Imams and representatives of Muslim Boards of Trustees in Razgrad region met at a joint meeting in Isperih

On 12^th of October, 2017, from 10:00 o’clock at the meeting hall of the Municipality of Isperih was held a working meeting with the imams and the representatives of the Muslim Boards of Trustees at Regional Mufti’s Office – Razgrad.

The working meeting was opened with recitation of Ashr-i Sherif by Byulent Rasim, imam in the village of Podayva. Then it continued with a welcoming speech of the Regional Mufti of Razgrad Mehmed Alya, who welcomed all and thanked them for responding to the invitation.

The agenda of the meeting included several topics.

The Regional Mufti reported and analyzed the activities of the Regional Mufti’s Office from the beginning of the year till the present moment. There was also discussed the topic about the events related to the initiative Mosques’ Week, announced for the period 16^th – 22^nd of October, 2017 by Grand Mufti’s Office.

Within the meeting was also discussed the organization of the ranking “Imam and Chairman of the year”.

The imams raise the question about the preparation for the upcoming winter season, which includes cleaning the mosques and the yards, supplying wood and coal, undertaking fire safety measures in the mosques (dealing with electric heaters and solid fuel heaters).

Recruitment of participants in the year-round training course for imams in the city of Shumen and carrying out year-round Qur’an courses in the settlements were also topics included in the discussions during the working meeting. There were analyzed the activities of the imams in the settlements, as well as the management and the exploitation of the waqf property.

One of the set goals was preparation of the draft budgets of the Muslim boards of trustees for the previous year and on 22^nd of December, 2017 in all settlements the chairmen of the Muslim boards of trustees to organize annual reporting meetings for the material and financial status of the Muslim boards of trustees.

The last topic which the imams discussed during the meeting was the subscription for the “Muslims” magazine for year 2018.

Such meetings were also held in the municipalities of Loznitsa, Razgrad, Tsar Kaloyan, Kubrat, excluding the Municipality of Zavet where the meeting will take place in the beginning of the next week.

The meeting in Isperih ended with a dua (supplication) for prosperity.