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| MIT |
| 02/20/04 at 06:29:00 |
| as-salaamu alaikum Imagine you were given $7500 to start up a long term project for the community. What would you spend it on? |
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| jannah |
| 02/20/04 at 14:17:45 |
| wlm, interesting question ;) i would start up a library/dawah center/bookstore ala barnes n noble for the community |
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| ltcorpest2 |
| 02/20/04 at 18:34:20 |
| well, first of all you will need about $14,000.00 for the proper licenses. Then, you will have to set up a corporation or something so that when your project gets sued you will not be held personally liable so you better chip in another $12,000.00 which will cover your meeting with various lawyers and filing the proper paperwork. Oh, insurance I guess that would depend on the type of project. Probably budget about $20,000.00. So, right now you are in the hole about $39,000.00. Good luck!!!!!! |
| insurance or takaful? |
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| MarineLiner |
| 02/21/04 at 01:47:50 |
| [slm][quote author=mike link=board=bebzi;num=1077276540;start=0#2 date=02/20/04 at 18:34:20]well, first of all you will need about $14,000.00 for the proper licenses. Then, you will have to set up a corporation or something so that when your project gets sued you will not be held personally liable so you better chip in another $12,000.00 which will cover your meeting with various lawyers and filing the proper paperwork.[B] Oh, insurance I guess that would depend on the type of project.[/B] Probably budget about $20,000.00. So, right now you are in the hole about $39,000.00. Good luck!!!!!! [/quote][COLOR=DARKGREEN][URL=http://karbigac.com/viewtopic.php?t=115][B]What you know about insurance or takaful?[/B] We've discussed it at Islamic Banking Forum. (Click here to read it).[/URL] Well, of course we should see how muslim should handle it. Wallahu a'lam bishshowab.[/color] |
| 02/22/04 at 23:57:28 |
| MarineLiner |
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| Aadhil |
| 02/21/04 at 08:45:17 |
| [slm] All, Probably invest in a store of somesort. A bookstore would probably be the easiest. I'd say maybe a masjid resteraunt but that would probably be a big hassle. P.S if you open a Resteraunt save me a [] [slm] ;-) |
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| al-ajnabia |
| 02/21/04 at 14:21:59 |
| [slm] I'd open up a storefront and offer ESL classes and try to get some Arabic classes going, and some general wholesome transient Muslim support stuff and childrens classes or youth groups and things like that. I'd take donations to keep the place solvent beyond the 7,500 and have suggested donations on the classes and activites but not expect anything form people who are really stretched. But only if I could get other people interested and maintain a wholesome and basically serious and responsable atmosphere. Well, thats what I'd do, Salaam, |
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| MarineLiner |
| 02/23/04 at 00:05:11 |
| [slm][quote author=al-ajnabia link=board=bebzi;num=1077276540;start=0#5 date=02/21/04 at 14:21:59] [slm] . . . . . . . But only if I could get other people interested and maintain a wholesome and basically serious and responsable atmosphere. Well, thats what I'd do, Salaam,[/quote][color=darkgreen]That's right. In this case I found difficulty to get it. Wallahu a'lam bishshowab.[/color] |
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| MIT |
| 02/23/04 at 05:58:21 |
| as-salaamu alaikum Thanks for the idea jannah. I wanted to do that years ago in a small centre where kids are taught. But the teachers warned me off saying that the kids would wreck the whole thing. But now that there is some serious funding available - perhaps i can look at it again. Thanks also for your input Al-Ajnabia. The ideas are good, but probably too much for us at this point in time. I know that the central Masjid in London has free weekly sessions with a Muslim lawyer, perhaps we can do something like that with a social worker? And doing all of this responsibly is what makes or breaks a project. |
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| rajullunyas-aa |
| 02/23/04 at 07:04:36 |
| [slm], i must firstly state that i am a nigerian and i also live in nigeria, so due to the standad of living in nigería been a third world country i will want you to know that 7,500 dollars is a lot of money when it is converted to nigeria ''naira''. so i will firstly rent a three bedroom apartment, get some necessary office equipment such as furnishure, phones and fax, i will register for a business certificate, i will use part of the office to act as a store and mart where i will be selling islamic books, materials, i will also get some chairs and tables that i will be giving out as rentage to the numerous islamic organisation that holds meetings and gathering every weekends, i will also give to rentage public address system for the various organisation.dont worry that money will be enough,because it will be spend according to the nigerian standard and within a year i will open about six more branches because the musklims populations is enormours, we are over 60 million. that is what i will do with it and i will live the rest to ALLAH because with HIM all obstacle will be perished and all target will be met. ma'asalaam |
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| jannah |
| 02/23/04 at 18:52:45 |
| slm, After some thought I've decided to change my project.. :) I think I'd start a youth dawah center and hire some kids (at a little over min wage so they don't have to work at the mall) (high school/college age) to work on different Islamic projects for the community -- ie the library project.. soup kitchen project.. website project, helping new muslims, social work... etc etc... |
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| MarineLiner |
| 02/23/04 at 20:49:04 |
| [slm][quote author=rajullunyas-aa link=board=bebzi;num=1077276540;start=0#8 date=02/23/04 at 07:04:36]i must firstly state that i am a nigerian and i also live in nigeria, so due to the standad of living in nigería been a third world country i will want you to know that 7,500 dollars is a lot of money when it is converted to nigeria ''naira''. so i will firstly rent a three bedroom apartment, get some necessary office equipment such as furnishure, phones and fax, i will register for a business certificate, i will use part of the office to act as a store and mart where i will be selling islamic books, materials, i will also get some chairs and tables that i will be giving out as rentage to the numerous islamic organisation that holds meetings and gathering every weekends, i will also give to rentage public address system for the various organisation.dont worry that money will be enough,because it will be spend according to the nigerian standard and within a year i will open about six more branches because the musklims populations is enormours, we are over 60 million. that is what i will do with it and i will live the rest to ALLAH because with HIM all obstacle will be perished and all target will be met. ma'asalaam[/quote][color=darkgreen]What if muslimin prefer not to use chairs and tables ? It can cut cost ? We could see at masjidil harom, where masjid is the center of muslimin activities, people could do activities without chairs and tables.[/color] |
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| rajullunyas-aa |
| 03/03/04 at 14:08:25 |
| ''What if muslimin prefer not to use chairs and tables ? It can cut cost ? We could see at masjidil harom, where masjid is the center of muslimin activities, people could do activities without chairs and tables'' [slm], in nigeria groups and organisations uses chair, because they normally holds conferences, seminars and workshops in rented halls,or in open ground. ma'salaam |
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| a2z |
| 03/04/04 at 01:18:57 |
| [slm] That's right, and we heard also that in Indonesia [i]normally [/i]they use [i]only airliners to carry jama'ah for hajj which need hundreds of flights resulting should wait upto 28 days [/i]to be on board. That's why they're looking for passenger vessels to charter as an alternative transportation to Jiddah. Where they can hope the ticket will be cheaper compared with airliners which is US$ 1,148 for two ways ( Indonesia - Jiddah vv.) per passenger. Could we implement also alternative as not using the chairs and tables to cut costs ? |
| 03/04/04 at 02:43:02 |
| a2z |
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| jannah |
| 03/04/04 at 02:32:50 |
| [wlm] u guys are arguing about pretend hypothetical money!!! sheesh kabobs... get ur own and do whatever u want! |
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| Learner |
| 03/04/04 at 06:58:24 |
| LOL!!!! :D |
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| Barr |
| 03/04/04 at 19:51:08 |
| [wlm] warahmatullah.. Think, think, think... I say, $7500 is too too too little for a long term project. How long term is long term? And how vast and in depth do we want the outreach to be? Only thing I can think of now is a short term project for a long term result. Ie. providing training for poor income families to get them out of the poverty trap - skills like teaching them sewing, cooking/baking even basic foot reflexology. Then they can then set up their own small home-based business and at least earn something on the side. Allahua'lam |
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