President's
Eid Message - 1423 AH In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. "O
Allah ! Bless us in the day of our Eid and our fast breaking and let it be the
best day that has passed over us" -
Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (A.S.)- Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya It
is with these inspired words of our Imam, on behalf of all of us here at the
World Federation Secretariat, that I wish you all a happy and a joyous Eid ul
Fitr. At this juncture I would like
to share some thoughts about the direction of our sojourn in the service of the
community. Let
me begin with the promise of Almighty Allah in Surah
Al-Ankabut (69): Wallazina
Jaahadu Fiina Lanahdiyannhum Subulana ; And
as for those who strive hard for Us, We will certainly guide them in Our ways; ·
Effective
leadership at all levels Much
more can be achieved in the realization of the noble vision if we engender team
spirit, cultivate consensus and enhance coordination amongst all our
institutions across the globe. For
the community to optimize its resources the need of time is to ensure that
we have a strategic
plan of the next decade that provides a roadmap for the entire Community to
realise the above vision. Simply
put, a strategic plan will
determine where the community is going over the next decade, how it is going to
get there and how it will know if it got there or not. It can help an
organization to focus its energy, to ensure that members of the
organization are working toward the same goals, to assess and adjust the
organization's direction in response to a changing environment. In short,
strategic planning is a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and
actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does, and why it
does it, with a focus on the future. I
have therefore asked the
Vice President, Dr Ahmed Hassam to lead a team that produces a Strategic
Planning document by the Triennial Conference
2003 addressing major societal
transformations: emerging social issues representing a global multiplicity, not
just of cultures but also of perspectives, ideas and demands. It is the need of
time that we must ourselves take charge of change. We must revisit the mode and
methods of how we address the needs of the community. We must adopt strategies
where we can all interact more and more with all our organizations around the
globe; identify and nurture new coalitions to leverage our resources as we serve
the Community. We need to
define new strategies to actualize the potential of the younger members of our
community to serve and eventually prepare for leadership roles for the
challenges to come. I
appeal to you all to come forward and contribute by way of your input at various
stages in the preparation of this definitive document. Your input and
participation will greatly enhance the diversity and depth of this exercise to
engage the great minds of the community towards a global strategy for the
enhancement of our Community. As
the Community moves towards the horizons of progress, let us also not loose
sight of Marhum Mulla’s vision of the Community he envisaged in 1990. “A
united community where every act of good will is propelled and driven by sincere
intention to please Allah and none else. We need a society where Taqwa is way of
life, where Amrbil Maruf and Nahi Anil Munkar is the norm and practice. We need
a society where the youths are saved from the rising tide of Kufr and its
influence, where our men and women follow Shariah with pride and without
apology. And rise above the mean and the mediocre to that which is high and
sublime” Let
us continually bring these values to the fore as we chart out future strategies.
May I also ask you to remember Marhum Mulla Asghar, who will always be
missed, and all the Marhumeen with a sura-e-Fateha. May
Allah accept our efforts and give us Tawfeeq to serve Him with Ikhlas Wassalamu
Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu. Hasnain
Walji
“Transforming
Vision to reality"We
are indeed thankful to Allah, for His Guidance through the
Those
present at Conference 2000 will recall that this was an invigoratingly engaging
exercise demonstrating clearly that the community leadership across the globe
not only expected the World Federation to deliver the highest level of services
but was also committed to participating in that delivery process.
As we approach the next conference, I invite community leaders, frontline
workers and intellectuals to revisit the vision espoused by our founders and
reiterated at Conference 2000. That
vision is
·
Education
for all
·
Health
care for all
·
Self
sufficiency for all
·
Representation
for all