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UKIM National Competition & Awards Saturday 3 November 2018

Introduction

The UKIM National Competition and Awards Ceremony 2018 was held at the Euro-pean Islamic Centre in Oldham on Saturday 3 November 2018. The main event stage was chaired by Adrees Sharif (Paigham-e-Islam). The awards ceremony was led by Si-kandar Mirza (President UKIM), Mian Abdul Haq (Senior Vice President UKIM) and Muhammad Saqib (UKIM Education in Charge)

Due to the number of competitions, the events were held in four separate parts of the EIC. A major effort was to invest in AV equipment to give everyone the best possible experience in each venue. In total there were 355 participants excluding the arts com-petition. This is an increase from the 257 who participated in 2017 and 111 participants in 2016. Over 800 were present during the day with most of the rooms struggling to cope with the number of spectators.

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Competitions

Following the introduction of the group Nasheed competi-tion for girls last year, a Naat competition was added for boys and girls. The English speech competition topic was ‘Characteristics of Muslim Youth’. The other competitions were for Qirat and Adhaan. For the Arts competition children were asked to design a poster on A3 paper with the theme ‘Muslim Contribution to Britain’. All pupils were allowed to submit one piece of artwork, this enabled all of our students to be participants in a national competition. The prizes of trophies and art sets were awarded based on originality of design, creativity and how well the theme has been covered.

Sponsors This years competition and awards was kindly sponsored by UKIM Relief who deliv-ered a video presentation and the following message: “Since 1962, UK Islamic Mission has been working hard in order to lend a helping hand and give support to the helpless and needy. When it comes to help and relief efforts, UK Islamic Mission takes immediate and serious steps to deliver ultimate support to save people’s life and give them hope. Through the help of our donors we are able to change misery into felicity and turn a frown upside down so we can help people smile and enjoy life.”

Branches Participating

North zone Midland zone South Zone

1 Bradford Al-Hira Baabul Ilm Cardiff

2 Burnley Paigham-e-Islam Luton

3 Glasgow Handsworth Southend-on-Sea

4 Keighley Walsall

5 Leeds TLC Wolverhampton

6 Leeds Iqra

7 Manchester North

8 Manchester South

9 Nelson

10 Oldham Azmat-e-Islam

11 Oldham EIC

12 Oldham Noor-ul-Islam

13 Rochdale Neeli

14 Rochdale Newbold

15 York

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Competitions & Prizes The overall competitions and prizes were as follows:

Competition/Award Prizes

Qirat Adhaan

English Speech Naat

1st Trophy + Amazon Tablet 2nd Trophy + £30 voucher

3rd Trophy + £20 voucher

Group Nasheed 1st , 2nd and 3rd Prize Team Trophy

Boxed medals for all participants

Arts 1st Trophy + Art Set 2nd Trophy + Art Set 3rd Trophy + Art Set

Qiraat Competitions Winners

Age Prize Boys Girls

Primary Qiraat

1st Adnane Majid

(Babul Ilm) Nora Gdoura

(Manchester Khizra)

2nd M Yusuf Yahya

(Rochdale Neeli) Fatima Akhtar

(Rochdale Neeli)

3rd Abu Bakar (Glasgow)

Hafsa Usman (Rochdale Newbold)

Secondary Qiraat

1st Ahmed Abdel Rehman

(Babul Ilm) Famita Begum

(Walsall)

2nd Mouhammed Habib

(Leeds TLC) Raiyaan Ali (Paigham)

2nd Mohammad Boudjema

(York) -

3rd Zain Ul Abideen

(Manchester Khizra) Safiyah Ahmed

(Rochdale Neeli)

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Boys Adhaan Competitions Winners

Age Prize Boys

Primary Adhaan

1st Hamza Shahid (Walsall)

2nd Abdur Rahman (Manchester South)

3rd Umar Abbas (Babul Ilm)

Secondary Adhaan

1st Umair Younis (Bradford Al Hira)

2nd El Hadj Bah (Manchester Khizra)

3rd Musab Muttakine (Burnley)

3rd Qasim Ubaid (Glasgow)

Speech Competitions Winners

Age Prize Boys Girls

Primary Speech

1st Wakeel Rahman

(Babul Ilm) Tanzina Akhtar

(Walsall)

2nd Keenan Azzami

(Manchester Khizra) Taherah Saadat

(Glasgow)

3rd Muhammad Samateh

(Walsall) Rumaisa Khan

(Paigham-e-Islam)

Secondary Speech

1st Mohamed Danina

(York) Amera Malik

(Wolverhampton)

2nd Faris Khan

(Paigham-e-Islam) Tania Mahmood

(Glasgow)

3rd Sohrab Khalaqi

(Leeds TLC) Faiza Anjum

(Walsall)

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Naat Competitions Winners

Age Prize Boys Girls

Primary Naat

1st Saad Yousaf (Leeds TLC)

Eisha Imran (Walsall)

2nd Ayaan Ijaz

(Paigham-e-Islam) Wania Mashal Siddiqui

(Leeds TLC)

3rd - Fatima Farhan

(Manchester Khizra)

Secondary Naat

1st Zaid Rehman

(Wolverhampton) Maryam Ali

(Walsall)

2nd Asad Ullah Mirza

(Manchester Khizra) Tanisha Jannath

(Burnley)

2nd Ayem Ahmed (Leeds TLC)

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3rd Mustafa Rehman

(Keighley) Maryam Hussain

(Leeds TLC)

Arts Competitions Winners

Age Prize Winners

Primary Arts

1st Ayaan Ibraar (Southend)

2nd Taheerah Saddat (Glasgow)

3rd Anisah Ali (Rochdale Neeli)

Secondary Arts

1st Aiza Sattar (Glasgow)

2nd Amera Malik (Wolverhampton)

3rd Amera Begum (Oldham EIC)

Girls Nasheed Competitions Winners

Age Prize Winners

Primary Nasheed

1st Nelson

2nd Leeds TLC

3rd Rochdale Newbold

Secondary Nasheed

1st Paigham-e-Islam

2nd Manchester Khizra

3rd Oldham EIC

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Summary and Thanks The main objective of the speech competition and awards was to inspire and bring out the very best in our children. In this respect the day was an overwhelming success as the children competed to the highest standards, had fun throughout the day and had their efforts recognised, celebrated and awarded. The Education Team would like to sincerely thank the following for their help and support:

• UKIM leadership team, in particular Sikandar Mirza and Mian Abdul Haq

• The EIC Team, in particular Imran Zafar, Sajjad Hussain and Maulana Iqbal.

• UKIM Dawah Team, in particular Dr Fiaz Hussain.

• UKIM Youth Team, in particular Qari Jahangir Badr, Nabeel Tariq and Amar Khan.

• UKIM Relief Team, in particular Riaz Wali, Shazad Ahmed and Saeed.

• UKIM Education Team, in particular Haroon Rashid, Adrees Sharif. Iftikar Khan and Muhammad Afzal.

2018 Medals Table

Branch Categories Entered

Students Participating

1st 2nd 3rd Total

Walsall 12 23 5 0 2 7

Babul Ilm 11 21 3 0 1 4

Wolverhampton 9 15 2 1 0 3

Leeds TLC 16 39 1 5 1 7

Manchester Khizra 15 33 1 4 2 7

Glasgow 12 21 1 3 2 6

Paigham-e-Islam 15 24 1 3 1 5

York 6 21 1 1 0 2

Nelson 12 16 1 0 0 1

Southend-on-Sea 8 8 1 0 0 1

Bradford Al Hira 4 4 1 0 0 1

Rochdale Neeli 8 19 0 2 2 4

Burnley 7 7 0 1 1 2

Manchester South 5 14 0 1 0 1

Rochdale Newbold 5 5 0 0 2 2

Oldham EIC 7 26 0 0 2 2

Keighley 14 25 0 0 1 1

Oldham Azmat-e-Islam 8 13 0 0 0 0

Oldham Noor-ul-Islam 2 2 0 0 0 0

Leeds Iqra 4 4 0 0 0 0

Cardiff 1 1 0 0 0 0

Handsworth 6 6 0 0 0 0

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Luton 2 2 0 0 0 0

Pictures from the Day

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Report by Samar Mushtaq, November 2018