise Primary School in Dewsbury visited a school in Cumbria following the recent floods. Pupils at the school had been learning about the floods and some of the parents from PPS had already been to help with the clean-up
Message from Mohamed Mulla (Chair of IMWS) The Indian Muslim Welfare Society would like to open the Al-Hikmah Centre to anyone affected by the recent floods around West Yorkshire who are in need of a warm and dry place to
