The Astronomical New Moon is on Thursday 10 June 2021 at 11.54 am. The crescent will not be visible on this day. The calculations for crescent visibility on Friday 11 June 2021 for London is as follows Sunset 9.17pm Moonset 10.38pm Crescent age 33 hours 25 minutes Time duration 1 hour 20 minutes Crescent Elongation […]
Khoja Heritage Festival 2021
The Khoja Heritage Festival 2021 that took place on 23 May 2021, was an absolute success and a wonderful and lively event that was attended online by over 870 members of our communities alhamdulillah. The event was kickstarted by recitation of the Holy Qur’an as well as speeches by CoEJ President Dr. Akber Mohamedali as […]
Eid Al Fitr Mubarak from CoEJ
A heartfelt Eid Mubarak to all from CoEJ. We pray that this Holy Month brought you blessings and peace, and that your deeds in this Month are a wasila for your success in duniya and akhira. We pray that we are able to commemorate Shahr Ramadhan and Eid without distancing next year inshaAllah. During these Holy […]
Hilal Statement – Shawwal 1442 AH
Guidance received from Najaf will InshaAllah be published on Wednesday 12 May 2021 after Maghrib The calculations for crescent visibility on Wednesday 12 May 2021 for London is as follows: Sunset 8:42pm Crescent age 24 hours 42 minutes Moonset 9:35pm Time duration 54 minutes Crescent altitude 6.19 degrees Crescent elongation 10.32 degrees […]
Fitra and Fidya Rates 1442 AH
What is Zakat al-Fitra? ‘Zakat al-Fitra’ is a religious tax paid on the day when Muslims break the fasting period at the end of the month of Ramadan. As Muslims across the world spend the last days of Ramadan in prayer, performing good deeds and taking care of their religious accountabilities, paying Zakat al-Fitra is […]
India Covid-19 Emergency Appeal
As you may be aware, our community in India is in dire difficulty due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and CoEJ has received an urgent and heartfelt appeal from the Mumbai Jamaat requesting for support. In an email received today, Al Hajj Safder bhai Karmali, President of the KSI Jamaat, Mumbai told us: “Mumbai […]
Interact with Hawza Luminaries – Webinars with Ayatullah Al-Madadi
On 17 April 2021 CoEJ hosted an English webinar with Ayatullah Al-Madadi and Sheikh Kumail Rajani on the topics of Qur’an and the benefits of Shahr Ramadhan. Then on 24 April 2021 CoEJ hosted another Webinar in Gujrati with Ayatullah Al-Madadi and Sheikh Kumail Rajani on the topics Imamah and Dua Iftitah. Alhamdulillah both […]
Eid Card Competition 2021
The Council of European Jamaats is pleased to present its annual Eid Card Competition 2021. We have separated the entries into two age groups: 5-8 & 9-12 years old. Participants need to design the front cover (must be hand-drawn) and write a poem inside the card for Eid-al Fitr 1442 AH. Deadline: Sunday […]
CoEJ Mediation Services
The CoEJ Mediation service is completely free, fully confidential, and is held to the highest standards of professionalism. Click here to learn more. Our mediators are qualified and supervised through external supervision. On Sunday 18 April 2021, they had another training where they looked into the strengths and challenges of online mediation, practiced the skill […]
Ramadhan 1442 AH: Announcement from Najaf
The below guidance has been received from the offices of Ayatullah Sistani (DZ) in London via Najaf.org In the Name of the Most High. Praise be to Allah Lord of the worlds and peace and blessings be upon Mohammad and his pure household. According to the announcement from the office of H. E. Ayatullah Seestani […]