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Assalamoalaikum Elders, Brothers and sisters. As many of you are aware your Management Committee has been working to improve the Wuzu facilities and ease the car parking problems and has held a number of public consultation sessions to agree priorities and design principles. As you are aware land was purchased at a price of £475,943.86. Subsequently for the previous twelve months your MC have worked with the architects and other professionals and have now obtained the necessary planning permissions and have awarded the contracts for the works. This covers work on the car park, fencing and grounds on the adjacent land, wuzu extension, porch, extension and gate etc. In the interest of getting the most cost effective solution both pieces of work were combined and tenders were sent out to 5 bidders of which 3 were short listed for final evaluation. From the detailed tender responses, N & M Construction limited based in Southport have been selected to carry out this work. They have experience in doing similar work and working with Masajids. Alhamdulillah, your MCM has great pleasure in announcing that work commenced on the 29th April 2013 with expected completion of the car park during Ramadan and the wuzu facility end of January 2014. Breakdown of the costs of the works agreed is as follows: Construction Car Park, fencing, Wuzu, Porch Facility & Gate £555,567 + Vat = £666,681 All Fees (including planning, professionals) £60,000 + Vat = £72,000 Total estimated Costs: £738,681 Full details of the proposed works are now available in reception and more details will be displayed as the work progresses. Details and updates will also be posted on the ICEA website. The Masjid management committee would like to thank you all for your support and patience to date and look forward to your continued verbal, financial and practical support in this next stage of Masjid development Insha’Allah. In particular the MC would like to request the community work with the MC and contractor to ensure the works can be done safely and with minimum impact, especially with the extensions and gate works on the current site. Please do not approach contractors directly. If you have any suggestions please contact MC members. Also, we would like to invite congregation members to join who can help with this and other activities such as administration, professional advice and fund collections. Anyone who wishes to donate via a Standing Order or Direct Debit facility can collect relevant forms from visitor’s reception area. Furthermore, we urgently need more volunteers to collect money so that we can make relevant payments on time to contractors and further ensure running costs are also maintained. Please note to complete this work we currently have a shortfall of £210,083.14. This does not include the amount required for running the Masjid which averages at £200,000 per year. Therefore, the total shortfall is £410,083.14. Please donate generously, so that your MCM can start to plan future works with confidence. Jazaka mullah Khair 29-Apr-2013 Latest Vacancy Lead Imam/Khatib  (Full time) Madni Jamia Masjid wins European Competition for minarets The minarets at Madni Jamia Masjid have been named the most beautiful in Europe. The distinctive structures at the Madni Jamia Masjid Mosque in Thornbury, BD3 beat those at more than 50 other mosques across the continent in a contest run by COJEP International, a youth charity partnered with the Council of Europe. A panel made up of artists, architects, heritage experts and representatives of different faiths met at the European Parliament in Strasbourg to determine the winner. They examined photographs of 53 minarets from 13 countries before selecting those at the Bradford mosque. Ishtiaq Ahmed, of Bradford Council for Mosques, said: “It’s very proud and welcome news for Bradford . In the last ten to 15 years we have seen an emergence of some beautiful mosque structures in the city, and this is one of them. “The fact that it’s recognised not only in the UK but in Europe is tremendous news for Bradford .” Minarets at mosques in Stockholm , Rome , Granada and Oslo were shortlisted in the competition. The four minarets at Madni Jamia Masjid were added last year during the final phase of construction of the mosque, which was started ten years ago. Mohammed Ashfaq, vice- chairman of the mosque’s management committee, which chose the design of the minarets, said: “They are beautiful. A lot of work has gone into them. Winning the competition is a pleasant surprise.” The mosque is also home to the Islamic Cultural and Educational Association. Around 6,000 people are thought to use its facilities each week. Activities include religious conferences and community events. In 2007, the mosque beat more than 1,000 others in the UK in a competition run by Islam Channel to be named Britain ’s Model Mosque for its community work. Source: Telegraph and Argus Madni Jamia Masjid has WON the Model Mosque 2007 competition! The result was declared on Sunday 25th November at the GPU event in London EXCEL (E16 1XL) Islam channel researched over 1000 mosques to bring you a competition to find the best Mosque in the UK , sharing best practice and watching a show reel of the mosque. Viewers had the opportunity to cast a vote and help decide who will go through to round two and finally become Model Mosque 2007. In the initial round every week each mosque competed against another mosque. Representatives from each of the 8 mosques were then called into the studio on 27th October, to appear LIVE on channel 813 and answer questions from an esteemed panel of judges and the audience. At the end of the show 4 winners were announced from the 8 mosques >> Bradford, Croydon, Green Lane and Haringey. Bradford or Madni Jamia Masjid was the ONLY northern mosque that made it to the FINAL 4 out of the 1000+ mosques in UK . We made it to the finals and were competing against Green Lane Birmingham Masjid. Click here for further details