When we arrived at Oak street, we had to wait around 20 minutes for the mou-lanas and the people from the others mosques. We all set off at 11’o’clock, there was a great atmosphere. People were giving out mithai and many other sweets. Many groups were reciting the Takbeer and ‘Marhaba Ya Mustafa!’ I also joined in with them and I felt very joyful as I had been sending blessings to the Holy Prophet (may Peace be upon Him). At the end of the march, at Randal street, there was the red double-decker bus there. There was moulana Faruk and many other ulemas who we usually see on the Ummah channel. They all said a small speech on the jaloos and saying how good it was. Insha-Allah I can come next year and I can have the same spiritual experience like this year, next year! By Mohammed Bawla (16)

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Blackburn Juloos

On Sunday the 13th of February 2011, it

was the day of the Blackburn Jaloos. I was very excited as I had been looking forward to it for a while. I woke up early, had a bath, got ready and put my eid-e-milad-un-Nabi badge on my kafni and put my green topi on. When I arrived at Mohaddis-e-azam mission there were many people there. We waited for some of the helpers to come, when they arrived we set off at 10.15 am. We walked through Whalley Range and saw a lot of milad posters on the way.

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What they said…...

‘The Jaloos was very successful and Insha-Allah it will increase and be successful every year.’ (Hashim Bhobha 15) ‘The Jaloos was a fantastic experience as it created Islamic brotherhood between all Sunni muslims and it gave people a chance to celebrate and show love for the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him).’ (Mohmed Hasan 15) ‘This was Blackburns best Jaloos ever!!!’ (Uwais Patel 11) ‘It was an amazing experience!’ (Farid Patel 10 and Faizan Patel 9) ‘I started at Whalley Range with my dad and my brother, my brother started at the start. Everybody was shouting Nare-Takbeer! And Murhaba Ya Mustafa!’ (Essa Ughratdar 8) ‘We were all saying prayers together and we were all united together with our Sunni muslim brothers.’ (Mohammad Natha 7)

Children’s Milad Mehfil

On Saturday 26th of February 2011 chil-

dren from Mohaddis-e-Azam Mission took part in an exciting childrens Jalsa. As usual, it started with tilawat-e-Quran. Throughout the Jalsa children took part in praying naats, giving short speeches and spoke about the life of the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon Him). After the raffle we carried on with the Jalsa, the Jalsa finished at Isha time. When it was finished sweet bags were distributed to not only those who took part but to all the children who attended the Jalsa. Everyone thought it was a huge success. By Mukhtar Premi (10)

Suspense at the Raffle!

Before Maghrib, Shahid Bhai an-nounced that a raffle would take place after the Salah. Everyone was so excited that everyone was fidgeting like mad! Some teenage boys handed out the raffle tickets. My ticket number was ‘117’. All the raffle tickets were put into a box, Hafiz Tahir Molvi-saheb pulled out a raffle ticket and he read ‘number 77!’ Then a man told Shahid Bhai that a young girl called ‘Alesha’ had won. It was my sister. When the second ticket was pulled out Shahid Bhai said ‘I wonder if Ayesha will win the second raffle?’ The ticket was pulled out and said ‘Number 76’. I looked at my ticket and it was not even close! The same person told Shahid Bhai that ‘Ayesha’ had won the second raffle. It was my other sister! Hafiz Noor Muhammad pulled out the third raffle and exclaimed ‘Number 120’. When I looked at my raffle ticket I was only 3 numbers away! Then a young boy named Zayd stood up, so he won the third raffle. It was the last raffle, I really thought I would win but unfortunately I was wrong. Adnaan Farook won the last raffle. Insha-Allah I may get lucky next time! By Zainul Aabideen Patel (10)

Children eagerly await the Raffle results!