VURUGU KATIKA BUNGE KUHUSU MAHAKAMA YA KADHI

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 Re: Mahakama ya Kadhi: Wabunge wa kiislamu wafanya vurugu!

 By matumbo 

Hali hii imetokea kwenye semina ya kujadili Mahakama ya Kadhi kwenye kamati za bunge.

Ilikuwa ni mpambano wa Wakristu na Waislamu, Waislamu wakaleta vitisho ikabidi waingie FFU kudhibiti vurugu .

Akiitimisha Mizengo Pinda amesema atawasiliana na Rais amshauri wafanyaje maana hali ni mbaya. Kuna dalili nchi kumeguka.

Chanzo: ITV

Matumbo na Wanamajlis,
Hata mimi nimeona hiyo taarifa ITV.

Inawezekama labda mimi hiyo ya "Waislam wakaleta vitisho..." ilinipita kwa hiyo
sikuona.

Nakuwekeeni maneno kutoka mswada wangu, "Christian Hegemony and the Rise
of Muslim Militancy in Tanzania."

Nawaombeni mtafakari haya yaliyotokea leo katika Semina ya Mahakama ya Kadhi
na haya niliyoandika hapo chini:

"Muslims are now organising nationwide mass rallies which openly and in live broadcasts denounce the church, criticise the government and church agents within the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the Parliament for oppressing Muslims. Seemingly derogatory words like “pandikizi” (singular) and “mapandikizi” (plural) meaning “turncoats;” or the new coined word “Mfumo Kristo” roughly meaning “Christian dominance” are now part of the Muslim and Swahili vocabulary. These analogies are used freely in the Muslim media and among Muslims in every day conversation. But what usually thrills Muslims and utterly significant showing that times have changed is when in the rallies and in normal discussion Muslims refer to Nyerere hitherto known respectfully as “Baba wa Taifa” as “Baba wa Kanisa,” meaning “Church Elder.”[1]The move by the Catholic Church to make him a saint has not helped matters. More so it proves all the allegations leveled against Nyererethat he never was a nationalist. Respect and love which Muslims once had for Nyerere has been completely wiped out. The new generation of Muslims no longer believe in the official history of TANU and the propaganda that it was Nyerere who single handed defeated the British. Muslims instead are honouring the forgotten heroes of independence movement and in so doing invoking emotions particularly in the new generation to stand up against oppression as their forefathers had done against Germans and the British. Muslim heroes of the Maji Maji War like Suleiman Mamba, Sultan Songea bin Rauf, Sheikh and Sultan Mataka bin Hamis Massaninga[2] and Muslim nationalists likeAbdulwahid [3] and Ally Sykes,[4] Dossa Aziz, Sheikh Hassan bin Amir,[5] Sheikh Suleiman Takadir, Sheikh Yusuf Badi, Bibi Titi Mohamed,[6] Bibi Tatu bint Mzee, Bilali Rehani Waikela,[7] Ali Migeyo[8] and others are now part of nationalist history which was suppressed for many years.[9]

Muslims are demanding the restoration of their history and honour as true liberators of Tanganyika. This is unprecedented. One can only speculate and wonder where this would lead to. Can we identify this phenomenon as corrective and revision of history or is it a lesson of anarchy in recording history?[10] The result of all this is that the Church has been made to stand naked. That the Church neither played any role during Maji Maji[11] nor during the struggle against the British. That it has worked hand in hand with the government to sabotage Islam and Muslims is now common knowledge."

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[1] The late Prof. Haroub Othman after reading Sheikh Ali Muhsin’s book Conflict and Harmony in Zanzibar, and the writer’s book, Life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes 1924 -1968 The Untold Story of the Muslim Struggle Against British Colonialism in Tanganyika,Minerva Press, London 1998 and having come across hitherto unknown information on Nyerere was devastated because he was a great admirer of Nyerere as a patriot and a nationalist. The two books had painted him differently. Prof. Haroub confronted Nyerere and told him that the allegations in those two works have tarnished his image and he advised him to respond to them. Nyerere never did. Christian lecturers at Dar es Salaam University are discouraging students from making references to those two books. Dr. Harith Ghassany’s book, Kwaheri Ukoloni Kwaheri Uhuru,

has also come up with more information on Nyerere hitherto unknown in the Zanzibar Revolution and the bloodbath which followed.

[2] In all historical references to Maji Maji War hero and Chief of Wangoni Sultan Songea bin Rauf, his Muslim names would be omitted and he would be referred to as “Songea Mbano.”

[3] Mohamed Said, The Life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes (1924 –1968), The Untold Story of the Muslim Struggle Against British Colonialism in Tanganyika Minerva Publishers, London, 1998.

[4] Mohamed Said, Broken Dreams, The Life of Ally Kleist Sykes, (Forthcoming).

[5] Issa Ziddy, Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir (1880-1979). Also See Mohamed Said, “Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir - The Moving Spirit of Muslim Emancipation in Tanganyika (1950 – 1968)” (Paper presented at Youth Camp Organised by Zanzibar University, World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and Tanzania Muslim Students Association (TAMSA) 27^th February – 4^th March 2004.

[6] Bibi Titi was recruited into TANU by Schneider Abdillah Plantan and began to mobilize people particularly women to join the party even before he came to know Nyerere.

[7] Bilali Rehani Waikela one of the TANU founder members in Western Province in 1955 and Regional Secretary of the East African Muslim Welfare Society (EAMWS) was detained by Nyerere in 1964 for “mixing religion and politics.” His personal papers were of great help in understanding the EAMWS crisis of 1968 and the reasons why Nyerere detained prominent sheikhs and banned the society in 1968. A documentary of his political life has been made and although not officially recognized as a patriot Muslims now consider him as one of the heroes of the independence movement. For more information see Mohamed Said, “In Praise of Ancestors,” Africa Events (London) March/April 1977.

[8] G. Mutahaba, Portrait of a Nationalist: The Life of Ali Migeyo, East African Publishing House, 1969.

[9] Maji Maji Museum in Songea which has been greatly desecrated removing all signs of Muslim symbols during the Maji Maji War with Germans. The Maji Maji Museum at Peramiho under the Catholic Church has closed its doors to young Muslims for fear of criticism for distorting history. All Muslim symbols in Maji Maji War against Germans have been obliterated in the Maji Maji Museum.

[10] A children’s book authored by the current writer, Torch on Kilimanjaro, Oxford University Press, Nairobi, 2007 has been blacklisted and cannot be included as a reader in schools because it contravenes the official history.

[11] Yusuf Halimoja, Historia ya Masasi, East African Literature Bureau, Nairobi, 1977 pp 163 175 gives a narration how Christians fought alongside Gerrmans during Maji Maji. Also see P. Gerold Rupper, OSB, Pugu Hadi Peramiho: Miaka 100 wa Wamishionari Wabenediktini Katika Tanzania, Benedictine Publications, Ndanda Peramiho, 1980, pp 31- 42.