The latest news from Kitaba http://www.kitaba.org/News.aspx Kitaba Book Launches Details about Kitaba's book launches around the UK!
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=56 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=56 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba's Big Projects For The Summer! Details about the upcoming Umra trip and our new book!
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=55 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=55 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Ba Alawi Mosque – a model for inclusion Shaykh Abdul Aziz recently went to Singapore. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=53 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=53 Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Bradford: Islam-Access For All Details about our upcoming event in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=52 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=52 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba and Deaf Dawah Roadshows

Kitaba and Deaf Dawah have worked closely in organising the events ‘Islam – Access for All’.

http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=51 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=51 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Needs of Disabled Muslims

The Islamic Texts for the Blind and the Equalities and Human Rights Commision  (EHRC) held a joint seminar

 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=50 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=50 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba and partners plan new events including an Umra trip for the Blind

Kitaba has developed links with various organisations over the last few months. These partnerships have already proven to be fruitful including Islamic lectures with sign interpreters for the Deaf, joint awareness raising programmes on disability and book production for the Blind.

http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=46 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=46 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Norwegian Queen Sonja awards Vidar Boe The Queen of Norway presented the prize of Devoted citizen to Vidar Boe (59) for his work with society's most needy. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=44 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=44 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba and the Equalities and Human Rights Commission are hosting an event for Disabled people in Scotland Kitaba and the EHRC are holding an event on independent living on Saturday 27th February at the Touchbase, Sense Scotland. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=43 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=43 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Event: Taught By The Pen Muslim Women’s Association of Edinburgh are organising a book festival between 7th February and 13th February. Click below to find out more.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=42 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=42 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Light Upon Light A newsflash about our recent event held in partnership with Deaf Dawah.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=41 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=41 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Update On Our Classes An update on the Kitaba classes.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=40 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=40 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Audio Books – Your Advice Needed! One of the most important aims of Kitaba – The Islamic Texts for the Blind – is to produce material from the Islamic tradition in accessible formats. We have a number of classical texts in Braille and one audio book in Daisy/ MP3 format. To help us plan our production, we would like our users’ advice on these formats and the best way of distributing the material. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=39 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=39 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba and Deaf Dawah Invite You To 'Light Upon Light' Details about out upcoming event in Birmingham with Habib Kazim Al-Saqqaf (Yemen)!
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=38 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=38 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ethnic Minority Eye Health Project The Royal National Institute for the Blind (Scotland) presented an interim report on a project of great interest to Kitaba, Islamic Texts for the Blind, on 5th December 2009. The project aims to improve understanding of the problems facing minority communities in accessing eye care services. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=37 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=37 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Imam Zaid Shakir On The Marginalised in Society Audio upload of Imam Zaid's recent talk is now up on the site!
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=36 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=36 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Eid Mubarak From Kitaba! Eid mubarak from us, to you.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=35 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=35 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT New Audio Upload: The Day Of Arafat Shaykh Abdul Aziz talks about the day of Arafat.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=34 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=34 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT New Tafsir Classes To Begin This Saturday! We begin our new Tafsir of The Qur'an classes this coming Saturday, 21st November 2009
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=33 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=33 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba's Glasgow Event Launch Our event on the 5th of October in Glasgow.  With Shaykh Abdul Aziz Ahmed & Imam Zaid Shakir (Zaytuna Institute).
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=32 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=32 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba's Oslo Event Launch Our event launch which took place last October.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=31 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=31 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT New Audio Upload The second part of the Tafsir of Al-Fatiha class has been uploaded.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=30 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=30 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Upcoming Braille Workshop A new organisation called Baseera are organising a five day Quranic Braille workshop, to be taught by staff of Madrasa al-Noor for the Blind, South Africa. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=29 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=29 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Luton Book Launch Kitaba is hosting an event in Luton.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=28 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=28 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba's New Book Release! Kitaba officially launches its new book for general sale.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=27 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=27 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Birmingham Book Launch: Lessons From The Life of Imran Sabir (Free Admission) Kitaba hosts a book launch in Birmingham.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=26 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=26 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba Focuses On Making Quran and Hadith Accessible Kitaba have now produced its second Braille text and started a series of classes specifically geared towards the needs of Blind Muslims. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=25 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=25 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT EId Mubarak From Kitaba! Kitaba wishes you a most blessed Eid.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=24 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=24 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Imam Zaid Shakir To Speak At Kitaba Book Launch Imam Zaid Shakir will be coming from America specially to attend the launch of Kitaba’s new book Living With Blindness: Lessons from the Life of Imran Sabir. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=22 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=22 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Event: Kitaba Book Launch WIth Imam Zaid Shakir Details about the upcoming launch.
http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=23 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=23 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT New Recording Now Available A recording of the class on fasting is now available.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=21 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=21 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Classes For The Blind To Begin This Saturday – Volunteers Needed Online Classes for the blind to start this Saturday insha'Allah.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=20 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=20 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Braille Production Restarted Braille production at the Islamic Texts for the Blind halted when Imran Sabir, its Chair, became seriously ill over a year ago. Since his death in March, Kitaba have been trying to restructure and further develop its work. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=19 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=19 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba Congratulates Its Newest Director On His Marriage The Directors and supporters of the Islamic Texts for the Blind offer their heartfelt congratulations to Arslaan Khan and his bride Aminah Hussain. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=18 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=18 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Shuyukh Offer Support To Kitaba Project Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi and Imam Zaid Shakir each provided support and encouragement for the Kitaba mission. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=17 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=17 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Event: Hassan Ibn Thabit Kitaba and Sacred Knowledge

Present

Hassan Ibn Thabit
(May Allah be pleased with him). http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=16 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=16 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba Restructures After Death Of Its Chairperson Kitaba is moving forward again after the death of Imran Sabir, its founding chairman. Abdul Aziz Ahmed was elected to take over the role of Chair and the team have been working on several new initiatives... http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=15 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=15 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Brother Imran Sabir Passes Away Inna lillahi wa innah ilayhi rajioon.
From Allah we come, and to Him we return.

Kitaba is sad to announce the passing of our chairperson, brother Imran Sabir. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=14 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=14 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT New Book Release Kitaba is proud to present a translation of Mulla 'Ali al-Qari's collection of  Forty Hadith on the Excellence of the All-Clarifying Illuminating Quran entitled Fayd al-Mu'in 'ala jam il-Arbain fi fadl al-Quran al-Mubin.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=12 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=12 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Chapter on Fasting. From Imam Al Haddad's Nasâih al-Dîniyâh Kitaba-Islamic Texts for the Blind is proud to present a translation of the chapter on fasting, from the book Nasâih al-Dîniyâh by Imam Al Haddad. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=11 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=11 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Scholars pledge support to Kitaba's First Production Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, al-Habib Kazim al-Saqqaf and Shaykh Umar Khatib all gave their support and prayed for Kitaba’s first publication, Forty Hadith on the Excellence of the All-Clarifying Illuminating Quran. http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=10 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=10 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Our First Book Launch: 24th August 2008 Kitaba is excited to announce our first production: a translation of Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari’s collection of Forty Hadîth on the Excellence of the All-Clarifying Illuminating Qurân entitled Fayd al-Mu’în ‘ala jam il-Arbaîn fî fadl al-Qurân al-Mubîn. The book is to be launched on Sunday 24th August 2008 in Glasgow. If you are interested in attending please contact us http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=9 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=9 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Kitaba's first audio production at The Cutting Room.org Production of the audio recording of our first Islamic text will take place over the next few weekends with the assistance of TheCuttingRoom.org http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=8 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=8 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Imran Sabir gets top prize in creative writing competition Congratulations to our Chairman, Imran Sabir, on winning the creative writing prize from 'Project Empower.' http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=3 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=3 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Workshops: Visual Impairment in the Muslim Community and an Introduction to Arabic Braille Kitaba is a charitable organisation supporting people with visual impairments and providing Islamic texts in accessible formats. We intend to have two short workshops on Visual Impairment in the Muslim Community and An Introduction to Arabic Braille. These will take place in Glasgow on Saturday 29th March 2008. If you are interested in attending please contact us http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=2 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=2 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Blind Companion - Abdullah ibn Umm Muktum Shaykh Abdul Aziz delivers a talk on the Blind Companion, Abdullah ibn Umm Muktum.
 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=1 http://www.kitaba.org/NewsPost.aspx?id=1 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:52:15 GMT