1st General Assembly on 20th to 23rd June 2014

Notes from the 1st General Assembly on 20th to 23rd June 2014:
Alhamdulillah, the International Union of Braille Quran Services has been formally established, and the following members were elected to the Board:

Selahattin AYDIN
Hassan Murchie
Anwar al Nassar
Norma Hashim
Zaki Ali Morse
Shahid Memon
Majed Mashayekhi
Zainal Abidin
Sayka Hussain
Halis Kuralay
Mohammed Islah

In our board meeting, the following roles were agreed by all board members:

Selahattin AYDIN was elected as president by general assembly
Shahid Memon as senior vice president
Norma Hashim as vice president
Hassan Murchie to serve as general secretary
Zaki Ali to serve as joint secretary
Halis Kuralay to serve as treasurer
The following were elected to the audit committee
Othman Isa
Zahid Sulaiman
Ahmed Unuvar

With our general assembly meeting, IBQS, as the only umbrella organization dedicated to the Braille Quran has passed an important step. Alhamdulillah now there is an international entity willing to promote Braille Quran literacy all around the world. Up to now, each of us had been working very hard to serve for carrying out Braille Quran services at different corners of the world. With the international body we have established, we have paved the way of being different organs of a single body.

In addition to the general assembly, we held 2 events which were open to the public; a forum entitled “People with disabilities from an Islamic perspective”, and "Braille Quran Recitation at Blue Mosque".