A Response to the Statement of Sr Nazima Sheikh

Sr Nazima Sheikh has put out a public letter which is wholly inaccurate and which contains many false accusations. These further bring the Trust into disrepute. This simply re-affirms our point that there are too many conflicts of interest around the Hasan family and their blind supporters for them to remain as Trustees and involved in mosque activities. We do not wish to respond to every such letter, and will not get into a public slanging match with the Hasan family who clearly want to bring negative media publicity to the mosque and Trustees in order to regain personal control of the mosque.

In sha' Allah we will concentrate our efforts on dealing with the investigation by the Charity Commission, reviewing the operation of the mosque and putting in place mechanisms for accountability and transparency in the running of the mosque. We are determined to move away from personal family control of the Trust.

We ask the Community not to fall prey to the misinformation being spread, but rather to engage positively and constructively in the re-development of our Mosque and Community Centre.

Official End of Arbitration Process

The following email was received from Mr Nizar Boga, the Arbiter chosen by Dr Suhaib Hasan and later accepted by Mehmud Patel and others :

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To: Dr Suhaib Hasan; Mehmud Patel

Subject: 

Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:59:25 +0000

assalamu alaikum Shaikh Suhaib Hasan and Mr. Mehmud Patel

I refer to my email of 8 June to both of you advising that the Arbitration process will not be proceeding further in the light of the Charity Commission's statutory inquiry relating to the mosque and that they should be allowed to complete their work first. In the light of developing situation in the mosque and the fact that the Arbitration effort seem to have been undermined from the very day I came to know about the complaint to the Charity Commission both my facilitators, Nugal Durani and Zaffar Iqbal and I have decided that  our involvement will now no longer serve much purpose. The Arbitration is therefore formally discontinued and I have advised the Charity Commission accordingly. This leaves me to thank you both for inviting us and we pray that the parties will be able to sort their outstanding dispute themselves. 

Salam

Nizar Boga

Unapproved Minutes of Meeting posted by Liaquat Ali

Statement about the claimed 'minutes' of the Meeting on 14^th June 2012 on an unofficial website :

These 'minutes' have been prepared by Dr Liaquat Ali, and have not been approved by the Trust. Following the collapse of the Arbitration framework (due to it being undermined by members of the Hasan family) the interim appointment of Trustees became void. The Trust has therefore returned to its previous set of Trustees, of whom the following remain :

Mehmud Patel
Muhammad Idrees Sethi
Mohamed Patel
Talat Sultan
Zahid Ahmed

Therefore it follows that Dr Liaquat Ali is no longer a Trustee, let alone Secretary, and hence has no capacity to write minutes of any meetings involving the Trustees.

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Trust asserts control over the Mosque

Statement on events of Monday 18th June 2012

Following on from the collapse of the Arbitration process, the withdrawal of the Arbiter Mr Nizar Boga, and the dismissal of Dr Suhaib Hasan on grounds of mismanagement and failure to act in the interests of the Trust, a number of strong actions were taken by the Trust to protect it's integrity and reputation in the Community.

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