To all our dear brothers and sisters,

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu:

Islam teaches us to show kindness without discrimination and to respect all cultures and beliefs. The purpose of the Islamic Cultural Center Osaka is to promote a true understanding of Islam. It provides a place of worship for Muslim men and women from Japan and other countries who are visiting or living in Osaka, especially those who are studying at Osaka University or visiting the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

In addition to the prayers, there are weekly lectures and classes for adults and children every Saturday which you are all welcome to attend. Please join us for the sake of Allah. (For details, see below)

 

 

Salaat times: Fajr : 6:00, Isha : 19:30, Juma : 12:20

Valid up to 15th. February

 

 

 

 

Looking forward seeing all of you at Osaka Mosque!

 

Safar 1431 A.H.

 

Invitation to Saturday's Program at Osaka Mosque, January 30th. 2010. Lecture On “Topics Of Aqeeda” (The Belief) Part XII By Br. MOHAMMAD FAISAL TIME BROTHERS SISTERS KIDS 5:00 ~ 5:25 Recitation of Holy Quran (1) Sisters' Program 5:30 Maghrib Prayer 5:45 ~ 6:15 Dr. Hossam explanation (Tafseer) Teaching of Holy Quran, and games (2) 6:15 ~ 7:05 Lecture 7:05 ~ 7:30 Arabic teaching program (3) 7:40 Isha Prayer 8:00~ Bangladeshi Dinner (End of program) · RESPONSIBILITIES: (1) Br. Mohmoud Omar and Br. Hossam; (2) Br. Ayman; (3) Br. Ayman · For transportation to and from the mosque, please contact Br. Mohmoud Omar at 080-4017-5444. · For further information please contact committee of OMA (Osaka Muslim Association) at oma2001@yahoogroups .com , Mustafiz: 090-9696-2814, Baequni: 080-3866-4287, Mostafa: 080-3862-7557

News for 1431

As the Islamic Cultural Center Osaka enters its fourth year, everything is going well, Alhamdulillah. Our accounts balance, as donations from the community pay for the monthly utility bills and annual expenses. The application for recognition by Osaka Prefecture as a religious group is progressing slowly but surely, and we are presently under a provisional Shyukyo Hojin constitution.

Much Needed Improvements to Islamic Cultural Center Osaka

The cultural center is intended to serve both as a mosque, a school, and a meeting place for the many Muslim men, women and children living in the area, and studying in Osaka University. Sadly the walls, carpets and furniture are suffering from damage due to heavy use, especially by unsupervised children.

We have received some excellent suggestions from members and after discussion them with all the  OMA representatives, we have decided to solve these problems by making some improvements to the existing facilities. These include adding a children's classroom and dinning room in the area behind the main building, and a mihrab in front of the prayer room. The dinning room and classroom will help to isolate the damage to the furniture, carpets and walls by young children, and avoid damage to the mosque carpets caused by accidents at mealtimes.  The addition of a mihrab will allow an extra line during the daily and especially the Friday prayers.

We are investigating various construction methods for the extension at the rear of the building. Perhaps the simplest, and most efficient method would be to use a large prefabricated room, the advantages being rapid assembly, relatively low cost, and no major changes to the existing building.

We hope to raise money for this mosque extension project during the spring and complete work in the summer, insha'Allah. The estimated target budget is from 1.5-2 million yen depending on construction methods and quality. We will keep you informed as the project progresses and our plans are finalized.

Please send your donations to this project to:

• Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. 0005, Semba Chuo Branch 521, Account 1332958
• Or: P O Account 14090 34979761

May Allah grow the reward for your generosity in Paradise . Amen

 

 

 

 

 

Eid Al-Adhar 1430

 

Congregational Prayers at the Center

• Osaka Prayer Times
• Jumma : 12:20 (The khutba begins)

In Shaa ALLAH, cars will be provided to pick thoses brothers and sisters who want to offer their Jumma prayer at the mosque. Because of the necessity to attend classes, some brothers asked to strictly fix the timing to and from the mosque and also to provide cars at different places. So, the cars arrangement will be as follows:

Place (1): In front of prayer room of Suita campus.

Place (2): In front of International Students Center (ISC).

Leaving Time: Cars will leave from Osaka University (Suita campus) exactly at PM 12:05.

Return Time: Cars will leave from the Mosque exactly at PM 12:45.

If any brothers/sisters need cars at another place or have any other suggestion, please advise us.

Annual General Meeting Report

The ICCO Annual General Meeting was officially held on March 28th. this year.

The first resolution was to accept the change of status from Chukan Hojin to Shadan Hoijin in compliance with the new Japanese Corporation Law which came into force on December 1st. 2008. This proposal was adopted unanimously. A translation of the new hojin constitution will be ready soon, and the Japanese version is available here.

The second resolution was the reelection of the present board members. On the advice of our legal advisor, no changes were made to the board and all the members were reelected.

The accounts for 2009 were presented, the minutes were approved, and the meeting was concluded.

 

An Important New Project for Our Mosque

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Alhamdulillah, our community is growing, and we need to reform the mosque by removing the walls on the second floor to make a larger place for prayer. We depend on Allah and are in need of your generous donations to cover the running expenses of the Center and insha'Allah, to complete this important new project, which will cost about 1.5 million yen. In addition, the land next door to our Center is for sale. This will expand our land by 50%and make it possible to build the first purpose built mosque in Osaka, insha'allah. Please send your donations to this project to:

May Allah accept our efforts to establish Islam in Japan and grant us success.

Please check this page for upcoming events!

If you have any questions please contact us at

osakamosque@hotmail.com