Muballigheen Development Program
December 2015
“Together WE can make a Difference”
“If a person gains knowledge and does not act upon it, it is just like a person has treasure and does not use it” Imam Jaffer AlSadiq
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest” Bejamin Franklin
For the sixth consecutive year, the Mission in collaboration with IEB of World Federation of KSIMC, The Federation of KSI Jamaats of Africa and the Central Bilal Board organized a ten day workshop for muballigheen and muballighat in an effort to create a platform to share knowledge and experience.
The workshop attracted 85 participants from various organizations in Kenya, Tanzanian and Uganda. The lead facilitator for the seminar was Sheikh Ayub Rashid from the United Kingdom. The workshop commenced on 22nd to the 31st of December 2015 at Bilal Hall.
The topics covered during the seminar were:
- Recitation of Sura Nuh, its meaning and its implementation in tableegh work
- Laws of inheritance
- Social Media
- Practical sessions on Nikah (marriage) and Talaq (Divorce)
- Education, Education policies and laws, Teaching methodologies
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Leadership skills and Negotiation Skills
- Imam Mehdi (ATF)
- Reading styles and Referencing skills
- Public speaking
Other practical initiatives that provoked critical thinking from the participants included creative writing, referencing skills, debates, question and answer sessions, quote of the day – assigned to different participant every day, practical leadership in prayers and duas.
In his address at the closing ceremony, Sheikh Ayub encouraged the participants to seek knowledge continuously. He also urged them to put in practice what they have learnt in the seminar. “It is one thing to learn, it is another to put into practice what you have learnt.”
Participant comments
“We have been introduced to new Islamic ideas that will be of very great importance in our activities as we shall continue serving in different centers of propagation. I have been so much motivated with the way Sheikh Ayub carefully select’s the contemporary topics and delivers them in an organized form of a presentation to the participants and fellow Sheikhs”. Ali Tsuma Njoloi, WIPAHS, Tanzania
“My stay here has been nice and this is a seminar which is very different in its own. I have gained a lot during this seminar by meeting participants who reside from different regions of East Africa by sharing opinions and ideas”. Sh.Mohammed Habibu, Uganda
The Bilal Muslim Mission of Kenya would like to thank the IEB of the World Federation, Central Bilal Board, The Federation of KSI Jamaats of Africa and KSI Jamaat of Mombasa for their support and cooperation in organizing this event. The Mission would like to appreciate various organizations who sent in their Muballigheen to partake in this Seminar and making it a great success.
Bilal Muslim Mission of Kenya
P.O. Box 82508 – 80100
Tel: 254 41 2229641
Mombasa
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