The third meeting of Madaaris heads in Europe was held on 28 January hosted by Hujjat Saturday Workshop, Stanmore. The meeting was a continuation of the previous one held in Milton Keynes. The key conclusions from the meeting are listed below however CoEJ Education felt that one major outcome stands out. This is the renewed effort of all the Madaaris heads to move forward unified in their aims and objectives to standardise and better the Madrasah Education in Europe. Conclusions from 26 January Meeting:

1.    Mission Statement - It was agreed that CoEJ Education will use the ideas presented by the participants and consult professionals in order to produce a common Mission Statement for the CoEJ Madaaris.

2.    Guidelines - Upon discussion it was agreed that CoEJ Education should, after reviewing previous guidelines set up, present an updated set for European Madaaris to approve. Once approved this will be the basis for common standards within the community. Furthermore, CoEJ Education will facilitate means of quality assurance for these guidelines.

3.    Central Web Resource - In addition to Madaaris resource, it was requested that tools for continuous electronic teachers training be made available on the site. As this project still needs the input on the community level, it was decided that all Madaaris that has not already done so, should nominate one person to join the Concept Group that discusses the Central Web Resource.

4.    Further suggestions were made to unify and create an enjoyable environment within madrasah for example inter-madaaris quizzes/debates. These will be looked into and a proposal made soon. We would appreciate the input from Madaaris as to what type of competition can be created and if any Madrasah already has outlines for competitions that have been carried out locally please send it to us.



The Madaaris Heads and CoEJ Education look forward to the continued support of the community to help enhance our children's Madrasah education.

List of attendees

CoEJ Education	Nilam Sultan, Hasnain Panjwani, Hassanain Govani (Madaaris Co-ordinator)
Guests	Murtaza Ebrahim, Sheikh Mirza Abbas
Essex	Syed Qamar Abbas, Nikhat Panjwani
Stanmore Saturday Workshop	Ummulbanin Merali, Ali Akbar Hussain, Fatima Chagpar
Stanmore SIM	Shafique Govani, Fehmida Merali
South London	Zulfikar Kassam
Leicester	Hasnain Karim
Milton Keynes	Irfan Ali
Trollhattan	Anvar Alladin
Watford	Naveed Shah
Birmingham	Absent with Apologies
Leeds	Absent with Apologies
Marsta	Absent with Apologies
Paris - North	Absent with Apologies
Paris - South	Absent with Apologies
Peterborough	Absent with Apologies

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