IMAM QASIM ibn ALI KHAN SPEAKS ABOUT RAMADHAN

Dar es Salaam:

IMAM QASIM SPEAKS ABOUT ISLAMIC VALUES

A world-famous Islamic Orator from the United States of America (USA), tall and hefty Imam Qasim ibn Ali Khan reminded  Muslims at the 8^th Welcome Ramadhan Conference in Dar es Salaam that the Holy Month was not a seasonal feasting time but to intensify prayers and re-kindle the Islamic values of life.

Addressing a gathering of just over one thousand Muslims (Ladies and Gents) at the Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre, he said Ramadhan (the fasting month and one of the five pillars of Islam) was not about eating but fating for Allah. 

“Stay away from  extravagant feasts, back-biting, slandering, gossiping. The ear is more dangerous than the tongue,” he told the Muslims as they  prepared  for the Holy Month of  Ramadhan.

He advised the Muslims thus: “When you read the Quraan, Allah is talking to you, read as much as you can, every day.”

The Chief Guest at the occasion was immediate Past Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Mohamed Gharib Bilal, a nuclear scientist by academic qualification, who spoke in intermittent three international languages, Kiswahili, Arabic and English. He quoted verses from the Quraan to narrate the values of fasting. “You should always do good to others and at the same time advise others against bad habits,” Dr. Bilal said.

The conference was also enlightened about the ethical principles of administration of Amana Bank, in accordance with the Islamic Values of financial transactions, by the Managing Director Dr. Muhsin Salim Masoud. Amana Bank was one of the main Sponsors of the Ramadhan Conference. 

Additional information: Imam Qasim ibn Ali Khan, speaking to Sunni Muslim Jamaat members at Golden Tulip Hotel disclosed that he was the personal Body Guard of Late Mohammed Ali, the internationally acclaimed boxing Champ during the mid 1980s. The Late Mohammed Ali, a boxing legend was buried at Louisville, the largest city of about 600,000 people in the southern state of Kentucky. The Imam paid tribute to this great legend after a member of the audience asked him to say something about the Champ who had a remarkable boxing career and a civil rights activist.

Story and Pics by Abdul Hai

Imam ibn Ali Khan, a Muslim Orator from USA speaks to Muslims at the Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre. The Chief Guest at the Ramadhan Conference was Immediate Past Vice President of Tanzania, Dr. Mohamed Gharib Bilal, a nuclear scientist by academic qualifications.

The Immediate Past Vice President of Tanzania, Dr. Mohamed Gharib Bilal (2nd left) presenting a memento to the Main Speaker Imam Qasim.

People listening to Speakers during the two-day conference which was the 8th Welcoming Ramadhan Conference 1437 at the JNICC in Dar es Salaam.