In the name of Allah, the Most Kind, the Most Merciful
Salamun Alaikum
Welcome to this week's newswire from the World Federation
News and events
World Federation donates medical supplies to Ayatollah Seestani's office in
Iraq
The World Federation is donating medical supplies worth over £30,000 to the
Office of the Grand Ayatollah Seestani in Najaf, Iraq.
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World Federation donates Medical Supplies to Hospital in Iraq
On 15th July 2004, the Chairman of the MAB of the World Federation, Dr.
Mohammed Taki Walji and Mr. Aliasgar Rajbhai presented medical equipment to Mr.
Mahir Kubba for the Al-Alwiyah Maternity Teaching Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq.
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IEB establish Quran Library at Dar al Tableegh
The Islamic Education Board of the World Federation is pleased to announce
the launch of a Quran Library at its office in Dar al Tableegh, London.
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Students welcomed warmly to Iran for camps
This year's summer camp to Iran has featured a total of around 100 of our
boys and girls from round the world, organised by various groups within our
community in conjunction with IEB of the World Federation.
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Former President interviewed by local newspaper
The former President of the World Federation, Dr. Hasnain Walji was recently
interviewed by his local newspaper in Plano, Texas.
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Update on the SAB Senior Citizens Retreat
The senior citizens retreat, which is being organised by the SAB of the
World Federation shall Inshallah take place on the weekend of 30th July to 2nd
August 2004 in Toronto, Canada.
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Ali Raza Lakhani visits Toronto
The President of the Senior Citizens Forum of Karachi, Brother Ali Raza
Lakhani is currently in Toronto where he is holding various meetings with the
seniors group.
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'Shia The Right Path of Islam' launch online Islamic Course
Shia The Right Path of Islam, in conjunction with Spring Education are
pleased to announce the launch of the 1st Annual Online Islamic Summer Course.
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This year's summer camps
Jamiat al Zahra (AS) Iran Camp in progress
The Jamiat al Zahra (AS) camp has started, and consists of thirty-four
participants. We have received messages from the participants there.
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CoEJ Iran trip now underway
Visit the dedicated website to see what the campers in Iran are doing and follow
their progress on this four week religious and cultural boys camp by logging on
to http://www.camp.coej.org
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Madressah Group Iran camp in progress
Visit the Madrassah group website to follow the progress of the students on
their three week cultural and educational trip to Iran by logging on to http://www.madressa.net
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CoEJ Sweden Camp in Progress
Visit the dedicated website to see what the campers in Sweden are doing and
follow their progress on this 6th residential summer camp for boys by logging on
to http://www.camp.coej.org
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Thought of the week
As we know, the environment in Makkah was not conducive to spreading the
message of Monotheism. It is for this reason that the Prophet (peace be upon him
and his family) needed to migrate to another area so that he would be able to
freely teach and guide those seeking this enlightenment and then to return back
home. However, like all other things in his life, he could not simply go to
Madinah with absolutely no preparations before hand! Certainly in this, he was
also trying to teach us something about planning and preparing before taking a
major step in our life!
So what exactly happened which allowed the Muslims of Makkah to leave their city
to travel North towards Madinah?
In order to ensure his planning would be successful, the Prophet made use of a
major event which took place every year in Makkah - the Hajj - the single
largest gathering of people in one place - even in our day and age. It was here
that he secretly met with a group of Muslims from Madinah and took the 'first
pledge' of support from them, known in history as The First Promise of `Aqaba.
Knowing that more planning and management was still needed, he proceeded, the
next year to take the 'second pledge' of support from 73 individuals - this
pledge was later known as The Second Promise of `Aqabah.
After returning back to Madinah, both of these groups got together and laid down
their plans and strategies to ensure that the Prophet could come to Madinah and
establish his government based on the teachings of Islam. They also ensured that
those with him could also come and settle in their city with little to no
discomfort or difficulties.
Thus we see that a minimum of two years before the Prophet made this journey, he
sat down and planned and designed a system that would ensure a smooth transfer
from Makkah to Madinah.
Since our theme for this series of discussions in on the Islamic approach to
Management and Administration, we should be sure to read these short articles
with this topic in our minds. Many of the points covered in the life of the
Prophet and the Imams are very subtle but powerful tactics which managers,
leaders, CEOs and anyone in a supervisory position can use in his or her day to
day life.
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