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WMO – A DECADE OF SERVICE TO HUMANITYWorld Memon Organisation (WMO)A Decade of Service toHumanity - 2001 to 2011sCompiled by Saleem S. Surthy, Administrator, WMO Pakistan ChapterIntroductionThe World Memon Organisation (WMO) is an international umbrella organization of the Memon Communityserving humanity through its seven chapters in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Africa, Europe and NorthAmerica.The WMO was established as an international representative organization to cater to the needs of the MemonCommunity spread across the world and address issues faced by it at the global level. Two International MemonConventions were held in 2001 and 2002 to chalk out the formation of the World Memon Organisation (WMO).A chronological account of the journey of WMO, over a period of 10 years, is presented in this article to give thereaders a bird’s eye view of the WMO and its noble endeavors.A Chronological Accountof the Journey of WMO2000• In October 2000, Late Haji Abdul LatifJamal and Late Haji Abdul Razzak Sorathia(Tasty) made a trip to Dubai witha vision of uniting the Memon Communityunder a single global platform.This idea was wholeheartedly welcomedby Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY),Mr. Aboo Baker Cassim and Mr. AdamNoor. This lead to a series of eventswhich finally resulted in the formationof the World Memon Organisation(WMO) in the forthcoming years.2001• The 1st International Memon Conventionwas held in Dubai on 28th and 29thApril 2001 wherein over 300 delegatesincluding scholars, social workers,businessmen and professionals attended.At this Convention, it was resolved that“An international organization of theMemons be formed for the uplift andadvancement of the Memon Community,in all aspects of life, underthe guidance of Islamic principles.” ASteering Committee, consisting of 65members, was formed to prepare a draftof the Constitution of the WMO.• Prior to its official formation, theWMO, through members of the MemonMEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 7

WMO – A DECADE OF SERVICE TO HUMANITYCommunity, contributed US $ 500,000(Indian Rs. 20 Million) for the affectedfamilies of the ethnic violence of March2001 in Gujarat, India.2002• The 2nd International Memon Conventionwas held a year later in Dubai on30th and 31st March 2002 wherein theConstitution of WMO was approvedand the 65-member Steering Committeewas converted into the first Board ofManagement.• The first Board of Management ofWMO held its 1st Meeting at Dubai on31st March 2002.• The Board of Management of WMOheld its 2nd Meeting at Dubai on 6thSeptember 20022003• The 3rd Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held in South Africa on11th July 2003• The 1st Annual General AssemblyMeeting (AGAM) of WMO and otherMeetings were held at Hotel Sheraton,Karachi from 25th to 27th December2003. The then Finance Minister of Pakistan,Mr. Shaukat Aziz, inauguratedthe 1st AGAM.• The 4th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held in Karachi, Pakistanon 25th December 2003• The 5th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held in Karachi, Pakistanon 27th December 2003• A delegation of WMO met with theGeneral Pervez Musharraf, the thenPresident of Pakistan and Mr. MirZafarullah Khan Jamal, the then PrimeMinister of Pakistan on 30th December2003. The delegation requested thePresident and Prime Minister to allota plot of land measuring 500 acres inKarachi for housing, etc and give reliefto the social organization in Income Taxand Sales Tax as has been given to theIsmaili Community. The delegation wasassured sympathetic consideration.2004• The Rehabilitation Scheme of WMOPakistan Chapter was launched,wherein about 7200 applications werereceived.• The 6th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held in Mombassa, Kenyaon 9th July 2004• The 2nd Annual General AssemblyMeeting of WMO was held in Mombassa,Kenya on 10th July 2004. TheMinister of State for National Heritageof Kenya inaugurated the meeting.• The 7th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held in Mombassa, Kenyaon 10th July 20042005• The 8th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held in Mumbai, India on25th March 2005• The 3rd Annual General AssemblyMeeting of WMO was held at TajMahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai, Indiaon 26th March 2005. This meeting wasinaugurated by the State Minister ofExternal Affairs, Government of India.• The 9th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held in Mumbai, India on27th March 2005• The 10th Meeting of the Board ofManagement (6th BOM) was held atSheraton Creek Hotel & Towers, Dubai,UAE on 27th and/or 28th September2005• A severe earthquake struck various partsof Pakistan and India on 8th October2005. The WMO started relief work inthe affected areas by providing food,medicines, tents, clothes, etc. A medicalcamp was set up in association with AllPakistan Memon Federation and PatelHospital at H-11, Islamabad.• After the emergency relief work, itwas thought appropriate to carry outWMO’s Rehabilitation Project forEarthquake Victims. Houses withtin-roofs and hollow cement blockswere constructed with the help of localpeople. The total cost of one such housewas Rs. 100,000 (US $1670) out ofwhich 70% cost was financed by WorldMemon Organisation, Pakistan Chapter,and 30% was paid by local people. 290houses were built along with restorationof a school, building of a mosque and adispensary.2006• A Pre-Annual General Assembly Meetingof WMO Pakistan Chapter was heldon 14th May 2006 at Hussain EbrahimJamal Sports Complex, Karachi wherein68 members attended the meeting.Thereafter, there was a question-answersession wherein many members, whileappreciating the excellent work ofWMO Pakistan Chapter, gave their suggestionsfor further improvement.• The Dubai Government issued licenceto the WMO and an office was establishedin the Dubai Humanitarian City.• A dinner hosted by WMO Middle-EastChapter in the honour of the eightdignitaries who received the civil awardswas arranged in a local hotel with 250guests.• The Memon Association of UK hadpreviously set up a Marriage IntroductionService; this has now been connectedto the WMO website, under thetitle of “Memon Connections.” Futurepublicity will create more awarenessof this service to the public. Under theSocial & Welfare Health sub-committee,a professional help-line has been createdwith doctors, lawyers, accountants etc.all providing free advice and this wouldsoon be linked to the WMO website.• Road Show in Malawi / Durban andPretoria organized by WMO AfricaChapter. The activities of WMO wereoutlined to members of the Memoncommunity in Lilongwe, Blantyre, Durbanand Pretoria. At all Venues the CDprepared by the WMO Pakistan chapterprojected on a full screen, created atremendous impact. The contributionof WMO to the disaster of the Pakistanearthquake revealed the importance ofan international network of MemonCommunity working together and contributingcollectively, under one nameas the WMO, rather than contributingindividually with little or no recognition.• The 11th Meeting of the Board of Management(1st BOM) was held at TransAsia Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19thMay 2006• The 4th Annual General AssemblyMeeting of WMO was held at TransAsia Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 20thMay 2006. His Excellency, Mr. RatnasiriWickremanayke, Prime Minister of SriLanka, inaugurated the meeting.• Sir Iqbal Sacranie paid a two-day visitto Karachi on 25th and 26th June 2006.A reception was arranged on 25th June2006 at Rangoonwala Hall, Karachi inhonor of Sir Iqbal on conferment ofknighthood by the British Government.A reception was held by All PakistanMemon Federation at Pearl ContinentalHotel, Karachi on 26th June 2006.• Mr. Abba Ali Yousuf, Secretary General,WMO, of United Kingdom, visitedPakistan in July 2006. He was invitedas Chief Guest to the 3rd Meeting ofthe Board of Management of WMOPakistan Chapter on 22nd July 2006 atKarachi Gymkhana.• The Board of Management of WMOPakistan Chapter decided to give toppriority to education of students ofMemon Community with particular8MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

WMO – A DECADE OF SERVICE TO HUMANITYreference to Higher Education.• A WMO Higher Education Committeewas formed at Pakistan Chapter underthe Chairmanship of Mr. Abdul RazzakThaplawala and Co-Chairmanship ofMr. Ebrahim Qasim to provide scholarshipsto talented students for higher andprofessional education.• Labaik TV Channel invited the officebearers of WMO for a Live InteractiveTalk Show titled MEMON TIMES on19th November 2006 at 3.15 pm.• WMO House - The Liaison Office ofWMO Pakistan Chapter. A propertymeasuring 240 square yards in Muslimabad,Karachi was acquired by WMOPakistan Chapter at a total considerationof Rs. 17.70 million (US $ 295,000)in June 2006. The property comprisesof two floors, i.e. Ground plus One witha covered area of over 3000 square feet.The property was registered in the nameof the World Memon Organisation(WMO) on 29th June 2006 vide RegistrationNo. 1475 and the possession wastaken on 10th August 2006.• A meeting of the Sub Committee ofRehabilitation Committee of WMO todecide the Modus Operandi for conversionof Pugree-based flats to ownershipwith particular reference to the buildingsacquired by Pakistan Memon Educational& Welfare Society in Federal BArea was held at Karachi Club on 25thNovember 2006• The 12th Meeting of the Board ofManagement was held at Plot 317-587,Al Mankool Area, Bur Dubai, Dubai on23rd December 2006• The 13th Meeting of the Board of Management(2nd BOM) was held at Plot317-587, Al Mankool Area, Bur Dubai,Dubai on 24th December 20062007• WMO Pakistan Chapter produced aDocumentary Film titled ‘Diya Jalaye-Rakhna’portraying the contributionof the Memon Community in variousfields over the centuries. The filmhighlights the contribution made by theMemon Community towards education,healthcare, social development and welfareof the entire humanity including itskey role at the time of natural calamitiesand communal unrest. Many educationalinstitutions, medical complexes,Mosques, community centers, etc builtby Memons have been portrayed.• Meeting of the Board of Trustees ofWMOCF was held at WMO House,Karachi on 12th April 2007. At thismeeting it was decided that any newTrustee would now be required to paythe subscription in five years (instead ofthree years).• The 14th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held at Hotel Sheraton,Karachi, Pakistan on 13th April 2007.• The inauguration of the 5th AnnualGeneral Assembly Meeting of WMOwas held at Hotel Sheraton, Karachi,Pakistan in the morning session on 14thApril 2007. His Excellency, Mr. ShaukatAziz, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan,inaugurated the meeting. The HonorableGovernor of Sindh, Dr. IshratulIbad, was also present along withmany Federal and Provincial Ministers,members of the National and ProvincialAssemblies of Pakistan and other eliteof the Memon Community. A LifetimeAchievement Award was presentedto Maulana Abdul Sattar Edhi for hislifelong selfless services to humanity.• The 5th Annual General AssemblyMeeting of WMO was held at HotelSheraton, Karachi, Pakistan in the afternoonsession on 14th April 2007.• The 15th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held at Hotel Sheraton,Karachi, Pakistan on 13th April 2007.Certain Constitutional Amendmentswere approved whereby the electionfor the Board of Management wouldnow be held in person in the respectivechapters. Only those members would beallowed to vote and contest who wouldhave been members of WMO for atleast 365 days prior to the date of elections.The other important amendmentwas to give the privilege to all Patrons tobe automatic numbers of the Board ofManagement.• A mega event, the “Memoni Get Together”was held on 14th April 2007 atD.J. Grounds at around 9 pm whereinabout 4000 Memons including distinguishedguests and foreign delegatesattended.• The foreign and local delegates paidvisits to the Memon Medical Institute(MMI), the Patel Hospital and the 3rdInternational Exhibition organized bythe All Pakistan Memon Federation(APMF).• A meeting was held between the representativesof the World Memon Organisation(WMO) and the City Nazim ofKarachi, on 16th April 2007, regardingestablishment of Vocational TrainingInstitute on the lines of Ibrahim BawanyTraining Institute, Baroda, India. It wasagreed in principle that City DistrictGovernment Karachi (CDGK) wouldprovide a suitable land along withconstructed building to WMO PakistanChapter for this purpose. Thereafter,Korangi Civic Center III, Sector 5,Korangi, Karachi was offered to WMOPakistan Chapter. Another meeting washeld with EDO representatives wherethe first draft of the MoU was discussed.Several amendments were proposed byWMO team and the draft was sent tothe Advocate General of Province ofSindh for evaluation.• In the month of May 2007, a dinner washosted by Her Excellency, Dr. MalihaLodhi, Pakistan’s Ambassador in theUnited Kingdom to welcome WMOPresident, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob(ARY). The dinner was attended bythe Trustees and Members of WMOEurope Chapter including Sir Iqbal Sacranie,Deputy President of WMO andMr. Solly Noor, Trustee from WMOAfrica Chapter was also present.• A gala dinner was hosted by WMOMiddle East Chapter on 14th June 2007at Four Point Sheraton Hotel, Dubai towelcome the visiting Deputy ForeignMinister, Mr. Hussain Bhaila of SriLanka. This dinner was attended byprominent personalities of the MemonCommunity, members of WMO MiddleEast Chapter and Diplomatic Corp ofSri Lanka and Bangladesh.• Another dinner was hosted on 20thJune 2007 at Four Point Sheraton Hotelin honor of Pakistan Association ofDubai (Welfare Section), The Dinnerwas sponsored by WMO President, HajiAbdul Razzak Yaqoob and attended bypeople from all walks of life includingmany Trustees and members of WMOMiddle East Chapter.• At the Meeting of WMO Far EastChapter in Sri Lanka held on 17th July2006, a Youth Committee was formed.On the 23rd July 2006, Vice Presidentof WMO Mr. M.H. Omar presented theWMO Cricket Trophy to the winners ofthe cricket match held by the Sri LankaMemon Association. Present at themeeting were the members of the FarEast Chapter and the Youth Committeeheaded by Mr. Ashraf Sayani as theChairman of the Youth Committee.• The formalities of the WMO registrationin Sri Lanka was completed by12th December 2006 and it was decidedto open the bank account before 20thDecember and the membership fee to bedeposited before the end of December2006. The WMO Women’s Organisa-MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 9

WMO – A DECADE OF SERVICE TO HUMANITYtion of the Far East Chapter held coupleof meetings and an important MedicalCamp was organized at the MemonAssociation attended by Dr. A. A. M.Haroon and his team of doctors whichincluded Gynecologist, Eye Surgeon,Pediatrician etc. Around 300 patientsattended including women and children.Free medicines and spectacles weredistributed. Also free transport servicewas provided from different locations ofColombo for the poor patients to attendthe Medical Camp. This Medical campwas sponsored by the several membersof the Far East Chapter.• The WMO India Chapter built a HousingColony in Hyderabad, India and thesame was inaugurated on 4th November2007 by Haji Abdul Razzak YaqoobGandhi (ARY), President of WMO. Mr.Majid Ali Muhammad, Trustee, WMO,was also present on the occasion.WMO has donated more than IndianRs. 7,300,597/- (US $ 162,000) for theProject.• WMO India Chapter runs large schemesto help Widows (Women Empowerment),Housing Scheme, Medical Aidand Education Assistance Scheme.During the year 2006-07, 6936 schoolgoing students and 960 students ofhigher education were given scholarships.Under the WMO India Chapter’sRehabilitation Program, needy familieswere provided with 53 flats at HyderabadHalai Memon Colony, Hyderabadand 40 flats in Bangalore MemonColony, Bangalore, India. Besides, theWMO provided financial assistance toSurat Jamat to purchase 27,000 squarefeet of land to build new houses for theneedy and also provided financial aidto other Jamats and a Mosque. Further,WMO India Chapter, under itsEconomic Uplift Scheme, provided 60Auto-Rickshaws and a large quantityof Sewing Machines to needy people.Mobile Clinics have been establishedin Mumbai and other parts of India forfree medical treatment of needy people.The WMO India Chapter launched itswebsite www.wmoindia.org.• The World Memon Organisation wasregistered and incorporated in San Francisco,California, USA on 7th March2007 when its Articles of Associationwas filed with the Secretary of State.• The 16th & 17th Meetings of the Boardof Management were held at SaharaStar Hotel, Domestic Airport, Mumbai,India on 29th and 30th December 2007respectively. Key decisions includedthat all Chapters of WMO would havea Ladies Wing and Youth Wing whichwill organize activities in the region;work regarding Memon InternationalChamber of Commerce would bestarted in due course; it was decided thatWMO should become a member of theDepartment of Public Information NonGovernmental Organisation of UNOto obtain NGO status and internationalrecognition of the WMO. This membershipwould be most beneficial for theMemon Community worldwide; it wasdecided to provide financial support toKarachi Memon Students’ Organisation(KMSO). A grand Get-Togetherwas held in Mumbai, where over 6000people attended.• The World Memon Organisation wasapproved in Pakistan as a ‘Non-profitOrganisation’ under the Income TaxOrdinance 2001, which would entitledonors to tax credit on amounts donatedby crossed payee cheques.2008• The City Nazim of Karachi, Syed MustafaKamal, handed over to WMO PakistanChapter a piece of land admeasuring7 acres of land having constructedarea of 136,000 square feet totally freeof cost. The Memorandum of Understandingwas signed on 8th March 2008and the building was handed over toWMO on 13th March 2008. It was estimatedthat approximately Rs. 3 Crores(US $500,000) would be required torefurbish the building.• On 2nd April 2008, a team from theWMO Middle East Chapter called onHis Highness Sheikh Nahyan Bin MubarakAl Nahyan, Minister of HigherEducation and Scientific Research, UAEand requested him to grant 100 acresof land in UAE to WMO to establish aworld class Memon University.• The WMO Africa Chapter has beenregistered as a Non-Profit Organizationvide Registration No. 0060-335-NPO.It was also decided by WMO AfricaChapter to establish a WMO Centre inLaudium, Pretoria, South Africa.• The WMO Far East Chapter organizeda Youth Wing Activity - FellowshipDinner along with MembershipDrive during April 2008. With regard toSports, the 8th Annual Memon CricketCarnival with WMO Challenge Trophyfor Juniors was scheduled to be held on29th June 2008.• The Education for All Scheme of WMOPakistan Chapter was launched on 4thAugust 2008.• Mr. Nowsad Gani was nominated as theElection Commissioner. The RegionalElections to the Board of Management(Chapters) for the term 2008-2009 wereheld at WMO Pakistan Chapter (on18th May 2008), Far East Chapter (22ndApril 2008) Europe Chapter (4th May2008), Africa Chapter (18th May 2008)Middle East Chapter (18th May 2008).• The 18th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held at Madinat Jumeirah,Dubai, UAE on 24th May 2008.• 6th Annual General Assembly Meetingof the World Memon Organisation(WMO) was held at Dubai on 25th May2008. His Highness, Sheikh Nahyanbin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Ministerof Higher Education and ScientificResearch, UAE was the Chief Guestand inaugurated the meeting. Mr. JayantPatil, Finance Minister of Maharashtra,India had also graced the occasion.• The 19th (First) Meeting of the (New)Board of Management (2008-2009)was held on 25th May 2008 at MadinatJumeirah, Dubai, UAE wherein Electionsof the Office Bearers were held.At this meeting it was proposed thatthere should be two Deputy Presidentof WMO and therefore it was decidedto make necessary amendments in theConstitution of WMO which would beapproved in the forthcoming ExtraordinaryGeneral Assembly Meeting. Atthe meeting, it was also decided to Forma Central Education Committee anda Memon Business & Trade DirectoryCommittee• A documentary film titled ‘Let there beLight’ through the courtesy of WMOPakistan Chapter, was shown at the 6thAnnual General Assembly Meeting. Thepresentation included history of WMO,present activities, aims and objectives,and future projects.• The 20th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held at Madinat Jumeirah,Dubai, UAE on 26th May 2008.• Elections to the Central Board ofManagement (2008-2009) of WMOwere held at the above Meetings held inDubai during May 2008.• WMO India Chapter organized a‘Harmonious Lunch Party’ at the PrinceHall, NSCI, Worli, Mumbai, India on19th July 2008 to felicitate Mr. ShoaibAmin Kothawala, a Trustee of WMOfrom the USA,• ETV Urdu TV Channel of India telecasteda special documentary program“Nazar Khas Khabar Khas” on 18th10MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

WMO – A DECADE OF SERVICE TO HUMANITYNovember 2008 at 6 p.m. (IST). Theprogram covered the Origin of Memons,migration, philosophy, and activitiesconducted by WMO in India, etc. It alsohighlighted Mahatma Gandhi’s involvementwith Memons during NationalFreedom Struggle.• Spearheaded by the Vice President ofWMO Far East Chapter (Sri Lanka),a WMO Colony was constructed with24 units was fully occupied by satisfiedindigent members of the community inNovember 2008. Besides, a WMO FellowshipDinner was held with a view toenroll new members to the organization,an Eid Milan was organized by MemonAssociation of Sri Lanka. In the field ofsports, a winning Trophy was sponsoredby the WMO and awarded to the winningteam of Six-a-Side Softball CricketCarnival organized by the Memon Associationof Sri Lanka. Finally, a ZakatFund Raising Dinner was jointly organizedby the World Memon Organisationand the Memon Association of SriLanka where funds were raised solelyfor education.• The 1st Cricket Open Trials were heldby the Youth Wing of WMO PakistanChapter at Rashid Latif Cricket AcademyGrounds, Karachi on 28th December2008. About 250 young Memoncricketers took part. Eight teams wereselected.2009• The 21st (2nd) Meeting of the Boardof Management was held at HotelElangeni, Durban South Africa on 13thFebruary 2009. In this meeting, amongother important agenda items, it was discussedthat the WMO would take overthe Memon Alam, a monthly magazineof the Memon Community since lastfive decades, from Memon Alam Trust.• The Extraordinary General AssemblyMeeting was held at Hotel Elangeni,Durban South Africa on Saturday,14th February 2009 at 2 pm. The keydecisions included amendments in theConstitution of WMO that all OfficeBearers of WMO would be eligible to bere-elected for 3 terms, instead of 2 termsof two years each. In the Meeting of theBoard of Trustees, amendments wereapproved in the Constitution of WorldMemon Organisation Charitable Foundation(WMOCF) whereby Electionsfor its Office Bearers would be heldevery two years. Also an amount of US$ 4 million was raised for the poor andunderprivileged members of the MemonCommunity around the world.• The 22nd Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held at Hotel Elangeni,Durban South Africa on 14th February2009 at 4 pm.• The 2nd Cricket Open Trials were heldby the Youth Wing of WMO PakistanChapter at Rashid Latif Cricket AcademyGrounds, Karachi on 21st March2009. Many young Memon cricketerstook part. The 2nd Cricket Open Trialswere held as a sequel of the 1st CricketOpen Trials held on 28th December2008 since many young cricketers wereunable to take part in the first trials. 1• The Memon Industrial & Technical Institute(MITI) was formally inauguratedon 31st May 2009 by Syed MustafaKamal, City Nazim, Karachi. The instituteis a joint venture between WMOand City District Government, Karachi(CDGK). A lot of interest has beenshown by government, non-governmentorganizations and foreign agencieswhich is evident by the numerous delegationsvisiting MITI. A Japanese Delegationfrom Pak Suzuki Limited visitedMITI and has agreed to start high-valueAuto Technician and Auto MechanicCourses as a joint venture with MITI.• The Micro Finance Scheme of WMOPakistan Chapter was launched. TheMicrofinance Scheme of WMO PakistanChapter addresses the poor andneedy small-scale entrepreneurs of theMemon Community and encouragesthem with small loans to buy moregoods and increase the scope of theirbusiness.• The WMO Youth Wing (PakistanChapter) organized a mega event,‘Panjho Mustakbil Kuro’ at Karachion 15th August 2009 at K.M.C. CitySports Complex, Karachi wherein over6000 people of the Memon Communityattended along with about 600 distinguishedguests.• A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed on 23rd November2009 between WMO and the MemonAlam Trust whereby it was agreed thatWMO would take over the publicationof the Memon Alam, monthly magazine.• The 23rd Meeting of the Board ofManagement was held at Hotel Le Meridian,Dubai on 12th December 2009• The 7th Annual General AssemblyMeeting of WMO was held at HotelLe Meridian, Dubai on 13th December2009. Among the key decisions, it wasdecided to hold only one Meeting of theBoard of Management in a year insteadof two It was also decided to form aExecutive Committee to look after theday-to-day affairs. The ConstitutionalAmendment Committee had recommendedthat no change was required inthe Constitution regarding the two ApexBodies at WMO Pakistan Chapter.Drafts of WMO Members’ Directoryand the Memon Business & Trade Directorywere circulated to the membersfor feedback.• The 24th Meeting of the Board of Managementwas held at Hotel Le Meridian,Dubai on 12th December 2009• The WMO Pakistan Chapter produceda documentary film “Living for Others”which was exhibited at the Dubai Meetings.• The Memon Industrial & Technical Institute(MITI) produced a documentaryFilm which was exhibited at the DubaiMeetings.2010• WMO’s Stall at SAARC Fair – TheWMO Ladies Wing has always triedhard to promote WMO as an internationalNGO. In this regard, a stall ofWMO was setup by the WMO LadiesWing (Pakistan Chapter) at the Fairheld by the South Asian Association forRegional Cooperation (SAARC) on 6thMarch 2010 at the Marriott Hotel, Karachi.At this stall, pamphlets and CDs ofWMO were distributed and the visitorswere briefed about WMO and its vision.• The Ladies Wing of the WMO PakistanChapter arranged a seminar calledT.E.A.M. (Together Everyone AchievesMore) at Sunset Club, Karachi on 17thMarch 2010.• The WMO Pakistan Chapter LadiesWing held its 1st Event of Mother andDaughters Gathering under title themeof “Merey Angney Mein” for matrimonialpurpose. The targeted audiencewere mothers and eligible daughtersand mothers of eligible sons. The Eventat Royal Rodale, Defence HousingAuthority, began with a Brunch andspanned 4 hours, concluding by 4 pm.There was an icebreaking activity whereparticipants were given different colorsof ribbons and were shuffled to differenttables having flags of their respectivecolors. This activity facilitated the participantsto interact with each other.• The WMO Youth Wing of PakistanChapter organized a Mehfil-e-Naat &Award Distribution Ceremony for thevolunteers of the WMO Youth Conven-MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 11

WMO – A DECADE OF SERVICE TO HUMANITYtion in March 2010• The Memon Alam, Monthly Magazineof the Memon Community, which hasbeen in circulation for over 50 years, isnow being published under the aegis ofWMO since April 2010. A lot of improvementshave been made in the contentand quality of the magazine whichis dispatched to readers every month,not only in Pakistan, but the world over.Every issue of the Memon Alam has anunique theme. The Memon Alam Trusthas handed over the Bank Balance andAssets to WMO.• The Ladies Section at Memon Industrial& Technical Institute (MITI) started itsactivities from June 01, 2010 with freeDemo Classes in all related courses for10 days for 2 hours and daily 3 sessions,conducted by the Expert personalitiesfrom T.V., Manufacturing Industries /Agents / Distributors, and others, whichprovides the technical demonstration andcommercial information of their productand services. The regular classes in theLadies Section were started on July 01,2010 and are being conducted successfullywith almost 3000 Ladies takingadmissions in different courses per batch.• The devastating Floods in Pakistan ofJuly 2010 affected 21 million people andtook numerous lives. The WMO establishedthe WMO Flood Relief Fund andjoined hands with Shaikhani Foundationto help countless people affected bythe floods. A base camp was set up atKarachi where relief goods worth US $400,000 were received and transportedto various flood relief camps in interiorSindh. Initially, a camp was set up atSukkur, Sindh and later moved to Kotri,Sindh. Thereafter, a Tent Village wasbuilt at Gharo Sindh, where shelter wasgiven to 1400 people (220 families).Food packets consisting of rice, dal,wheat flour, cooking oil, salt, masala,milk, pure drinking water and otheritems were distributed on weekly basis.Besides, clothes, footwear, bangles, EidGifts, stoves, cooking gas and other giftswere also provided. Doctors and nurseswere made available round the clock. Apermanent Masjid Abu Bakar (after thename of one of the WMO’s Trustees,Late Mr. Abu Bakar Shaikhani) hasalso been built at the place.• Urgent Meeting of the Board of Managementof WMO Pakistan Chapterwas called on 21st August 2010 todiscuss and define a clear-cut policy andline of action of the relief activities to becarried out by WMO for flood victims• The WMO launched a historic booktitled Tarikh-e-Pakistan Ke GumshudaAuraak written by Professor AbdulAziz Markatiya on 15th October 2010at Karachi Council of Pakistan. ViceChancellor of University of Karachi,Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiquilaunched the book. Haji Abdul RazzakYaqoob (ARY) presided over.• In continuation of WMO PakistanChapter’s Youth Wing’s activities, theWMO Youth T-20 Cricket Tournamentwas held from 1st to 4th November2010. Earlier, about 400 Memon CricketPlayers had been short-listed at WMOCricket Open Trials and six teamshad been formed by the PCB Selector,Mr. Aftab Baloch. The T-20 Tournamentwas held to select 24 membersfor the WMOPC X1. The tournamentwas held between six teams at KGAGymkhana Ground. The matches were20-overs matches in league team.• The Office Bearers and Members ofthe Board of Management of WorldMemon Organisation (Pakistan Chapter),along with some important localand foreign delegates, paid a special visitto the Flood Relief Camp at Gharo,Sindh, on Sunday, 19th September2010. Mr. H.M. Shahzad, AssistantSecretary General WMO and ChairmanWMO Flood Relief Committee alongwith Mr. Mahmood Shaikhani, ChairmanShaikhani Foundation, were alsopresent.• The 25th Meeting of the Board ofManagement was held at CinnamonGrand Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka on10th December 2010• Mr. Nowsad Gani was appointed asthe Election Commissioner to conductthe Regional Elections to the Board ofManagement for the term 2010-2011.The Regional Elections (Chapters) wereheld on 28th November 2010 at variouschapters, except for WMO PakistanChapter where the Elections were heldon 5th December 2010.• The City & Guilds International recognizedand approved Memon Industrial& Technical Institute (MITI) as one ofits Approved International Centers.• The 8th Annual General AssemblyMeeting of WMO was held at CinnamonGrand Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lankaon 12th December 2010.• The 26th (1st) Meeting of the Board ofManagement was held at CinnamonGrand Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka on12th December 2010 at 2 pm. Electionsto the Central Board of Management(2010-2011) of WMO were held at thismeeting.• “Kaun Sunega” an hour-long programon Memon Industrial & Technical Institute(MITI) was produced and telecastedby Good News Television• A documentary film “DARD” wasproduced by WMO Pakistan Chapterhighlighting the rescue, relief and rehabilitationof the victims of the PakistanFloods of July 2010. The film was exhibitedat the Colombo meetings of December2010 and received overwhelmingappreciation of the relief work doneby WMO and Shaikhani Foundation forthe flood affected families.• Another documentary film “A Ray ofHope” portraying the outstanding activitiesof the Memon Industrial & TechnicalInstitute (MITI) was also exhibitedat the Colombo Meetings.2011• The WMO setup a stall at the Visionof Prosperity 2011 Exhibition held byAPMF from 11th to 13th March 2011 atKarachi Expo Center.• The Youth Wing of WMO PakistanChapter held a program/ seminar called“Think-Wise” on 27th March 2011 atRangoonwala Hall, Karachi.• The British High Commissioner forPakistan in Islamabad, Mr. AdamThomson, along with Dr. Peter Tibber,Deputy High Commissioner visited theMemon Industrial & Technical Institute(MITI) on Thursday, 28th April2011. The High Commissioner and hisDeputy were taken around to inspect thevarious facilities and workshops at theMemon Industrial & Technical Institute(MITI). The British High Commissionerto Pakistan expresses his views in theVisitor’s Book and said, “What an impressiveinstitution MITI is! It’s modelholds great potential for Pakistan’sfuture success. It has been a privilege tolearn about its work.”• After the initial Rescue and ReliefOperations for the Victims of PakistanFloods of July 2010, the WMO and theShaikhani Foundation started the RehabilitationPhase wherein 111 housesfor the flood affected families have beenbuilt at Jaati, District Sajawal, Sindh.At this juncture, Deloitte MuhammadYousuf Adil Salim & Company(MYASCO) joined hands with WMOand Shaikhani Foundation to play itspart in the rehabilitation work.• The World Memon Organisation hasbeen registered in India as a Non-Gov-12MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

COMMUNITY NEWS“Mera Naya Ghar”(My new home)Rehabilitation of flood affected families in PakistanEven though a year has passed since the devastating floods in Pakistan of July 2010, countless affectedfamilies still need our help. Majority of them require a permanent shelter over their headsand a decent source of livelihood. The World Memon Organisation (WMO) and the ShaikhaniFoundation are working day and night to tackle these two key issues.The World Memon Organisation (WMO) and the Shaikhani Foundation, at the time of rescueand relief operations immediately after the floods, quickly understood that providing temporaryshelter and other necessities to the flood victims would not repair the damage that the floods hadcaused to the flood victims.14MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

COMMUNITY NEWS(You might recall that 220 families/1400 people including 40 non-Muslim families were givenshelter, food, clothing, medicines, medical care and all other day-to-day necessities at the minitent village at Gharo, Sindh. Here a permanent Masjid named Masjid-e-Abu Bakar was builtwhich remains even today to serve the people of that locality.)Therefore, after the conclusion of Flood Relief Camp at Gharo, Sindh, the WMO andShaikhani Foundation started work on building houses for the shelter-less flood affected families.A suitable place at Jaati, Sujawal District, Sindh has been chosen where houses are being built.It is planned that 180 houses will be built at a cost of Rs. 135,000 (US $ 1570) per house. Thetotal cost of the project would come to Rs. 24,300,000 (US $ 283,000).MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 15

COMMUNITY NEWSSo far, 111 houses have been handed over to 111 flood affected families.Out of these, 62 houses were formally handed over on 1st May 2011 and 49 houses werehanded over on 10th June 2011.More houses will be built and distributed to the flood affected families in the coming weeks,Insha Allah.The World Memon Organisation (WMO) and the Shaikhani Foundation are extremely gratefulto all donors and well-wishers for their generous contribution for the flood affectees. May16MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

COMMUNITY NEWSAlmighty Allah accept your Zakat and Donations and bestow upon you His choicest Blessings.Ameen!The Work Must Go On. The donors and well-wishers are earnestly requested to contributemore and more for this noble endeavor. Your donation means a New Home and a New Life forthe Flood Affected Families!Canadian Citizenship ApplicationAn immigrant from China is applyingfor citizenship in Canada . Heis to be interviewed by a Canadian immigrationofficer. He does not speak Englishwell and knows nothing about Canada .Therefore, he invited a special translator tohelp him in his interview.Officer: Do you know who was the firstPrime Minister of Canada?Translator: ( in Cantonese) The officerasked you, Where do you usually go if youwant to eat hamburger?Man: (answered to the officer) Oh..... Mc-Donald (the first minister of Canada is SirJohn MacDonald.)The officer nodded his head and then asked“MERA NAYA GHAR”(MY NEW HOME) “DARD”CANADIAN Citizenship InterviewFirst Class Interpreter !!the second question.Officer: Could you tell me which provinceyou’re living in now?Translator: (in Cantonese) The officer justasked you, What is the dirtiest thing in yournose?Man: (replied to the officer in Cantonese)Ah..... Bay See (which means nose dirt inChinese) (The man lives in the provinceof British Columbia , commonly known asB.C.)The officer added a current affair question,“Who is the prime minister of Canadanow?”The translator speaks in Cantonese,“What’s that part of the face below yourlips and above your neck?”Man replied “Har Per”. (which meanschin in Cantonese) (The current prime ministerof Canada is Prime Minister StephenHarper) The officer nodded his head againand asked the final question.Officer: Do you know what your privilegeis when you become Canadian?Translator: (in Cantonese) The officerasked you, How does a dog sounds likewhen it barks?Man: (demonstrated the sound to the officer)...Woe, Woe. (Vote, Vote. One of theprivileges of a Canadian is the right to vote.)The officer told the man that all the questionswere answered correctly, shook handswith him and congratulated him that hehad passed the interview to be a Canadiancitizen.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 17

COMMUNITY NEWSWorld Memon Organisation (WMO)APPEALFlood relief work2011 in SindhThe 2011 Sindh floods began during the monsoon season in mid-August 2011, resulting from heavymonsoon rains in Sindh, Eastern Balochistan, and Southern Punjab. The floods have causedconsiderable damage; an estimated 270 civilians have been killed, with over 8.0 million people and1.2 million homes affected.The Board of Management of WMO Pakistan Chapter decided to immediately start Flood Relief workin Sindh, Pakistan. The decision was taken in its meeting held on Saturday 17th September 2011 at WMOHouse, Karachi.The Flood Relief Work would be carried out under the umbrella of WMO in collaboration withShaikhani Foundation and Dhoraji Memon Assocation, Karachi.A base camp has been established at Dhoraji Colony, Karachi for collection of funds and relief goodsrequired for the flood victims.A team of volunteers and members of WMO Youth Wing have visited some of the worst affected areasof Sindh during September 2011 and distributed consignments of rations, medicines, tents and other itemsto the flood victims.The members of the World Memon Organisation (WMO) and its well-wishers are humbly requested tocontribute generously Zakat, Donations and Relief Goods for this humanitarian cause. We gave below theDetails of Bank Account:Account Title : World Memon OrganisationAccount Number : 20301-714-105391Bank Name : Habib Metropolitan Bank LimitedBranch : Soldier Bazar Branch, Karachi, PakistanSwift Code : MPBLPKKA 079Let us pray to Almighty Allah to grant us the strength and courage to extend wholehearted support to theflood affected families.May Almighty Allah bless you all.Ameen.Pir Muhammad A. KaliyaSecretary General, WMOH.M. ShahzadAssistant Secretary General, WMOMahmood ShaikhaniChairman ,Shaikhani FoundationShoaib Ismail MangroriaVice President,WMOMuhammad Yousuf AdilTreasurer, WMOHaroon MotiwalaPresident, Dhoraji Memon AssociationMEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 19

COMMUNITY NEWSMemon Association of CanadaIn Association’s last programme ofEid-eMilad, held in February 2011,it was decided to form MEMONBUSINESS COUNCIL andMEMON PROFESSIONAL FORUM forthe purpose of bringing community’s businessmenand professionals on one centralplatform of MEMON ASSOCIATIONOF CANADA and recognizing their contributionin Canada’s trade, business andeconomy and also in safeguarding theirinterest in their respective fields.20In view of the above aims and objects,membership forms for proposed MEMONBUSINESS COUNCIL and MEMONPROFESSIONAL FORUM were sentto all members of MEMON ASSOCIA-TION OF CANADA in May 2011. Theresponse was very encouraging and then itwas decided by the Executive Committeeto call the meeting of prospective membersin order to form officially MEMONBUSINESS COUNCIL and MEMONPROFESSIONAL FORUM. Thus thefirst such meeting was held on 28 June2011 at Haveli Restaurant in Mississauga.The meeting started with the recitationof Holy Quran by Mr. MuhammadAmeen Jangda,Vice President of theAssociation. He recited Surah Al-Asr andthen presented its translation and briefcommentary. Then he welcomed all themembers present there, who had showntheir encouragement for formation ofMEMON BUSINESS COUNCIL andMEMON PROFESSIONAL FORUM.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

COMMUNITY NEWSHe explained the aims and objects offormation and then he invited Presidentof the Association, Mr. Ismail Mirza tospeak on the occasion. The Presidentalso thanked all the members present andmentioned that after successful formationof MEMON BUSINESS COUNCIL andMEMON PROFESSIONAL FORUM,the members will be benefitted with itsaims and objects.Then the Vice President Mr. MuhammadAmeen Jangda outlined that proposedCouncil and Forum will have President,Vice President and 3 Executive Members forthe Council and Chairman, Vice Chairmanand 3 Executive Members for the Forumand the first tenure thereof will be up toOctober 2011 and after that the reports fromboth will be submitted to the President. Healso outlined the criteria of eligibility ofmembers that the prospective members ofthe Council should have business registeredin Canada and they should be paid membersof MEMON ASSOCIATION OFCANADA. For the prospective membersof the Forum, they should have recognizedprofessional qualification from their respectivecountry or Canada and they shouldbe paid members of MEMON ASSOCIA-TION OF CANADA.The Vice President also mentionedthat aims and objects of formation of theCouncil and the Forum are for guidelinesat the moment and these can beextended after formal formation based oncircumstances. The members present inthe meeting, after questions and answers,voted unanimously to form MEMONBUSINESS COUNCIL and MEMONPROFESSIONAL FORUM.After dinner, the election of InterimExecutive Committee of the Council andthe Forum took place, and the followingmembers were declared as elected for therespective posts in the Council and theForum:Memon Business Council:Mr. Muhammad Ayoub Wali Bumbia,- President,Mr. Muhammad Ali Khandwala,- Vice President,Mr. Muhammad Ikhlaq Memon,- Executive Committee Member,Mr. Mohammed Hanif Ghazipura- Executive Committee Member,Mr. Hanif Qassim Darwarwala- Executive Committee Member.Memon ProfessionalForum:Mr. Ovais Iqbal- Chairman,Mr. Shiraz Suleman- Vice Chairman,Mr. Ali Shaukat- Executive Committee Member,Mr. Zeeshan Qassim- Executive Committee Member,Mr. Muhammad Junaid- Executive Committee Member,Mr. Sarfaraz Sattar- Executive Committee Member.(The Committee will decide about thestrength of Executive Committee Membersi.e. 3 or 4 in their first meeting)All the members presented congratulatedthe newly elected Interim Committee of theCouncil and the Forum.Then the Vice President, Mr. MuhammadAmeen Jangda thanked all the members fortheir keen interest and for the time devotedfor this noble cause.He also mentioned that both the Counciland the Forum will be under the patronageand umbrella of MEMON ASSO-CIATION OF CANADA and memberswill coordinate and will have liaison witheach other. He and the President thankedall the members for success in formationof the Council and the Forum in todaysmeeting. Finally, before the winding upof the meeting Dua was performed by Mr.Qasim Abbas.Dr Nasir Fulara electedun-Opposed President of AIMJFDr. Nasir Haji Younus Fulara, has beenelected un-opposed as the President of AllIndia Memon Jamat Federation. Thereafter,following office bearers were elected toserve AIMJF for the year 2010-2014.PresidentDr. Nasir Haji Yunus Fulara – MumbaiSenior Vice PresidentMrs. Fatimabai Hussain Allana –MumbaiVice Presidents1. Mr. Irfan A. Razzak AllanaMumbai2. Mr. Iqbal A. Hamid Memon (Officer)Mumbai3. Mr. Aziz Mohammed SaitBangalore4. Prof. Sajjad MemonHyderabad5. Dr. Irfan A. FurniturewalaMumbai6. Mr. Salim Yunus FularaSangli7. Mr. Mohammad FaroukMumbai8. Mr. Nakib Haji Arif NooraniSuratHon. General. SecretaryMr. Salim Dawood Agboatwala -MumbaiHon. Joint Secretaries1 - Mr. Ibrahim Hasham Kolsawala (Bababhai)- Mumbai2 – Mr. Aziz Abdul Sattar Machiwala(Mumbai)Asstt. Sr. Vice PresidentMrs. Zaitun Nasir Fulara (Mumbai)Asst. Vice Presidents1. Mr. Zuber Motiwala Aurangabad2. Mr. Sohail Y. Khandwani Mumbai3. Mr. Farook Bhawani Rajkot4. Mr. Gulam Mohammed Mithu Parbhani5. Mr. Haji Bjai Detroliwala Idar6. Mr. A. Rauf Bombaywala Surat7. Mr. Kadar J. Memon Kadi8. Mr. Aziz A. Rehman Nadiadwala BangaloreCommittee Chairman1 - Mr. Mohammed Ali Momin – EstataE-Committee (Mumbai)2 - Dr. A. Gaffar Dabawala – Health CareCommittee (Amreli)3 – Mr. Haji Latif Munshi – SportsCommittee (Bangalore)Chair PersonMrs. Shabana Shehzad Darvesh –Ladies Wing (Mumbai)ConvenerDr. Khalid Essa Memon – ResourceCommittee (Mumbai)MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 21

HISTORYQuaid-e-Azam’sPolitical Struggle andMemon CommunityDr. Ismail Moosa: Associate Prof. (Political Science) Federal Urdu University KarachiThe role of the state of Kathiawar in the political history of sub-continent has been very significant. This state hasthe honor of the fact that two great leaders who changed the political scenario of the sub-continent belonged to thisvery state. There were around 200 independent states in the state of Kathiawar. In those states there was a communitywhose nobles on the one hand played an important role in making Mahatma Gandhi a political leader, on the otherhand supported Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his political struggle. That community is Memon community.The results of elections in 1937 were very disappointing for Muslim League as they faced a humiliating defeat inthem. Though the high ranks in Muslim League were frustrated, Quaid e Azam knew well how to handle turbulenttimes. At this crucial point, Memon community helped Quaid e Azam in every respect and proved that they would sacrificeanything for Quaid e Azam and Muslim League. Since the ancestors of Memon community and Quaid e Azambelonged to the same race, Quaid e Azam had natural affinity with the Memon community. His personal relations withMemon community were such that whenever Muslim League needed funds he always looked to them and the communitynever let him down. In the following article, the relationship between Quaid e Azam and the Memon communitywill be researched so that an important aspect of Quaid e Azam’s personality can be highlighted.The island of Kathiawar is located atthe shore of the Arabian Sea. It is160 miles long and 220 miles wide.Its total area is 22,000 miles square miles.Literal meaning of Kathiawar is ‘home ofKathi caste’.The ancestors of Quaid e Azam werefrom Kathiawar. The part of Gujrat, whichis in the form of an island is called Kathiawar,which once known as Sorashatar.Orthodox Barhiman and old local peoplestill call it Sorashatar. The Arabs called itSorata. The farmers of the thirteenth andfourteenth century who called Kathi settledin one of its parts and started calling itKathiawar meaning ‘cultivation of Kathi’.With the passage of time, the name wasadopted for the whole area. The arrival ofKuch was not a new thing for that place.People from nearby places but also from farflungareas not only used to invade and settlethere, as the place is rich in minerals andbecause the sea near the place are useful forlocal as well as international trade. Therefore,other than different Indian nationspeople from Iraq, Arab, Iran and Toran,Portugal, France and England occupied thisland. Perhaps it is because of its pluralistic22characteristic around 200 memorial statesstill exist in this area.(It has been a very important placein history as lots of heroes from historyand mythology emerged from this place.Dawarka where Krishan). Sadama wholoved Sri Krishan and whose love enjoyedimmortal status was from Poor Bandar.Junagarh produced an immortal poet NarsinhaMitha whose song was sung in everyreligious gathering of Mahatma Gandhieveryday. Dyanand Sarsoti also belonged toKathiawar. This same Dyanand Sarsoti laidthe foundation of Aria society. The famoustemple of Somnaath is also on the sacredland of Kathiawar. The pharaohs etched onthe mountains and rocks of Junagarh andGarnar are still there. Moreover, the sacredmonument of Shatarnajia Gen is locatedhere, which is to them what Banaras is toHindus.If we study the history of the subcontinent,it is interesting to note that inthe independence struggle Quaid e AzamMohammad Ali Jinnah and Mahatma Gandhiare the two leaders who changed thepolitical history of the sub-continent. Bothof them belonged to Kathiawar. MahatmaGandhi was born on October2, 1869 in PorBandar and when he turned with his parentsmigrated to Rajkot where he obtained hisearly education. All these places are locatedin Kathiawar.The second famous personality of thesub-continent was Mohammad Ali Jinnah,who changed the course of history by formingAll India Muslim League and leading it.His ancestors also belonged to Kathiawar.The ancestors of Quaid e Azam arrivedin the state of Gondal a small town namedPaneli. Bombay Presidency governed thestate of Gondal. With the support of BritishEmpire for his loyalty to them, the governmentof Thakur Sahib existed in full grandeur.After the independence war of 1857,whole sub-continent was tainted with bloodof Muslims, but the state of Kathiawar remainedsafe as those states were independentand they did not participate in the warof independence practically.Hindus were in majority in the state ofKathiawar. The Muslims were not morethan 15%. The Memon community wasin majority among those Muslims. TheMemon community belonged to trader classwho embraced Islam in the 15th century.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

HISTORYIn the state of Gondal, the Memon Communitywas in majority and was engaged inpersonal business. Though the economy ofthe state of Gondal was based on agriculture,Quaid e Azam’s father was not anagriculturalist; instead, he had manuallooms whose cloth he sold at shops. Sincethe people of Memon community used todo personal business, Jinnah Poonja hadcordial relationship with them. The feelingof prejudice was natural, due to belongingto the same creed. The common languagekindled nationalism. It should be rememberedthat Quaid e Azam’s, his ancestorsand Memon community’s mother tonguewas Gujrati. Moreover, when Jinnah Poonjaarrived in Karachi from Paneli, Gondal, forbusiness, he preferred to settle in Kharadaras the Memons there were in majority andQuaid e Azam spent his childhood there.It was natural that, the Quaid associatedwith them closely. The relationship betweenQuaid e Azam and Memon community wasindispensable which lasted from his birthuntil his death and can be elucidated in thefollowing:Though Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad AliJinnah was born in Karachi, Bombay hadspecial importance for him. It cannot bedenied that Quaid-e-Azam reached pinnacleof his abilities in Bombay. Quaid-e-Azammoved to Bombay from Karachi as heneeded an ocean to put his hidden talentsinto practice, and Karachi proved to be justas small as a pond for him. That is why hestarted his practical life in Bombay wherehe was registered with Supreme Court asa lawyer on August 24, 1896. The life inBombay was not easy because when hestarted his career; Hindu and Parsi lawyerswere dominating and due to racial and religiousprejudice. It was a daunting task forany Muslim lawyer to emerge at that time.The first three years proved to be terriblydifficult for Jinnah but he had not learnt tosurrender before testing times. He not onlyearned high reputation amongst the peopleof Bombay with his continuous struggle,hard work and passion for his profession,but also was able to connect to the people ofBombay.Memon Community enjoyed a distinctstatus in Bombay; therefore, a Muslimlawyer who spoke their very own languagewas no less than a superior blessing forthem. Hence, they did not let the younglawyer feel isolated and as a result, Quaidwas considered one of the distinguishedmen in Bombay. The suggestions of distinguishedmembers of Memon Communityhad an important place in Quaid’s life. Therelationship between Memon Communityand Quaid-e-Azam grew stronger with thepassage of time and stood the tests of times.Umer Subhani belonged to the Memoncommunity of Bombay. He was a trader andhe was one of the close aides of MohammadAli Jinnah. This can be testified bythe fact that when Quaid e Azam marriedRattan Bai, he signed on the marriage contracton his (Jinnah’s) behalf. Quaid used toconsult him on private matters. He was anactive worker of Muslim league. He was onthe reforms committee, which was formedin the eighth conference of Muslim Leagueheld in Bombay between 30 December and1 January 1916. He joined Muslim Leaguebecause of Quaid e Azam and it was theworkers of Muslim league who struggledshoulder to shoulder with their leader. Thefaith of Quaid e Azam in them showed thatQuaid considered them trustworthy for hispersonal matters. This is not the honor foronly Umer Subhani but for whole Memoncommunity that this great man was a reliablecompanion of Quaid e Azam. (Somehistorians have spelt him Subhani)The second chapter of Quaid’s lifeopened in 1906 when he decided to takepart in politics and became a member of theCongress.Syed Riaz Hasan writes, “In the meetingof the Congress held in 1906, Dadabhoywas its president and Jinnah was his privatesecretary. Soon after that, Mr Jinnah succeededin the circles of the Congress andgot a distinctive status. Though he wasjunior to Rir Firoz Shah, Mehta etc, he wasan emerging leader.” He was an electedmember of imperial legislative council,which was formed because of reforms byMunto Mare in 1910. He attended the meetingof the imperial council for the first timeon January 25, 1910, and quarreled with theViceroy Lord Munto in the very first meeting.Next day, the newspapers expressedappreciation of Quaid-e-Azam’s boldnessand wit in headlines. This incident madeQuaid’s personality an honor for the peopleof Bombay. Quaid-e-Azam belonged toGujrat and his mother tongue was Gujrati.There was a community in Bombay thatbelonged to Gujrat and their language wasGujrati. That was the Gujrati community.The common characteristics of culture,language and literature, social norms andfamily traditions between Quaid-e-Azamand Gujrati community brought themcloser. This relationship, which was formedin 1900, became stronger with the passageof time. Quaid-e-Azam also had cordialrelations with the Memon community thatis why members of the Memon communityremained close to Quaid-e-Azam. Theirrelationship thrived also because the membersof Memon community reciprocatedthe love of Quaid towards them and alwaysremained ready to obey his orders. TheMemon Community of Bombay was closeto Quaid because Quaid has permanent residencein Bombay. The members of MemonCommunity often met the Quaid. HanifManyar narrated about those meetings,“I met Quaid-e-Azam for the first time in1937. At that time a conference of All IndiaMuslim League was about to be held in Luknow.All delegates from Bombay went tohis residence to meet him. I had visited himwith my father quite a few times before. Myfather used to meet him twice or thrice aMEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 23

HISTORYweek. In 1938, Quaid-e-Azam went to offerprayer with my father on the eve of Eid, andwe offered prayer in Shadab Nagar.”This was why the Memon Communitystood shoulder to shoulder with Quaid-e-Azam, when he raised his voice against theunconstitutional and unethical acts of thegovernor Lord Wellington. Quaid-e-Azamshowed no tolerance to any undemocraticorders of any Lord or Governor. WhenGovernor Lord Wellington was about toretire, the blue-eyed people of the governorplanned a banquet in his honor on behalfof the people of Bombay. The plan failedbecause of Quaid-e-Azam’s wisdom. Theway Quaid-e-Azam organized people ona single platform for democracy went intothe annals of history as a huge success.In response, the people of Bombay paidtribute to Quaid and his great success, andannounced to construct ‘Jinnah PeoplesHall’ and erect his statue in a town hall ofBombay. It was because Quaid-e-Azambrought the bureaucracy to its knees whohad humiliated the people. It was decidedto raise funds to acknowledge the greatservices of the Quaid. Everyone would behonored to contribute at least one Rupee tothat fund.The Memon Community generously donatedto this fund, which was a sign of theirconfidence and love for Quaid-e-Azam.Habib Lakhani, narrating the constructionof that hall, writes:‘In 1918, Mr Jinnah opposed a resolutionby weak nationalists and sent his reservationsto Lord Wellington. AppreciatingQuaid’s great move, another Memon leaderUmer Subhani prepared a One-Person One-Rupee fund raising plan and collected oneLac Rupees. A hall dedicated to Mr Jinnahwas made by the name of Peoples JinnahHall which can be seen today in Compoundof Congress House Bombay.’In the way of every movement therecomes a time when it becomes very difficultfor the nobles to continue their struggle. Atthat crucial moment, if the nobles showcourage, the movement can be successful;otherwise, the goal goes out of sight. At thisstage, the behavior of the activists of thatmovement becomes as important as thoseof nobles. In Pakistan Movement, after theelections of 1936-37, a time came whenthe nobles of the movement were worriedbecause the results of the elections werenot encouraging. On the other hand, theCongress secured a great victory. The Congressmenbecame so vainglorious that theyrefused to acknowledge the existence ofthird party in the country. Jawahar Lal Nehru,who was the president of the Congress,went on to say “In India, there are only twoparties: Congress and British Government.”24The target of Nehru’s statement was actuallyMuslim League.Quaid-e-Azam’s reaction was reconciliatory,but the leaders of the Congress wereintoxicated in the victory. Quaid-e-Azam atthat time was the personality who preventedthe Muslim League from disintegration.He expressed his thoughts in the annualmeeting in Lucknow where five thousanddelegates from different areas were hopeless.Quaid-e-Azam developed a new passion inthem. It was decided in that meeting thatthe Muslim League would be organized atprovincial and district levels.To implement this plan the Memon communitycame forward before anyone elseand organized the Muslim League. Firstprimary Muslim League was formed in‘Ward C’ where Memons lived in majorityand Quaid himself was its basic member.This foundational Muslim League alsohad members of Memon Community asits basic members. The important peoplewho presided over it included Ishaq AhmedChaprra, Haji Suleiman Adamjee, QasimUsman Khaandwala. C ward MuslimLeague also had distinction of holding itsfirst meeting and putting up Muslim Leagueflag after its reorganization at district level.Based on good relationship with Quaide-Azam,Memon Community not onlyorganized the Muslims on regional level,but also revived the confidence of leadersand encouraged them on central level.Therefore, when the convention of All IndiaMuslim League was held in Bombay, MemonCommunity made tremendous efforts forits success. They arranged a reception in thehonor of the leaders in which a delegationfrom All India Memon Conference headedby its President Haji Umer Maachiswalaparticipated. On June 5, 1938, another reception,given at Bombay is famous QaisarBagh, was headed by Mr Abdul KarimJan Mohammad Memon. Among othersthe leaders who attended the the receptionincluded Chief Minister of Punjab, SirSikander Hayat, Chief Minister of Bengal,Fazle Haq, Nawab Ahmed Yar Khan, Nizamuddin,Home Minister of Bengal AbdulMateen Chaudhry, Agriculture MinisterAurangzeb Khan, from Frontier LeagueSyed Abdul Rauf Shah and Malik BarkatAl, Seth Abdul Majeed, from Sindh AbdullahHaroon, Mayor of Bombay Sultan Jatoi,Moulana Shoukat Ali, Moulana Zafar AliKhan, President of Memon ConferenceSeth Haji Umer Maachiswala etc.In that reception, other members of theMemon Conference: Mr Abdul GhaniMeghani, Mr Abdul Rahim Marfani andMr Umer Haji Wali Mohammad. TheConsulate of Iraq was also present on theoccasion.After the recitation from the HolyQuran, Memon Chamber of Commerceand Memon Merchant Association gave acombined message, which was read out byAlhaaj Ibrahim Motiwala.Address of welcome:Pride of the nation, Leader of the state,Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah,President of the All India Muslim League,Honorable son of the country and the nation,“It will not be wrong if we call youLeader of the nation and protector ofHindu minority. Who is not aware of yourachievements in politics? Everyone knowsthat 90 million staunch Muslims will followthe policy you have adopted, under yourleadership.You have spent most of your political lifein the Congress, but you have witnessed thefact your Muslim brothers have been deniedtheir rights. Therefore, you have withdrawnfrom the Congress and vowed to organizeyour own nation. The country is passingthrough critical times. Muslims were sunkin ignorance. You have acted like a messiahto wake them up and put into them a newimpetus. We agree with you on the pointthat in order to unite with Hindus, firstMuslims badly need to be united.We belong to the contemporary Memonbusiness community of Bombay. Thoughwe have kept away from politics, we assureyou that we will support you and if we haveto sacrifice our lives to obey your commandwe will not hesitate to do so. Muslims fromevery corner of the country have acceptedyou as their sole leader. Not only Muslimsof Bombay trust you but also Muslims ofwhole India do it. Therefore, we congratulateyou on this achievement and pray toGod that you may live a long life in order toget India freedom and you can witness allMuslims free with your own eyes.We have expressed our affection towardsyou in humble words and presented you themessage’.Your disciples,Haji Abdullah Haji Abdul Ghafoor,President, Memon Chamber of CommerceBombayAbdul Karim Haji Jan Mohammad,President, Memon Merchant Association,Bombay.This address at the reception reflected theemotions of Memon Community. If thatmeeting was called the representative of theMemon Community, it wouldn’t be wrong.As a leader of central level Haji Umer Maachiswalaalong with other notables attendedit, the participation with Quaid-e-Azamproved that the Memon Community wasMEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

HISTORYwith him and had resolved to support himin any form possible. The striking feature ofthat meeting was that Seth Haji Umer Maachiswala(1902-1992) presented the Quaidwith a casket made of silver and a pouchwith Rupees.Seth Umer Maachiswala belonged toDhoraji. He with Mr Haroon Sooriya andMr Aziz Danawala formed ‘KathiyawarMemon Students’ and organized its conference.He played an important in freedomstruggle of Pakistan, especially when Quaidin 1940 came to Dhoraji for press fund,he hosted the Quaid. Speaking to a largegathering at Qaisar Bagh where he wasrepresenting the Memon Community, hesaid ‘Leader of the Nation! I feel elated topresent to you this gift and assure you thatthe Memon Community like their otherMuslim brothers will continue to give youtheir support in term of money and eventheir lives. My Memon Community isextremely happy with your achievements. Iannounce that Memon Community standsshoulder to shoulder with you.’Quaid-e-Azam thanked the nobles of theMemon Community in the following words:“I am pleased to see that a business communitylike the Memon is also taking interestin politics and their step is evidence ofthe fact that whatever the Muslim Leagueis doing is most appropriate. Today everygroup stands firmly with Muslim League.No one has ever presented to me a messageand purse like this. Whatever I do is for therights for the Muslims. I get a feeling fromthe gathering that Muslims agree with thepolicy of the Muslim League. Muslims arenot only supporting the policy of the MuslimLeague but are also willing to sacrificetheir lives and property. We are confidentthat the way we are following is the rightand clear way.”Sir Sikander Hayat, Fazl e Haq and SirAbdullah Haroon also, spoke on the occasionand thanked the Memon Communityfor being loyal and donating money toQuaid-e-Azam, and for playing their partin promoting the political philosophy ofthe Muslim League. Specially Sir AbdullahHaroon who himself belonged to the Communityproudly said ‘it is my nation whoopened this new chapter in Bombay.’ Afterthat, Moulana Zafar Ali Khan (1872-1956)read out a eulogy in the honor of the memonsand received great applause. MoulanaZafar Ali Khan was a fiery speaker, a boldjournalist, great poet of the freedom of thefreedom movement and a companion ofQuaid-e-Azam. Moulana Zafar Ali Khanin this poem not only expressed his feelingsabout the Memon Community, but alsoeluded them to a community, which isblessed by Allah, and in his poem is presentin Baharistan with the title of ‘YateemkhanaKalikat.’ He ignited the passion of theMemon Community and other Muslims.Quaid e Azam was struggling at manyfronts at the same time. He was workinghard to make Muslim League a popularparty among people and he succeeded indoing so to a great extent, but he was awareof the fact that to bring Muslim league’spoint of view to higher authorities. An Englishnewspaper of high quality was neededbecause Hindus had virtual control over thepress at that time, and voicing of Muslimleague’s view was getting difficult. MuslimLeague did not have enough funds to publisha newspaper, therefore Quaid e Azamappealed for collecting funds and stimulatedthe muslims around the country, so thatan independent press can be formed withtheir help. It is pertinent to note here thatthe campaign Quaid e Azam started for thecollection of funds and the place he wentpersonally for the purpose, was a Memonpopulatedarea i.e. the state of Kathiawarand Gujrat. A question arises as to whyQuaid e Azam chose the Memon populatedarea in the sub-continent, when Quaid hadsupporters all over the country.Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnahwas not a shallow politician, instead he isconsidered one those politicians who arewell aware of reaction of every action andwho knew the pulse of the nation. If Quaide Azam had started his campaign in aregion where he would not get desired support,it would have had adverse effects onthe politics of the sub-continent. After thedefeat in 1935, elections that would proveto be a mistake and that would shake thefoundations of the Muslim League. Quaid eAzam selected that region because he knewthat Memon community was a very smallsection of the sub-continent’s population,but their hearts beat with him and they wereever ready to follow him. Due to his affinitywith Memon community, he was confidentthat he would receive an overwhelmingresponse from them. Its concrete evidenceis that he was well received in Rajkot, Gonadal,Dhoraji, Junagarh, Veraval, Vanthali,Mangrol, Manawdar, Bantva, Kutyana,Ranawow, Poorbandar, Uplata, Jeetpur, andeverywhere else Quaid was given a royal receptionwhich endorses his strong relationshipwith Memon community. In his speechat Jeetpur he explained this relationship inthe following words:“The Memon community of Kathiawargave me a lot but more money is needed.Now others should also come forward andplay their part. I have no doubt that if Ilived in Kathiawar for a month, I would beable to generate funds in millions.”During his visit, he collected funds of Rupees50,000, which was almost all given bythe Memon community. He was also ableto generate funds from Ahmedabad, Surat,Bombay and Africa amounting to Rupees2, 50,000. It is not wrong to say Gujratispeakers and Memon community gave thatalmost whole press fund. The fund fromMemon community is an example of theirexalted love for their leader, which is stillunparalleled in the history of the freedom.The Memon community was well awareof the fact that any formula pertaining tothe division of the sub-continent that wouldincorporate Kathiawar, Gujrat, and Bombayin the Islamic state would not be acceptableas the Muslims in those states were notmore than 15%. In addition, these placeswere geographically close to Hindu dominatedareas though, the Memon communitywas still supporting the Muslim League,and the top leadership of the Congress suchas Walabh Bhai Patel was watching themclosely and was trying to win them on theCongress side, and conspired against Muslimsfor this purpose. However, the intellectualsof the Memon community counteredthese machinations. It can be concludedthat this was because of the personality ofQuaid e Azam. The Memon communityconsidered Quaid e Azam a member oftheir community, and Quaid too felt thesame way towards them, therefore Quaid eAzam and Memon community helped eachother strongly. The Quaid e Azam knewthat those states would not become a partof the Islamic state, yet he supported andencouraged them on all occasions. Duringthe fund raising campaign for the presshe announced in his speech at Jetpur thatMemon community should not feel isolatedbecause 90 million Muslims are behindthem. He said:“Kathiawar is a state of that countrywhose princess is good and promotes justicebut their capability of implementation ispoor. During our visit to their land it shouldbe made clear to them that the Muslims ofKathiawar are not alone, in case of any actof cruelty on them all Muslims of the subcontinentwill not stay silent. Now Muslimswill not live like the oppressed as the sun ofoppression has set”.The thoughts of Quaid-e-Azam reflecthis love and relationship with the MemonCommunity because Quaid-e-Azamreciprocated their love and respect withequal vehemence. On August 21, 1945, theViceroy announced the new elections forcentral and provincial legislative bodies sothat the claims of the Congress and MuslimLeague could be verified. Muslim Leaguewas contesting these elections to prove theirclaim of representing the Muslims of Indiaand to prove the demand of the people forMEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 25

HISTORYPakistan. The Congress tried to defeat theMuslim League to disprove the representativestatus. Hence, the Congress solidifiedits contacts with unimportant non-MuslimsLeague groups such as Momins, Ehrari,Shia Conference and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.In Punjab Uniset Party, in Sindh G MSyed Group, in Frontier leftists dominatedwho were the supporters of the Congressand bitterly against the Muslim League. Inthose circumstances, it was necessary forQuaid-e-Azam to monitor the elections inthe sub-continent himself. Therefore, it wasimpossible for him to organize the publicopinion in his own constituency. The Congresstried to defeat and deprived the Quaidof representing his constituency so that hecould not claim the leadership of Muslims.Because the voters of his own constituencywill have rejected him, so he will have nomoral grounds left to claim the leadershipof Muslim nation. Under those conditions,the elections of 1945 proved to be aformidable challenge for Quaid-e-Azam.On the one hand, he had to bring his partysuccess; on the other hand, he had to winhimself. Since 1909, Quaid had winningwithout contest. In Bombay, Muslims hadthree seats for the first five years, and twofor the next two years. In 1945 elections,Muslims had two seats. As usual, for oneseat, Quaid was contesting and for the otheran important leader of Memon CommunityAhmed E H Jaffer was given the ticket. TheCongress by a scheme brought the Presidentof All India Shia Committee Hussain Laljito contest with Quaid-e-Azam. Quaid dueto important engagements was not able toconcentrate on elections. A crusader of BaluchistanFreedom Movement Fazal AhmedGhazi noted the situation as an activist ofQuaid in the following words:“Narrating an incident of elections Ghazisahib (Fazal Ahmed Ghazi) told that hehad gone to Bombay for Quaid’s work. Theconstituency of Bombay from where theQuaid was contesting, Congress and JamiatUlema Hind brought Hussain Bhai Lalji forcompetition. One day Quaid said that hewould come there on the day of elections asFrontier needed me most. We said that yourelection is vital for the movement therefore,your stay in Bombay is important. He saidthat my strength lies in ‘you’ the youth. Heasked us to go to voters and explain to themwhat Pakistan is. What loss the Muslimswould have to face with India united. Heleft for Peshawar after giving us instructionsand we started working in his constituency.”The peculiarity of the elections in Britishrule was that only those people had a rightto vote who had certain property. The poorMuslims who gathered under the flag ofMuslim League were not allowed to vote.26Memon Community was a prosperouscommunity of Bombay and their majorityhad the right to vote. They had particularaffinity with Quaid so they passionatelysupported him. Memon Community wasvery active during the elections. In that era,following Memon notables held position inMuslim League at provincial level.Noor Mohammad AhmedSecretary, 1940-43Noor Mohammad AhmedTreasurer, 1943-45Yousuf MaldinaSecretary, 1945Abu Bakar Abdul RehmanTreasurer, 1939-43Noor Mohammad Ahmed popularlyknown as Haji Noor Mohammad Urswala(1928-1996) created passion while workingin C Ward as representative of the Federation.On the day of elections, he performedhis duties at the polling station of AnjumanIslamic High School whole day along withKhatri Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar and otherinfluential leaders of the Muslim League.Other Memon leaders with toil and hardwork of day and night maintained communicationwith voters, because according tolaw Memon voters were in majority in thatconstituency. Even Memon women alsoplayed a vital role along with men for thevictory of Quaid.S Maqsood Hasan writes:“Similarly when Quaid became a candidatefor the central assembly in a constituency inBombay, Muslim female students gave theirvaluable services and till his victory workedvery hard along with Muslim men andwomen. Ms Ansa Gul Bano Hussain, MsMeher Bano Vishram (Memon), Ms FatimaBai (Memon), Ms Zeenat Bai (Memon) areamong other prominent names who fromelection campaign till vote count struggledand worked very hard. Due to their toiland hard work Quaid-e-Azam won withoverwhelming majority.”Independent candidate Hussain Lalji,who was supported by Congress and Hindubenefactors, was contesting from both theseats. In the second constituency, he wascontesting with Ahmed E H Jaffery. Hebelonged to Memon Community and hehad close association with Quaid-e-Azam.When Hussain Lalji was sure of his defeat,he manipulated a conspiracy and hypocrisy.Ahmed E H Jaffery unearthed the conspiracyand said,“In 1945 elections, there were two seatsin Bombay. From one seat, Quaid wascontesting and from the other I was giventhe ticket. As usual, Hussain Lalji independentlycontested from both the seat with thesupport of Congress and Hindus. The sentme a message: withdraw or take 5 to 10 lacrupees if I you want to. However, I refused.The purpose was if withdrew from that seat,Quaid would be compelled to give the ticketof Muslim League to Hussain Lalji, andLalji would contest independently.”Ahmed E H Jaffer (1909-1990) belongedto the state of Kutch and his ancestorshad settled in Bombay for trade. UsuallyMemon Community was considered asworshippers of wealth. Nevertheless, thesituation and historical facts denied that.It was proven by the fact that refused bribeamounting to Rs 5 to 10 lac Rupees byAhmed Jaffer equals to billions of Rupeestoday. When Hussain Lalji saw his schemefailing, he negotiated with the Quaid aboutwhich Ahmed Jaffer writes:“One day the Quaid called me and saidthat look Ahmed, Hussain Bhai is so greedyand shameless person. He came to meand said that Mr Jinnah I should ask you(Ahmed Jaffer) to withdraw in my favor,and in return, I would withdraw in yourfavor so that you (Quaid) could be electedwithout competition. Quaid told HussainLalji that he was ready to waste one seatof Muslim League for the sake of winningwithout competition. Quaid scoldedhim and told him clearly to get out. Thisincident increased his respect in my eyes.He never compromised on the benefit ofMuslim League.”The whole sub-continent was focusing onthe elections of this constituency: pen ofHindu press, lockers of Hindu businesspersons,and the politics of Congress were fullysupporting Husain Lalji. It created a fakeenvironment of competition. The notablesof Muslim League were also engaged inthe practical field. The notables includedRaja Sahib Mehmoodabad, I.I. Chandigarh,Ahmed Jaffer, Haji Noor MohammadUrswala, Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah wererunning the election campaign in Quaid’sabsence (Quaid was visiting Frontier).Memon Community was wholeheartedlyworking with these notables of Bombay.Hussain Lalji could sense his defeat. Conspiratorsbecame active again and conspiredto change the election results. MukhtarZimn writes ‘One day before elections,supporters of Lalji got a rumor published inevening dailies that Sir Aga Khan instructedthe Ismaili sect to vote for Lalji. It was anunethical act yet dangerous. Sir Aga Khanwas living in Delhi those days. Mr Habib IbrahimRehmatullah (he was close associateand supporter of Quaid) immediately contactedSir Aga Khan on the phone. Sir AgaKhan not only denied that but also appealedto his Ismaili sect to vote for Quaid. Thestatement of Sir Aga Khan was immediatelypublished in a pamphlet by muslim studentsand distributed it amongst the voters on theMEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

HISTORYday of polling.’All conspiracies failed and Quaid-e-Azamwon gloriously. On the other seat, Laljee gota humiliating defeat in the hands of AhmedJaffer. On both the seats, Laljee had his baillost. About the election competition, A ARauf says:“It wasn’t a competition. It was a competitionbetween a rat and a monster but Laljeewas playing his every card. Nationalistnewspapers were publishing his biographyand his big photographs and were projectinghim as a biggest protector of the interestsof Shias. However, result? He got only 127votes and had his bail cancelled. Lalji facedthe same humiliation in the southern divisionof Bombay where he was contestingagainst Ahmed Jaffer.’All India Muslim League not onlywon those two seats but also had 30 seatsreserved out of 102 in the central assembly.It was the first example in the constitutionalhistory where any party grabbed 100 percent seats. In Mr Liaquat Ali Khan’s, viewwho was General Secretary of All IndiaMuslim League it was the most gloriousvictory of a political part in any country, inany era.A disciple of founder of Khaaksar TehreekRafiq Sabir attacked Quaid-e-Azamon July26, 1943. The accused wanted tokill Quaid-e-Azam, but fate did not. TheMemon Community was grieved by thisincident, but when Quid-e-Azam recoveredThe Memon Trade Association Bombay,celebrated his well-being by organizing anevent in his honor.This event was held in Bombay on October14, 1943, in which the Memon Communityexpressed unity with Quaid-e-Azam.Quaid addressing the gathering said:“I don’t want to go into the details of theattack, because the case is subjudiced in thecourt. However, I would like to tell you thatthe threats or attacks on him cannot changehis faith. Swords of killers cannot resolvethe problems we are facing. This reality isthe reiteration of the fact which was announcedby Quran 1300 years ago, whichshould be the foundation of every muslim’sfaith and action i.e. ‘AL Akarah fidding.’ ”The reception by Memon Board ofTraders was the evidence of their devotionto Quaid. The reception was attended byMemon Community and showed confidencein the manifesto of Muslim League.Memon Chamber of Commerce was aneconomic platform whose basic purposewas to protect the interests of its members.However, the platform had special linkwith Quaid-e-Azam and he too carried lovefor it. The members of Memon Chamberof Commerce were always ready tosacrifice for Quaid-e-Azam. On 1945-46elections, the funds given by the Chamberin particular were appreciable. After thecentral elections, Sardar Bhai Patel issueda statement from Ahmedabad challengingMuslim League that there was limitednumber of voters in the central assemblytherefore Muslim League could not claim tobe the sole representative party of Muslims.For legislation, we are presenting Muslimcandidates and will be putting up great oppositionto Muslim League. Muslim Leagueaccepted the challenge wholeheartedly. Inresponse to the challenge given by SardarBhai Patel, Muslim Chamber of CommerceBombay invited Quaid-e-Azam to its meetingand gave one lac twenty-seven thousandrupees to him. Quaid-e-Azam replied, “Sir,you have shown full confidence in MuslimLeague and Pakistan with this donation ofone lac twenty-seven thousand rupees. I amimmensely pleased by your passion.”The patronage and love of Quaid-e-Azamfor Memon Chamber of Commerce formeda political forum. Therefore, Quaid-e-Azamdevised his strategy, particularly when theywere approaching the goal of Pakistan, onthis platform. Addressing a gathering ofMemon Chamber of Commerce on March27, 1947 Quaid said ‘I firmly believe thatthese two nations will live in Pakistan togetherlike friends and Hindus and Muslimsliving in Pakistan and India will tell theworld that India is only for Indians.’I am pondering over a number of educational,economic and social progress plans.I think there is no other way for Muslimtraders but to create economic organizationat any cost so that Muslims can patronizeadventures like Tata industry. They shouldalso open industrial and educational institutionsfor the welfare of Muslims. We needto organize our nation. Other nations mightcall it competition or see this organizationas a sectarian step. These nations have beenliving for centuries and will continue to livein future too.On 22 December 1946, the Memon Communityof Karachi arranged a reception inthe honor of Quaid e Azam in which Quaide Azam said ‘I feel immensely pleased to beinvited to a reception given by the Memoncommunity of trade community. I knowthat Memon is a brave community. Thisintellectual community has encouraged mesincerely and clearly in the planning of Pakistan.I feel looking at posters around methat you people have made a lot of progressrapidly. I also have a feeling that you haveadopted the principle of Lahore Declarationbefore it is passed.’After that Quaid e Azam suggested toMemon community to come over to Pakistan’splace Sindh to settle down. He said:“I would like to say a few words to yourcommunity. The real people of Sindh likeyou have spread in and outside India andhave earned prestige. However, you haveforgotten your homes and I fear that yourirresponsibility towards your home will dryup the roots. The doors of vast fields areopen to you. The Sukkur barrage and itsconnected canal need your attention. Tobring prosperity to you and your generationsto come, and for your economic autonomythe vast plains here are waiting for you.Therefore, in short my suggestion to thosewho have left their homes is to come back.Hopefully every rich Memon would followmy advice.”Quaid e Azam’s advice to Memon community,to come back, showed that he haddeep insight into their history. He knew thatMemon community’s natural relationship isconnected to this area; therefore, he invitedthem to settle down in their homeland. Theresearcher in his research has concludedthat Memon community was the onlycommunity of sub-continent, which waspersonally invited by Quaid e Azam to helpPakistan’s economy grow. I have no otherincident in my knowledge in which Quaid eAzam made a direct invitation to any othercommunity to come to Pakistan. It washis deep love for Memon community thatmade him do so. In response, the Memoncommunity migrated to Pakistan and playedtheir role in establishing strong economy inPakistan.Quaid-e-Azam had special relations withthe intellectuals of the Memon community.He not only used to take advice fromthem but also enjoyed cordial family termswith them. Be it sir Abdullah Haroon fromSindh, Usman Eisa Bhai Advocate fromRajkot, Sir Adamjee , Ahmed E H Jaffer,Quaid e Azam had direct relations withthem. He always took advice from themon every matter. In this connection Quaide Azam had special relations with SirAdamjee. The struggle and sacrifices madeby Sir Adamjee are important enough to bewritten in golden words in history. In addition,he had exemplary relations with SirAbdullah Haroon and other intellectuals.Quaid e Azam discussed every matter withthem and took valuable advice from them.He followed their advice after thorough discussions.Highlighting this aspect E H Jaffernarrates an incident from his life.“On the occasion of my sister’s weddingI made a special request to Quaid e Azamto come over which he accepted. On the decideddate Quaid e Azam arrived at sharp 5o’ clock. Liaquat Ali Khan, Raja GhazanfarAli Khan with other cabinet members werealso present. I had not invited more than 60to 70 people as per Quaid e Azam’s instruction.Next day Quaid e Azam reached theMEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 27

HISTORYparty with Ms Fatima Jinnah at sharp 7 o’clock. At that time, no guest had arrivedexcept the family members. Quaid e Azamon his arrival met everyone gladly and leftat 7:30. Usually people arrive late in parties.Photographer had not arrived too. I apologizedfor it. He said, ‘what happened? Wecan take the photographs when you come tomy home”.Quaid e Azam usually avoided personalparties but it was his immense love forMemon community that he not only wouldaccept the invitations but also felt elated.This shows there was a special affinitybetween him and the community.The foundation of Quaid e Azam’s relationshipwith the Memon community stoodon common creed, common language,common culture, common interests andcommon objectives. Hence Memon communityconsidered Quaid e Azam a member ofthe community, Quaid e Azam consideredMemon community his own community,and no other community was fortunateenough to get this honor.Conclusion:Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnahwas a great leader of South Asia who knewwell how to change the currents of history.Muslims of every region of South Asiawere spellbound in his love. They tookevery word from his mouth as a command.The nobles of Memon Community had thehonor of being with him not only in politicalmatters, but also had a say in his familymatters. It is pertinent to mention that theplaces where Memon Community was settled,they were independent states and theycould not become a part of an independentIslamic state, because Muslim populationwas no more that 15 per cent. Nevertheless,this community rendered its due oftheir relationship and sacrificed their livesand money for him. Memon Communitywas considered a prosperous communityof South Asia. Their standard of living wasvery high, and the states where they weresettled were monetarily content and prosperouse.g. the total population of Bhawalnagarwas 6, 18,429. There were 92% hindus and8% Muslims and the total area of the statewas 2,961 square miles and revenue was Rs.1, 36, 69, 571 per annum.Jamnagar consisted of 5 lac 4 thousandand six people and annual revenue was 98lac Rupees and the area was 3, 791 squaremiles. The state used to pay tax amountingto Rs. 1 lac 20 thousand 93. Its princewas given an honor of 21 cannon fire.Rajkot had the population of one lacand thirty thousand and it was spread on283 square miles of area. Its annual revenuewas 15 lac and its prince was given28an honor of 9 cannon fire.Urinder consisted of 1, 46, 648 people;it covered an area of 643 square miles andthe annual revenue was approximately Rs.33 lac and 58 thousand and its prince wasgiven an honor of 13 cannon fire.Gondal was the best example of a welfarestate. The prince of Gondal was therichest prince in Kathiyawar. Educationwas the responsibility of the government.Its women were also educated and hadawareness. It had 2, 67, 051 people out ofwhich there were 18% Muslims and wasspread over 1180 square miles and had theannual income of Rs. 60 lac. The princewas given an honor of 11 cannon fire.The specialty of Morby was that it hadits own personal railway tracks, whichwere 133 miles long and a separate tramservice. 60% people had the facility ofpost office. There were 20 GPOs. 40%people had the facility of telephone. Thepopulation of the state was 1, 41817 andwas spread on 1, 072 square miles, andannual revenue was Rs. 81 lac, 29 thousand,66. Its prince was given an honor of11 cannon fire.These examples amply prove that thesestates were prosperous and their citizenswere living, contended and peaceful lives.However, the role they played in the PakistanMovement was appreciable in respectto their amiable relationship with theQuaid. This is the point in history, whichhas been hidden from researchers. It isnecessary to spread awareness among newgeneration about the achievements of theMemon Community so that patriotism canbe kindled in their hearts and they can beproud of their ancestors’ glorious achievements.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYComputer–User Interface30Acomputer interface is the pointof contact between a person andan electronic computer. Today’sinterfaces include a keyboard, mouse, anddisplay screen. Computer user interfacesdeveloped through three distinct stages,which can be identified as batch processing,interactive computing, and the graphicaluser interface.Early computing machines used punchcards as a method to input instructions tobe calculated. Punch-card technology wasused during the first half of the twentiethcentury for business machines and it wasapplied to early computers. The ENIAC(electronic numerical integrator and computer),developed between 1943 and 1945 atthe Moore School of Electrical Engineeringat the University of Pennsylvania, usedpunch card technology and was the firstelectronic computer. Human operatorssupplied instructions to the ENIAC onpunched cards and then waited for the results.For the following two decades, punchcards were the main input devices forcomputer–user interfaces. In the postwarera, new types of interactive computer userinterfaces were invented. The Technologiesrequired to enable people to interactivelyoperate a computer were first developedin American government-funded projects,such as the SAGE (semi-automatic groundenvironment) air defense system, basedon MIT’s Whirlwind Computer. ProjectSAGE introduced magnetic core memoryas a method of information storage toreplace punched cards. Additionally,SAGE designers wrote software to run thecomputer’s CRT (cathode-ray tube) thatdisplayed information to human operators.The system converted radar informationinto pictures generated on the CRT and operatorscould select information by pointingto a computer-generated target with alight pen. This type of interactive interfacewas further advanced by Ivan Sutherland’sSketchpad project. In 1962, Sketchpad introducedthe concept of computer graphicsby enabling an operator to create sophisticatedvisual models on a display screenthat resembled a television set. Operatorscreated models by putting informationinto the computer with a light pen andkeyboard. Computer-generated drawingswere immediately updated on the screen asdifferent commands were selected.Sketchpad was part of a new movementthat examined how users interacted withcomputers. ‘‘Human–computer interaction’’(HCI) is a term used to describe thepsychology of how people interact anduse computers. HCI combines computerscience, psychology and ergonomics tocreate software to be used as part of thecomputer–user interface. The study of HCIhas led to the development of computersystems that are easier to use. Ergonomics,or human factors, is the study ofapplying psychology to interface designto make computers easier to operate andunderstand. As computers became moreinteractive, the ergonomic features ofinterface design advanced to the point atwhich average people could easily operatethem. A pioneer in developing interactivecomputing was Douglas C. Engelbart.While working at the Stanford ResearchLaboratory in the 1960s, Engelbart createdmany of the tools that are commonly usedwith today’s personal computers, includingthe mouse, graphical interfaces, hypertext,multiple windows, and teleconferencing.Engelbart’s system, the ‘‘augmentsystem,’’ replaced the light pen with amouse. The original mouse was a smallinput device in the shape of a box withhidden wheels. As the mouse rolled on aflat surface the wheels signaled a cursor orsymbol displayed on the computer screen.Engelbart’s augment system interactivelydisplayed text, graphics, and video images.Computer commands were input througha keyboard, mouse, and five-finger keyset.In December 1968,Engelbart and his teamdemonstrated his vision of interactivecomputing at the Association for ComputerMachinery/Institute of Electrical EngineersFall Joint Computer Conference inSan Francisco. Sitting in the audience wasa young computer scientist named AlanKay.In the early 1970s, Kay (along with membersof Engelbart’s team) joined the newlyestablished Xerox Palo Alto ResearchCenter (PARC). The PARC researchersdeveloped the hardware and software necessaryfor the next generation of computer–user interfaces, which included pictures,windows, and menus. At Xerox PARC,researchers designed and built a newcomputer system called the Alto, whichhad enough power to drive a full-screengraphical image. The Alto used bitmaptechnology that created a one-to-one correspondencebetween the picture elementson the screen and the bits in the computer’smemory. Bitmapping enables users to scaleletters and mix text and graphics togetheron a display screen. The Alto’s text-editingsoftware added a new feature called ‘‘whatyou see is what you get’’ (WYSIWYG).Images displayed on the screen visuallyresembled the computer-generated informationoutput on a printed page. These newtechnological developments enabled PARCresearchers to invent the WIMP interface.WIMP interfaces incorporate windows,icons, a mouse, and pull-down menusinto a visual interface design. Kay and histeam further enhanced the WIMP designby transforming it into the graphical userinterface (GUI). GUIs enable computerusers to execute commands by pointingand clicking on icons. The icons displayedon the screen resemble familiar officeobjects such as file folders, file cabinets,and in-mail and out-mail baskets. Objectsdisplayed on the screen are manipulatedwith a mouse and the screen’s work areametaphorically represents a desktop.PARC’s GUI added the desktop metaphorto computer–user interfaces.In 1979, after seeing a demonstrationof the Xerox PARC technology, SteveJobs saw the possibility of using graphicalinterfaces to make computers more‘‘user-friendly.’’ He applied PARC technologyto the Macintosh and it becamethe first commercially successful GUI. In1984, Apple advertised the Macintosh as a‘‘userfriendly’’ system that easily enabledaverage people to operate a computer. TheMacintosh also popularized the desktopmetaphor developed at PARC. Followingthe success of the Macintosh interface, anumber of different companies introducedgraphical and WIMP-styled interfaces,including International Business Machines(IBM), Digital Research, and Commodore.However, the most successful GUI wasMicrosoft Windows, which still dominatesthe interface marketplace. Currently, GUIshave become the most popular methodof computer–user interaction. Today’sgraphical interfaces support additionalmultimedia features, such as streamingaudio and video. In GUI design, every newsoftware feature introduces more icons intothe process of computer– user interaction.Presently, the large vocabulary of iconsused in GUI design is difficult for usersto remember, which creates a complexityproblem. As GUIs become more complex,interface designers are adding voice recognitionand intelligent agent technologies tomake computer user interfaces even easierto operate.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYFour things you probably neverKnew your mobile phone could do!There are a few things that can bedone in times of grave emergencies.Your mobile phone canactually be a life saver or anemergency tool for survival. Check out thethings that you can do with it:FIRST EmergencyThe Emergency Number worldwide for allMobile Phones is 112. If you find yourselfout of the coverage area of your mobilenetwork and there is an emergency, dial 112and your mobile will search any existingnetwork in your area to establish the emergencynumber for you, and interestinglythis number 112 can be dialled even if thekeypad is locked. This works on all phonesworldwide and is free. It is the equivalentof 000.SECONDHave you locked your keys in the car?Does your car have remote keyless entry?This may come in handy someday. Goodreason to own a cell phone:If you lock your keys in the car and thespare keys are at home, call someone athome on their mobile phone from your cellphone.Hold your cell phone about a foot fromyour car door and have the person at yourhome press the unlock button, holding itnear the mobile phone on their end.Your car will unlock. Saves someone fromhaving to drive your keys to you. Distance isno object. You could be thousands of milesaway, and if you can reach someone whohas the other ‘remote’ for your car, you canunlock the doors (or the trunk).Editor’s Note: I didn’t believe this whenI heard about it! I rang my daughter inSydney from Perth when we went on holiday.She had the spare car key. We tried itout and it unlocked our car over a mobilephone!’THIRDHidden Battery PowerTo activate, press the keys *3370# (rememberthe asterisk). Do this when the phoneis almost dead. Your mobile will restartin a special way with this new reserve andthe instrument will show a 50% increase inbattery life. This reserve will get re chargedwhen you charge your mobile next time.This secret is in the fine print in mostphone manuals. Most people however skipthis information without realizing.FOURTHHow to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?To check your Mobile phone’s serialnumber, key in the following digits on yourphone: * # 0 6 # Ensure you put an asteriskBEFORE the #06# sequence.A 15 digit code will appear on the screen.This number is unique to your handset.Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.If your phone ever get stolen, you canphone your service provider and give themthis code. They will then be able to blockyour handset so even if the thief changesthe SIM card, your phone will be totallyuseless.You probably won’t get your phone back,but at least you know that whoever stole itcan’t use/sell it either. If everybody donethis, there would be no point in people stealingmobile phones..This secret is also in the fine print of mostmobile phone manuals. It was created forthe very purpose of trying to prevent phonesfrom being stolen.Also -ATM PIN Number Reversal -Good to Know !!If you should ever be forced by a robberto withdraw money from an ATM machine,you can notify the police by enteringyour PIN # in reverse. For example, ifyour pin number is 1234, then you wouldput in 4321. The ATM system recognizesyour PIN number is backwards from theATM card you placed in the machine. Themachine will still give you the money yourequested, but unknown to the robber, thepolice will be immediately dispatched to thelocation.All ATM’s carry this emergency sequencerby law.This information was recently broadcast onby Crime Stoppers however it is seldom usedbecause people just don’t know about it.Please pass this along to everyone.This is the kind of information peopledon’t mind receiving, so pass it on to yourfamily and friends.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 31

THOUGHT PROVOKINGAre Plastic Bags Harmingthe Environment?“Paper or plastic?” Nearly every timesomeone buys groceries, he or she isasked this question. The answer is notas easy as it may seem. According toenvironmentalists, plastic bags and paper bagsboth have drawbacks.Plastic bags are everywhere. According tothe Virginia-based American Plastics Council,80 percent of groceries are packed in plasticbags.“The numbers are absolutely staggering,”said Vincent Cobb, a businessperson fromChicago who launched reusablebags.com. Henotes that consumers use between 500 billionand 1 trillion plastic bags per year worldwide.Plastic bags can be found in landfills, stuckon trees, and floating in the ocean.What is the effect of all of these bags? Someexperts say that they harm the environment.Plastic bags can take hundreds of years tobreak down. As they break down, they releasepoisonous materials into the water and soil.Plastic bags in the ocean can choke andstrangle wildlife. Endangered sea turtles eatthe bags and often choke on them—probablybecause the bags look like jellyfish, the mainfood of many sea turtles.In fact, floating plastic bags have been spottedas far north as the Arctic Ocean to as farsouth as the southern end of South America.One expert predicts that within ten years, plasticbags will wash up in Antarctica!Despite these negative effects, plastic bags dohave some advantages.“Plastic grocery bags are some of the mostreused items around the house,” explainedLaurie Kusek of the American Plastics Council.Plastic bags hold school lunches, line trashcans, and serve as gym bags. These uses decreaseplastic bag waste.According to the Film and Bag Federation,a trade group within the Society of Plastics Industry,paper bags use more energy and createmore waste than plastic bags.Plastic bags require 40 percent less energy toproduce than paper bags and cause 70 percentless air pollution, the group explained. Plus,plastic bags release as much as 94 percent lesswaste into the water.Paper bags do, however, break down morequickly than plastic bags. They also don’tstrangle wildlife.What, then, should people do?While some experts have argued for placinga tax on plastic bags, others worry that the taxwould cause people who make plastic bags tolose jobs. Some people also worry that makingplastic bags more expensive (through taxes)would increase landfill waste because storeswould start using paper bags again.Another possible solution would be to usebiodegradable plastic bags, a technology thathas recently improved. “Biodegradable” meansthat the bags naturally break down, like, forexample, a banana peel does when you leave itoutside. Perhaps the simplest solution for now,however, is to pack groceries in reusable bags,such as cloth tote bags.Plastic in the HomeNo material has ever changed the appearanceof the home as much as plastics havedone and it is not only appearance buttheir resistance to wear and their easy-carecharacteristics which have altered everyone’sway of domestic life. The word, whichderives from the Greek plastikos, meaning‘that which may be moulded, describestheir quality of being easily shaped to anyrequired form. The development of plasticstook place rapidly in the years since 1920.In the modern home a very wide rangeof plastics is in use for a great variety ofpurposes. Three types which particularlyserve domestic needs are polyvinylchloride(PVC), polyethylene and polystyrene andeach of these may be found in differentforms which meet different needs. Forexample, PVC (often called simply vinyl)may be manufactured to be rigid or flexible,thin or thick, transparent or opaque. Therigid type is suited to the making of structuralparts such as piping and guttering; itis also used for making gramophone discs.Vinyl floor tiles or soles for footwear aremanufactured from a more flexible version.A softer type is used for a wide range ofgoods from furnishing fabrics and garmentsto wallpaper and hosepipes. TransparentPVC provides the wrapping film used for amultitude of purposes in the kitchen.There are two chief types of polyethylene—morecommonly known as polythene.An early type was produced as long ago asthe 1930s, when it was manufactured intosheets of fairly heavy wrapping material. Highdensity polythene was developed in the 1950s.This is heavier and more rigid and has provedmost suitable for making a range of usefulcontainers such as buckets, large bowls anddustbins.Polystyrene appears in three chief forms inthe home. There is the toughened type whichlines refrigerators, the clear but strong andrigid type made into moulded containers foreggs, butter, salads etc. and expanded polystyrene,which is a lightweight foam ideal for abroad range of goods from moulded packagingto ceiling tiles.A more recent development is the useof glass fibre as a reinforcement for plastic.Polyester is ideal for this purpose and thiscombination of materials has made the useof plastics possible for heavy, structural partsof a house as well as for articles such as watertanks.Apart from all these widely used plasticsthere are others of particular assistance inthe kitchen. The development of non-stickcookware has been made possible by theuse of polytetrafluorethylene, generally abbreviatedto PTFE, which is inert to a widerange of chemicals and is also resistant tosunlight and to moisture. Polypropylene is arigid thermoplastic which is highly resistantto liquids and solvents, so is used extensivelyfor kitchenware of all kinds as well asgarden equipment such as wheelbarrows.Elsewhere in the house melamine resins aremade into unbreakable tableware and phenolicresins into electrical fittings. Carpetsare backed with polyurethane foam. Lastlythere is the extensive range of synthetictextiles manufactured into garments andfurnishings fabrics, dating from the first productionof nylon by Du Pont of America in1938, after eleven years of research costing$27 million, to the later numerous varietiesof polyester and acrylic fibres marketedunder the plethora of different trade namesadopted by their countries of manufacture.MEMON ALAM JUNE2011 33

THOUGHT PROVOKINGCancer treatment isabout making money….The article below is absolutely 100%true and as a doctor I have beentelling people this for 15 yearsnow. No one wants to listen. Folks needto wake up. Cancer treatment is aboutmaking money. It is a 120 billion dollar ayear industry in the United States aloneand estimated to be a 600 billion dollara year industry worldwide. A successfulcancer case according to the AmericanCancer Society and the American Collegeof Oncology and Hematology means thatthe person survives for 5 years. Both theAmerican Cancer Society and the AmericanCollege of Oncology and Hematologyadmit that a person is likely to survivecancer for 7 to 10 years even if they doabsolutely NOTHING. Of course, onlythe doctors get those magazines - not you,the cancer patient.Alternative medicine’s track record ofcuring cancer is 10 times higher than thatof conventional medicine. Note that I sayCURE.Remember another thing. A TUMORis just a symptom. It is not the cause ofcancer. Science is cause and effect. Removethe cause and the effect disappears.I am in my third battle with cancer rightnow. I have not done any chemotherapyor radiation or surgery for any of mybouts with cancer. I survived leukemia, Isurvived Non Hodgkins Lymphoma andnow I have Glioblastoma which is supposedlyan incurable form of brain cancer.I was given two months to live 5 monthsago. I have been using Chinese herbs,high doses of vitamin C, acupuncture,chiropractic, homeopathy and nutritionalchanges. Yes, at first it got worse. It hadmetastasized to my lymph nodes, mylungs and my bones. As of this week, Iam happy to say that there is no evidencenow of any cancer in my lymph systemor my bones. I had 6 tumors in my lungs,now there are only two. The tumors inmy brain have shrunken tremendously. Inever did any of their chemo, radiation orsurgery. Here is a very interesting statisticthat you can only have access to by beinga doctor. Every year more than 1,000doctors oncologists (cancer doctors) are34diagnosed with cancer. Less than 10% ofthem choose to do the treatment that theyhave been giving to their patients. Sortof like the fact that less than 25% of allpediatricians vaccinate their own childrenbecause of the fact that the risk of suddendeath or serious side effects from the vaccinationis higher than the risk of catchingthe disease one is being vaccinated for.This is not bullshit people - it is truth.Medicine is about money, not about yourhealth and the system traps people, especiallythe elderly, disabled and poor into adeadly treatment regime that puts them inan early grave. Meanwhile, all the jet setbillionaires are flying off to Europe andpaying big bucks for alternative treatmentsand getting cured.Does alternative medicine work all thetime? No. Of course not. Nothing worksall the time. But there is a reason for that.You don’t die until it’s your time to die.Nothing can make you live longer thanthat time. However quality of life comesinto play. Those cancer patients who usealternative therapies for their cancer, yetstill die from the illness, suffer a muchhigher quality of life. They die able tospend time with their families and evenrecognize their family members. Theydon’t become emaciated like those who dochemotherapy or radiation do and rarelyis a person who goes under the treatmentof chemotherapy able to recognizeanyone for the last few days of their lives.Their bodies become ravaged to the pointthat you can’t even recognize them either.They suffer at a much much higher rateand they have one let down after anotheras doctors tell them, ahhh - it’s lookinggood, only to tell them on the next visitit’s looking worse, you need more chemoand radiation.What is criminal about this is thatYOUR DOCTORS KNOW THIS SHIT.I took an oath as a physician. I havealways followed it. That has certainlynot made me successful financially as adoctor because I have consistently refusedto go along with conventional medicine’sbullshit.Read the message below carefully. Itmay indeed make a difference in your life.AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEO-PLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLYWAY TO TRY (‘TRY’, BEING THEKEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CAN-CER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLYSTARTING TO TELL YOU THERE ISAN ALTERNATIVE WAY.Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :1. Every person has cancer cells in thebody. These cancer cells do not showup in the standard tests until they havemultiplied to a few billion. When doctorstell cancer patients that there areno more cancer cells in their bodiesafter treatment, it just means the testsare unable to detect the cancer cellsbecause they have not reached thedetectable size.2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to morethan 10 times in a person’s lifetime.When the person’s immune system isstrong the cancer cells will be destroyedand prevented from multiplyingand forming tumors.3. When a person has cancer it indicatesthe person has nutritional deficiencies.These could be due to genetic, but alsoto environmental, food and lifestylefactors.4. To overcome the multiple nutritionaldeficiencies, changing diet to eat moreadequately and healthy, 4-5 times /day and by including supplements willstrengthen the immune system.5. Chemotherapy involves poisoning therapidly-growing cancer cells and alsodestroys rapidly-growing healthy cellsin the bone marrow, gastrointestinaltract etc, and can cause organ damage,like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.6. Radiation while destroying cancercells also burns, scars and damageshealthy cells, tissues and organs.7. Initial treatment with chemotherapyand radiation will often reduce tumorsize. However prolonged use ofchemotherapy and radiation do notresult in more tumor destruction.8. When the body has too much toxicburden from chemotherapy andradiation the immune system is eitherMEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

THOUGHT PROVOKINGcompromised or destroyed, hence theperson can succumb to various kindsof infections and complications.9. Chemotherapy and radiation cancause cancer cells to mutate and becomeresistant and difficult to destroy.Surgery can also cause cancer cells tospread to other sites.10. An effective way to battle cancer is tostarve the cancer cells by not feeding itwith the foods it needs to multiply.Cancer cells feed on:a. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet,Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartameand it is harmful. A better naturalsubstitute would be Manuka honey ormolasses , but only in very small amounts.Table salt has a chemical added to make itwhite in color Better alternative is Bragg’saminos or sea salt.b. Milk causes the body to producemucus, especially in the gastro-intestinaltract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cuttingoff milk and substituting with unsweetenedsoy milk cancer cells are beingstarved.c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment.A meat-based diet is acidic and itis best to eat fish, and a little other meat,like chicken. Meat also contains livestockantibiotics, growth hormones and parasites,which are all harmful, especially topeople with cancer.d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetablesand juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts anda little fruits help put the body into analkaline environment. About 20% can befrom cooked food including beans. Freshvegetable juices provide live enzymes thatare easily absorbed and reach down to cellularlevels within 15 minutes to nourishand enhance growth of healthy cells. Toobtain live enzymes for building healthycells try and drink fresh vegetable juice(most vegetables including bean sprouts)and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 timesa day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperaturesof 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate,which have high caffeine Green tea is abetter alternative and has cancer fightingproperties. Water-best to drink purifiedwater, or filtered, to avoid known toxinsand heavy metals in tap water. Distilledwater is acidic, avoid it.meat in proteinis difficult to digest and requires a lot ofdigestive enzymes. Undigested meat remainingintestines becomes putrefied andleads to more toxic buildup.11. Cancer cell walls have a toughprotein covering. By refraining from oreating less meat it frees more enzymes toattack the protein walls of cancer cellsand allows the body’s killer cells to destroythe cancer cells.12. Some supplements build up the immunesystem (IP6, Essiac, anti-oxidants,vitamins, minerals, FAs etc.) to enable thebodies own killer cells to destroy cancercells. Other supplements like vitamin Eare known to cause apoptosis, or programmedcell death, the body’snormal method of disposing of damaged,unwanted, or unneeded cells.13.Cancer is a disease of the mind,body, and spirit. A proactive and positivespirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor.Anger, un-forgiveness and bitternessput the body into a stressful and acidicenvironment. Learn to have a loving andforgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoylife.14.Cancer cells cannot thrive in anoxygenated environment. Exercisingdaily, and deep breathing help to get moreoxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygentherapy is another means employed todestroy cancer cells.1. No plastic containers in micro.2. No water bottles in freezer.3. No plastic wrap in microwave.Johns Hopkins has recently sent thisout in its newsletters. This informationis being circulated at Walter ReedArmy Medical Center as well. Dioxinchemicals cause cancer, especially breastcancer. Dioxins are highly poisonousto the cells of our bodies. Don’t freezeyour plastic bottles with water in themas this releases dioxins from the plastic.Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, WellnessProgram Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain thishealth hazard. He talked about dioxinsand how bad they are for us. Hesaid that we should not be heating ourfood in the microwave using plasticcontainers. This especially applies tofoods that contain fat. He said thatthe combination of fat, high heat, andplastics releases dioxin into the foodand ultimately into the cells of the body.Instead, he recommends using glass,such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramiccontainers for heating food. Youget the same results, only without thedioxin. So such things as TV dinners,instant ramen and soups, etc., should beremoved from the container and heatedin something else. Paper isn’t bad butyou don’t know what is in the paper. It’sjust safer to use tempered glass, CorningWare, etc. He reminded us that a whileago some of the fast food restaurantsmoved away from the foam containersto paper. The dioxin problem is one ofthe reasons.Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap,such as Saran, is just as dangerous whenplaced over foods to be cooked in themicrowave. As the food is nuked, the highheat causes poisonous toxins to actuallymelt out of the plastic wrap and drip intothe food. Cover food with a paper towelinstead.This is an article that should be sent toanyone important in your life.Treating burnsEgg whiteOne hopes never to be needing it, but just incase:...A simple but effective way to treat burnswith the help of egg white.This method is used in the training of firemen.When sustaining a burn, regardless thedegree, the first aid is always placing theinjured part under running cold water till theheat subsides.And next spread the egg white over the injury.Someone burned a large part of her handwith boiling water. Despite the pain she heldher hand under running water, then took twoeggs, parted the yolk from the egg white andslightly beat the egg white and put her hand init. Her hand was so badly burned that the eggwhite dried and formed a white film. Latershe heard that the egg is a natural collagen.And during the next hour layer upon layer,she administered a white layer on her hand.That afternoon she didn’t feel any morepain and the next day there hardly was a redmark to see. She thought she would have anawful scar but to her astonishment after tendays there was no sign of the burn, the skinhad it’s normal colour again!The burned area had been totally regeneratedthanks to the collagen, in reality a placentafull of vitamins. This advice can be useful foreveryone. Pls Circulate it!MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 35

THOUGHT PROVOKINGOnionsIn 1919 when the flu killed 40 millionpeople there was this Doctor that visitedthe many farmers to see if he could helpthem combat the flu.Many of the farmers and their family hadcontracted it and many died.The doctor came upon this one farmerand to his surprise, everyone was veryhealthy. When the doctor asked what thefarmer was doing that was different the wifereplied that she had placed an unpeeledonion in a dish in the rooms of the home,(probably only two rooms back then). Thedoctor couldn’t believe it and asked if hecould have one of the onions and place itunder the microscope. She gave him oneand when he did this, he did find the fluvirus in the onion. It obviously absorbedthe bacteria, therefore, keeping the familyhealthy.Now, I heard this story from my hairdresserin AZ. She said that several yearsago many of her employees were comingdown with the flu and so were many of hercustomers. The next year she placed severalbowls with onions around in her shop. Toher surprise, none of her staff got sick.It must work.. (And no, she is not in theonion business..)The moral of the story is, buy someonions and place them in bowls aroundyour home. If you work at a desk, place oneor two in your office or under your deskor even on top somewhere. Try it and seewhat happens. We did it last year and wenever got the flu.If this helps you and your loved onesfrom getting sick, all the better. If you doget the flu, it just might be a mild case..Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a fewbucks on onions!!!!!!Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to afriend in Oregon who regularly contributesmaterial to me on health issues. She repliedwith this most interesting experience aboutonions:Thanks for the reminder.. I don’t knowabout the farmers story.. but, I do know thatI contacted pneumonia and needless to say36I was very ill.. I came across an article thatsaid to cut both ends off an onion put oneend on a fork and then place the forked endinto an empty jar....placing the jar next tothe sick patient at night. It said the onionwould be black in the morning from thegerms.. sure enough it happened just likethat.. the onion was a mess and I began tofeel better.Another thing I read in the article wasthat onions and garlic placed around theroom saved many from the black plagueyears ago. They have powerful antibacterial,antiseptic properties.LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUSI have used an onion which has been leftin the fridge, and sometimes I don’t use awhole one at one time, so save the otherhalf for later.Now with this info, I have changedmy mind.. will buy smaller onions in thefuture..I had the wonderful privilege of touringMullins Food Products, Makers of mayonnaise..Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11brothers and sisters in the Mullins family.My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO.Questions about food poisoning came up,and I wanted to share what I learned froma chemist.Our tour guide was named Ed. Ed is achemistry expert and is involved in developingmost of the sauce formula. He’s evendeveloped sauce for McDonald’s.Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistrywhiz. During the tour, someone asked if wereally needed to worry about mayonnaise.People are always worried that mayonnaisewill spoil. Ed’s answer will surprise you. Edsaid that all commercially- made Mayo iscompletely safe.“It doesn’t even have to be refrigerated.No harm in refrigerating it, but it’s not reallynecessary.” He explained that the pHin mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteriacould not survive in that environment. Hethen talked about the typical picnic, withthe bowl of potato salad sitting on the tableand how everyone blames the mayonnaisewhen someone gets sick.Ed says that when food poisoning isreported, the first thing officials look foris when the ‘victim’ last ate ONIONS andwhere those onions came from (in the potatosalad?). Ed says it’s not the mayonnaise(as long as it’s not homemade Mayo) thatspoils; it’s probably the onions, and if notthe onions, it’s the POTATOES.He explained, onions are a huge magnetfor bacteria, especially uncooked onions.You should never plan to keep a portionof a sliced onion. He says it’s not even safeif you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it inyour refrigerator.It’s already contaminated enough just bybeing cut open and left out for a bit, that itcan be a danger to you; and watch out forthose onions you put in your hotdogs at thebaseball park or warehouse stores!Ed says if you take the leftover onion andcook it like crazy you’ll probably be okay, butif you slice that leftover onion and put on yoursandwich, you’re asking for trouble. Both theonions and the moist potato in a potato salad,will attract and grow bacteria quickly.So, how’s that for news? Take it for whatyou will. I am going to be very careful aboutmy onions from now on.Please remember it is dangerous to cutonions and try to use it to cook the nextday, it becomes highly poisonous for even asingle night and creates toxic bacteria whichmay cause Adverse Stomach infectionsbecause of excess bile secretions and evenfood poisoning.Please pass it on to all you love and care..MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

ON MORALSGet Lost!!!“Dad, how long will it take us to getthere?” shouted Abdul as he jumpedinto the backseat of the family Camry.“Twenty three minutes, insha Allah,”replied Tariq proudly holding up his newGPS. He continued fidgeting with a fewmore settings on the device and then ceremoniouslyattached it to cradle stuck onthe windscreen while waiting for the restthe family to get into the car.“I’m so excited to see the Islamic fair,”said Zakiya, the youngest of the family, “Ihear Zain Bhikha is going to be there. Inperson!”“Dad, Zaks is not buckling up! And shewants to sit in the middle as usual!”“Don’t lie! I am buckling up. Just wantedto see the new GPS thingy dad bought,”Zakiya shouted back.“Ok, ok. Let’s just read our dua fortravelling and move on,” said Tariq calmly,“We all want to get to the show with lots oftime to see everything.”He inched the car out of the drivewayand waited for the first set of instructionsfrom the GPS.“Proceed three hundred meters thenturn right,” came the swift instructions in aheavy British accented voice.Tariq promptly complied with the instruction.“”I wish you would listen to me likethat!” laughed his wifeTaheera, “You don’teven know him and you obey him, but Ihave to ask a hundred times before somethingis done.”Tariq shot her a quick smile and theyboth laughed.“Mum, I hear they’re having a cookingshow at 2. We should make it for that!” saidZakiya her eyes lighting up with the prospectof learning some new culinary skills.“Turn right!” said the familiar Britishvoice.Tariq promptly turned left. Taheeraquickly turned to see if he had made a mistake,but Tariq was calm as he continued onhis chosen route.“Recalculating! Drive 2 kilometres andthen turn right” said the GPS.Tariq continued along the route. A smugsmile sealed his lips as he continued playingwith his greying beard.“Turn right!” commanded the GPS and38Tariq promptly swung the car to the left.Again the GPS cried “Recalculating!”With a calm air he continued ignoringthe instructions on the GPS for a while sayingnothing until Abdul leaned forward inhis seat and complained, “Dad, why aren’tyou following the instructions?” We havealready been driving for thirty minutes.”“We gonna miss the cooking show,” chorusedZakiya, “And we not going to havetoo much time to spend at the show.”Tariq continued silently until the GPSsaid for the umpteenth time, “Recalculating!”You could almost hear the irritationin the British accent as she said, “Whenpossible please make a U-turn.”Taheera fidgeted with the beads on herkaftan for a while, all the time stealingglances at her husband searching for someclue to this strange behaviour. She pulledhard on a bead and it broke off and rolledto the floor.“Tari,” she said softly, trying very hardto hide her irritation, “If you don’t trust thenew machine then just ask at the garage(gasstation) like we used to do!”“Good idea,” replied Tariq still fidgetingwith his beard, “There’s one just up ahead.”He sailed the car into the forecourtdespite the GPS insisting he make a U-turn.The attendant slowly approached the car,a large dark stain covering the front of hisT-shirt. Tariq rolled down the window andasked him for directions.“Easy sir! Just go up the hill then turnright. Then you see de Shell garage youturn right. Right, neh! Then you drive aboutfive kilos then you see de place in front ofyou.” directed the attendant a broad smilefilling his face, “Very easy boss, you can’tget lost!”Tariq continued to drive ignoring theinstructions from the attendant and payinglittle attention to the GPS’s call to make aU-turn.Taheera broke off some more beads andthen burst out, “Tari what are you up to?We have been driving for an hour and ahalf. You ignored the GPS directions allthe time. You even ignored the attendant’sdirections. You keep on just driving anddriving. Why?”“Yep dad, we should have been there anhour ago. Why are we just driving?” echoedAbdul.Tariq remained silent and played withhis beard for a while, and then said, “I justwanted to see if I could get there withoutfollowing the instructions.”“That’s so dumb, Tari!” complainedTaheera, “I mean just how are you going toget there if you ignore the GPS and otherdirections. We wasted our time and the kidsare irritated. Zaks has even fallen asleep.”“I just wanted to prove something!”“What could you prove by acting dumb?What could we learn by deliberately gettinglost?”Tariq fiddled with his topee(hat) beforeanswering, “I just wanted to understandthat by ignoring all the guidance and instructionswe will never get to our destination.”“That’s so obvious!” cried Taheera,“Anyone can tell you that! I mean how canwe possibly get to where we going if youdeliberately ignore the instructions. In fact,you did just the opposite of what you weretold.”Taheera’s words brought about an air ofsilence in the car. All were now attentive asTariq cleared his throat.“Well,” began Tariq calmly, “If we ignoreall the directions given to us by Allahand instructions by His Final MessengerMuhammad (peace be upon him) then howwill we ever reach our destination, Jannah?Allah gave us clear guidelines of what ispermissible and what is prohibited yet wedo the opposite. He even sent His belovedMessenger Muhammad (peace be uponhim) to show us practically what to do,but we choose to ignore his advice and stillhope to reach Jannah?”He paused waiting for his point to sinkhome, and then continued, “It can neverhappen. We will never reach our destinationwithout following the correct directions.Yet it’s so simple – turn right, gostraight.”!!!!Allah, The Most Wise, has informed us:“And Verily, it(The Qur’an) is a guideand a mercy to the believers” (Quran-anNaml 27:76-77)“Verily in the Messenger of Allah youhave the best example for him who looksunto Allah and the Last Day and remembersAllah much.” [Quran-Al-Ahzab 33:21]MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

ON MORALSByGuidelinesonZakatWhy Should I Give Zakat?Allah (The Glorified and the Exalted-Subhaanahu wa Ta’ala) commands in theQuran, “Take alms out of their property,you would cleanse them and purify themthereby, and pray for them; surely yourprayer is a relief to them; and Allah is Hearing,Knowing.” [Al-Quran 9:103]Allah (The Glorified and Exalted) says inthe Quran: “And keep up prayer and pay thepoor-due (Zakat) and obey the Messenger,so that mercy may be shown to you.” [Al-Quran 24:56]Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: Allah’s Apostle said:Islam is based on (the following) five (principles):To testify that none has the right tobe worshiped but Allah and Muhammad isAllah’s Apostle; to offer the (compulsorycongregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly;to pay Zakat (i.e. alms); to performHajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca), and toobserve fast during the month of Ramadan.(Sahih Bukhari, Vol.1, Book 2, No.7)At-Tabarani relates, on the authority of‘Ali, that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Allahhas enjoined upon rich Muslims a due to betaken from their properties correspondingShoaib Habib Memonto the needs of the poor among them. Thepoor will never suffer from starvation orlack of clothes unless the rich neglect theirdue. If they do, Allah will surely hold themaccountable and punish them severely.”(related by At-Tabarani in Al-’Aswat andas-Saghir)Who Receives Zakat?“The alms are only for the Fuqara’ (thepoor), and Al-Masakeen (the needy) andthose employed to collect (the funds); andto attract the hearts of those who have beeninclined (towards Islam); and to free thecaptives; and for those in debt; and for Allah’sCause, and for the wayfarer (a travelerwho is cut off from everything); a dutyimposed by Allah. And Allah is All-Knower,All-Wise.” [Al-Quran - 9:60]The eight categoriesmentioned in the verseabove are:• Fuqaraa: Those who own property inexcess of basic necessities but below thevalue of Nisab• Masakeen: Extremely poor who possessno wealth whatsoever• Aamileen: Those persons who are appointedby an Islamic Head of State orGovernment to collect Zakat; this persondoes not have to be a needy personto qualify for Zakat• Muallafatul Quloob: Those poor andneedy persons who may have recentlyconverted to Islam; Zakat is given tothem with the intentions of solidifyingtheir hearts or to bring them closer toIslam• Ar-Riqaab: slaves whose masters haveagreed to set them free on a payment ofa fixed amount; Zakat may be used topurchase their freedom• Al Ghaarimeen: A person whose debtsexceed his assets; to qualify, his/her netassets (after deducting liabilities) mustbe below the Nisab limit• Fi Sabeelillah: Those who are awayfrom home in the path of Allah• Ibnus-Sabeel: A traveler, who, whilstwealthy at his residence, is stranded andin need of financial assistance.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 39

ON MORALSAttitude leadsto Altitude!!!Ayoob was the kind of personwho would always amaze you.He was always in a good moodand always had something positive to say.When someone would ask him how hewas doing, he would reply, “If I were anybetter, I would be twins!”He was a unique manager because hehad several waiters who had followed himaround from restaurant to restaurant. Thereason the waiters followed Ayoob wasbecause of his attitude. He was a naturalmotivator. If an employee was havinga bad day Ayoob was there telling theemployee how to look on the positive sideof the situation.Seeing this style really made me curious,so one day I went up to Ayoob andasked him, “I don’t get it! You can’t be apositive person all of the time. How doyou do it?”Ayoob replied, “Each morning I wakeup and say to myself, ‘ Ayoob, Allah hasgiven you two choices today. You canchoose to be in a good mood or you canchoose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose tobe in a good mood. Each time somethingbad happens, I can choose to be a victimor I can choose to learn from it. I chooseto learn from it. Every time someonecomes to me complaining, I can chooseto accept their complaining or I can pointout the positive side of life. I choose thepositive side of life.”“Yeah, right, it’s not that easy,” I protested.“Yes, it is,” Ayoob said. “Life is allabout choices Allah has given us. Whenyou cut away all the junk, every situationis a choice. You choose how you react tosituations. You choose how people willaffect your mood. You choose to be ina good mood or bad mood. The bottomline: Allah has given you an option howyou live your life!”I reflected on what Ayoob said. Soonthereafter, I left the restaurant industry tostart my own business. We lost touch, butI often thought about him when I made achoice about life before reacting to it.Several years later, I heard that Ayoobdid something you are never supposedto do in a restaurant business: he left theback door open one morning and was heldup at gunpoint by three armed robbers.While trying to open the safe, his hand,shaking from nervousness, slipped off thecombination. The robbers panicked andshot him. Alhamdulillah , Ayoob wasfound relatively quickly and rushed to thelocal hospital’s trauma centre.After 18 hours of surgery and weeks ofintensive care, Ayoob was released fromthe hospital with fragments of the bulletsstill in his body.I saw Ayoob about six months after theaccident. When I asked him how he was,he replied, “Alhamdulillah , Allah is soGreat and so Merciful” and then he added“If I were any better, I’d be twins. Wannasee my scars?”I declined to see his wounds, but didask him what had gone through his mindas the robbery took place. “The first thingthat went through my mind was that Ishould have locked the back door,” Ayoobreplied. “Then, as I lay on the floor, Iremembered that Allah had given me twochoices: I could choose to live, or I couldchoose to die. I chose to live. By the Willand Acceptence of Allah I choose to liveand Allah accepted my dua”“Weren’t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?”I asked.Ayoob continued, “The paramedicswere great. They kept telling me I wasgoing to be fine. But when they wheeledme into the emergency room and I sawthe expressions on the faces of the doctorsand nurses, I got really scared. In theireyes, I read, ‘He’s a dead man.’“I knew I needed to take action.”“What did you do?” I asked.“Well, there was a big, burly nurseshouting questions at me,” said Ayoob.“She asked if I was allergic to anything.‘Yes,’ I replied. The doctors and nursesstopped working as they waited for myreply. I took a deep breath and yelled,‘Bullets!’ Over their laughter, I told them.‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me asif I am alive, not dead.”Ayoob lived thanks to Allah who madeavailable skilled doctors at this criticalmoment and also because of his amazingattitude that Allah had given him. Ilearned from him that every day we havethe choice to live fully.Attitude, after all, is so important! Wemay not be feeling happy or at ease atthe moment, however we can still show asmile on our face or share a few friendlywords and kind gestures. Often times,it is simply our attitudes that can influencesomeone or inspire someone to seekIslam.It is so paramount to live in obedienceto Allah, but it is not just the service toothers and the code we follow that wemust keep in check, it is also the attitudewe carry along with all of our actions. Itonly takes a second to affect a person in abad or good way, and this may very welldepend not on your actions or deeds, butsimply upon the attitude you have at thatsecond.If you carry a frown walking into ahouse where there are guests, they mayfeel un-welcomed. The frown may onlylast a few moments, but that will be longenough to leave a bad impression on somehearts.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011 41

ON MORALSAll you need to do is... Nothing!Unity of Muslim Ummah is soimportant, it cannot be emphasisedenough. Likewise disunityamongst the Ummah can be disastrous.Allah, the Most Wise, says:“And hold fast, all together, by the ropeof Allah, and be not divided among yourselves...”(Quran-3:103)While we are living and enjoying thecomforts and luxuries of this world, ourbrothers and sisters are suffering and beingoppressed all around us. Has it becomesuch that we have become immune andinsensitive to such afflictions and find sohard to assist the Ummah let alone shedeven one tear.Have we forgotten the Hadith ofRasullullah(salallaho alaihe wassallam):“The Muslim Ummah is like one body.If the eye is in pain then the whole body isin pain and if the head is in pain then thewhole body is in pain”The enemies of Islam are attempting todestroy this Ummah, piece by piece and forthis to happen all we got to do is….NOTH-ING!Once upon a time three bulls lived in theforest. One white, one brown and one black.They were brothers and lived together inharmony. In that forest also lived a lion thathad his eye on the bulls. But every time heattacked one of them the others came to hisaid and together they drove the lion away.The lion decided that he needed tochange his strategy. So one day when theBlack Bull was away, he went to the othertwo and said, “You know, the Black Bull isblack and dirty and evil. Why do you keephim with you? His is a disgrace to you. Youare beautiful and noble. If the Black Bull isno longer there, you will have all the grazingto yourself. He takes away your foodand adds no value to you.” The two bullslistened to the lion’s spiel and said, “Well,you know, he is our brother. What can wedo?”“You need to do nothing at all,” said thelion. “I am your friend. I will do what needsto be done. Just don’t come to the aid of theBlack Bull when he calls you.” The othersagreed.The next day, they heard the voice of theBlack Bull calling for help in anguish andfear. They listened to him and went back totheir grazing. Gradually the calls stopped.The two brothers could not look each otherin the eye but then, nice green grass wipesaway memories and after a little while itwas as if the Black Bull never existed.Then one day the lion came to theWhite Bull when he was alone and said,“So are you happy with the advice I gaveyou? Didn’t I advise you well? Now here isanother advice. You are the real king of theforest. You are White and clean and pureand holy and beautiful. You are wise andgood. You deserve to live in solitary splendourlike a king. Not with some dirty browntrash who you have to share your food with.Why do you need him? He is a liability andan embarrassment to you.”“Well, what should I do?”“You know the score. Nothing at all. I amthere to take care of everything for you. Justrelax.”Next day, the White Bull heard the dyingscreams of the Brown Bull and closed hisears and went back to his grazing.The White Bull lived for a few days allby himself, grazing where he wanted anddrinking from the clean streams of the forest.Then one morning the lion came again.From the look in his eyes, the White Bullknew that this visit was different. All hislife flashed before his eyes. He recalled thetime when the three brothers stood together,shoulder to shoulder. Then he recalled allthe incidents since then. As the lion satbefore him, not in any hurry, knowing thatthe result was pre-determined, the WhiteBull said to him, “I have one last wish. Willyou grant it to me?”“Anything at all my friend”, said the lion.The White Bull then climbed a hill andwhen he got to the top of it, he called outto the people of the forest, “O! People, I donot die today. I died the day the Black Bulldied.”So dear brothers and sisters in Islam payheed to the above story for in it lies a deepand important lesson for the Ummah. InUnity there is strength!Let us be firm on the Quran and Sunnahand be not divided amongst ourselves.When a fellow Muslim person or country isbeing attacked by the enemies of Islam, besure to be of some help and not to just sitback and do….NOTHING!Allah Ta’ala says:“O believers, if you help Allah’s cause,He will help you and make your feet firm(against your enemies) and those whodisbelieved woe unto them and their actionsare in vain.” [Quran-47:7,8]The rotten tomatoesAschool teacher decided to let herclass play a game. The teachertold each child in the class to bringalong a plastic bag containing a few tomatoes.Each tomato will be given a name ofa person that the child hates, so the numberof tomatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the numberof people he/she hates. So when the daycame, every child brought some tomatoeswith the name of the people he/she hated.Some had 2 tomatoes; some 3 while someup to 5 tomatoes. The teacher then told thechildren to carry with them the tomatoes inthe plastic bag wherever they go for 1 week.42Days after days passed by, and thechildren started to complain due to theunpleasant smell let out by the rottentomatoes. Besides, those having 5 tomatoesalso had to carry heavier bags. After 1 week,the children were relieved because the gamehad finally ended.The teacher asked: “How did you feelwhile carrying the tomatoes with you for 1week?”. The children let out their frustrationsand started complaining of the troublethat they had to go through having to carrythe heavy and smelly tomatoes whereverthey go.Then the teacher told them the hiddenmeaning behind the game. The teacher said:“This is exactly the situation when youcarry your hatred for somebody inside yourheart. The stench of hatred will contaminateyour heart and you will carry it withyou wherever you go. If you cannot toleratethe smell of rotten tomatoes for just 1 week,can you imagine what is it like to have thestench of hatred in your heart for yourlifetime???”Moral: Throw away any hatred foranyone from your heart so that you will notcarry sins for a lifetime. Forgiving othersrelieves you and helps you to lead a happylife. (...)MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

ON MORALSStory of the Leper,the Bald Man and theBlind ManThe Noble Messenger of Allah(Peace be upon him) is reported tohave said::Allah willed to test three who were aleper, a blind man and a bald-headed man.So, he sent them an angel who came tothe leper and said, “What thing do youlike most?” He replied, “Good color andgood skin, for the people have a strongaversion to me.” The angel touched himand his illness was cured, and he wasgiven a good color and beautiful skin. Theangel asked him, “What kind of propertydo you like best?” He replied, “Camels(or cows).” (The narrator is in doubt, foreither the leper or the bald-headed mandemanded camels and the other demandedcows.) So he (i.e. the leper) was given apregnant she-camel, and the angel said (tohim), “May Allah bless you in it.”The angel then went to the bald-headedman and said, “What thing do you likemost?” He said, “I like good hair andwish to be cured of this disease, for thepeople feel repulsion for me.” The angeltouched him and his illness was cured,and he was given good hair. The angelasked (him), “What kind of property doyou like best?” He replied, “Cows.” Theangel gave him a pregnant cow and said,“May Allah bless you in it.”The angel went to the blind man andasked, ‘What thing do you like best?’He said, “(I like) that Allah may restoremy eye-sight to me so that I may see thepeople.” The angel touched his eyes andAllah gave him back his eye-sight. Theangel asked him, “What kind of propertydo you like best?” He replied, “Sheep.”The angel gave him a pregnant sheep.Afterwards, all the three pregnantanimals gave birth to young ones, andmultiplied and brought forth so much thatone of the (three) men had a herd of camelsfilling a valley, and one had a herd ofcows filling a valley, and one had a flockof sheep filling a valley.Then the angel, disguised in the shapeand appearance of a leper, went to theleper and said, “I am a poor man, whohas lost all means of livelihood while on ajourney. So none will satisfy my need exceptAllah and then you. In the Name ofHim Who has given you such nice colorand beautiful skin, and so much property,I ask you to give me a camel so that I mayreach my destination.” The man replied,“I have many obligations (so I cannot giveyou).” The angel said, “I think I knowyou; were you not a leper to whom thepeople had a strong aversion? Weren’tyou a poor man, and then Allah gave you(all this property)?” He replied, “(Thisis all wrong), I got this property throughinheritance from my fore-fathers.” Theangel said, “If you are telling a lie, thenlet Allah make you as you were before.”Then the angel, disguised in the shapeand appearance of a bald man, went tothe bald man and said to him the same ashe told the first one, and he tooanswered the same as the first one did.The angel said, “If you are telling a lie,then let Allah make you as you werebefore.”The angel, disguised in the shape ofa blind man, went to the blind man andsaid, “I am a poor man and a traveler,whose means of livelihood have beenexhausted while on a journey. I havenobody to help me except Allah, and afterHim, you yourself. I ask you in the Nameof Him Who has given you back youreye-sight to give me a sheep, so that withits help, I may complete my journey.” Theman said, “No doubt, I was blind and Allahgave me back my eye-sight; I was poorand Allah made me rich; so take anythingyou wish from my property. By Allah, Iwill not stop you for taking anything (youneed) of my property which you maytake for Allah’s sake.” The angel replied,“Keep your property with you. You (i.e.,the three men) have been tested and Allahis pleased with you and is angry with yourtwo companions.”A humble appeal to all the Organisations,Institutions and Jamats of Memon CommunityPlease send us the report of all the public activities of your organisation on your official letter head to the followingaddress, so we could publish them in “Memon Alam”To:The Editor,Memon AlamW.M.O House, 32/8, Street No. 6, Off Kashmir Road,Muslimabad, Karachi Pakistan.44MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

48HEALTH CORNERStressBeing under stress may distract you fromcontrolling your diabetes as people reactdifferently under stress i.e. you may overeator eat unhealthy foods and stress may makeyou careless about your treatment. It is notalways possible to avoid stess. Stess causesthe blood glucose level to increase. Stressmaybe mental or emotional caused byexams, working shifts or overtime. Whenunder stress blood glucose level should bechecked more often than usual.Complications Associatedwith DiabetesDiabetes occurs when the body cannot controlthe level of glucose (sugar) in blood andit becomes higher than the normal range.Blood glucose level should be controlledto prevent complications in the long term.If the blood glucose level is not controlledproperly one may experience hypoglycaemia(low blood glucose level) or hyperglycaemia(high blood glucose level).HypoglycaemiaHypoglycaemia is often abbreviated as“hypo”, this means blood glucose levelis below the normal range. Diabetics oninsulin can from time to time have Hypo,either because of accidentally taking largeramount of insulin or taking regular insulinbut not having a proper food intake. Hyposoccur when there is more insulin in thebody than required. Keep a daily record ofyour blood glucose level. Ask your familydoctor for advice. It is important to preventhypos and treat them promptly.SymptomsA very low blood glucose level may causeany of the following symptoms: feeling anxious,sweating, trembling, feeling hungry. Ifthe blood glucose level continues to fall onemay experience difficulty in concentratingdisorientation, blurred vision, headache,nausea, tiredness and palpitations. Severelylow blood glucose level may cause unconsciousness.Initial treatment for Hypoconsists of taking some glucose as soon aspossible, after that eat a carbohydrate richsnack or meal to prevent the blood glucoselevel from falling again.It is advisable to carry an identificationcard giving details of your diabetes andtreatment in case of an emergency.Important note: If you feel that you arelosing consciousness then do not try to eator drink because you may choke.HyperglycaemiaHyperglycaemia is raised blood glucoselevel i.e. above 7 milliomoles/litre. Althoughyou may control your blood glucoselevel most of the time there can be occasionswhen illness, stress or not getting theright dose of tablets or insulin can raiseyour blood glucose level. Hyperglycaemiacan affect anyone with diabetes whether youtake insulin, tablets or manage your diabeteswith diet and exercise. To control diabetesyou should find out what makes your bloodglucose level rise. Try and remember whatyou did before an episode of Hyperglycaemiaand try to avoid it. If your results areregularly e.g. 8-9 millimols/L, you shouldact quickly and not wait until you experiencesymptoms. Untreated Hyperglycaemiacan lead to Diabetic Ketoacidosis in type Idiabetes and non-ketotic hyperosmolar statein type 2 diabetes which is a very seriouscondition. This needs to be treated in thehospital therefore it is very important totreat hyperglycaemia promptly before itbecomes an emergency.SymptomsSome people may have the followingsymptoms but some may not: Dry mouth,excessive thirst, lack of energy, blurred vision,nausea, vomiting, frequent urinationand feeling sleepy.Long Term ComplicationsPeripheral NeuropathyPeripheral Neuropathy is the damage to thenerves supplying the extremities of yourbody, which causes pain or loss of feeling inthe toes, feet and can affect anyone who hashad diabetes for years.Damage to the nerves in your legs couldcause complications e.g. foot ulcer, severeinfections and therefore good foot careis important for everyone suffering fromdiabetes. Do not wear shoes, which are tootight. Check your feet daily for blisters orany broken skin. sores or wounds.SymptomsTingling, burning or prickling sensation(you might feel pins and needles), numbnessor insensitivity to temperature or pain,extreme sensitivity to touch e.g. bedclotheslying on your feet at night. It is important totell your family doctor or nurse about anysymptoms, because a person suffering fromdiabetes Is slower to heal and the risk ofinfection is high.Peripheral IschaemiaPeripheral Ischaemia is the reduced bloodsupply to the legs and feet due to narrowingof the arteries.SymptomsCramp-like pain in your calves usually whenwalking or foot ulcers that won’t heal. Faintpulses in the feet or no pulses at all. One ofthe complications of peripheral Ischaemiais gangrene.Diabetic RetinopathyDiabetic Retinopathy is eye damage.SymptomsPartial or complete loss of vision. Cataracts.Diabetic NephropathyDiabetic Nephropathy is Kidney damage.SymptomsLarge amounts of protein in the urineNote: if you have any of the abovesymptoms contact your family doctor immediately.MEMON ALAM JUNE 2011

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