Rangoon (Yangon), Burma

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Burma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon

http://www.bmnetwork.org/bmc/

http://www.albalagh.net/current_affairs/0090.shtml

Early Immigrants

The first Muslims arrived in Burma's Ayeyarwady River delta, on the Tanintharyi coast and in Rakhine in the 9th century, prior to the establishment ofthe first Burmese empire in 1055 AD by King Anawrahta of Bagan.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]} These early Muslim settlements and the propagation of Islam weredocumented by Arab, Persian, European and Chinese travelers of the 9th century.^[4][10] Burmese Muslims are the descendants of Muslim peoples who settled and intermarried with the local Burmese ethnic groups.^[11][12] Muslims arrived in Burma as traders or settlers,^[13] military personnel,^[14] andprisoners of war,^[14] refugees,^[4] and as victims of slavery.^[15] However, many early Muslims also held positions of status as royal advisers, royal administrators, port authorities, mayors, and traditional medicine men.^[16]

Persian Muslims arrived in northern Burma on the border with the Chinese region of Yunnan as recorded in the Chronicles of China in 860 AD.^[4][17]Burmese Muslims were sometimes called Pathi,^[18] a name believed to be derived from Persian. Many settlements in the southern region near present day Thailand were noted for the Muslim populations, in which Muslims often outnumbered the local Buddhists. In one record, Pathein was said to be populated with Pathis,^[18] and was ruled by three Indian Muslim Kings in the 13th century.^[19][20][21] Arab merchants also arrived in Martaban, Margue, and there were Arab settlements in the present Meik archipelago's mid-western quarters.^[22]

During the reign of the Bagan King, Narathihapate (1255–1286), in the first Sino-Burman war, Kublai Khan's Muslim Tatars invaded the Pagan Kingdom and occupied the area up to Nga Saung Chan. In 1283, Colonel Nasruddin's Turks occupied the area up to Bamaw (Kaungsin).^[23] Turk people (Tarek) were called Mongol, Manchuria, Mahamaden or Panthays.^[24]

A Mosque in Mandalay

The first Muslims had landed in Myanmar (Burma's) Ayeyarwady River delta, Tanintharyi coast and Rakhine as seamen in ninth century, prior to the establishment of the first Myanmar (Burmese) empire in 1055 AD by KingAnawrahta of Bagan or Pagan.^{[25][26][27][28]} The dawn of the Muslim settlements and the propagation of Islamwas widely documented by the Arab, Persian, European and Chinese travelers of Ninth century.^[29][30] The current population of Myanmar Muslims are the descendants of Arabs, Persians, Turks, Moors, Indian-Muslims,sheikhs, Pakistanis, Pathans, Bengalis, Chinese Muslims and Malays who settled and intermarried with local Burmese and many ethnic Myanmar groups such as, Rakhine, Shan, Karen, Mon etc.^[31][32]

Map of Myanmar (Burma)

http://www.google.ca/search

Muslims in Mauritius,Africa.  http://www.islamfortoday.com/mauritius.htm

http://islaminmauritius.org/History_Islam.asp

Map of Mauritius in Africa

http://www.mauritianmuslim.co.uk/

A Brief History of Mauritius  The Dutch period (1598-1710) The French period (1715-1810) The British period (1810-1968) Constitutional development. Population

An Outline of Our Constitution  The Legislature Head of State The Government The public service The Judiciary The Ombudsman Local administration

http://www.map-of-africa.co.uk/map-of-mauritius.htm

http://www.isim.nl/files/Review_15/Review_15-55.pdf

Reunion,Africa.

http://www.africaguide.com/country/reunion/

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Reunion.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réunion 

http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=110423&rog3=RE 

http://www.scubish.com/overview/431/Africa/Reunion

http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Reunion

http://www.factbook.net/muslim_pop.php

 

 

History

Swahili^[4] and Arab sailors formerly called the island Dina Morgabin (“The Western Island”). The Portuguese are thought to have been the first European visitors, finding it uninhabited in 1635, and naming it after Saint Apollonia.

The island was then occupied by France and administered from Port Louis, Mauritius. Although the French flag was hoisted by François Cauche in 1638, Santa Apollonia was officially claimed by Jacques Pronis of France in 1642, when he deported a dozen French mutineers to the island from Madagascar. The convicts were returned to France several years later, and in 1649, the island was named Île Bourbon after the royal house. Colonization started in 1665, when the French East India Company sent the first 20 settlers.

“Réunion” was the name given to the island in 1793 by a decree of the Convention with the fall of the House of Bourbon in France, and the name commemorates the union of revolutionaries from Marseille with the National Guard in Paris, which took place on 10 August 1792. In 1801, the island was renamed "Île Bonaparte," after Napoleon Bonaparte. The island was invaded by a Royal Navy squadron led by Commodore Josias Rowley in 1810, who used the old name of “Bourbon”. When it was restored to France by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the island retained the name of "Bourbon" until the fall of the restored Bourbons during the French Revolution of 1848, when the island was once again given the name “Réunion”.

Map of Réunion

From the 17th to the 19th centuries, French immigration supplemented by influxes of Africans, Chinese,Malays, and Indians gave the island its ethnic mix. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 reduced the importance of the island as a stopover on the East Indies trade route.

During the Second World War, Réunion was under the authority of the Vichy Regime until 30 November 1942, when the island was liberated by the destroyer Léopard.

Réunion became a département d'outre-mer (overseas départment) of France on 19 March 1946. Itsdépartement code is 974.

Between 15 and 16 March 1952, Cilaos at the centre of Réunion received 1,869.9 millimetres (73.62 in) of rainfall. This is the greatest 24-hour precipitation total ever recorded on earth. The island also holds the record for most rainfall in 72 hours, 3,929 millimetres (154.7 in) at Commerson's Crater in March 2007 fromCyclone Gamede.

In 2005 and 2006, Réunion was hit by a crippling epidemic of chikungunya, a disease spread by mosquitoes. According to the BBC News, 255,000 people on Réunion had contracted the disease as of 26 April 2006.^[5]Madagascar had also been hit by this disease during the same year.^[6] A few cases also appeared in mainland France through airline travel. Then French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin sent an emergency aid package worth 36 million Euros ($57.6M U.S. dollars) and deployed approximately five hundred French troops in an effort to eradicate mosquitoes.

[edit]Politics

Main article: Politics of Réunion

Réunion sends five members of parliament, députés to the French National Assembly and three senators to the Senate.h

South Africa

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/12/ahmed-kathrada-robben-island-diaries-201312883340753376.html

Anti-apartheid struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada spent 26 years imprisoned with his close friend and confidant Nelson Mandela, 18 of which were spent on Robben Island, the isolated land mass off the coast of South Africa that was a place of banishment and imprisonment for many who fought for freedom from racist rule.

Before Mandela's death on Thursday, Kathrada spoke to Al Jazeera's Sumayya Ismail about the early years of the anti-apartheid movement, the harsh decades spent in prison, the transition to democracy, and his 50 year friendship with South Africa’s most famous reluctant hero.

http://www.onislam.net/english/culture-and-entertainment/traditions/438799-south-africa-many-muslims-one-islam.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

http://www.southafrica.net/sat/content/en/ca/home

Islam in South Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_South_Africa

http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/religion/documents/ARISA/2004_SF1.pdf

[PDF] 

 

 http://www.yunuspatel.co.za/  

http://www.alameenlibrary.com/urdu.html

South African Muslim Network

http://www.samnet.co.za/Home.html

SAMNET aims to attain social, economic, spiritual and educational excellence within the framework of Islam;

 to establish a flourishing integrated empowered society through selfless service as reflected in the principles

 of Ubuntu, Ukhuwah and Ujima.

Gujarati-Muslims in India and South Africa 

http://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/ethnologie/projekte/relpol/outline_gujarati_muslims.pdf

 Cape Town

http://www.aboutcapetown.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town

http://www.marrymecity.com/islam-in-southafrica.htm

Durban

 

1938-41

http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/people/gandhi/162-199.htm

Mr. Paruk, a sugar mill owner, became President of the Natal Indian Congress 

in 1940 when a group led by A. I. Kajee revived the NIC, refusing to recognise

 the amalgamation of the NIC and the Colonial Born and Indian Settlers Association

 in 1939 to form the Natal Indian Association.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501608-durban_vacations-i

Muslim near Durban, South Africa

History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology

http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/online%20books/history-muslims/1930-40s.htm

http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/online%20books/history-muslims/1800s.htm

Some Note from above website>

1869 Arrival of Muslims from Gujarat and Kathiawar 40

Since 1869, Muslims from the Indian States of Gujarat and Kathiawar arrived in South Africa and

were referred to as

 

 "Passenger" Indians by the authority. These immigrants paid their own travel expenses,

 

 and came with the specific purpose of trading and commerce. They served as wholesalers

 

 and retailers in urban towns, backward rural towns, coal mining areas and also in several 

 

developed White centres in Natal and the Transvaal. They called themselves "Arabs", 

 

probably because they wished to be identified as Muslims. These "Arab" traders from 

Western India possessed sufficient resources to establish themselves as traders in staple items imported from India,

 

 such as rice, ghee, dholl, tamarinds, dried fish, etc. Within two decades, they captured a large share of the local

 

 trade in the rural areas of Natal and the Transvaal. This displeased the White traders and so in the 1890s legislation

 

 was passed placing further restrictions and growth on the Indian traders as a whole.

1874 Arrival of Ismail Kajee and other businessmen from Gujarat 44

Another batch of Gujarati-speaking Muslims arrived in Natal. Amongst them were Ismail Kajee, 

father of the notable A I Kajee [d 1948, aged 52], who arrived from Mauritius where he was in business,

 and Cassim Paruk of the present Nu-Shop group of retail business outlets.

After 1875 more experienced "Arab" traders began to dominate the retail trade and even entered 

the wholesale business. The statistics show that there were in Durban in:

* 1870 two free Indian stores

* 1875 ten free Indian and one "Arab" stores

* 1880 thirty free Indian and seven "Arab" stores

·         1885 there were as much as 40 "Arab" stores in and around Durban.

·           

1884 Arrival of Esmail Mahomed Paruk

Another prominent Muslim, Esmail Mahomed Paruk, born in 1867 in Kathore, India, arrived from Mauritius

 and settled in Durban and soon established his first retail business in West Street. Thereafter, he went into wholesale trade;

 his firm becoming one of the biggest concerns in Natalamongst the Indians. As a financial giant, he extended 

his activities into milling and tea estates on the north coast of Natal.

The magnanimous E M Paruk had an imposing house at 383 Currie Road, Durban, where India's first Agent-General,

 Srinivasan Sastri , lived at a time when White-owned hotels were open only to members of the White community. 

E M Paruk became a Trustee of the West Street Masjid in 1899 and served as Chairman of the Trust Board until 

his death in 1942.

1885- Construction of West Street Masjid:second in 1920 Durban 52

1895- Shah Ghulam Muhammad Habibi or 1910 Soofie Saheb [Rahimahu Allah] 59

The Juma Masjid Sunnat Jamat Anjuman Islam,popularly known as West Street Masjid, 

was built in 1885, four years after the construction of the Grey Street Masjid. 

1890 Formation of the Indian Committee Durban 55

1893 Arrival of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi57

A litigation, involving £40 000.0.0d [forty thousand punds sterling], between the firms of Dada Abdulla and Company, 

merchants and shipping agents in Durban, and Tayob Hajee Khan Mahomed and Company of Pretoria,

 saw the arrival of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [d 1948] in Durban. Gandhi, who came from Gujrat and

 speaking Gujarati as well as Kutchi, "had been hired by the Porbundar branch of Dada Abdulla's firm to assist

 their team of lawyers as an interpreter and adviser.

1894 Founding of the Natal Indian Congress 58

South Africa around 1900 AD

There were a few hundred people in the village. 

The oldest of them remembered the days when the coastlines of Natal were covered with natural bush 

being cleared by colonial settlers for the planting of cane which became the crop on which the colony's

 later prosperity depended. Some of them had arrived from India under the recruitment of contract labour 

instituted by the British Government in agreement with the Government of India. These were the indentured

 labourers. They were housed, fed and paid ten shillings a month to till the earth, tend, and raise the crops, 

and provide some of the domestic service which the Zulu was then not able to perform.

http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/online%20books/kajee-a-i/chapter%20-%201.htm 

http://wiki.ulwazi.org/index.php5?title=History_of_Motala_Farm:_1900-1919

An 'Imagined Community' in diaspora: Gujaratis in South Africa

Author: Goolam Vahed^a

Affiliation:

a History Department, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban/Peitermaritzburg, South Africa

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a928134720&fulltext=713240928

 

 AMERICAN MUSLIM DEMOGRAPHICS

http://www.allied-media.com/AM/default.htm

 

  

Islam in the United Kingdom

ISLAM IN BRITAIN

RESEARCH, LINKS AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION ON ISLAM 

AND MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN. PART OF

WWW.VIRTUALLYISLAMIC.COM

Islam in Britain: Armistice Day: Muslims contribution 'must not be ...

11 Nov 2010 ... Tariq Tahir, Metro, Armistice Day: Muslims contribution 'must not be forgotten', 10 Nov 2010: "We need to remind not only the Muslim ...
islaminbritain.blogspot.com/.../armistice-day-muslims-contribution-must.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Kingdom

http://www.muslimdirectory.co.uk/

http://www.islamfortoday.com/britain.htm

 

 

Islam in Canada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Canada

History

The Muslim community in Canada is almost as old as the nation itself. 

http://muslim-canada.org/cdnmuslm.htm

http://www.torontomuslims.com/

http://www.soundvision.com/info/muslims/muslimsincanada.asp

http://www.muslimcouncil.org/en/

http://www.smacanada.ca/sma/             

 http://www.islamicfoundation.ca/   

http://muslim-canada.org/toronto-.html

http://www.masjidzakariya.com/

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHMA_enCA316CA317&sourceid=

chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=islami+school+in+toronto,canada

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enCA308CA308&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Muslim+in+toronto,canada

MUSLIMS ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED

http://www.soundvision.com/info/muslims/muslimsincanada.asp

• Canadian Muslims have excelled in acquiring a Master’s degree with slightly 
• over 6% when compared with the three largest religious sects such as: Roman
•  Catholics where only 2% hold a Master’s degree, 3.5% of individuals who stated
•  they have no religion and the third largest religious sect in Canada being 
• the United Church has 2.4% of it’s population holding a Master’s degree,
•  however; 8.8% of the Jewish population in Canada hold a Master’s degree
• 30% Muslims (123,725) Muslims were attending school in 2001.
• 6,310 Muslims have a PhD degree

-- There are 1.5% of the Canadian Muslim population that have earned 

doctorates comparatively, 0.3% of Roman Catholics and 2% of Jewish population

 in Canada have earned doctorates.

-- Probably more Muslim PhDs in Canada than many Muslim countries.

-- 3.5% (14,520) of the Canadian Muslim have their major field

 of study in Humanities and related fields

-- 5.3% (21,640) have majored in social sciences and related fields

Toronto Universities

Ontario Universities in Canada

http://www.canadian-universities.net/Universities/Ontario-Toronto.html

Profiles and university specific information about universities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Toronto university profiles include key facts and statistics,

 visiting and applying information, tuition fees and financial aid and key links for studying,

 locating libraries, conducting research and discovering student groups and services

 available at each university.

University of Toronto Scarborough

you will find that there is a lot of information, not only for students, but for faculty, staff, alumni, community members and campus supporters.

http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~vpp/

http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~csms/resources.html

http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/

http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~csms/admissions.html

http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~csms/studyUTSC.html

Scholarships for Non-Canadians

Awards available to foreign students for study/research in Canada

http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/ScholarshipsNonCdn-BoursesEtr-Eng.aspx

The Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program is celebrating 50 years!

 Since the plan’s inception in 1959, the Government of Canada has provided 

scholarships of excellence to all member countries of the Commonwealth.

 The CCSP goal is to promote Canadian values and identity around the world

 and to help meet the human capital needs of developing countries.

Canada also played a leadership role in the establishment of the international

Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan and is the largest 

contributor to this program after the United Kingdom.

http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/CCSPGSEPNonCdn-PCBCPEECSEtr-Eng.aspx

Muslim and Jewish students building a culture of mutual respect

http://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/event-advisories/muslim-and-jewish-students-building-a-culture-of-mutual-respect/

Posted on February 1, 2011

TORONTO, ON – Muslim and Jewish students will come together to make lunch for the homeless on Wednesday, February 2 as part of a new initiative to make interfaith cooperation between the communities a priority. The new initiative is called the Tzedaka-Sadaqah Project.

The project explores how Jewish and Muslim faith commitments and philosophical values can inspire each other to build a culture of religious pluralism and mutual respect, creating an environment where people see similarities, establish connections and celebrate difference. As students prepare the meals, there will be an opportunity to meet and learn about the faith based roots of humanitarian work in both traditions, as well as some of the issues surrounding poverty and homelessness in Toronto.

Canada immigration visa and Information on immigration to Canada

http://www.immigration.ca/

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp

http://www.onestopimmigration-canada.com/

http://www.canadianimmigrant.ca/

આદરિણય મિત્રો,સાથીઓ અને વડીલોહવે પછી .બઝમેવફા’ની નવી પોસ્ટો નીચે જણાવેલ wordpress.com પ્રગટ થશે .તો ત્યાઁ જવા અહીઁ કલીક કરો.

www.bazmewafa.wordpress.com/

બઝમે વફા बझ्मे वफा Bazme wafa بزمِ وَفاَ

Mushaira E Mehfil

http://mushaira.org/
http://www.urdulife.com/mushaira/
http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/kavi.htm
http://www.bharatdarshan.co.nz/poetry/
http://www.urdupoet.net/
http://www.kavilok.com/
http://www.kavilok.com/Gujarati_poets.htm

 http://www.islamicfocus.co.za/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=74&Itemid=9

Gujarati Newspapers http://www.indiapress.org/index.php/Gujarati/400x60

Hindi Newspapers

http://www.indiagrid.com/cgi-bin/news.cgi?channel=hindi&mchannel=lang