Meet the team

The Lower Hutt Islamic Centre (LHIC) is governed by the board members of the Hutt Valley Charitable Trust. The Trust is a New Zealand registered charity(#CC37154).
Our board meets once a month. Many community volunteers support the day to day operations of LHIC.
If you have have any queries or concerns, please contact us at info@lowerhuttmasjid.org

  • Asad Abdullahi

    Medical Microbiologist
    Ministry of Health
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    Chairperson - Hutt Valley Charitable Trust
    New Masjid Fundraising Working Group - Lead
    New Masjid Working Group
    Haleema Kindergarten Management
    Janazah Working Group
    IT and Communications Working Group

  • Yan Aung (Shahid)

    Principal Consultant/Architect
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    Secretary - Hutt Valley Charitable Trust
    New Masjid Working Group - Project Lead

  • Naila Rahman

    Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialist
    Hutt Hospital
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    Treasurer

    Welfare Working Group - Lead

    Janazah Working Group

    New Masjid Fundraising Working Group

    Lower Hutt Muslimah Committee

  • Dr Fathima Iftikar

    Director for Strategy, Policy and Regulation - Greater Wellington Regional Council
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    Assistant Secretary
    Lower Hutt Muslimah Committee
    IT and Communications Working Group
    New Masjid Working Group

  • Bilal Masood

    Principal Systems Engineer
    Aviat Networks
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    IT and Communications Working Group
    New Masjid Fundraising Working Group
    Masjid Security Working Group
    Saleheen Committee

  • Sheikh Sameer Ibrahim El-Matary

    Mechanical Senior Quantity Surveyor
    McMillan & Lockwood Central Limited
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    New Masjid Fundraising Working Group
    Janaza Working Group
    Masjid Operations Working Group

  • Zahid Aung

    Technical Director
    Laser Machines Limited

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    Haleema Kindergarten Management
    Masjid Security Working Group

  • Dr Delower Bhuiyan

    Principal Research Scientist
    Callaghan Innovation
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    Masjid Maintenance Working Group
    Janazah Working Group

  • Dr Salman Ashraf

    Remote Sensing Scientist
    GNS Science
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    Haleema Kindergarten Management - Chairperson
    Masjid Security Working Group - Lead
    New Masjid Working Group
    Saleheen Committee

  • Naseeruddin Shaik

    Principal Data Advisor
    Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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    IT and Communications Working Group - Lead

    New Masjid Working Group

    Saleheen Committee

    Welfare Working Group

  • Tuan Saldin

    Retired
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    Masjid Maintenance Working Group
    New Masjid Fundraising Group
    Welfare Working Group

  • Dr Abdul Hamid

    Anaesthetist

    Wakefield Hospital
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    Welfare Working Group
    Advisor - Fiqh matters
    Masjid Operations Working Group
    Janazah Working Group
    Masjid Security Working Group
    New Masjid Fundraising Working Group

  • Moontaz Ali Azmutally

    Nurse Manager
    Hutt Valley Hospital
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    Masjid Maintenance Working Group

Our Committees

  • Day to Day Operations

    These committees are responsible for daily upkeep of masjid and its assets.

    Masjid Maintenance Working Group - Delower Bhuiyan
    IT and Communications Working Group - Naseeruddin Shaik
    Masjid Security Working Group - Dr Salamn Ashraf
    Saleheen Committee - Bilal Masood

  • New Masjid Working Groups

    In charge of Design, Build and Fundraising of the New Masjid project

    New Masjid Fundraising Working Group - Asad Abdullahi
    New Masjid Working Group - Shahid Aung

  • Others

    Haleema Kindergarten Management - Dr Salamn Ashraf
    Welfare Working Group - Naila Rahman
    Janazah Working Group - Shk Sameer El-Matary
    Sisters group - Fathima Iftikar

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