pleased with the services provided by MBCOL and the Registrar namely Rebecca Sheppard
Salaudin Chugtai at MBCOL for being there at their time of need. He was
immensely obliged to Rebecca for making the telephone calls and then
To: ‘Salim Mangera’ <[email protected]>
Asalamu’alaikum W.W. Respected Trustees and Members of MBCOL,
Firstly we would like to thank MBCOL for the advice and support it has been offering to us over the last 2 years, and taking this further to a level of openness and transparency that very few organisations, if any, are willing to provide. We attended the training session on 29th May 2012, to help assist our board in the development and furtherance of a burial council for the Muslims in Birmingham.
We were greeted and treated very warmly and hospitably. Our expectations were far exceeded in the level of organisation, professionalism and conduct displayed by the MBCOL personnel. Suleman bhai very humbly introduced MBCOL and Salim bhai delivered a 5 hour training session running up to 10.30pm. The level of expertise, know-how and strategic vision we witnessed in this short period of time demonstrated the milestones you have achieved to an explicit level of detail. This assisted us in identifying and prioritising our key objectives and steps forward. Despite running into personal time, Salim bhai did not once rush us and was very welcoming in any questions and answered them to our thorough satisfaction. As an organisation MBCOL is an exemplary model for a great number of reasons, one item which stood out distinctly was the sincere, co-operative and enduring approach used to change the mind-set of the public, community leaders and authoritative bodies whilst addressing issues faced by the community. Whilst achieving your extraordinary objectives we feel MBCOL is a leading example for all Muslim organisation, having demonstrated a manner and etiquette that we all, as Muslims, should present.
Finally may we commend the efforts your operational staff have put into the cause of MBCOL, especially Salim bhai who is sacrificing an enormous amount of time – which is as we note in Birmingham, is very difficult to find. May Allah (SWT) reward you all from His treasures and grant you the strength to maintain such a high level of service to humanity locally, nationally and overseas. We would like to especially thank you for the full support, assistance and resources provided and look forward to working closely with you.
it will find us, illness wherever we are’
. Very few of us however like to think about death on a day-to-day basis. It’s just easier ‘not’ to talk about something that’s difficult to understand and easy to put out of your mind. We are certainly not reminded of it as frequently as our predecessors once were or as many still are in different parts of the world. But perhaps it is also easier to deliberately avoid it; to focus on our present situation, rather than waste time worrying about our possible sad demise or contemplation of the ‘unknown’. Then of course there is the ‘fear’ of death, leaving loved ones behind and to what possible frightening end?
Often this can mean that when we are actually faced with the death of a loved one, the understanding of what to do, and how to do it, what to feel and how to express it, is limited. Added to this, the prospect of trying to decipher what rites and responsibilities one’s faith or belief may require of them can be both complicated and daunting.
For many of those who have faith, death is a continuation of a different sort of life, a gateway to a different form of existence that last for eternity. For many people, having an understanding of what they feel may happen to a person after death not only provides hope, but also instills a sense of peace that enables them to gain come closure and continue with their own life.
We hope that this website will assist the community and a wide range of health service providers including hospices, hospitals, care and nursing homes, hostels, supported accommodation services, community health centres, district nursing, doctors, police, academic institutions, local and central government.
