The Ansari Times

Malaysia Edition

Issue 1, 2014

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perspective Gearing up for more Knowledge and Action

events Twins of Faith 2013 Charity Right Futsal Cup AlKauthar- The Real Deal Youth Leadership Training Summit

CONTENTS Perspective • Gearing Up for more Growth in Knowledge Product/Event Highlight • Twins of Faith - Family Festival • Charity Right Cup Futsal - A Benefit Packed Weekend New@MM • Clothes4Dawah • Revival Tours • The Real Deal • Youth Leadership Summit

Training

SEVEN SKIES INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY FAQ Corporate Social Responsibility (Creating Footsteps) • Charity Right

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Gearing Up for more Growth in Knowledge Mercy Mission Malaysia had just closed its 2013 calendar by hosting one of the much-anticipated Islamic conferences, Twins of Faith.

Alhamdulilah, we hope all the participations from different walks of life, have benefited from it.

Looking back at 2013, Mercy Mission Malaysia was at the forefront of a range of exciting events that have left positive impacts on the lives of countless individuals. We believe this is the perfect foundation to continue the work we do to ensure 2014 brings us all greater benefit and promise.

As we welcome the year of 2014, I am deeply honored to announce that Mercy Mission has achieved key milestones in the recent years.

Armed with our strategic plans for the future, Mercy Mission Malaysia will be looking to make history in the years to come.

We have launched a line-up of continuous programs such as Clothes4Dawah and New Muslim Care. We are also looking forward to kick-off our series of event like Play & Pray across the nation as an effort to enhance the awareness level mainly in Islamic knowledge amongst the youth. Recently held in bustling cities like Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru, these events were a great success and helped us reach out to the Muslim youth. And I believe, In sha Allah our presence in the community will indirectly bring changes to the community as a whole. We are confident our audiences will appreciate the lengths we are going to in bringing greater variety and innovation in our product-related services. Besides that, we have also been busy fulfilling our corporate social responsibility by reaching out to the less fortunate community. We first launched our Charity Right project in Ramadan 2012 and up to December 2013, alhamdulilah we have been contributing to various orphanages by feeding 247, 223 meals to the poor. We also spent our time with the orphans at the Charity Right Cup Futsal, a meaningful social sporting event that our team have enthusiastically given up their time for.

We hope you enjoy this inaugural issue of The Ansaari Times and look forward to many more power-packed issues in the future.

Untill the next issue, I wish you all the very best in whatever you do and thank you for helping take Mercy Mission Malaysia to where it is today.

Best regards, SAJID HUSSAIN National Manager Mercy Mission Malaysia mercymission.my

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Product/Event Highlights

Twins of Faith 2013 Family Festival T

he date of 28 and 29 December witnessed the most precious and memorable day for all of us at Mercy Mission Malaysia as we Alhamdulilah managed to attract over 4,000 participants to benefit from one of our biggest Islamic festival of the year, Twins of Faith, with #thesunnahthebetter theme.

Alhamdulilah, everything went well and smooth.

First and foremost, let’s convey our deepest appreciation to Allah swt for granting us the opportunity and without HIS help we would never have the courage to pull this event successfully at a larger scale. It has been an exhilarating two-day event featuring inspirational talks by international scholars and speakers, stimulating workshops and mesmeric performances by exciting worldwide talents. The variety of zones and workshops with

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constructive and enlightening content like Marriage Corner, Sisters’ Corner, Mothers’ Room, Play & Pray Zone and bazaars added up the excitement at this conference. Alhamdulillah, it’s hard for us to express how grateful and thankful we are to all the volunteers who have been struggle throughout this event to ensure the success of the event. No words can describe their effort and may Allah swt reward them all abundantly.

With every event that is bound to be shortcomings, we sincerely apologize and hope you will find it in your hearts to forgive us and that you will make du’a that Allah swt grant us the ability to eliminate this mistakes in the future. In sha Allah, we hope to meet all of you again for more successful events this year.

Charity Right Cup Futsal A Benefit Packed Weekend

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ercy Mission charts another milestone closing its 2013 history by hosting the inaugural “Charity Right Cup – Orphan Futsal Tournament. It was held on 8th December 2013 at Sports Planet, Plaza – 1, Sunsuria Avenue, Kota Damansara, co-organized with Charity Right and has enticed 13 different orphanages across Klang and Selangor area.

Officiated by Mr. Sajid Hussain, the National Manager of Mercy Mission and with the graced by the special appearance of Azmin Azram, former goalkeeper of Selangor team, the event was held to build relationship and empowerment programs that is essential in the community development.

The event continued in a bright note when we had a friendly match between our MM Staff and Orphanage Care Taker.

Alhamdulilah, it was a successful event whereby we managed to put a smile on everyones face.

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THE REAL DEAL Al-Kauthar’s “The Real Deal” was successfully conducted on the 18th-19th of Januray 2014 at UTM Jalan Semarak with approximately 450 students in attendance. The course was presented by CEO and Founder of Mercy Mission Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury, and covered various topics in depth, such as contracts, riba, guidelines in business transactions, as well as scenario based case studies in interactive sessions with the participants. Overall it was an eye-opening and beneficial weekend for all, Alhamdulillah.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING SUMMIT Youth Leadership Training Summit is an exciting one-day training session that was held on the 26th of January 2014 at Cititel, MidValley, with the purpose of building an Islamic ummah by delivering values and knowledge on the ground of Islamic Tarbiyah and Tafseer, to improve communication, presentation and leadership skills. The workshop was conducted as part of the activities together with the team building exercises. 170 enthusiastic participants ranging from age 8-16 joined the summit and , and we hope it can be an excellent platform to groom future leaders of the Ummah, biidznillah.

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CLOTHES 4 DAWAH

DAWAH POWER

Clothes4Dawah is a continuous program where we collect your unwanted new and used clothing to financially support our projects, such as Charity Right, Madinah Centre & New Muslim Care. It’s a way for our community to donate without emptying our pockets with an assurance that your donations are being used for worthwhile programs to benefit the Muslim community locally and abroad without compromising our values. We start the process by collecting the unwanted cloths, sorting it, donate it to needy people, and sell it to generate more funds to support other Mercy Mission projects. For more information, logon to www.clothes4dawah.com

Another educational course which will be held by AlKauthar Institute that will discuss about how you can make Dawah part of your everyday life. In this course, In sha Allah you will also be learning on the benefits of Dawah work and why it is so important to work for it.

The audience will also learn on how to stick to the priorities of Dawah and how to start a dawah conversation to the public. The course will be presented by Ustadh Hamza Tzortzis on the 12th to 13th April 2014. Grab your seats now by logging on to our website at www. alkauthar.org.

REVIVAL TOURS An umrah package whereby you can learn the seerah through Tafsir of the Quran while performing your Umrah with over 15 world renowned Mashaiykh from all around the world. Masha Allah it is a great opportunity where we can have exclusive seerah conference to strengthen our imaan. For more information on this umrah trip please logon to our website www.revivaltours.org

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FAQ

Seven Skies International Academy

What is SSI

SSI is an acronym for Seven Skies International, an international academy brand within the Mercy Mission Education portfolio.

Purpose

Fulfilling our duty to Allah and our Ummah by creating responsible future leaders.

SSI Ultimate Vision The best Islamic premium academy in the city that embodies a holistic and caring environment, fostering excellence in academic and moral education to create responsible leaders

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Emphasis on the character development of the child, not only academics

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Teachers trained in the Paragon teaching style to adapt teaching style according to personality styles

Character before knowledge

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Modular learning system

Positivity in everything we do

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Innovation lab to develop analystical thinking and development

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Teacher to student ratio of 1:10

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Parents are required to take on a significant role with higher involvement within their childs education and development

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Focus on extracting lessons and applicability to ones own self

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Accelerated pathway option

Seven Skies Values Love for Allah, my Prophet, my Ummah, my family, teachers, friends and myself Excellence in knowledge and action

Leadership, ownership and responsibility

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Syllabus/Curriculum 4 Parts: Core Academic

Based on Cambridge Curriculum

Core Islamic Arabic, Quran & Islamic Studies with special emphasis on history

Core Personality Communication, speaking, presentation, financial, leadership, entrepreneurship skills

Core Moral

Good versus bad in light of Islamic values

Equal emphasis is given to Part 1 (50%) and Parts 2, 3, 4 (50%)

Extra Curricular Activities Physical activities are scheduled in the timetable. Students are required to undertake martial arts, swimming, archery and horse riding.

Teacher Qualifications Teachers would not only possess the appropriate qualification in the educational field but would also have to possess good moral character, Islamic attitude and practice. Teachers would also have to undergo a compulsory training in teaching leadership skills as well as basic Islamic education.

License Currently SSI does not have license to operate as an international academy.

However, contact and discussions have been made with the relevant authority in order to obtain the necessary licenses required.

Age group Primary school

Method of Monitoring progress Exam based

Academy Hours 8am - 2.30pm

Food

Nutritious and healthy food is served at the academy cafeteria.

Meals are included in the academy fees

Official launch date September 4, 2014 Location InshaAllah Kota Damansara

Facilities IT Lab, Library, Cafeteria

Fees RM 1,200 - RM 1,600 per month

Admission requirements

Admission will be based on the passing of the admissions test. Factors taken into consideration include level of written and spoken English, standard of behavior, Islamic mindset as well as past academic achievements.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (Creating Footsteps) Mercy Mission contributes to community More than to earn the eternal pleasure of Allah by striving with excellence to pursue the vision of the final messenger, Mercy Mission is also a strong supporter of social responsibility initiatives that benefit the less fortunate in their community

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icked-off in Ramadan 2012, until December 2013, Charity Right Malaysia had distributed 247,223 meals to the poor. During Ramadan in 2012, Charity Right first distributed grocery goods and 8000 meals to the needy refugees and blind families within Kuala Lumpur. To date, we have distributed 96,440 meals monthly in Malaysia at RM 0.46 a meal. This is important because we seek to always increase the value of donation. In additional we still collect and distribute surplus food but at the same time we have to rely on cooked food and provision because supply of surplus food is unreliable.

What make us different from other charitable bodies is that, we are committed in helping the needy by rescuing surplus food, helping to solve two separate problems at the same time – stop food waste and feed the poor. According to statistics reports, Malaysians waste 930 tons of food everyday while there are still millions hungry households. In 2008 UNICEF reported that, poor nutrition plays a role in at least half of the 7.6 million deaths of children each year.

Hence, a long – term goal were set to ensure that we sustain our noble effort and always be the organization that helps to feed the hunger.

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We intend to extend the feeding program worldwide as there are hungry people everywhere in the world.

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We are open for collaboration with other NGOs to complement each other in helping the needy.

Providing food is only a short-term remedy to help the poorest, therefore empowerment programs with skill training, social enterprise and education for the grassroots and so on, are also planned.

In the 2014 we plan to establish a Food Bank so that Charity Right can serve more people. Along with that we would need food donation in order for us to reach out to the needy, and some financial contribution to keep the project on-going.

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Mercy Mission Malaysia 20, Jalan Teknologi 3/3A Suian Industrial Park, Kota Damansara PJU5 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia T: +603 6151 5952 F: +603 6151 5953 E: info@mercymission.my www.mercymission.my