Chairman’s Report
Farouk Kerbelker
Presented by
The Secretary, Asmudien Jaffer
I am sincerely grateful to Allāh Almighty for granting me the health and opportunity to be part of the rich spiritual history of the Muslim Assembly. I express my gratitude to all our family members, members of the Muslim Assembly, donors, executive members and community leaders for your support during the past fifty years. Jazākallāh for supporting my appointment as chairman and showing confidence in my ability to drive the Muslim Assembly forward during these exciting but challenging times.
Our Golden Jubilee is definitely a time for celebration. It is also a time to reflect on those difficult, tedious and challenging fifty-year journey and to map the way forward to meet the challenges of the next fifty years, and beyond. Inshā Allāh
So today we pay homage to the founding fathers and the sacrifice made by so many families and individuals.
- Doctor Kotwal and his family
- Achmat Davids
And so many more
We need to continuously reflect on our commitment to their vision, mission and ideals. While ensuring that we act within the boundaries of Shariah. Our personal goal must always be to please Allāh Almighty for the benefit of our Muslim community and the much broader community.
Those who knew Doctor Mohamad Hossain Kotwal personally, will know that to establish the Muslim Assembly was not easy. During the nineteen sixties the Muslim community experienced many challenges and hardships. While Doctor Hossain Kotwal recognised the evils of Apartheid and supported organisations calling for political change, he at the same time, recognised the spiritual and practical needs of the Muslim community during and post-apartheid.
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