Hussein Day – Prominent Observance Event Fading Away The tradition of holding Hussein Day started in 1940’s in Zanzibar, Mombasa and Dar es Salaam. The aim was to propagate the message of Tragedy of Karbala and the mission of Imam Hussein (A.S.) to the general masses. The venues selected were always outside our Imambarghas where maximum participation of...
DEDICATED SERVICES OF OUR MULYANIS (ZAKIRAS) When our forefathers landed on the Eastern shores of Africa, they settled in the towns like Lamu, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar Es Salaam, Bagamoyo and Kilwa, among others, some of them ventured into the interior and decided to live in small settlements and villages. At that time, we did not have Mulyanis or...
AFED SOLIDARITY DAY CHARITY WALK IN PERSPECTIVE Sunday the 7th July 2013 was a cold day but the 49 participants, young and old braved the cold weather of Arusha, simply out of love and devotion towards the noble cause of participating in the AFED Solidarity Day Charity Walk, also this was the first of its kind in the history of...
MURABBI SHERMOHAMED SAJAN An exciting story of ambition, migration, struggle, success, tragedy, and legacy. The family of Sajan Somji was prominent in the city of Nangalpur, Kutch, India. Sajan was well known as a successful and honest businessman with qualities of humility, generosity, community service, and leadership. He was born in 1852. His first son was born in...
DOWN THE MEMORY LANECRATER (ADEN) – YEMEN JAMAAT Aden Jamaat was an active Jamaat with a population of about 1,000 heads before the crisis erupted. Aden was British Crown Colony from 1937 to 1963, and being an extension of British India, the British Indian rupee was the currency of Aden until shortly after India gained independence in 1947. In 1951, the...
PROFILES OF PROMINENT PERSONALITIES HAJI MOHAMEDALI DHALLA In 1974 Mombasa Jamaat lost one of its oldest and dedicated leader Haji Mohamedali Dhalla.Haji Mohamedali Dhalla was born in Machakos in 1906 and joined the family business in Mombasa at a very young age. He efficiently handled the business to place it amongst the leading companies in transport and furniture. The...
ALHAJ RAMZANALI SALEMOHAMMED JAGANIHe rendered wholehearted Services to the Community Haji Ramzanali Salemohammed Jagani was born in Bharapur, Cutch, India in 1912 and migrated to Uganda in 1926. There he rendered various community services until 1972 when he moved to London during the Uganda Exodus. He had hardly settled down in London, started organizing Majlis on a very...
AHMEDBHAI HAJI FAZAL HASHAM Memories - A renowned member of Mogadishu Jamaat Ahmedbhai Haji Fazal Hasham was born in Mogadishu in 1906. His father was a renowned businessman, a pious and an active member of the community. Ahmedbhai’s father Fazalbhai brought a teacher from India on his own expenses in order to teach the community children. Through this,...
Role of Allama Seyyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi in theBilal Muslim Mission The one who championed and initiated the idea of extending tabligh outside the Khoja Community in Africa under an organization which later became known as Bilal Muslim Mission was Alhaj Ebrahim bhai Hussein Sheriff Dewji, then the youngest ever Chairman of the Khoja Africa Federation. We also lost him...
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE: OPENING CEREMONY OF OUR KHOJA SHIA ITHNASHERI SCHOOL IN MOGADISHU SOMALIA - 1985 MOGADISHU KSIJ SCHOOL – 1985 Opening Ceremony of our Khoja Shia Ithnasheri School in Mogadishu Somalia 1985 was widely attended by World Federation and Africa Federation delegates. SECRETARIATAFRICA FEDERATION ARCHIVES SECTION6th July 2018 (22nd Shawwal 1439 AH)
