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Development
Southern Africa
SOUTH AFRICA
patel, ebrahim
Patel is the current minister for economic development of South Africa and a former spokesperson
for COSATU (the umbrella organization for South African trade unions). He is important because
South Africa’s booming economy is paradoxically leaving behind much of the population; this
is because of both the HIV/AIDS situation and also the fact that South Africa has one of the
highest unemployment rates in the world due to mass migration caused by the unstable situation
in Zimbabwe.
sooliman, dr imtiaz ismail
Sooliman is the founder of the Gift of the Givers Foundation. It is the largest disaster relief
organization of African origin on the African continent. His organization has delivered over $37
million in aid to 25 countries around the world. The organization has also designed and developed
the world’s first and largest containerized mobile hospital, which has been deployed in Bosnia. It
also runs 24 development projects in South Africa and Malawi.
Middle Africa
ANGOLA
drame, famar
Drame is founder and vice president of the Associacao Islamica de Desenvolvimento de Angola.
It is the first and the only Islamic organization in a country of 13 million people and the only
Islamic organization recognized and authorized by the government of the Republic of Angola. It
is charged with the responsibility to build a mosque with a school attached to it to teach Islamic
knowledge, Arabic and Portuguese.
East Africa
BURUNDI
nkunduwiga, haruna
Nkunduwiga is the secretary general of the Muslim Community of Burundi. He has been working
recently to battle the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Burundi with other faith leaders to raise awareness,
asking people to ‘stay clean’. HIV/AIDS is a serious problem in Burundi, affecting close to 20
percent of the urban population and near to 10 percent of the rural population.
KENYA
khalifa, sheikh mohammed
Khalifa is the organizing secretary of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, he is also the
head of the as yet unregistered Islamic Party of Kenya. Relations between the Muslim population of
Kenya and the broader society, especially the government, have frayed recently with the instances
of the demonizing of Muslims as terrorists. There is widespread displeasure among the coastal
Muslim population with the national government.
MALAWI
chabulika, sheikh dinala
Chabulika is the Islamic Information Bureau’s national coordinator. He is known as an Islamic
rights activist and has taken it upon himself to present the need to address social issues as religious
duties. Chabulika works on health issues, exploitation, and has built bridges with non-Muslims in
Malawi. He has also fought against the forced teaching of religious texts to school children.
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