CIRCULAR NO: JMT/144/12

APPOINTMENTS TO THE SPORTS COUNCIL

We are pleased to announce the recent appointments of the following members to the Sports Council of the Africa Federation, they are:

                      Br. Salim Khakhi of Moshi – Vice Chairman
                      Br. Fazleali Kassam of Dar-es-Salaam – Member
                      Br. Hassanali M Dhirani of Tanga – Member

With the above new appointments by the Chairman of the Sports Council, the Council shall now be made of the following members:

                      Br. Mahmood A Somji      -           Chairman
                      Br. Salim Khakhi               -           Vice Chairman
                      Br. Mustafa Virjee              -           Hon. Secretary
                      Br. Hameed Sheriff           -           Member - Arusha
                      Br. Sameer Chandoo       -           Member – Dar es Salaam
                      Br. Fazleali Kassam         -           Member – Dar-es-Salaam
                      Br. Qambar A Somji          -           Member – Mombasa
                      Br. Onali Nanji                    -           Member - Nairobi
                      Br. Hassanali M Dhirani   -           Member - Tanga

The Email contact of the Sports Council is sports@africafederation.org

Aunali Khalfan
Hon. Secretary

The Brilliant Student Award is an annual Scholarship program introduced by Africa Federation from the year 2009, offering a onetime award of USD 5,000 each towards Higher Education to two students (one boy and one girl) who have displayed a consistent record of academic excellence.

Applications received for the year 2011 were scrutinized based on the set criteria of selection and Sis. Sarah Sadick Somji of Dar es Salaam Jamat was declared winner of the Brilliant Student Award for the year 2011.

The presentation of this award took place on 9th February 2012 (17th Rabbiul Awwal) - Wiladat of our Holy Prophet.

On behalf of the Education Board Secretariat of Africa Federation, we take this opportunity to congratulate the Winner for her outstanding achievement and we wish her success in her further studies. Our felicitations also to all the participants of this award.

May Allah (s.w.t.) grant them every success in their future endeavours, Ameen.

It is our hope that our community Brilliant students out there will make use of this golden opportunity and that more student applications from different Jamats are received next year.

EB Secretariat

Ref: CHB/News Bulletin/002/2012

DIABETES AND YOU –Diabetes can cause many complications and can lead to Kidney disease and failure, heart problems, eye sight loss and also complications in feet.

Diabetic Kidney Disease

Just like elsewhere in the body the kidneys of diabetics are in danger of being affected by the high sugars. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure in the world. 40% of type 1 diabetics develop kidney failure within thirty years of the onset of their disease. 12% of Type 2 diabetics' kidneys are already slightly affected by diabetes by the time they are diagnosed. This is because Type 2 diabetes is often an initially silent disease often only found coincidentally when a doctor decides to check for it.

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At the 14th Constitutional Conference held in Dar-es-salaam from 4th to 7th April, 1980, Alhaj Hassan Ali M. Jaffer was unanimously elected to the post of Vice Chairman of Africa Federation. Hassan bhai was born in Zanzibar in 1932 and has been a resident of Mombasa since his young age. After completing his secondary school education at Mombasa he undertook a practical course in agriculture at the Indian school of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania.

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CIRCULAR NO: JMT/143/12

The forecast for the Crescent of 1st Jamadi ul Awwal 1433 A.H. is as follows: - (Please note that the forecast is based for Dar-es-Salaam and all timings are D'Salaam local time, other towns in the West should make necessary adjustments depending upon the time of sunset).

The birth of the Astronomical New Moon is at 05.38 p.m. on Thursday 22nd March 2012 i.e. 28th Rabiul Aakhar 1433 A.H.

On Friday 23rd March 2012 the age of the New Moon after the Sun has set is:       

Sunset .................................................    6.32 p.m.
Crescent age at Sunset....................    24 hours 55 minutes
Moonset ..............................................    7.01 p.m.
Time Duration ....................................    29 minutes
Crescent Elongation at Sunset.......    11.39 degrees
Moon Altitude at Sunset ...................     06.18 degrees

SIGHTING IS POSSIBLE

The best time to observe the crescent is when the sun is 5 degrees below the horizon at 6.49 p.m., when the crescent will Insha'Allah be very low on the horizon, 10 degrees North of West, 10 degrees North of where the sun had set.

EXPECT 1st JAMADI-UL-AWWAL 1433 A.H. ON SATURDAY 24TH MARCH 2012

Secretariat

CIRCULAR NO: JMT/142/12

73RD SUPREME COUNCIL SESSION

A G E N D A

Appended below is the Agenda for the 73rd Supreme Council Session of the Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaats of Africa which will Insha'allah be held from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th April 2012 in Arusha, Tanzania.

Friday, 27th April 2012

Aunali Khalfan
Hon Secretary

A mission with the focus of empowering the Women in the rural areas completed the training in 15 rural centers.

As a way forward a three-day seminar was conducted in Mombasa at the Bilal hall from the 16th - 18th, February 2012. The objective of the seminar was to bring women from all groups together, to share their ideas and experiences, find solutions to their problems and create awareness.

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Ref: BMM 8-1433                                                                       

Al Mustafa University in Qum al Muqaddasah have invited the Chairman of Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania to join in the commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the demise of Allamah Syed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi.        

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CIRCULAR NO: JMT/141/12

A TRIBUTE TO A LEGENDARY MISSIONARY, A VISIONARY, A PROLIFIC WRITER AND A DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR – THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AFRICA FEDERATION, ALHAJ ANWARALI R. DHARAMSI TRAVELS TO QUM, IRAN TO ATTEND A SPECIAL SEMINAR IN MEMORY OF LATE ALLAMAH SEYED SAEED AKHTAR RIZVI.

Commemorating the 10th Death Anniversary of Allamah Seyed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi who passed away in Dar-es-Salaam on 8th Rabi-ul-Aakhar 1423 (20th June 2002).

A brief biography - Allamah was born in a place called Ushri, Saran district, Bihar state, India in 1927. He left behind five sons and two daughters. He second eldest son, Hujjat-ul-Islam wal Muslimeen Maulana Seyed Muhammad Rizvi, lives in Toronto, Canada. He has followed his father's footsteps and has written many books as well. He is the Resident Aalim of the Islamic Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaat (ISIJ) of Toronto, Jaffari Islamic Center.

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