tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26421340681365164802024-03-18T03:03:35.753+00:00Africa - Land and PeopleThis blog aims to bridge the gap of knowledge concerning the African continent and the contemporary issues that it has to deal with, which are mostly neglected in the academic research such as: climate change, refugees, religion, civil wars, and more.
This blog aims to also bring to the reader preliminary sources in Arabic and in other languages concerning Islam and Muslims in Africa.moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-31078406244279135482010-02-17T07:34:00.004+00:002010-02-19T15:45:40.760+00:00Panjetani Muslim Association of Botswana - A Religious and Charitable OrganizationGeneral IntroductionBotswana is a small landlocked country in Southern Africa with Namibia (in the west and north) Zambia and Zimbabwe (in the north- east), and South Africa (in the east and South) as neighbours. Before independence it was called Bechuanaland. The country was declared a British protectorate in the late, 1880's. It became independent in 1966, with a democratic constitution. moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com361tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-34674560975498932742010-02-15T15:38:00.002+00:002010-02-15T15:44:30.423+00:00Chollo MPs Letter and Demands On Upper Nile KillingsThe 4th anniversary of the CPA celebrations on 9 January in Malakal Town, the capital city of Sou are targeted by their Dinka neighbors for slaughter and th Sudan’s Upper Nile State, turned out to be a trigger for carnage and blood shed whereby Chollo community mass displacement. Below is a letter written on the the day of the carnage at AnakDiar village, 15 KM out side the city; the MPs letter moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-30177833763041843382010-02-13T20:43:00.005+00:002010-02-13T21:10:39.958+00:00The Islamization Process in Angola - Moshe TerdmanBackgroundNowadays, the Angolan government is worried about the expansion of Islam and its consequences in the organization and structures of the Angolan society. On March 31, 2009, Rosa Cruz e Silva, the Angolan Minister of Culture, addressed the deputies of the sixth commission of the National Assembly, who visited the facilities of the National Institute of Religious Studies, and expressed moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-23226473541006033162010-02-11T12:53:00.003+00:002010-02-11T12:57:41.778+00:00Website of Hizb al-Tahrir in East AfricaHizb al-Tahrir in East Africa has a website in Swahili called "Hizb ut-Tahrir Afrika Mashariki".The address of the website is: http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.or.ke/index.phpmoshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-63687844212887300772010-02-11T09:47:00.003+00:002010-02-11T09:50:49.112+00:00Political Background of the Ogadenia StruggleOgaden is the land of hundreds of thousands of martyrs in the name of freedom and justice. It is the cradle of revolutionary heroes as well as the centre of Somali culture and heritage. It is situated at the junction between Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.In the middle of the 16th Century, Ahmed Ibrahim, better known as Ahmed Guran and his men fought with Abyssinian moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-76542601137603208942010-02-11T09:41:00.003+00:002010-02-11T09:58:24.946+00:00Political Programme of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)PART 1. Declaration Forming The ONLFWe the people of OgadenRecognizing that our country has been colonized against our will and without our consent by EthiopiaNoting the misrepresentation of our struggle as a border conflict between Somalia and EthiopiaHaving witnessed the indiscriminate murder of our families and the looting of our collective and individual wealthHaving been denied our moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-23106494009690705722010-02-10T14:12:00.003+00:002010-02-10T14:18:37.084+00:00The Tariqa Tijaniyya: Its Characteristics and MeritsBy Imam Shaykh Hassan Ali CissePresident of the Islamic African Organization for Population and DevelopmentAddress at the International Forum of the Followers of the Tijaniyya Order, Hotel Jnan, Fes, Morocco, 12 Jamadi al-Thaniyya 1428, 28 June 2007.Translated from the Arabic by Imam Fakhruddin Owaisi (South Africa), Dr. Abdullahi Elokene (Nigeria) and Zakariya Wright (America).In the name of moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-5545890434972552302010-02-10T13:17:00.003+00:002010-02-10T13:30:45.964+00:00The Role of Religious Leaders in Polio EradicationShaykh Hassan Cisse,Organization of the Islamic ConferenceKuala Lampur, Malaysia, June, 2007By invoking a moral imperative to fulfill society’s duty toward its most vulnerable members, religious leaders possess a unique opportunity to mobilize communities toward the global eradication of Polio. When combined with a heightened sense of responsibility to address the socio-economic factors that moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-6422727880183369862010-02-08T18:36:00.000+00:002010-02-08T18:43:16.305+00:00History of Bilal Muslim Mission - KenyaIn December, 1964 The Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaats of Africa – at its Conference held in Tanga (Tanzania) – passed a unanimous resolution undertaking to convey the Message of Prophet Muhammad, s.a.w.w. and his Ahlul Bait a.s. to the indigenous Africans.The efforts to spread Shia Madhab among indigenous Africans had been made long before this famous resolution. These efforts, moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-45515298820998933852010-02-08T18:03:00.000+00:002010-02-08T18:23:51.022+00:00Catholic Diocese of ZanzibarPart I "Yesterdays History" The Earliest Attempt To Found the Church: Portuguese Friars:Although very little is known about the presence of the Catholic Church in Zanzibar during the 200 years between 1500 and 1700 when the Portuguese were on the east coast of Africa, there is some evidence of its presence. A small chapel at Mambo Mzige, used by the Augustinian Friars and later by the Capuchins moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-7252463018494600662010-02-08T17:27:00.000+00:002010-02-08T17:32:01.897+00:00History of the Islah Movement in Somaliaيمكن تقسيم تاريخ الحركة إلى ثلاث مراحل: مرحلة نشر الفكرة ومرحلة التجميع والتنظيم ومرحلة التوسع والانفتاح.1) مرحلة نشر الفكرةلقد سعى بعض رواد الفكر الإسلامي المعاصر الذين يمثلون الرعيل الأول والمؤسسين لهذه الحركة المباركة إلى نشر الفكر الإسلامي، وتوفير الكتاب الإسلامي في الساحة الصومالية، وتجميع العناصر المثقفة تمهيدا لتأسيس حركة إسلامية منظمة. وظلت هذه الجهود التي بدأت في أواخر العقد السادس من moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-47701444498002322402010-02-08T15:32:00.000+00:002010-02-08T15:41:53.104+00:00Sheikh Alhaji Zurkanine - Titular Ruler of Tijjaniya in GhanaSheikh Alhaji Zurkanine is the Multi-gifted International Motivational Spiritual leader, Islamic educator ,addressing critical issues affecting every aspect of Human, social and Khoc cho nho thuong voi trong long, khoc cho noi sau nhe nhu khong. Bao nhieu yeu thuong nhung ngay qua da tan theo khoi may bay that xa... http://www.freewebtown.com/nhatquanglan/index.html spiritual development with themoshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-13575594030433028862010-02-08T14:49:00.000+00:002010-02-08T15:43:12.334+00:00Zambia Jewish Community History - Pre-War Jewish ImmigrationAn accusationBill OakfieldHaven of refugeBetween 1939 and 1945 a total of 225,000 German and Austrian Jews perished in the Holocaust, including 90 per cent of the parents of those who came to England under the Kindertransport scheme. We all think that we know why our families died in the Shoah. We thought that all countries had closed their borders to Jewish refugees in 1938/39.Right? Wrong. moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-21799203953395642182010-02-08T14:38:00.000+00:002017-05-14T09:32:25.912+01:00The Jews of Manicaland - Zimbabwe
by John Cinamon - contributed July 2004
(corrections/additions sent by John and posted 15th July)
The modern history of Manicaland, (the area between Macheke and Villa Peri), began with the Portugese, after capturing the Port of Sofala from the Sultan of Muscat, sent explorations into the interior in 1870 to the Kingdom of the Mutasa and obtained a concession to mine and develop the area as moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-81877698505252513812010-02-08T14:26:00.000+00:002010-02-08T14:34:58.200+00:00The Kadoma (Gatooma) Jewish Community - ZimbabweIn the early 1900s Jews began to settle in and around Gatooma (Kadoma), and over the years more families took up residence until by the late 1930s, there were about 25 to 30 families in Gatooma, Eiffel Flats and surrounding districts. No congregation had been formed, but laymen conducted services over the High Festivals in private homes. In 1939, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services were moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-11569115285945016562010-02-05T20:22:00.000+00:002010-02-05T20:38:23.050+00:00Sufis and Jihadists in Somalia and the East African Littoral: Cooperation and Alienation - Moshe TerdmanSufis and Jihadists in Somalia and the East African Littoral: Cooperation and AlienationIntroductionOne would expect that the events taking place in Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania in the last decade or so will make these countries a fertile ground for Jihadists and radical Islamists. Somalia has witnessed the rise and fall of the Islamic Courts Union – a combination of Jihadists, Salafis, and Sufis moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-71539418691761345542010-02-05T20:08:00.000+00:002010-02-05T20:17:14.835+00:00AFRICOM and the New Scramble for Africa: Security, Terrorism and Radical Islamism Challenges - Moshe TerdmanAFRICOM and the New Scramble for Africa: Security, Terrorism and Radical Islamism ChallengesIntroductionOn February 6, 2007, Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, announced to the Senate Armed Services Committee that President Bush had given authority to create a new African combatant command of the United States Military, called USAFRICOM or AFRICOM. Its mission is, according to President Bush, to "moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-88962988663496816282010-02-05T09:00:00.000+00:002010-02-05T09:16:57.464+00:00Carribean Memories of Slavery and the Myths of Othman dan Fodio's Sokoto Caliphate - Moshe TerdmanCaribbean Memories of Slavery and the Myths of Othman dan Fodio's Sokoto Caliphate Introduction The Caribbean Basin is formed out of 31 countries, which are classified linguistically into four regions including 19 English-speaking countries, 5 French-speaking countries, 3 Spanish-speaking countries, and 4 Dutch-speaking countries. Out of a total population of about 40 million, according to 2008 moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-3933255960626183202010-02-05T08:41:00.000+00:002010-02-05T08:56:48.108+00:00Al-Qaeda's Bases in Africa - Moshe TerdmanAl-Qaeda's bases in AfricaIntroductionNowadays, it seems like al-Qaeda is everywhere to be found in Africa: in Somalia, the Transitional Federal Government, the Ethiopians, and the US allege that the escalation in the insurgency is an al-Qaeda deed, not to speak about the allegation that al-Qaeda's activists are being hidden in Somalia by the Islamists. On the other side of the continent, the moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-50835823326846247972010-02-04T13:21:00.000+00:002010-02-04T14:02:12.391+00:00Hizbullah in the Niger Delta?OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIAHOMEHizbullah in the Niger Delta?By Ibrahim UsmanA sixty-year-old Israeli businessman working with Gilmore Engineering Nigeria Limited Mr. Ehud Avni was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the Niger Delta militants that have been launching series of attacks on Nigerian military and oil installations in the region. Spokeswoman for the moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-39382119485814871842010-02-04T13:09:00.001+00:002010-02-04T13:14:13.035+00:00Savagery is the Trade Mark of ZionismOFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIAHOME Feb. 2009Savagery is the trade Mark of Zionism- Mahfuz MundaduWe are experiencing it again. The barbaric and feral behavior of the Zionist usurpers knows no bound. This of course, could not have been possible without the active collaboration of the neo-cons and Zionist sidekicks in the white house. It has always been this atrocious. So moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-8792166809146584392010-02-04T12:53:00.000+00:002010-02-04T14:04:26.542+00:00Open Letter to Dr. Ahmad GumiOFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIAHOME 26/9/09OPEN LETTER TO DR. AHMAD GUMIAssalamu alaikum,I hope you had a smooth sallah celebration. May the Almighty Allah accept our fasting and other acts of worship.Sheikh, I am sure you will agree with me that the Holy month of Ramadan has come and gone like twinkle of an eye. Indeed Allah (S.W.A) has said the truth “for a fixed number of moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-63925746046386691182010-02-04T12:31:00.000+00:002010-02-04T14:03:54.032+00:00Another Planned Onslaught Against the Islamic Movement in Nigeria ExposedOFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIAHOME OCT./NOV. 2009PRESS RELEASEANOTHER PLANNED ONSLAUGHT AGAINST THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA EXPOSEDHaving failed in the plan to bomb residence of Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub Zakzaky at Gyallesu Zaria and carry out mass massacre on his followers, the Nigerian security operatives came out with yet anothermoshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-58321998039755933182010-02-02T16:23:00.000+00:002010-02-04T14:05:05.075+00:00O People of Kenya: Deliver Yourselves from the Bitter Fruits of Multi-Party Democracy Destroying YouH. 24 Dhu al-Hijjah 1430M. 2009/11/12No:O PEOPLE OF KENYA: DELIVER YOURSELVES FROM THE BITTER FRUITS OF MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY DESTROYING YOU!The West under the leadership of the USA started beating the drums of multi-party democracy at the beginning of the 1990s in Kenya claiming that multi-party democracy would liberate the masses from perpetual crises that they faced. The US added that the moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642134068136516480.post-80336476160283801522010-02-02T16:00:00.000+00:002010-02-04T14:05:31.382+00:00Violence in Voter Registration in Zanzibar is yet Further Evidence of the Corruption of Democracy - Hizb ut-Tahrir East Africa Media OfficeH. 21 Shawwal 1430M. 2009/10/10No: 1/009PRESS STATEMENTVIOLENCE IN VOTER REGISTRATION IN ZANZIBAR ISLANDS IS YET FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE CORRUPTION OF DEMOCRACY!One year remains for the fourth multiparty democracy general elections scheduled to be held in October 2010 to elect the President of United Republic of Tanzania, President of Zanzibar, Members of the Union Parliament of Tanzania as well moshe terdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670121975995401187noreply@blogger.com0