Anjuman-e-Islamia Newham is one of the oldest mosques in London and has been serving the local community for over 40 years.

Unfortunately, the current management team has been operating illegally and have ignored the community for far too long. Members of the community both young and old, have suffered.

A few examples of the major failings of the current trustees and management:

1. They were never selected by the local community. They have been in power for over 20 years, having never been elected and refuse to hold future elections.
   This is against the constitution
2. No Annual General Meetings. 
   This is against the constitution.
3. No membership process. New membership is not being offered, even though many of us have been associated with the Mosque for 30+ years.
   This is against the constitution. 
4. The mosque accounts have never been audited; What is there to hide? 
   This is against the constitution. 
5. No public consultation when spending over £10,000.
   No Jum'ah announcements,
   No sharing of designs/costs prior to works beginning.
   Spending hard-earned public donations without keeping the public informed or even aware. No opinion or advice sought from experts within the community.
   Currently requesting £50,000 + for a minaret design which the public has never seen!
   This is against the constitution.
   
6. Over £250,000 worth of public donations wasted on unnecessary cosmetic building works (mehraab, outside face front, roof) which remain unfinished for over two years!
   Over £100,000 wasted on further building works which did not have any planning permission.
   The public did not want their money wasted on decorative items when essential areas such as children's education need addressing
7. Mismanagement of properties and assets. Commercial properties on High Street North purchased over 15 years ago have never been used for the community and have been left vacant losing potential income worth £100,000 annually.
   Letters have been sent by individuals as well as community groups but no reply to date.
8. All letters, questions, meetings, requests and attempts made by the public have been ignored. 
   Why do they not engage with the community and address important issues? 
   Friends of Jamia - Timeline of Key Events
9. No opportunity for young professionals to serve the masjid. They have been neglected and left disillusioned, losing all connection with the masjid and community.
   Do they seek the advice of professionals and young members of the community?
10. Many of the members are unable to communicate in English. 
    How are they able to comply with the law and charity commission guidance?
11. Total ignorance of social issues i.e. drugs, careers, violence, poverty, counselling, health, youth recreation, services for the elderly. No desire to provide communal services.
    Are they even capable of delivering such services?
12. Allegations of misuse of Fitrana donations. The committee has not denied the practice of collecting Fitrana on Eid (£6k+) and dividing it into envelopes for themselves. Why is there NO transparency?
    Where did the Fitrana donations for the last 10 years go?
13. Health and safety incidents where an elderly member of the community fell down the stairs and cracked his ribs and suffered severe injuries taking 6+ months to recover.
    Pest infestation within masjid halls and rooms where children attend Madrassah.
    What is being done to address health and safety issues?

They are running the masjid as if it is their own private member’s club, where they simply do as they wish with little regard and care for public opinion. Wasting huge amounts of donated money and in total disregard of the fundamental procedures stated within the constitution.

The masjid has been running at an unsatisfactory level for far too long where the lack of community consultation, transparency and accountability has lead to a severe lack of confidence.

Time for a change, we want:

• New membership available to regular attendees and members of the local community. 
• Elected trustees who represent the local community. 
• Educated, young professional capable committee members. 
• Management which fully complies with the constitution and charity commission's best practices.

To restore public confidence we the community are calling for a complete change of the masjid management, administration and related processes.

We the undersigned believe that the current trustees and committee of Anjuman-e-Islamia Newham have failed in their duties to serve the community and are illegally acting as administrators of the masjid.

We demand that the following individuals resign and transition their roles to new, able and willing members of the local community:

Mr Abdul Rehman (Trustee)
Mr G. Minhas (Trustee)
Mr Tariq Sharif (General Secretary) 
Mr Abdul Rashid (Welfare Secretary)
Mr Ijaz Ahmed (Treasurer)
Mr Khalid Masud (Maintenance Secretary)
Mr Mohammed Gulbahar Hussain (Spokesperson, Jumma PA)

WE WANT YOU TO RESIGN, YOU DO NOT REPRESENT THE MASJID COMMUNITY!

THE MASJID IS NOT A PRIVATE MEMBER'S CLUB BUT A COMMUNITY HUB FOR ALL!!!

#TimeForChangeAEI