JANUARY 2025 LADIES’ BOARD ACTIVITIES

Mrs. Birgül ARSLAN (President of Ladies’ Board)

On 01.01.2025, training on Halal and Tayyib food was held at the Dost Eli Association with the presentation of Şule Akuğur. In her presentation, Şule provided information about what Halal and Tayyib food is, the importance of nutrition, health and halalness in the light of hadiths and verses, while examples from the lives of the companions and scholars were given.

Who is GIMDES, how it issues certificates, what it pays attention to, its boards and application were discussed. Again, what are suspicious foods, why should we stay away from them were mentioned and the questions of the ladies were answered. Their requests for the next training were taken and discussed.

On 30.01.2025, a GIMDES presentation and a raw meatball event were held for children and parents at the Bozüyük Anatolian Youth Association (AGD) upon the invitation of the AGD association. A basic presentation about GIMDES was made to the children and parents. After the presentation, the children played a game. Afterwards, the meal (çiğköfte) was prepared and served by the GIMDES team.

We talked about nutrition from substance to meaning in the Samsun AGD building. With the title “You Are What You Eat”, a summary of product content, additives and issues to be considered were mentioned, and GIMDES inspection sensitivities were mentioned.

On 31.01.2025, Fatmanur Acar made a presentation on the material and spiritual effects of nutrition in accordance with nature in children at the İlim Kitap Kafe within the İlim Yayma Cemiyeti. In the program, a video was watched about the “effects of halal and haram nutrition in children” and a presentation was made. Then, we answered questions about the subject accompanied by refreshments. We held a raffle among the volunteer ladies who participated and presented the gift to the lady who won. A coloring activity was also held with the children who participated in our program.

Two seminars were given on 03.01.2025 and 16.01.2025. The importance of halal and tayyib nutrition, how to do a real boycott, and that Muslims should use their will were explained in the seminar.

Who is GIMDES, how does it issue certificates, what it pays attention to, its boards and applications were discussed. Again, what are suspicious foods, why should we stay away from them were discussed and the questions of the women were answered.

On 03.01.2025, Senanur Bağcı used the presentation of the first step to halal life with approximately 50 people, and it started with the proverb “Eat your grapes and ask about your vineyard”, and it was started with the fact that this saying is wrong for a Muslim, and that we should ask about the vineyard before eating the grapes. What is halal and tayyib was asked and answered afterwards. Verses related to this were said. The explanation of the 35th verse of the Surah al-Baqara was made, and the life of Hz. Adam and Hz. The lesson we need to learn from this verse, which tells about Eve’s approaching the forbidden tree as the reason for her expulsion from heaven: When we do not obey Allah’s commands and do not avoid His prohibitions, we will be that far away from our real home, heaven. The hadith “The forbidden is clear…” was said. It was discussed whether reading the label is enough. Additives such as Shellac, Carmine, Msg were mentioned. Who is GIMDES, what is its vision and mission, how does it issue halal certificates, inspections, Darul Helal Madrasah were explained. Small gifts were given at the end of the program.

Additive training was given on 11.01.2025 with the presentation of Dietician Büşra Şahin. Harmful, suspicious, haram additives were mentioned. Some products on the market were compared with GIMDES certified products. Questions and answers were made.

As the GIMDES Women’s Board Volunteer Nevşehir Representative Office, we were guests of Acıgöl district on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 13:30 with our “District Works” and training requests. They hosted us in the Condolence House, we tried to perform with the participation of 52 ladies. We talked about Gimdes, we touched on the importance of Gimdes in our lives, We addressed important issues by addressing the topics of our serial trainings, at the end of the program, information was provided about the GIMDES channel and the GIMDES Nevşehir Ladies WhatsApp group so that they could have up-to-date information. Since we do not have a Halal World Market, companies with certified products in our province were mentioned and applications that we can easily follow up on certified products were mentioned, At the end of the training, the ladies who participated requested training again so that these valuable topics could reach their youth.

The Basmala of Spirituality Climate: HALAL FOOD; The training we organized for university students was held at the IHH Ankara Branch Additional Service Building. The importance of halal food in verses and hadiths was explained in the seminar.

The Fiqh Treatise book was analyzed at the IHH Ankara Branch Additional Service Building. While analyzing the book, what we know about halal food was reinforced and we had a chat.