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Assalam
Allaykum
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?The
role that can be played by Mosques and Imams towards the development of the
Muslim community in Britain and
towards the wider community, which has been debated
nationally! ?
MINAB is a National organisation,
which plans to provide guidance on good practice to both Mosque and Imam?s to
prepare them, and to assist in self-regulating
Have your say on how MINAB should
develop! Find out about what MINAB is all about?
I have included details of future
consultation events, and news on MINAB.
If you would like to learn more
or organise a consultation amongst your own community, please email me on mustafa@field.net.
Below you can find further details
on MINAB.
Regards Mustafa
Field
News
update
Next MINAB consultation
event.
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12
April - London Consultation for the Youth |
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Date |
12 April 2008 |
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Time |
10:00 -
13:15 |
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Venue |
Al Khoei
Foundation
Chevening
Road
London
NW6 6TN |
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Programme |
10.00 - Arrival,
registration, tea and coffee
10.30 - Recitation of the Quran and
translation
10.40 - Welcome and briefing of today?s event- Chair of
MINAB
10.50 - Presentation of draft constitution ? Judge Khurshid
Drabu
11.00 - Presentation of draft standards ? Yasin Rahim
11.10 -
Roundtable discussion
11.40 - Feedback from discussion groups
12.20 -
Responses and concluding remarks
13.00 - Zuhr Prayer
13.15 -
Lunch |
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Contact |
Please confirm your
attendance by emailing us on info@...This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript
enabled to view it or call or text us 07957207618 with the number of
representatives |
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History of
MINAB
The Mosques and Imams
National Advisory Board (MINAB) was formally launched on 27 June 2006. The MINAB
is an advisory and facilitatory body. It will facilitate self-regulation through
getting consensus from members to develop quality standards, to which members
will aspire towards. Its advisory role will be to provide guidance and build
capacity of members to move towards achievement of the standards. It is an
independent body which aims to work with and represent all Muslim traditions and
schools of thought.
The
first stage of creating the MINAB was a national consultation, which sought
views on issues such as the accreditation of Imams, better governance of Mosques
and interfaith activity. The information gained was used to develop and
disseminate a good practice guide, setting out the principles and procedures
that Mosques and Imams should follow to effectively lead their communities.
However, there was concern that the consultation process had not been extensive
enough and that the information obtained was not complete enough to
assist.
Since its launch, the MINAB?s work
has been undertaken through an interim steering group, comprising of
representatives from the Al-Khoei Foundation, British Muslim Forum, Muslim
Association of Britain and Muslim Council of Britain. The four organisations
have achieved consensus on a Constitution for the MINAB and developed a draft
framework of core minimum standards for those who become its members. Membership
of the MINAB is open to all mosques and Muslim educational and training
establishments.
What are the
guiding principles?
The MINAB will be guided by the following
principles
- Transparency
- Confidentiality
- Non-sectarian in its outlook
- Representing the diversity of Islam
- Broad-based with an accountable
system of representation.
The
Draf Standard can be found at http://www.minab.org.uk/content/view/15/4/
Draft Constitution of The MINAB can
be found at http://www.minab..org.uk/content/view/3/8/ | 
