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Dear Mumineen
Baad salaam ul Jameel
Today Aqa Maula (TUS) paid a courtesy call on the President of the
United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete at the state
house in Dar us salaam. The acting foreign minister had especially
called at Qasr Mubarak to escort Aqa Maula (TUS) to State House. Maula
was also accompanied by six Shahzada Sahebs.
In the audience hall, the president gave Aqa Maula a very warm welcome
and then came to sit near him. Later he joined Aqa Maula (TUS) on the
couch sitting next to him. During the guftagu, Aqa Maula (TUS) expressed
his joy to be back in Dar us salaam. He said he liked Tanzania and its
people and praised the nation’s development and peace. He reminded the
newly elected president about the hard tasks of nation building ahead.
In his reply, the president said “With your blessings I will succeed in
my endeavour “. He also acknowledged the Bohra community as a peace
loving community and its role in the development of Tanzania.
Finally Aqa Maula (TUS) bestowed tashreef of the customary shawl,
alaamat sharifa, a pen and tasbeeh. When presenting the alaamat sharifa,
Aqa Maula (TUS) informed the president that the Bismillah was hand
written by his late father Aqa Syedna Taher Saifuddin Saheb (RA). The
president agreed that the calligraphy was indeed brilliant.
Finally at the end of the meeting which had lasted for 25 minutes, the
president posed for a photograph with Aqa Maula (TUS), Shahzada Sahebs
and Anjuman e Saifee delegation who had accompanied Aqa Maula (TUS) to
state house.
On return to Qasr Mubarak, Aqa Maula (TUS) bestowed the sharaf of
ziyafat to Shk. Saifuddinbhai Essajee and family.
May Allah Subhanahu grant Aqa Maula (TUS) sehat aafiyat malabis zafiya
till yawme Qayamat – Ameen.
Report By:
Sheikh Murtaza Janoowalla
Mu. Huzeifa M. Karimjee
Official Malumaat.com reporters
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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