During the month of Ramadan, I had the opportunity of organising a food bank at Woodsley Centre.
It was a great feeling to be part of an important community initiative that really benefited the needy families in our areas.
I want to thank all the donors for contributing to the food bank. May Allah bless you all.
Leeds Makkah Masjid in association with Fateh Foundation is taking a group of youth aged between 14 – 17 for a night residential to Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
The purpose of the residential is to develop character and spirituality of our youth. The residential will include physical activities and Islamic learning. Children will be encouraged to participate in each Namaz, Quranic recitation and Dhikr.
We will be leaving on 9th August from the Makkah Masjid at 11:00 am and returning on Sunday 10th August approximately 8pm. The group will be staying at Malham Youth Hostel over night.
There are limited places available, so it will be a first come basis. If you would like your child to participate please fill in the consent form and return it to Imam Muhammad Qasim asap.
Send your enquiries to mail@qariqasim.com
I am proud to announce the start of NEW Quran & Islamic classes at Woodsley Centre
The classes will cover:
• Quran & Tajweed studies
• Memorisation of Quran
• Islamic studies
• Islamic morals and manners
• Spiritual & Physical development
• Educational trips and seminars
• Develop confidence in public speaking and recitation
Its open to ALL AGES; specifically for 14+ boys & girls
Monday – Friday 4-6pm
Venue: Woodsley Centre, 64 Woodsley Road, LS3 1DU
Tel: 0113 244 2684, 07855 633254
In my professional capacity I run and manage many different classes. These are supplementary classes, helping the children with their school studies, and also managing madrasa classes.
I was looking for a software to manage my classes.
I was looking for a software that could:
Instead of a desktop software, I decided to go for an ipad app because of its mobility. In my search for ipad app, I could only identify 3 apps suitable for my requirement: TeacherTool, TeacherKit and Teacher’s Assistant Pro.
My eyes were fixed on TeacherTool due to good ratings and its price. TeacherTool costs around £20. I thought because the price is high, the app will be better than others. TeacherKit is free but of you want to produce reports, it will cost around £5. Initially, I did not pay any attention to TeacherKit. I did not believe that a free app will be any good or I thought that it will be very limited.
So I went ahead and purchased TeacherTool. After purchasing, I spent many hours figuring out how to use this beast but was not too successful. There are not any tutorials in English that could help.
I found the following about TeacherTool:
Teacher Tool may be great for some people who are looking for an extensive app. But if your requirements are simple and you want an easy to use app to manage your couple of hours a week classes, then Teacher Tool is not for you.
At the end I had to give up on Teacher Tool and experimented with TeacherKit. To my surprise, Teacher Kit was much easier to use and configure and did the job quite well.
Teacher Kit still has some limitations. The big disadvantage for me is its limited ability to sort the students list. I want to be able to sort out students by their mainstream school, school year or age. Teacher Kit only allows you to sort the children by their name or grade. Also Teacher Kit does not give you much option to save too much students’ details.
I hope this review will help you to decide what app to get for your supplementary classes management.
Recently I was asked to do a presentation regarding who is allowed to interpret the meaning of Holy Quran and the messages of peace and harmony in Quran and in the Prophetic traditions.
I am uploading the slides here for the benefit of everyone.
We use a range fo informative Islamic books by reputable authors during our Islamic classes.
Following books have been selected for the Islamic classes at Woodsley Community Centre and Weekend classes at Madina Masjid (LS6 1HR).
For instance, we will be using Islamic Beliefs and Human Rights by Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada and Tokens of Wisdom by Dr. Musharraf Hussain and Islamic Studies Level 1 & 2 by Weekend Learning.
Islamic classes at Woodsley Centre are run on weekdays between 4-6pm and Weekend class is on Sundays 11-1pm.
Insha-Allah, I will be starting new Islamic classes on Sundays at Madina Masjid.
Over the few months a lot of parents have requested to have Islamic classes over the weekend, specially for those families that live away from masjid.
Insha-Allah, I hope most of you can benefit from these classes.
Go to Makkah Masjid website to find more details.
During the Leeds Islamic Summer School, we invited Babul Hussain from West Yorkshire Trading Standards to discuss the dangers of Niche tobacco products such as Gutkha, Zarda or Paan, Nasal snuff, Shisha, Biri or Beedi cigarettes and smoking of Shisha.
During the Leeds Islamic Summer School, we observed that an increasing number of young people mentioned during the classes that they had been smoking a water pipe with family and friends. They all thought that its just a bit of fun and had no ill effects.
Therefore, we felt it was important to hold an awareness session with the young people to make them aware of the harms of Shisha so they can make informed decisions.
Its great to see that West Yorkshire Trading Standards are working alongside Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Healthcare to support the community to make informed health choices about the use of such products.
The awareness session in itself was a very informative session and full of insight into the dangers of tobacco, Separi and Shisha.
One interesting fact that we learnt was: One full shisha session can produce the same amount of smoke as up to 200 cigarettes as well as cause a number of oral cancers.
By holding such sessions, we hope to raise more awareness of the harms of different types of tobacco and the preventative measures that can be taken, specially by the youth.
Alhamdulillah, the Leeds Islamic Summer School has started on Monday 29th July 2013.
There are many young people that have registered and we hope they will benefit from this summer school immensely.
It gives us a great pleasure to announce the details of Leeds Islamic Summer School 2013.
After a great success of previous years' summer school, we are pleased to announce that another summer school will take place in 2013 summer school holidays.
Leeds Islamic Summer School 2013 will provide great opportunities for the young Muslims to spend their summer school holidays in a secure and spiritual environment.
Places are limited and therefore, please register a place for your children early.
The Summer School is suitable for boys and girls between the age of 7 – 16 years old.
The cost of summer school has been reduced due to sponsorships and donations from other brother to enable the parents to use this service.
Download the registration form.
Click here to read more about the summer school
