Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand
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The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) was set up in April 1979 by Mazhar Krasniqi
and other Muslim
community leaders to draw together the regional Islam organisations of Auckland
, Wellington and Canterbury
into one centralised New Zealand
-wide body.
initiated correspondence with other Muslim organisations in Auckland
and Wellington, with an eye towards creating a national Muslim organisation and helping to develop the Halal
meat trade. On 18 November 1978 the first preparatory meeting was held in Christchurch
: Hajji Abbas Ali and Robert “Abdul Salam” Drake (architect of the Ponsonby mosque) came representing Auckland
; whilst Hajji Salamat Khan, Dr Hajji Khalid Rashid Sandhu and Abdul Rahman Khan came from Wellington ; Palmerston North
was represented by Ali Taal, a postgraduate student from Gambia. A consensus was reached and it was agreed to meet again for further talks and on 15 April 1979 the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) was formally established. Auckland
resident Mazhar Krasniqi
(an Albanian
SS Goya
refugee from Kosovo
) was the inaugural president and Dr Hajji Hanif Quazi was the first Secretary-General.
was appointed Imam
of Wellington , a post he held until his death in 1999, and employed as such by the International Muslim Association of New Zealand. Soon after his arrival he was appointed senior religious advisor to the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand.
In June 1984, the Federation signed the first annual contract with the New Zealand Meat Producers Board (later the Meat Industry Association) to provide Halal
certification services in exchange for a modest remuneration. The first contract was for $60,000 in 1984. Currently the figure is closer to half a million dollars and helps subsidise much of the Islamic activities across New Zealand
.
In April 1988 FIANZ held its first ever South Island AGM at the Canterbury mosque and Christchurch
resident Dr Saleh Al Samahy from Saudi Arabia
was elected president. A second South Island AGM was held at the mosque (in Riccarton
) over 24–25 June 1989 where Dr Sandhu of Wellington was elected president and Dr Al Samahy was made vice-president. The following year a local convert to Islam, Soraiya Gilmour, was appointed FIANZ Treasurer.
In November 2005, the Federation celebrated its 25th anniversary (a year late) and Eid al Fitr in Parliament House, Wellington. The event was attended by the then FIANZ president Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan (originally from Fiji
), the inaugural president Mazhar Krasniqi
, and a former president Dr Hajji Muhammed Ashraf Choudhary
.
In June 2008 the "FIANZ First Stakeholders Forum" was organised by New Zealand government civil servants at the parliament in Wellington
. The theme was "To Build Strong New Zealand Muslim Families" but only a few Muslims were actually invited. Ultimately the only respected and interesting speaker was the Nigerian Dr Mustapha Farouk from Hamilton
(whose name remains consistently mispelt in the FIANZ website). The following year FIANZ organised the "FIANZ National Muslim Convention" over 24–25 October 2009 in Auckland
and the theme was "Building Strong Muslim Families". This was attended by approximately 300 local Muslims. The most important speaker was Dr Mustapha Farouk and FIANZ Assistant Secretary Brent "Abdul Lateef" Smith (a Major
in the New Zealand
army).
President - Dr Anwar Ghani / Waikato Muslim Association
First Vice President - Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan / South Auckland Muslim Association
Second Vice President - Mohamed Eshaq Ali / New Zealand Muslim Association
Secretary - Dr Hajji Mohammed Musa / Muslim Association Canterbury
Assistant Secretary - Hajji Abdul Lateef Smith / Manawatu Muslims Association
Treasurer - Adam Awad / International Muslim Association of New Zealand (Wellington)
Assistant Treasurer - Steve Ali Akbar / Otago Muslim Association
, there have been a number of serious and ongoing complaints directed at the Federation. The most serious issue centres around whether FIANZ is primarily a religious minority organisation or an ethnic minority cultural outfit : it has been suggested that the Federation conducts its affairs more like a Third World
organisation than a New Zealand
one. As early as 1983 one Arab
Muslim
resident in Wellington
dismissed FIANZ as "a group of Fijian labourers". More recently FIANZ leadership was tagged "..as a conservative businessmen's club of relaxed Muslims, well integrated in New Zealand society and benignly sexist."
Other lingering criticisms reflect cultural matters. Despite a veritable obsession with the "public" appearance of following the Sunnah
, the Federation in fact remains a very personal vehicle. At critical and often seemingly random points, administrative decisions and recognisable general policies (or perspectives), hold little grip : highly subjective evaluations seem to spontaneously decide and attempt to smother further communal discussion on various issues. Positions within the Federation Executive Committee and staff (and indeed staff salaries) seem to be settled less by actual talent or qualification than by arbitrary and fluctuating whims. Above all other considerations, it appears to be the largely undefined and changing will of the Federation president that determines policy which is later presented as conforming to the Sunnah
. A good exmple of this has been the recent (2008–2010) dispute over the Halal
certification of Nando's
in New Zealand
: after securing the approval of the Federation ulema
FIANZ issued a Halal
certificate for chickens served at the restaurant chain, however many Muslims remain unconvinced pointing to the machine-kill of the chooks (which many Muslims find unacceptable).
There is a widespread suspicion among many New Zealand
Muslims that a vague small fluctuating group - a Nomenklatura
- are manipulating the Federation to keep themselves in positions of authority without any real interest in either advancing the welfare of the New Zealand
Muslim
minority or spreading Islam
in the country. The president selects his Executive Committee from among the most compliant members of the Federation Council at an AGM and then determines their tasks, not according to the legal constitution, but according to personal ambition : he decides his own role within the Federation, and his own tasks and even his own successor. Organised chaos.
There have also been criticisms directed at the close relationship between certain Federation leaders and the New Zealand Labour Party
after it was disclosed that FIANZ had contributed over $10,000 to their failed 2008 election campaign.
Mazhar Krasniqi
Mazhar Krasniqi , is a New Zealand Muslim community leader of Kosovar Albanian descent. He was the first president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand in 1979 and a human rights activist-Overview:...
and other Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
community leaders to draw together the regional Islam organisations of Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, Wellington and Canterbury
Canterbury, New Zealand
The New Zealand region of Canterbury is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains. Its main city, Christchurch, hosts the main office of the Christchurch City Council, the Canterbury Regional Council - called Environment Canterbury - and the University of Canterbury.-...
into one centralised New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
-wide body.
Origins
Following the creation of the Muslim Association of Canterbury, local Muslims in ChristchurchChristchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
initiated correspondence with other Muslim organisations in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
and Wellington, with an eye towards creating a national Muslim organisation and helping to develop the Halal
Halal
Halal is a term designating any object or an action which is permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law. The term is used to designate food seen as permissible according to Islamic law...
meat trade. On 18 November 1978 the first preparatory meeting was held in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
: Hajji Abbas Ali and Robert “Abdul Salam” Drake (architect of the Ponsonby mosque) came representing Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
; whilst Hajji Salamat Khan, Dr Hajji Khalid Rashid Sandhu and Abdul Rahman Khan came from Wellington ; Palmerston North
Palmerston North
Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...
was represented by Ali Taal, a postgraduate student from Gambia. A consensus was reached and it was agreed to meet again for further talks and on 15 April 1979 the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) was formally established. Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
resident Mazhar Krasniqi
Mazhar Krasniqi
Mazhar Krasniqi , is a New Zealand Muslim community leader of Kosovar Albanian descent. He was the first president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand in 1979 and a human rights activist-Overview:...
(an Albanian
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
SS Goya
SS Goya
SS Goya was a Norwegian refugee ship that carried hundreds of eastern European refugees to New Zealand in 1951. Most notably it carried several men who went on to play a significant role in the development of the New Zealand Muslim Association including Mazhar Krasniqi and Nazmi Mehmeti.The ship...
refugee from Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
) was the inaugural president and Dr Hajji Hanif Quazi was the first Secretary-General.
Developmental History
In 1981 Sheikh Khalid HafizSheikh Khalid Hafiz
Sheikh Khalid Hafiz was an Indian-born Imam who served as the senior religious advisor to the New Zealand Muslim minority over 1982 to 1999.-Career:...
was appointed Imam
Imam
An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
of Wellington , a post he held until his death in 1999, and employed as such by the International Muslim Association of New Zealand. Soon after his arrival he was appointed senior religious advisor to the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand.
In June 1984, the Federation signed the first annual contract with the New Zealand Meat Producers Board (later the Meat Industry Association) to provide Halal
Halal
Halal is a term designating any object or an action which is permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law. The term is used to designate food seen as permissible according to Islamic law...
certification services in exchange for a modest remuneration. The first contract was for $60,000 in 1984. Currently the figure is closer to half a million dollars and helps subsidise much of the Islamic activities across New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
In April 1988 FIANZ held its first ever South Island AGM at the Canterbury mosque and Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
resident Dr Saleh Al Samahy from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
was elected president. A second South Island AGM was held at the mosque (in Riccarton
Riccarton
The place-name of Riccarton may refer to:* in New Zealand** Riccarton, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch*** Riccarton , the electorate named after it*** The location of Riccarton Race Course...
) over 24–25 June 1989 where Dr Sandhu of Wellington was elected president and Dr Al Samahy was made vice-president. The following year a local convert to Islam, Soraiya Gilmour, was appointed FIANZ Treasurer.
In November 2005, the Federation celebrated its 25th anniversary (a year late) and Eid al Fitr in Parliament House, Wellington. The event was attended by the then FIANZ president Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan (originally from Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
), the inaugural president Mazhar Krasniqi
Mazhar Krasniqi
Mazhar Krasniqi , is a New Zealand Muslim community leader of Kosovar Albanian descent. He was the first president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand in 1979 and a human rights activist-Overview:...
, and a former president Dr Hajji Muhammed Ashraf Choudhary
Ashraf Choudhary
Dr Ashraf Choudhary, QSO, is a Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in agricultural engineering and a member of the Parliament in New Zealand. He is a member of the Labour Party, and is New Zealand's first MP from South Asia and Pakistan....
.
In June 2008 the "FIANZ First Stakeholders Forum" was organised by New Zealand government civil servants at the parliament in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
. The theme was "To Build Strong New Zealand Muslim Families" but only a few Muslims were actually invited. Ultimately the only respected and interesting speaker was the Nigerian Dr Mustapha Farouk from Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
(whose name remains consistently mispelt in the FIANZ website). The following year FIANZ organised the "FIANZ National Muslim Convention" over 24–25 October 2009 in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
and the theme was "Building Strong Muslim Families". This was attended by approximately 300 local Muslims. The most important speaker was Dr Mustapha Farouk and FIANZ Assistant Secretary Brent "Abdul Lateef" Smith (a Major
Major
Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
in the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
army).
Former FIANZ Presidents
- 15 April 1979 - Hajji Mazhar KrasniqiMazhar KrasniqiMazhar Krasniqi , is a New Zealand Muslim community leader of Kosovar Albanian descent. He was the first president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand in 1979 and a human rights activist-Overview:...
, Q.S.M. - 15 September 1979 - Hajji Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Q.S.O.
- 6 April 1980 - Rahim Ghouri
- 18 April 1981 - Hajji Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Q.S.O.
- 10 April 1982 - Hajji Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Q.S.O.
- 2 April 1983 - Dr Mohammad Hanif Quazi
- 23 April 1984 - Dr Hajji Muhammed Ashraf ChoudharyAshraf ChoudharyDr Ashraf Choudhary, QSO, is a Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in agricultural engineering and a member of the Parliament in New Zealand. He is a member of the Labour Party, and is New Zealand's first MP from South Asia and Pakistan....
, Q.S.O. - 14 April 1985 - Dr Hajji Muhammed Ashraf ChoudharyAshraf ChoudharyDr Ashraf Choudhary, QSO, is a Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in agricultural engineering and a member of the Parliament in New Zealand. He is a member of the Labour Party, and is New Zealand's first MP from South Asia and Pakistan....
, Q.S.O. - 10–11 May 1986 - Dr Hajji Khalid Rashid Sandhu, Q.S.O.
- 2 May 1987 - Dr Hajji Khalid Rashid Sandhu, Q.S.O.
- 21–22 May 1988 - Dr Hajji Saleh Al Samahy
- 24–25 June 1989 - Dr Hajji Khalid Rashid Sandhu, Q.S.O.
- 8–9 September 1990 - Abdur Rahman Khan
- 1991 - Muhammed Azim Khan
- 30–31 May 1992 - Hajji Abdul Hafeez Rasheed
- 19–20 June 1993 - Imam Ali
- 6–7 July 1996 - Imam Ali
- 13–14 June 1997 - Dr Hajji Anwar-ul Ghani
- 12–13 June 1999 - Dr Hajji Anwar-ul Ghani
- 26–27 May 2001 - Dr Hajji Anwar-ul Ghani
- 28–29 June 2003 - Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan
- 18 july 2009 - Dr Hajji Anwar-ul Ghani
- NB. Over the past 25 years the FIANZ constitution has been amended on several occasions. Some presidents served terms of one year whilst others served two. In order to simply the information here, the dates and names presented are confirmed Annual General Meetings AND elections. Strictly speaking the elections are supposed to be held every “second quarter”.
Current Executive Committee
The current (18 July 2009+) Exceutive Committee includes :President - Dr Anwar Ghani / Waikato Muslim Association
First Vice President - Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan / South Auckland Muslim Association
Second Vice President - Mohamed Eshaq Ali / New Zealand Muslim Association
New Zealand Muslim Association
New Zealand Muslim Association - the oldest Islamic institution in New Zealand. It was established in 1950. In 1959 it purchased a house in Ponsonby, central Auckland, and converted it into the first Islamic Centre in the country. In 1960 the NZMA invited Maulana Said Musa Patel from the Gujarat...
Secretary - Dr Hajji Mohammed Musa / Muslim Association Canterbury
Assistant Secretary - Hajji Abdul Lateef Smith / Manawatu Muslims Association
Treasurer - Adam Awad / International Muslim Association of New Zealand (Wellington)
Assistant Treasurer - Steve Ali Akbar / Otago Muslim Association
Criticisms
Over the past thirty years, with growing numbers of Muslims in New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, there have been a number of serious and ongoing complaints directed at the Federation. The most serious issue centres around whether FIANZ is primarily a religious minority organisation or an ethnic minority cultural outfit : it has been suggested that the Federation conducts its affairs more like a Third World
Third World
The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...
organisation than a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
one. As early as 1983 one Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
resident in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
dismissed FIANZ as "a group of Fijian labourers". More recently FIANZ leadership was tagged "..as a conservative businessmen's club of relaxed Muslims, well integrated in New Zealand society and benignly sexist."
Other lingering criticisms reflect cultural matters. Despite a veritable obsession with the "public" appearance of following the Sunnah
Sunnah
The word literally means a clear, well trodden, busy and plain surfaced road. In the discussion of the sources of religion, Sunnah denotes the practice of Prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar...
, the Federation in fact remains a very personal vehicle. At critical and often seemingly random points, administrative decisions and recognisable general policies (or perspectives), hold little grip : highly subjective evaluations seem to spontaneously decide and attempt to smother further communal discussion on various issues. Positions within the Federation Executive Committee and staff (and indeed staff salaries) seem to be settled less by actual talent or qualification than by arbitrary and fluctuating whims. Above all other considerations, it appears to be the largely undefined and changing will of the Federation president that determines policy which is later presented as conforming to the Sunnah
Sunnah
The word literally means a clear, well trodden, busy and plain surfaced road. In the discussion of the sources of religion, Sunnah denotes the practice of Prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar...
. A good exmple of this has been the recent (2008–2010) dispute over the Halal
Halal
Halal is a term designating any object or an action which is permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law. The term is used to designate food seen as permissible according to Islamic law...
certification of Nando's
Nando's
Nando's is a casual dining restaurant group originating from South Africa with a Portuguese/Mozambican theme. Founded in 1987, Nando's operates in thirty countries on five continents....
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
: after securing the approval of the Federation ulema
Ulema
Ulama , also spelt ulema, refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies. They are best known as the arbiters of shari‘a law...
FIANZ issued a Halal
Halal
Halal is a term designating any object or an action which is permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law. The term is used to designate food seen as permissible according to Islamic law...
certificate for chickens served at the restaurant chain, however many Muslims remain unconvinced pointing to the machine-kill of the chooks (which many Muslims find unacceptable).
There is a widespread suspicion among many New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Muslims that a vague small fluctuating group - a Nomenklatura
Nomenklatura
The nomenklatura were a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in all spheres of those countries' activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with approval by the...
- are manipulating the Federation to keep themselves in positions of authority without any real interest in either advancing the welfare of the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
minority or spreading Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
in the country. The president selects his Executive Committee from among the most compliant members of the Federation Council at an AGM and then determines their tasks, not according to the legal constitution, but according to personal ambition : he decides his own role within the Federation, and his own tasks and even his own successor. Organised chaos.
There have also been criticisms directed at the close relationship between certain Federation leaders and the New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
after it was disclosed that FIANZ had contributed over $10,000 to their failed 2008 election campaign.
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