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MAM to Amend Constitution, Strategic Plan Ready Early December

Marshall Dyton by Marshall Dyton
11 years ago
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Dr Salmin Omar: Revealed the plans

Slowly, slowly, Malawi Muslim community is to embark on the new chapter. The Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) wants to change its constitution because of what they call ‘it has so many mistakes’ which need to be rectified.

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MAM general secretary Sheikh Dr Salmin Omar Idruss confirmed of the development in an exclusive interview with our reporter recently.

He cited the way MAM conducts its elections as one of the mistakes.

”According to the constitution, we conduct elections just like political parties. It is time to change these things because aspiring Muslims engage themselves in altercation, insulting ones’ opponent,” he explained.

Prior to MAM election which were held in April 2011, aspirants had to use undesirable means to get support from the voters reaching the extent of castigating each other in public and allegedly dishing handouts.

The SG said such acts are not in line with the principles of Islam hence the development of changing the statutes that give room to such unislamic acts.

Most Muslims were unhappy with the conduct of most aspirants hence being prompted to appeal to the Majlis Ulama Council of Malawi to take full responsibility of appointing MAM chairperson claiming the sheikhs’ grouping is the only one that is suitable to appoint a good leader for Muslims in Malawi.

The county’s Grand Mufti Abbas Qassim heavily criticised the aspirants for MAM offices during the presentation of prizes to winners in 2010 edition of Qur’an competition at Mpingwe, Blantyre.

”I wonder what are you fighting for, what have you seen in the association [that you should be castigating each other]? This only entails that you do not have the interest to serve Islam but you have your hidden motives.

But, surely this would not take us anywhere,” he lamented.

Meanwhile MAM has started getting inputs from stakeholders at all levels including the district.

The previous executive committee, which was led by Alhaj Yusuf Kanyamula and Sheikh Dr Imran Shareef Mahommed as its Secretary General also wanted to amend the constitution.

”We are continuing from where our predecessors left, ” he said.

Asked on whether MAM wants to change whole process of choosing its leaders, Sheikh Omar said:

“I haven’t said that we want to change the process but we are only proposing. We want Muslims to tell us what they want to be in the constitution. This is why we are engaging Muslims from different backgrounds, levels. Whatever shall be put in the constitution, will come from Muslims,” Omar said.

He then urged Muslims to contribute to this initiative saying it is important for the religion of Islam in Malawi.

When he quizzed if majority of Muslims would want that choosing a leader by voting should be abolished, Sheik Idruss had this to say:

‘Not necessarily what people may say. We will have to say what people have said and what the Holy Qur’an and hadeeth are saying. If Majority view will not be inline with the Holy Qur’an and Hadeeth ,we will definitely go for the miraculous book and hadeeth.”

In a related development, the Muslim mother body is in a process of developing its strategic plan for the coming five years.

This is to ensure the organisation move towards the right direction.

It is the first time for the association to have such a plan since it was established over fifty years ago.

The development comes after the current committee under the chairmanship of Sheikh Idriss Muhammad has been there for only six months after being elected and this could be his vision.

MAM Secretary General Sheikh Dr Salmin Omar Idruss said the document is very vital since it will make the association achieve its goals.

‘‘Nowadays for an association to prosper it need to have a strategic plan. We cannot do anything if we do not know what we intend to do or achieve. As MAM we need to plan, we need to know what the Muslim community wants,” he said.

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According to the Secretary, the plan will enable the association to know how many mosques, boreholes and schools should be built in the next five years.

”We cannot achieve anything without planning. Therefore we have already started developing the plan by soliciting inputs at regional levels through consultative meetings.

”As of now we are remaining with the southern region because just recently we conducted a consultative meeting in the Central region after a successful one in the Northern region where we had committee members from the districts and the region,” he said.

Sheikh Salmin said the plan will be ready by early December and that it will be launched in the same month in Blantyre.

Undoubtedly, Muslims in Malawi anticipate a lot of positive strides from this development since they are lagging behind in some area. For instance, Muslims do not have their own University, though they have quite a number of Primary and secondary schools across the Southern African country.

No wonder if implemented, Muslims will see a complete change in the near future. It is therefore, important to work as a team for this to be achieved. Muslims have to distance themselves from backbiting and gossiping. They have to come together and see how they can develop the Muslim community.

 Indeed, the issue of castigating and blaming each other will not take us anywhere.

 Marshall Dyton in Blantyre also contributed to this report

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  1. yahaya samson says:
    11 years ago

    Firstly, let me congratulate the MAM for coming up with this decision of mending the constitution and indeed the strategic plan.the amendment will assist and fill some gaps which are there in the constitution.The strategic plan will guide us what to do in the next five years.This is good development.Let us all muslims give support for the betterment of our religion.May allah almighty give us understanding and bless our MAMEC.

  2. Muhammad says:
    11 years ago

    The development is good.However, the changes should also include analysis of aspirants at district levels etc. i.e there shouldn't be leaders or MAM representatives whose families don't follow sharia.I mean, MAM stands for islam & muslims.And those who represent it must fulfil a criteria.Such a criteria should be present in the constition.Then MAM will be reflective of the very religion it represents.

  3. Saeed Wame says:
    11 years ago

    Great,
    This is a great development, I have been wondering how can MAM operate effectively and efficiently without a strategic plan, even small organizations in the villages like Community Based Organizations have SP.
    Organizations do not operate like political parties. Sometime back I was wondering seeing and hearing MAM leaders presenting Manifestoes. I said haa!! Manifesto? To say the truth there was no difference between MAM and a Political Party in terms of operation.
    However, there is alot to be done. We need to see MAM strategic Plan, MAM Mornitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning Framework, Internal Controls, Procurement policy, Proper Accounting systems, Recruitment policy, human resource policy and many more. We have alot of Muslim professions that could assist in all these provided the Executive and the Board is willing to actively involve them.
    People want to know why MAM should exist, Who is funding MAM, What is the annual budget like? How can an individual help MAM? What are the key programs that MAM is implementing? How? Where?
    Bravo, We support the idea.

    Little comment, learn how to work with government not political parties it will not help us.

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