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the Indian state or its educational paraphernalia.” DAWN, July 28, 2008 from Jawed Naqvi column under the heading: How the state connives with fanaticism, instead of fighting it Naqvi, writing in DAWN, Karachi, July, 28, 2008. 7. Writing on: “How the state connives with fanaticism, instead of fighting it” Jawed Naqvi, writing in DAWN, Karachi, July, 28, 2008. “Their chances of finding a worthwhile vocation are further weakened by a conviction that goes back to the discourse of Maulana Maudoodi. The former Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami had told the Justice Munir Commission in the 1950s, in the context of anti-Qadiani violence in Pakistani Punjab, that non-Muslims should not be allowed to work for an Islamic state and, conversely, Muslims in a secular (he said Kafir) country like India should not be given jobs by the state there. He would be happy if the Indian Muslims were treated instead like shudras, he said. The recommendations of the Amir are still pursued by some groups among India's varied Muslims and they shun state jobs such as the army and civil services even if they are otherwise qualified for them. I am not sure if the Justice Sachchar Commission took up this issue at all when it recently recommended the need to open more government jobs for Indian Muslims.” 8. Seyyed Hossein Nasr. “A Young Muslim's Guide to the Modern World.” Kazi Publication. Chicago. 1993. Introduction. P.viii. 9. ibid. 10. See Ali S. Asani, Harvard University, on “The Khojki Script: A legacy of Ismaili Islam in the Indo-Pak subcontinent” quoting from “Khodja”, Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam, p.256. 11. Comments from a social worker from London visiting North America. 12. Farhad Daftary. “The Ismailis - Their history and doctrines.” Cambridge University Press. 1990. P.524. 13. ibid. p.505 46
14. During Colonial days, Ahmed Lakha Kanji and Anwer Hassan Virjee served as nominated members of the Zanzibar Legislative Council. In Kenya, A. H. Nurmohamed served as a nominated member of the Kenya Legislative Council. In Uganda H. K. Jaffer served for long as a nominated member of the East African Legislative Assembly. In pre independent Tanganyika, Jaffer Mohamed Versi, Ebrahim Husein Sheriff and Mohamed Banadali Versi served as nominated members of the Tanganyika Legislative Council In local Governments, in Tangnyika, Ramzan Rajabali Jaffer served as an elected member and Chairman of the Daressalaam Muncipal Council before it was elevated to City status while Ebrahim Husein Sheriff was elected as Mayor of Arusha. In Uganda, Mohamedali Hansraj was elected as the first Mayor of Mbale. In Kenya, A. H. Nurmohamed who had taken active part in local politics and in the Indian National Congress served for long as a member of the Mombasa Municipal Council. He was followed by Husein Abdulla Jaffer. In post independent Tanzania Shaukat Jaffer was elected to the Dar es Salaam City Council in the last term. In Zanzibar, during the Colonial days, Hussein Allarakhia Rahim who served for some time as a Magistrate was later elevated as a Judge fo the Zanzibar High Court and Hussein Nazerali served as the Registrar of the Zanzibar High Court while Ahmed Abdulrasul Datoo served as Commissioner of Customs. In the first Zanzibar Government (after achieving independence in Dec, 1963 and before the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964) Amir Abdulrasul Dewji was made one of the Ministers and Mohamedali Fazal Meghji (Mohamedali 'Poz') was elected as the deputy Speaker in Zanzibar's first Parliament. They functioned for barely a month before the Zanzibar revolution swept aside the elected Government. In independent Tanzania, Abbas Gulamali, Hassnain Murji, Hassanain Dewji, Yasmin Alloo and Mohamed Gulamabbas Dewji have been elected as members of the Tanzania Parliament. Yasmin Alloo has been a leading member of the Women's Wing of the Umoja ya Wanawake in Zanzibar and she was nominated as Women's representative to the Tanzanian Parliament. 47
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Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . .
Page 7 and 8: Hassan Ali M. Jaffer who has been a
Page 9 and 10: NORTH AMERICAN SCENE Writers with a
Page 11 and 12: A review of the history of printing
Page 13 and 14: Consequence of this introvert polic
Page 15 and 16: KHOJA IDENTITY Khoja are not a race
Page 17 and 18: HISTORY OF MINORITIES This is the h
Page 19 and 20: With the loss of language, over a p
Page 21 and 22: KHOJA MIGRATORY PATTERNS Phase (1)
Page 23 and 24: Phase (5) - 1860 onwards Into East
Page 25 and 26: In an Africana discussion forum (Se
Page 28 and 29: “ What we do today and how we now
Page 30 and 31: Leaders of the Community have alway
Page 32 and 33: REFORMS Common with all immigrant s
Page 34 and 35: attitudes towards women. Issues of
Page 36 and 37: “In Fraternity - A Message to Mus
Page 38 and 39: meaning youngsters end up being exp
Page 40 and 41: With parochial outlook gaining mome
Page 42 and 43: DANGER SIGNALS Success of the Khoja
Page 44 and 45: were kidnapped from West Africa and
Page 46 and 47: of Muslims would prove infertile, l
Page 48 and 49: The idea of this innovative project
Page 52 and 53: In post independent Kenya, Sajjad R
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