All praise is due to Allah creator, nourisher and cherisher of the entire universe.
Carrying on from last week:
… In April 1979 Mazhar Krasniqi brought together the three regional Muslim organisations of Canterbury, Wellington and Auckland, to create the only national Islamic body – the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ). He was honoured for his efforts by the New Zealand government in 2002, receiving a Queens’s service medal. Later Dr Hajji Ashraf Choudhary served as president (1984-85) before pursuing a political career and entering the New Zealand parliament in 1999.
Large scale Muslim immigration began with the arrival of mainly working class Fiji Indians in the 1970s. They were followed by professionals after the first Fiji coup of 1987. Early in the 1990s many immigrants were admitted under New Zealand’s refugee quota. From war zones in Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq.
In 1981 Sheikh Khalid Hafiz was appointed Imaam of Wellington, a post he held his death in 1999.
To be continued….
First Muslim mayyit in Pukekohe.
True story of the week:
The suburb where I am situated in is about 45 minutes from Auckland city; Pukekohe.
On Saturday morning one of the brothers in our small Muslim community named Farooq Osman (late) passed away. We make dua that Allah (swt) grants him and all the marhoumeen forgiveness and jannatul-firdous ameen.
This incident has had a huge impact on our Muslim community as this is the first Muslim janaza to leave this town.
He is survived by his mother, his wife, one daughter and a son.
Quick fact of the week:
Adam Alayhis salam was approximately 30 Ziraa tall. Ziraa is a measurement and one Ziraa is approximately half a metre.
Quote of the week:
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character, they become destiny.
