Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand
The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) was set up in April 1979 by
History
Origins
Following the creation of the Muslim Association of Canterbury, local Muslims in
1980s
In 1981,
In June 1984, the Federation signed the first annual contract with the
In April 1988, FIANZ held its first ever South Island AGM at the
Into the 21st century
In November 2005, the Federation celebrated its 25th anniversary (a year late) and Eid al Fitr in Parliament House, Wellington. The event was attended by the then FIANZ president Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan (originally from Fiji), the inaugural president Mazhar Krasniqi, and a former president Dr Hajji Muhammed Ashraf Choudhary.[5]
In June 2008, the "FIANZ First Stakeholders Forum" was organised by New Zealand government civil servants at the parliament in Wellington. The theme was "To Build Strong New Zealand Muslim Families" but only a few Muslims were actually invited. Ultimately the only respected and interesting[
In response to the Canadian alt-right activists Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux's planned tour of Auckland in early August 2018, the FIANZ's president Hazim Arafeh sent letters to the Immigration Minister, Ethnic Community Affairs Minister, and the New Zealand Human Rights Commission urging them to bar Southern entry on the grounds that she was abusing her free speech by promoting hatred against Muslims. On 6 July 2018, the Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff announced that the Auckland Council would not allows its venues to be used to promote "ethnic or religious tensions" and divisive speech. This forced the cancellation of Southern and Molyneux's tour due to the lack of other venues.[6]
Former FIANZ presidents
- 15 April 1979 – Hajji Mazhar Krasniqi, Q.S.M.
- 15 September 1979 – Hajji Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Q.S.O.
- 6 April 1980 – Rahim Ghouri
- 18 April 1981 – Hajji Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Q.S.O.
- 10 April 1982 – Hajji Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Q.S.O.
- 2 April 1983 – Mohammad Hanif Quazi
- 23 April 1984 – Hajji Muhammed Ashraf Choudhary, Q.S.O.
- 14 April 1985 – Hajji Muhammed Ashraf Choudhary, Q.S.O.
- 10–11 May 1986 – Hajji Khalid Rashid Sandhu, Q.S.O.
- 2 May 1987 – Hajji Khalid Rashid Sandhu, Q.S.O.
- 21–22 May 1988 – Hajji Saleh Al Samahy
- 24–25 June 1989 – Hajji Khalid Rashid Sandhu, Q.S.O.
- 8–9 September 1990 – Abdur Rahman Khan
- 1991 – Muhammed Azim Khan
- 30–31 May 1992 – Hajji Abdul Hafeez Rasheed
- 19–20 June 1993 – Imam Ali
- 6–7 July 1996 – Imam Ali
- 13–14 June 1997 – Hajji Anwar-ul Ghani
- 12–13 June 1999 – Hajji Anwar-ul Ghani
- 26–27 May 2001 – Hajji Anwar-ul Ghani
- 28–29 June 2003 – Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan
- 18 July 2009 – Hajji Anwar-ul Ghani
- 26–27 May 2015 – Hazim Arafeh
- NB. Over the past 25 years the FIANZconstitution has been amended on several occasions. Some presidents served terms of one year whilst others served two. To simply the information here, the dates and names presented are confirmed Annual General Meetings AND elections. Strictly speaking the elections are supposed to be held every "second quarter".
Current executive committee
The current (20 July 2021) Executive Committee includes:
President – Ibrar Sheikh
Vice-President – Mohammed Ridwan
Secretary – Abdirizak Abdi
Treasurer – Mohammed Fazal
Assistant Secretary – Riaz Rehman
FIANZ Head Office:
Chief Executive Officer – Sultan Eusoff
FIANZ Community Development Headquarters:
Senior Community Development Executive - Rito Triumbarto
Community Development Liaison Officer - George Shafi Lethbridge
Issues
Over the past thirty years, with growing numbers of
Other lingering criticisms reflect cultural matters.[9] Despite a concern with the "public" appearance of following the Sunnah, the Federation has sometimes created the impression of acting as a personal vehicle for certain office bearers. On occasion highly subjective evaluations appear to have decided some issues rather than any discernable long term goals. Questions have been raised in the past regarding appointments to posts within the Federation apparatus.[10]
There have also been criticisms directed at the close relationship between certain Federation leaders and the New Zealand Labour Party after it was disclosed that FIANZ had contributed over $10,000 to their failed 2008 election campaign.
Further reading
- Berryman, Warren, and Draper, John, "Meat exporters resist costly Islamic crusade" in The National Business Review(May 1979), Volume 9, No.16 (Issue 333), p. 1.
- Bishop, Martin C., ` "A History of the Muslim Community in New Zealand to 1980", thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of M.A. in history at the Waikato University, 1997).
- "Growing Support For Queen St Protest March" in The Auckland Star (26 August 1968), p. 3.
- "3000 stage city protest" in The Auckland Star (28 August 1968), p. 1.
- Clarke, Ian, "ESSENTIALISING ISLAM: MULTICULTURALISM AND ISLAMIC POLITICS IN NEW ZEALAND" in New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 8, 2 (December 2006) pages. 69–96.
- “City Mosque For Muslims” in The New Zealand Herald (28 March 1979), p. 1.
- Berryman, Warren, "Insensitivities created halal meat difficulties" in The National Business Review (19 December 1983), page.13.
- De Graaf, Peter, "The Kiwi Kosovars" in Metro (June 2001), pp. 89–93.
- Drury, Abdullah, "A Short History of the Ponsonby Mosque, New Zealand" in Al-Nahdah (Malaysia), Vol.19, No.3, pp. 36–38.
- Drury, Abdullah, "A Short History: New Zealand’s First Mosque” in The Muslim World League Journal (Dhul-Qa‘adah 1421 – February 2001), Vol.28, No.11, pp. 45–48.
- Drury, Abdullah, "A Short History of the Ponsonby Mosque, Auckland" in Da’wah Highlights (Rabi-ul Awwal 1422 – June 2001), Vol.XII, Issue 6, pp. 43–50.
- Drury, Abdullah, "A Tribute to the Illyrian Pioneers" in Al Mujaddid (March 2002 – Muharram 1423), Vol.1, No.16, p. 10.
- Drury, Abdullah, Islam in New Zealand: The First Mosque (Christchurch, 2007) ISBN 978-0-473-12249-2
- Drury, Abdullah, "Islamic federation milestone a good time for soul-searching" in The New Zealand Herald (24 August 2009).
- Drury, Abdullah, "Mazhar Krasniqi Now QSM" in Al Mujaddid (20 March 2003 – Muharram 1424), p. 16.
- Drury, Abdullah, "Mazharbeg" in Al Mujaddid (21 June 2003 – Rabiul Thani 1424), Vol.1, p. 14.
- Drury, Abdullah "Once Were Mahometans: Muslims in the South Island of New Zealand, mid-19th to late 20th century, with special reference to Canterbury" (University of Waikato, MPhil, 2016), Hamilton.
- Drury, Abdullah "Mahometans on the Edge of Colonial Empire: Antipodean Experiences" in Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, Volume 29, Issue 1, pp. 71-87.
- “Eastern Dome For Skyline” in The New Zealand Herald (7 April 1980), p. 2.
- Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand: Silver Jubilee: Muslims in New Zealand. Wellington: Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand. 2005.
- "Islamic Meat Trade" in The Otago Daily Times (12 March 1979), p. 1.
- Kolig, Erich, New Zealand's Muslims and Multiculturalism (2010) ISBN 978-90-04-17835-9.
- Krasniqi, Mazhar, "Message" in Al Mujaddid (January 2000), p. 4.
- MacIntyre, Dave, "$3m Being Sent To NZ For Building of Two Mosques" in The Evening Post (29 November 1978), p. 44.
- Mannion, Robert, "Moslems Caught in Classic Dilemma" in The Dominion Sunday Times (26 February 1989), p. 11.
- Middleton, Julie, "NZ Muslim leader honoured" in The New Zealand Herald (22 August 2005), p. 10.
- "Mohammad Sharif Madhavi Hojatol Islam spends most of his time supervising halal killing in freezing works." in The Auckland Star (14 April 1980), p. 7.
- Moore, Leanne, "Muslims and Catholics in single salute" in The New Zealand Herald (30 September 1995), p. 24.
- "Moslem Group Form NZ Federation" in The New Zealand Herald (2 May 1979), p. 10.
- "Muslims begin the holy month of Ramadan" in The New Zealand Herald (27 January 1996), p. 17.
- "Muslims plan mosque for city" in The Auckland Star (4 January 1956), p. 5.
- "Muslims Raising Funds for a Mosque" in The New Zealand Herald (4 January 1956), p. 8.
- "Muslims Raising Meat Deal Snags" in The Evening Post (4 August 1979), p. 8.
- "Musovich" in The New Zealand Herald (17–18 November 2001), D13.
- "N.Z. Moslems Support Arab Cause" in The New Zealand Herald (12 June 1967), p. 1.
- "Obituary Notice" in Al Mujaddid (December 2001 – Shawaal 1422), Vol.1, No.15, p. 9.
- "Obituary" in RISEAP Newsletter (December 2001), p. 4.
- Sheppard, William, "The Muslim Community in New Zealand", Chapter 5 in Indians in New Zealand, ed. K.N. Tiwari (Wellington, N.Z.: Price-Milburn, 1980). [Purely historical interest; has no content that is not found in other articles.]
- Sheppard, William (1982). "Muslims in New Zealand". The Journal of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. 4 (1–2). Riyadh: 60–81. .
- Sheppard, William, "The Islamic Contribution: Muslims in New Zealand", in Religion in New Zealand Society, Second Edition, eds Brian Colless & Peter Donovan (Palmerston North, New Zealand: Dunmore Press, 1985), pp. 181–213.
- Sheppard, William, "Muslims in New Zealand", The Journal of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs (Riyadh), 16/2 (1996): 211–232. [Updates 1982 article to 1991.]
- Sheppard, William, "Australia and New Zealand", authored jointly with Michael Humphrey, in Islam Outside the Arab World, eds. David Westerlund and Ingvar Svanberg, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999, pp. 278–294.
- Sheppard, William, "Muslims in New Zealand" in Muslim Minorities in the West: Visible and Invisible, eds., Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I. Smith, Walnut Creek, etc.: Altamira Press, 2002, chapter 13.
- Sheppard, William, “New Zealand’s Muslims And Their Organisations” New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 8, 2 (December 2006): 8–44. (cf. “Introduction: Muslims In New Zealand” in the next section)
- Sheppard, William, “Introduction: Muslims In New Zealand”, New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 8, 2 (December 2006): 1–7. Co-authored with Erich Kolig.
- Sheppard, William, "Australia and New Zealand", in The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Modern Islamic World (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), Vol. 1, pp. 154–5.
- Thomson, Ainsley, “Mazhar Krasniqi” in The New Zealand Herald (31 December 2002), p.A6.
- Trickett, Peter, "Minarets in Ponsonby" in The New Zealand Listener (21 April 1979), pp. 18–19.
- Waja, Ismail, "50 Years Celebrations" in Al Mujaddid (July 2001), pp. 1–2, 7.
- New Zealand Gazette (10 January 2003), Issue No.2., p. 83.
- Zaman, Gul, "In Memory of Marhum Demal Hodzic" in FIANZ News (March 2006), p. 7.
References
- ^ FIANZ 2005, pp. 12–13.
- ^ Sheppard 1982, pp. 68–69.
- ^ FIANZ Annual Report 2012
- ^ FIANZ 2005, pp. 13–14.
- ^ FIANZ 2005, pp. 1, 4, 9, 11.
- ^ Hatton, Emma (6 July 2018). "Far-right pair banned from speaking at Auckland Council venues - Phil Goff". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ Warren Berryman, "Insensitivities created halal meat difficulties" in The National Business Review (19 December 1983), page.13.
- ISBN 978-90-04-17835-9, page.31.
- ^ Clarke, Ian (December 2006). "Essentialism Islam: Multiculturalism and Islamic Politics in New Zealand" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies. 08 (2): 69–96. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ^ Drury, Abdullah (23 August 2009). "Islamic federation milestone a good time for soul-searching". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 March 2019.