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MINAB AGM - Nominations to the Executive Board
The Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 4th March 2012. At the meeting the Executive Board and Board of Trustees for the two year term will be elected.
The venue will be the Community Hall, Leicester Central Mosque, Conduit Street, Leicester, LE2 0JN.
The list of delegates nominated to participate in the MINAB Annual General Meeting and Elections have been sent by post to our members. Here is a copy of nominated delegates from Mosques and Training Institutions:
- List of Sunni Delegates nominated
- List of Shia Delegates nominated
The Election Commissioner invites candidates to nominate delegates to the Executive Board. Please fine the letter from the Election Commissioner in that respect.
To nominate delegates to the Executive Board, please use the Nomination Form, which can be sent via post to MINAB, 20-22 Creffield Road, W5 3RP, or by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Nominations can only be made from amongst those members who are on the list of appointed delegates to the AGM, which can be seen in the two lists above.
Please note that this form needs to reach the MINAB office by 5pm on Monday 20 February 2012.
For any query, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 0208 993 7141.
MINAB Condemns the attacks on Christians in Nigeria
The Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB) condemns the outrageous suicide terrorist attacks that targeted innocent Christian Nigerian families who were praying in their Churches on Christmas Day. Such attacks are affront to all human and religious values and aim to inspire hate and disrupt the harmony of Christian Muslim community relations, who have co-existed for centuries.
The Chair of the MINAB, Maulana Shahid Raza, OBE, said. "Such barbaric attacks, in the name of Islam on places of worship, is abhorrent and is an attack on all our religious and human values". "We stand united in offering solidarity against targeting communities in Nigeria which aims to destroy community relations and inspire hate and discord”. "We offer our heartfelt condolences to the entire Nigerian nation particularly to the bereaved and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured", he said.
The MINAB calls upon Mosques to pray for peace and harmony in Nigeria and to re-emphasis the Quranic message of protecting places of worship; challenging these extreme views which try to subvert Islam.
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Notes to Editors:
1. The Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB) is the representative body of all UK Muslim denominations set up to promote good governance in Mosques and Imam Training Institutions through a process of self regulation.
2. It has over six hundred mosques and training institutions as its members.
3. It is a charity registered under the laws of England & Wales.
4. It is a community led independent body, non sectarian in its outlook, representing the diversity of Islam with no role in matters of theology and is broad based with an accountable system of representation.
Annual General Meeting of the MINAB
The Annual General Meeting of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB) will take place on Sunday 4th March 2012.
It will be held at The Community Hall, Leicester Central Mosque, Conduit Street, Leicester, LE2 0JN.
Please find the letter from Secretary of the MINAB notifying about the AGM and letter from the Election Commissioner informing Mosques and Training Institutions seeking delegate names.
Election timetable and further information:
1. Receive Appointed Delegate Forms from members (latest) - 27 Jan 2012, before 5pm
Download Delegate Forms for Mosques
Download Delegate Forms for Imams Training Institutions
Once completed, forms can be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or sent on MINAB postal address:
Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board, 20-22 Creffield Road, Ealing, London, W5 3RP
Note:
Those members who have previously notified MINAB Election Commissioner of their appointed delegates will not need to notify him again unless any member wishes to make changes to the appointed delegates.
If any member needs a delegate appointment form, please call the MINAB office on 02089937141 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
In appointing delegates the members must bear in mind that the Constitution requires that at least 20% of the Executive Board should be females and, therefore unless females are appointed as delegates to the General Council the Constitutional requirement is unlikely to be met.
Before appointing delegates or confirming the appointment of delegates previously made, members must make sure that the appointed delegate/s will attend the AGM as proxy vote is not permitted and subsequent change of a nominated delegate is allowed only for exceptional reasons.
The Founding members should file the names of their four appointed members each before 5PM on 27 January 2012 too. If any or all of them wish to retain the names previously submitted, then those will be their appointed members. By way of reminder at least one of the appointed four members from each Founding member must be a female.
MINAB Annual General Meeting
Following legal advice from our Advisor on Constitutional Affairs on more than one occasion exhorting Trustees to convene a meeting of the General Council, the Trustees met on 14 November 2011 at the Muslim College.
At that meeting the Trustees reiterated their trust and confidence in Judge Khurshid Drabu CBE for his advice and requested that he should continue to be the Election Commissioner for MINAB.
It was decided that the Annual General Meeting of the MINAB which has been due since August 2011 would now be held on Sunday 4 March 2012 at Leicester. It was also decided to request Judge Drabu to draw up the dates for Election Schedule as soon as possible so that members will have sufficient time to file returns and respond to communications.
These decisions were conveyed to Judge Drabu after the Trustees meeting and he accepted the re-appointment; thanked the Trustees for their trust and undertook to draw up the date schedule for the elections shortly.
“Building a better integrated and resilient society”
On Thursday 8 September 2011, the MINAB held its unique “Building a better integrated and resilient society” conference at the Al Khoei Foundation, in North West London.
MINAB launched its “Mosques in Communities” report at the conference. This groundbreaking, grassroots’ driven report analyses outreach possibilities for British Mosques today and looks at areas where their engagement with local people, community groups and local public bodies could be reinforced. It explores how Mosques can collaborate with others to overcome issues like English Defence League protests and how they, with other local partners, could forge stronger relationships within their neighborhoods. Practical tips on achieving the benefits of engaging with public authorities, community groups and local residents are provided.
Young Muslims Beacon Awards 2011
Designed to recognise, celebrate and inspire excellence amongst projects / organisations which cater for young British Muslims; to showcase the very best of Muslim youth work.
Only one award for each category - Local, Regional and National for Muslim or non-Muslim projects / organisations which have made a meaningful contribution to the lives of young Muslims in the UK.
Winners will be announced at an awards reception at the Houses of Parliament.
Watch a clip of last year's awards
To nominate, please visit www.ymba.co.uk
Deadline is Friday 30th September 2011, 18.00hrs.
Discovering through death – Beliefs and Practices
In Discovering Through Death – Beliefs and Practices, the author Suleman Nagdi encourages us to change our ways by considering how Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists and other religious and non-religious groups deal with death and how we can all help one another.
Disorderly behaviour witnessed in the UK
The Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board condemns the disorderly behaviour by rioters and looters witnessed over the last few days. There can be no excuse or justification for the sort of violence we have seen in London and other British cities in the last few days.
In this holy month of Ramadan, many Muslims will be attending Mosques to break their fast and for prayers. It is important to remind congregations to take seriously their own safety and travel. If any Mosque feels they may be under threat of attack by rioters, they must immediately alert the police and take precautions.
Fasting not Feasting
The MINAB welcomes the launch of this exciting new project “Fasting not Feasting”. The project encourages the sharing of iftar across communities, especially with the homeless and refugees, and interfaith cooperation wherever possible.
There is also a drive to connect with the Qur'an through the camping with Qur'an initiative, as well as a Tarawih with the Trees campaign which should bring us closer to nature, and strengthen our connection with the cosmos.
For more information, please visit www.fastingnotfeasting.org
The Wisdom of Age - 13th June 2011
Jews, Christians and Muslims are invited to join us as we discuss texts from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Qur’an on the subject of The Wisdom of Age.
“Communities Preventing Hate” with Chief Imam of Ghana
On behalf of Maulana Shahid Raza, Chairman of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board, a round table discussion was held on Monday 18th April at the London Interfaith Centre to continue our series of event on “Communities Preventing Hate”, with guest keynote speaker Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharabutu Chief Imam of Ghana.
