Mosque-School Prospectus (English)

v2 Australian Islamic Mission

MOSQUE-SCHOOL PROJECT

2010/2011 PROSPECTUS

Promoting Faith, Virtue & Integration

Australian Islamic Mission Inc.

Y2453525; CFN18154; ABN:40682415215

25-33 Matthews St, Punchbowl NSW 2196

PO Box 678, Punchbowl NSW, Australia

Tel/Fax: (+612) 9758 1215

[email protected]

www.aim.org.au

Banking details for direct deposit:

Account: Australian Islamic Mission-Building Account

Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Branch: Lakemba NSW

BSB: 062191

Account No.: 10171325

Swift: CTBAAU2S

1 March 2010 / v2

Contents

From the President 4

Our Mission 5

Background 5

Goals and Objectives 6

Activities 6

Committee Members 7

Centre Management Committee 7

Staff 7

Mosque-School Design 8

Council Approval 10

QS Elemental Cost Plan 11

Funding Components 12

Financial Statements 14

Certificate of Incorporation 16

Authority to Fundraise 16

Testimonials 17

Australian Islamic Mission 3

From the President

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah (swt), and salutations and peace be upon His Messenger.

By the Grace and Blessings of Allah (swt) our organisation, the Australian Islamic Mission, has

achieved a significant milestone for the Muslim community in Australia. After fourteen months of

deliberations, the Canterbury City Council on the 22nd

of Sha`baan 1430H (13 August 2009) voted

unanimously to approve our development application to build a new mosque and primary school

on the premises in Punchbowl. This was achieved with the much appreciated support of the

Deputy Mayor Mr Khodr Saleh.

The project includes three components:

• A Mosque

• A Primary School

• A three-level basement car park for 164 vehicles

In addition, the facilities will be used for teaching Quran through The Dawn Quranic Institute,

teaching Arabic in the evenings and weekends to students who are not registered in the school

and conducting adult Islamic education programs.

The initial estimate by the Quantity Surveyor for the completion of the building project is $10.5

million Australian dollars.

The Muslim community in Australia has been extremely generous in supporting this project and I

would like to sincerely thank all those who contributed. We are confident with the Blessings of

Allah (swt) that the final stage of the project will be achieved through the support of our Muslim

nation.

It is therefore with great pleasure that I present this fundraising prospectus and invite every

generous donor to invest in this trade with Allah (swt), for it is a transaction that will never fail.

Allah (swt) has declared that "… whatever you spend of anything (in His Cause), He will replace it.

And He is the Best of Providers." [Quran 34:39] And the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and

blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever builds a Masjid, with the intention of seeking Allah's

Pleasure, Allah will build for him a similar place in Paradise." [Prophet Muhammad (s), Sahih Al-

Bukhari 1:441]

We pray that Allah (swt) grants us through your generous support success in making this project a

reality that will serve Islam in Australia.

Yours in Islam

Dr Zachariah Matthews

President

1 March 2010

4 Australian Islamic Mission

Our Mission The Australian Islamic Mission Inc (AIM) is a

non-profit religious, charitable, cultural, and

educational organisation committed to

promoting the Islamic faith and virtue in an

integrated way within Australia.

Background AIM was established in 1973 as Jamaat

Daawah Islamiah by a group of Muslims in

Sydney. The organisation first operated out of

rented premises in Lakemba then on

Canterbury Road in Revesby.

In 1994 AIM started using the Prayer Hall at 29

Matthews Street. Another Muslim association

purchased this property in 1970 and used it as

a place of worship (officially with approval

from 1987). The Punchbowl Musallah (Prayer

Hall) and AIM Centre was thus established

here in 1994. In order to service the growing needs of the

Muslim community in Punchbowl and the

surrounding areas, AIM’s expansion program

saw the initial acquisition of the properties at

25 and 27 Matthews Street. In 2004 the

property at number 33 was acquired and then

number 31 in 2007.

AIM currently has two independent chapters,

one in Sydney and the other in Melbourne

with members in other parts of Australia.

In 2008, AIM launched a separate entity called

“The Dawn Quranic Institute” to cater for the

growing demand for learning the sciences

associated with the Quran especially tajweed

(recitation). Since its inception, it has

consistently enrolled approximately 120

students per semester.

According to the official 2006 Census data, the

number of Muslims living in Punchbowl was

4,456, representing 26% of the total

population of 17,210 [about.nsw.gov.au]. At

the same time there were 340,392 Muslims

living in Australia, representing 1.7% of the

total population. Graduation Ceremony, Quran Summer Club 2003

Guests at the Youth Interfaith Program 2005

Volunteers on Clean Up Australia Day March 2009

Muslim singers Native Deen from the US visit 2008


Sh Mutasim Jarrah delivering the sermon during the Eidul-Fitr Prayer in the park 2009

Goals & Objectives • To present the message of Islam to all

Australians.

• To promote the human values that Islam

emphasises: brotherhood, equality, justice,

mercy, compassion, and peace.

• To encourage the participation of Muslims in

building a virtuous and moral society.

• To foster unity among Muslims and

encourage cooperation and integration

amongst them and the wider Australian

society.

• To promote understanding between all

faiths and peoples.

• To offer viable alternatives to our society's

prevailing problems.

Activities • Regular religious services (congregational

prayer meetings, Friday sermons, etc).

• Educational programs (lessons, study circles,

weekend language schools, etc). The AIM

Arabic School held on Saturdays enrols more

than 300 students on two separate campuses

each year • Social and recreational activities (camps,

trips, etc).

• Outreach and Interfaith programs (Open

Day, etc).

AIM Arabic School Presentation Night 2006


Committee Members Executive Committee

Dr Zachariah Matthews President

44 years old, Pharm.D

Director of Pharmacy of a Sydney Metropolitan Hospital

Mr Bashar Al-Jamal Vice-President and TDQI Chairman

48 years old, MEng

Director of Human Appeal International (Australia)

Mr Siddiq Buckley Secretary and Public Relations

56 years old, MTeach and MEd

High School Science Teacher

Mr Talal Sabih Treasurer

49 years old, MA-TESOL and MA-Maths

High School Teacher

Mr Hassan Ayoubi Member

63 years old, MPhil

High School Arabic Teacher

Women’s Affairs

Mrs Salam Ayoubi

Mrs Faiza Matthews

Mrs Abla Al-Jamal

Mrs Huwaida Sabih

Mrs Ghada Al-Jamal

Centre Management Committee

Br Eahab Arja Manager

Br Ghayass Sari Assistant Manager

Br Zehdi Ferkh Assistant Accountant

Staff

Sheikh Mutasim Jarrah Imam

Br Tahseen Almomani Principal (AIM Arabic School)

Br Abu Mustafa Dunia Musallah Muathin

Br Abu Omar Abdo Centre Landscaping


Hassan Zachariah Bashar Siddiq Talal

The proposal seeks to establish a new home for the Australian Islamic Mission and provide a complex of

buildings to facilitate learning and religious worship for local community members that follow the Islamic

faith.

The buildings are arranged around a quadrangle partially open to one side which provides an internal

outlook and affords privacy to students and community members; this configuration creates two adjoining

but separate courtyards, providing the separation of the primary daytime functions required by the client

brief.

The first more public of the two courtyards is accessed directly from the street and abuts the proposed

Mosque. The courtyard will be used primarily as an orientation and congregation space for worshippers

entering and exiting the Mosque. The second courtyard is the larger and more private of the two

courtyards, accessed through but physically separated from the first courtyard. Around the second

courtyard the administration building, library and school classrooms are located. The second courtyard is

also proposed to be used as a playground for school children. The design allows the flexibility such that

the physical connection between courtyards can be widened allowing the whole campus to be used for

religious teaching and other community activities outside school hours.

Further smaller balconies and terraces are also proposed on the upper levels of the building to provide a

number of potential external and partially external teaching environments, allowing building occupants

flexibility to respond to varying climatic conditions. Water is proposed to be used throughout the

courtyards both for visual interest and to provide passive cooling to building occupants.

Mosque-School Design


The architectural expression of the Mosque building is intentionally separate from the remainder of the

buildings providing for a distinct character of its own. Entry to the Mosque is via a highly detailed and

delicate front façade. Worshippers will pass below expressed deep off-form concrete beams with partially

open terracotta screens between that are used to naturally ventilate the space beyond. Once inside the

Mosque the off-form concrete beams continue above to frame skylights which reflect natural daylight into

the space. A grid of columns supporting the beams above and natural stone floor tiles are used to orient

the congregation appropriately. Laser cut Islamic texts are also to be incorporated throughout the

Mosque.

The teaching and administration buildings are narrow extruded forms providing all spaces with dual

aspect promoting cross ventilation, which in conjunction with appropriately located exposed high thermal

mass surfaces, solar control devices and ceiling fans will provide a high degree of thermal comfort to

building occupants without the need for mechanical conditioning of the accommodation. The roof of the

school is also proposed to be used for solar and water harvesting to further reduce the resources used in

the day to day running of the facility.

The design aims to create a centre for religious teaching and community activities to meet an existing and

rapidly expanding community based congregation now and into the future.

Angelo Candalepas

Director of Candalepas & Associates,

Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of New South Wales

9/219 Castlereigh Street, Sydney NSW, www.candalepas.com.au;


Council Approval


Quantity Surveyor Primary Elemental Cost Plan Napier & Blakeley Pty Ltd, 11/309 Kent Street, Sydney, Independent property, development and infrastructure consultancy. http://www.napierblakeley.com


# Funding Components Estimate Cost

Mosque:

1 Foyer $300,000

2 Men’s Ablution amenities $400,000

3 Men’s Prayer Area $500,000

4 Level 2: Women’s Ablution amenities $150,000

5 Level 2: Women’s Prayer Area $250,000

6 Stairwell & Lift $400,000

School:

7 Admin Office Block $700,000

8 Library $400,000

9 Canteen $400,000

10 Amenities $400,000

11 Level 1: Classroom 1 $300,000







Basement Car Park:

18 Level 1 $1,500,000

19 Level 2 $1,500,000

20 Level 3 $1,500,000

Total $10,500,000

Funding Components


Basement 2 Basement 3

Basement 1

Ground

Level 1

Level 2 Mosque:

Stairwell & Lift

$400,000

Men’s Ablution

Amenities

$400,000

Foyer

$300,000

Men’s Prayer Area

$500,000

Level 2: Women’s

Ablution Amenities

$150,000

Level 2: Women’s

Prayer Area

$250,000

School:

Library

$400,000

Admin Office Block

$700,000

Canteen

$400,000

Amenities

$400,000

Level 1: Classroom 1

$300,000


$300,000


$300,000


$300,000


$300,000


$300,000


$300,000

Basement Car Park:

Level 1

$1,500,000

Level 2

$1,500,000

Level 3

$1,500,000


Financial Statements 2008


Certificate of Incorporation

Authority to Fundraise


Testimonials:


Testimonials

A Project for Building a Mosque and a School in Sydney, Australia

An Opportunity to Trade with Allah (subhanahu wata ala)

To all members of the Muslim community in Australia

To all charitable organizations inside and outside Australia

To all supporters of Islamic projects and institutions

Assalamu alaykum warahmatu Allahi wabarakatuh

I am pleased to introduce to you in these few words the Australian Islamic Mission and invite you to

support its above mentioned project. The Australian Islamic Mission (AIM) is a distinguished organiza-

tion with a very good reputation among the members of our community.

The Australian Islamic Mission is one the successful organisations in reflecting the balanced image of

Islam to the Australian society and to the Muslim community. Its members are known for their commit-

ment to Islam and by their Islamic knowledge and ability to communicate the message of Islam

(addressing Islam in English in addition to Arabic). It is also distinguished by its wide activities which

reach men and women, the young and the old. Its members extend their activities from two mosques in

the largest two cities in Australia, Sydney and Melbourne.

Their branch in Sydney has overcome all the hard and multiple difficulties and managed to obtain a

Council approval to build a mosque and a school in the Punchbowl area. I am confident that this project

will have its good and fruitful impact on the community and thus supports well the Islamic identity

there. For this reason, I invite you all to contribute to this vital project, especially as the approval has

been conditioned by building three underground levels for car parking and that raises the cost of the

project.

I ask Allah (subhanahu wata ala) to multiply His rewards to all those who contribute to this vital and

important project. “And whatever you spend of good, it will be repaid to you in full, and you shall not be

wronged” (Q2:272)

The Mufti of Australia and New Zealand

Sheikh Fehmi Al-Imam

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