Our Perhimpunan Keluarga (aka camping) this year will be held at Ashworth Valley Campsite. The annual Perhimpunan Keluarga is a key factor in bonding the friendship amongst our members. As in the past, we are proud to inform that this year's Perhimpunan Keluarga will be also attended by many non-Malays. This proves that the resident Malay community is not an isolated community but is increasingly playing a bigger role in the British community.

Update: Mobile clinics will be held in conjuction with Islamic Medical Treatment courses. Please visit www.pisang.org.uk for the latest information.

Melayu UK and PISANG (Professional Islamic Support and Nurture Group) plans to hold another mobile clinic for the screening and treatment of jinn-related problems. Jinn can cause some illnesses and modern medicine will not be able to cure those type of illnesses. Screening will be done using the Ruqyah Shari'iyyah methodology and we are planning to fly in Al-Hafiz Ustaz Trimizi Zainal to conduct the clinic.


PISANG is a non-profit organisation registered in the UK and has carried out many mobile clinics in Malaysia, Australia, Brunei, Singapore, Jordan, Egypt and UK. PISANG is highly dependent on donation to fund its activities and we hope to collect donations to cover the cost of organising the mobile clinic. Screening and treatment services will be provided free-of-charge. However we encourage donations to cover our cost. Please send me an email if you wish to pledge donation for the planned mobile clinic. Those who simply want to donate for the good cause of PISANG can do so by depositing their donation to PISANG bank account as below:

Account Name: PISANG
Bank: Lloyds TSB, Bicester Branch
Sort code: 30-90-77
Account Number: 01175839

PISANG is also planning to organise a course on Introduction to Islamic Medical Treatment. Please contact us if you are interested in taking the course.

29 November 2008

The Manchester-based satellite TV station, DM Digital TV, interviewed 3 Malays on issues relating to terrorism, education and community. Guests for the 30 minutes programmme were:

• Prof. Dato' Dr Yusof Othman, Director of Institute of Civilisation Islam, National University of Malaysia
• Prof. Dr. Abdul Latif Samian, National University of Malaysia
• Hamidi Abdul Rahman, President of Melayu UK cum Chairman of PISANG (Professional Islamic Support and Nurture Group)

Assalamu alaikum,

On behalf of Melayu UK, we would like to thank everybody who came to the Hari Raya With Melayu UK on Sunday 5th October 2008, jointly organised by Melayu UK and the Indonesian community in Manchester. The event was a great success with guests from various racial background, nationality and even religion. This shows the increasing influence of Melayu UK and our leadership capability in bringing together people of various racial background and religion. Many have also expressed their excitement after knowing the existence of Melayu UK.

As is previous years and Allah knows until when, the Muslim community in the UK are split in deciding the start of Ramadhan and the start of Shawal. Basically there are 2 opinions:
1. the first opinion follows whatever Saudi Arabia announces
2. the second opinion follows the UK moonsighting committee and is based on astronomical calculation