CHAPEL HILL ISLAMIC SOCIETY
232 St. Andrews Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
A Non-Profit Organization
Membership Application
Section A
Applicant's Name:
First Last
Middle
Street Address:
City State Zip
Email:
Telephone:
Applicant's Profession:
Are you a member of MSA-UNC Chapel Hill? No Yes
No Yes
If Yes, have you paid this year's Membership Dues?
*Signature of Applicant: ______________________________ Date: _____________
*Signature indicates that the applicant meets membership requirements. The membership requirements are on the back of the application form.
Section B
Annual Membership Dues: Dues are $10.00 per member per year (from January 01-December 31). MSA-Chapel Hill members who have paid their MSA membership dues are exempt.
Membership Dues:
Donation:
Total:
CHECK NO.
Please make check payable to Chapel Hill Islamic Society.
Email or print and mail the completed application form and check(s) to: Chapel Hill Islamic Society, Box 4085, Chapel Hill, NC 27515.
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Office use only:
Date Application Received: ___________________ Continuing Member _______
(Applications with annual membership dues will only be considered as received)
Signature or initial of the Secretary: ___________________
Rev. 11/5/0
CHAPEL HILL ISLAMIC SOCIETY
A non-profit Organization
Membership Requirements
ARTICLE V: MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY
Any Muslim aged 16 years or more, whose belief is according to Qur'an and Sunnah as stated in the Basic Law, who lives in the Triangle area and endeavors to practice Islam as a total way of life is eligible for membership after acceptance of the Constitution and Bylaws of CHIS.
SECTION 2. PROCEDURE
Any Muslim interested in membership shall submit an application. The application shall be reviewed by the Executive Committee (E.C.). Approved applicant shall become a member upon payment of annual membership dues (se e Art. VIII Sec. 3).
SECTION 3. APPEAL
An applicant whose application has been disapproved can request a hearing by the Shura (see Art. VIII Sec. 3).
SECTION 4. SUSPENSION
The Shura may suspend or expel a member after an appropriate hearing or reinstate a former member on such terms and conditions deemed appropriate by it. The membership shall be revoked by the Shura if at any time a member is found
to be in noncompliance with the Basic Law.
ARTICLE III: BASIC LAW
The following items constitute the BASIC LAW which is unchangeable partially or completely.
SECTION 1. CRITERIA FOR THE ORGANIZATION MEMBERS
1a Their belief should be based on Quran and Sunnah according to the methodology of the people of Sunnah and Jama'h i.e. the four main Mathahib; Hanafy, Maliky, Shaffi'y, Hanbaly and other Muslims who base their understanding exclusively on Quran and Sunnah of the prophet Muhammad (SAW) and the Sunnah of four rightly guided Caliphs i.e. Abu-Bakr, Omar, Othman and Ali (may Allah (SWT) be pleased with all of them).
1b They should be of good Islamic conduct.
1c The  membership shall be immediately revoked if a member does not comply with the criteria mentioned in 1.a and 1.b.
SECTION 2.
Any Shari'a issue or matter in the IC is not a subject to be voted upon. It is to be referred exclusively to the Imam for a verdict. If the Imam is absent, it is to be referred for a verdict to Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Fiqh committee or any number of Fiqh scholars who fit the criteria mentioned in 1.a and 1.b. above. This number is to be agreed upon by the organization (see Art.VIII Sec.3).
SECTION 3.
All decisions and recommendations of the organization should be within the framework of Quran and Sunnah according to the methodology of the people of Sunnah and Jamma'h.
SECTION 4.
The Board of Directors of the Chapel Hill Islamic Society (See Article X) has the authority to interfere and enforce compliance with the Basic Law.
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