By the Recently Reformed There’s two things guaranteed at the end of a Gregorian year: to pin up the new Paigaam calendar and for a smoker to voice a resolution to quit his addiction. However, the latter often succumbs to
I Quit!
ESOL class takes learning to Bagshaw Museum
Learners attending the ESOL class at the Al-Hikmah Centre took a trip to a local museum as part of their tuition. The class have been looking at ‘our community’ and in particular important buildings such as town halls, libraries and
An evening of Mushaira
It was a much-anticipated celebration of literature in the native tongue of our local community. Ever since the live Radio IMWS show on which popular Gujarati poets Sufi Manubari and Adam Tankarvi entertained listeners across the airwaves, the Mushaira evening
Local Darul Uloom joins youth group to clean up retirement home
Students from the Institute of Islamic Education (Markazi Masjid) in Dewsbury joined local volunteer group Kumon Y’all to help clean the paths and surrounding grounds of a local retirement home. The Walker Street complex in Dewsbury is run by KNH
Award recognises local helping hands
Members of the local community were recognised for their voluntary contribution in this years Good Neighbour award organised by Kirklees Faiths Forum. Winners included IMWS volunteer Faridabai Patel from Dewsbury who has been a lead volunteer in running an over
Asian school governors body re-launched
The North Kirklees Asian Governors, first established in 1993 to support Asian school governors, was re-launched in November at the Al-Hikmah Centre. In 1993 there were 50 Asian governors and 2 Chairs of governors with no Asian Head teachers in
An Indian walk across the battlefield
It was an enthralling evening in the crowded quarter of Bayt-ul-Hikmah’s Al-Rumi conference suite. The afternoon session with primarily school children in key stage 3 and 4 had climaxed and it was now time for the evening session. But little
Digital autopsy centre and FAQ’s
IMWS Burial Committee visited the new state-of-the-art 3D digital autopsy facility situated next to the mortuary centre in Bradford. iGene, part of the InfoValley group who specialize in the development of Advanced Medical Visualisation Technology, has opened the new centre
The cannabis cloud
Hold a conversation with a local and the issue of illegal drugs is not too far away from their conversational toolbox. But drugs are more than just material for chit chat; there is a real concern amongst people – of
Your donations distributed
Donations made during Ramadhan by local people have been distributed to meet short term and long term needs. Around £120,000 was raised during the devastating assault by Israel on Gaza which saw the destruction of homes, Masjids, schools and livelihoods