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Author: Mohamedarif Suleman

Mohamedarif is a marketing professional and educationalist with a penchant for writing as a hobby since childhood. As he experimented writing about sporting events at first and then current affairs, he quickly developed a skill for observation of his environment and began to write on reform topics, especially in connection with the community. To further feed his pursuit of writing, he founded several newsletters and bulletins at his school and at the Husayni Madrasah in the 1980's, all the time learning from others already in the field not just about writing, but also about pre-press and production processes. He was also the editor-in-chief of the Knowledge Magazine in 1995–1996. A decade later, importing a flurry of ideas into his new home, Nairobi, he first founded a two page community newspaper then became a regular writer of the Friday Faculty before establishing the Community on Friday, a fully fledged Madrasah magazine in 1996. And while his writing at the community continued, he simultaneously started writing for a business weekly, pairing in with his newfound role as a marketing professional. During his time in Nairobi, he wrote several speeches for sitting chairmen and presidents while also giving some himself, developing his concurrent role as a public speaker and trainer. With changing times and a decrease in advertising sponsorship, as well as a fall in overall readership, Mohamedarif transformed this publication into an electronic blog. Thus was born the Community on Friday in its present format.

The Neighbour’s Garden

March 20, 2022

by Mohamedarif Suleman (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Envy: So, I am thinking about social conversations today and how we tend to fit in or…

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Allah, the Glorious!

February 20, 2022

Mohamedarif Suleman (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Ok, so enough about what is perennially wrong in our societies and in the world in general. Yes,…

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Wake up, Khojas!

February 6, 2022

Admirable are the projects that trace our history to our roots in the Indian sub-continent, but if we were paying attention to these initiatives,…

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A show of strength

January 23, 2022

Show off: The famous moral story about Fazl bin Rabi’ building a mosque and then placing his plaque for recognition has come to life…

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Temporal-life

A Grave Resolution

January 16, 2022

by Mohamedarif Suleman Temporal life The year is 2022, and as I look over my shoulder, a vast ocean of memories streams past my…

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Al Fateha

It is through the remembrance of those who have proceeded us, that we can relate to our own finality as we spend the few years of our lives in trying to serve and to build a prosperous hereafter. Readers are requested to remember these members with a kind thought and a heartfelt prayer.  (Note: Clicking on the centre of any sliding image, will open a lightbox for larger images and descriptions)

  • Akber Mohamed Jaffer 1950 2021

  • Ali Sajid Walji 1997 2022

  • Alihusein Nasser Jiwan 1924 1977

  • Bachoo Suleman Shivji 1902 1991

  • Hussein Pyarali Merali 1954 2022

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  • Mohamedali Hasham Dewji 1913 1993

  • Murtaza Muhammad Merali 1943 2020

  • Murtaza Ramzanali Jivraj ( Karbala) 1946 1921

  • (Mulla) Mustafa Mawjee 2016

  • Sabira Roshanali Mulani 1953 1987

  • (Sayyid) Saeed Akhtar Rizvi 1927 2002

  • Suleman Shivji

  • Zulfikar Pyarali Hemani 1955 2018

Welcome to The Community on Friday.

This publication originally started as print magazine in Nairobi under the auspices of the Haydari Madrasah. Later on, with greater demand for online material and demand to suppress costs as well as reach a wider audience, TC on Friday, became an online "Friday supplement". In the early 2000s, the forum received the support of The World Federation, giving their blessings to the publication as well as helping in its broadcast.

Again, with passage of time, changes are imminent as we now move to a more interactive state - a blog. To this end, I seek the support of all members who can contribute their valuable time and written material to the forum, which is being read all across the world.

Thank you

M Suleman
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