Dr. Asgarali Moledina is one of the panelists in the upcoming Archives Program – Panjo Uganda on Saturday, 8th May 2021. Dr. Moledina was born in the year 1950 in Mombasa, Kenya where he grew up. He obtained his primary education at KSIJ Alibhai Panju Primary School (Presently Jaffery Academy) and secondary education at Alidina Visram High School....
The Masoomeen Sports Club came into existence in 1985 with the opening of the new Mosque in Kinshasa. It was perhaps the youngest Club of our community where volleyball, cricket, table-tennis, badminton and tennis were being played. The Volleyball team under the captainship of Salim Bhalloo, organized regular practice sessions and friendly matches with other clubs. It also...
13th Rajab 1375, corresponding to February 1956, will indeed go into the history of the Arusha Jamaat when the visionaries and the pioneers of our institutions embarked on a project that would be a landmark in our community for generations to come. Indeed, it culminated into the community witnessing the opening of its mosque and Imambarghah facility. Our...
Tribute by Mustafa bhai Pirmohamed The news of the death of our colleague and head of Africa Federation Archives Section, Alhaj Murtaza R. Jivraj - Murtaza Kerbala came with great shock. Working with him in the Archives Section has helped me a lot in getting insight into some historical events in our community. A day before he died,...
Akbarali Gulamhussein Sabur was the eldest of the nine children (four boys and five girls) of Gulamhussein Sabur who had immigrated to East Africa from India as a teenager. Gulamhussein Sabur was born in Bhandaria in the state of Gujarat. Having settled in East Africa, he only returned to India once to get married. He died in Mbale...
Marhuma Khatija bai was born to Mohamed Fazal Jaffer (BAHOSH) and Laila Dhalla Suleman in 1936 in Zanzibar. In 1955, she got married to Muhsin Abdulrasul Datoo who had migrated to Dar es Salaam from Zanzibar in 1953. They were blessed with five children - Shiraz, Abdulrasul, Latifa, Munir and Azra.Marhuma Khatija bai started reciting munajaat, marsiya and...
A Tribute to My Dear Friend, Syed Hassan Abbas Ansar Hussein Naqvi On the 40th day of his Death By: Aunali Khalfan – Vice Chairman of Africa Federation “Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.”Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156) Syed Hassan and I knew each other since from the...
To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II The humble, loyal and dutiful address of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community of East Africa. May it please your Majesty, We, the President and Members of the Central Council of the Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community of Africa, representing the Ithna-Asheri Section of the Muslim Community of Africa, numbering...
The Late Dr. Assaria was born in Kampala, Uganda in 1935. Upon the completion of his secondary school education in Uganda, he proceeded to the United Kingdom in 1956 to pursue medical studies. After graduating as a Doctor of medicine in 1964, he returned to Mombasa, Kenya. Marhum Dr. Assaria’s community services include being the Hon. Secretary of...
His Message when he was Re-Elected as the President of Dar es Salaam Jamaat Dear Brothers-in-faith, Salaamun Alaykum. At the outset I take this opportunity to thank all members for electing me for the second successive term as the President of the Dar es Salaam Jamaat. I am all too conscious of the support and confidence placed in...
