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History of Islam and Muslims in Trinidad
- By Mohammed Rafeeq
- Published 12/30/2009
- Trinidad Muslim League
- Unrated
THE TABLIGH-UL-ISLAM ASSOCIATION
In 1939 Maulana Nazeer Ahmad Seemab B.A. returned at the bidding of some of his secret followers and established his headquarters at Arouca. He was well aware of conditions in Trinidad from his first visit, but now that he had exposed the predicament in which he was placed by his first importers, he lost favour with them and hence arose the danger of forming a third community.
He founded the Tablighul-Islam Association in 1940 which subscribed largely to the Hanafi School of Thought in religious matters. As would be seen from the name of his association he laid its foundation on Tabligh-"Propagation by Education". He was the pioneer of tangible progress in Muslim education. He maintained a regular daily elementary school at El Socorro, San Juan, with a similar curriculum in the other Denominational schools of the Colony by subscriptions solicited by his organisation. This continued for a few years but he never lived to see Government aid granted to his school. He died in 1942 and left his association like an infant babe. The president at that time was Mr. Abdul Ghany and the secretary was his son Noor M Ghany.
He founded the Tablighul-Islam Association in 1940 which subscribed largely to the Hanafi School of Thought in religious matters. As would be seen from the name of his association he laid its foundation on Tabligh-"Propagation by Education". He was the pioneer of tangible progress in Muslim education. He maintained a regular daily elementary school at El Socorro, San Juan, with a similar curriculum in the other Denominational schools of the Colony by subscriptions solicited by his organisation. This continued for a few years but he never lived to see Government aid granted to his school. He died in 1942 and left his association like an infant babe. The president at that time was Mr. Abdul Ghany and the secretary was his son Noor M Ghany.