The annual subscription for the year 2016 is now due and as per KSIMC constitution, all Members shall be required to pay the amount of subscription due on 01 January of each year. A Member who fails to pay the subscription by 31 March will receive a written overdue notification from the Secretary General. Failing to pay the subscription within thirty (30) days from the date of the notification shall automatically terminate the membership. The full membership fee for 2016 is £150 per annum. A Spouse of an existing Member will be eligible for membership at a reduced rate of 50%. (£75 per annum).
A full-time student under the age of twenty-four (24) years will be eligible for membership at a reduced rate of 50%. (£75 per annum), A senior citizen over the age of sixty-five (65) years will be eligible for membership at reduced rate of 50%. (£75 per annum) and A Friend Member will have to pay Annual Subscription of £112.50 per annum.
As you may be aware the Jamaat- through the excellent work of the burial committee- now has access to a Digital Autopsy facility for all deaths that require an autopsy by the coroner. This means that in most cases an invasive autopsy is avoided thereby complying with our Sharia requirements. The EC has decided to incorporate the Digital Autopsy as an additional benefit for the members of the burial fund as of 1st January 2016. The cost of such a digital imaging is £550 per person. This will mean that the annual subscription for burial will need to be increased by £5, from £40 to £45 per member. This increase will become due from 1st January 2016. Those members paying by standing order are requested to amend the amount by instructing their own bank.
With duas,
Mahmood S Bhogadia
Head of Finance
As per law 2003 of Ayatullah Seestani's 'Islamic laws': At the time of sunset on eve of Eid al-Fitr, whoever is adult and sane and is not unconscious, nor poor, or a slave, mus give, on his own behalf and on behalf of those who are dependent on him, one sa'a (about three kilos) per head of staple food in his home town such as wheat or barley or dates or raisins or rice of millet or something similar. It is also sufficient if he pays the price of one of these items instead.
