Fiji Moslem - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:31:55 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Fiji Moslem - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Islamic Centre opens in Suva https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/11/19/islamic-centre-opens-suva/ Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:28:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=52208

An Islamic Centre has been opened in in Suva. "This centre is purposely for those iTaukei people that want to learn the basics of the Islam faith in the iTaukei language," says Mohammed Ismail, who is a teacher at the new centre "Another reason we opened this centre is because it is easily accessible to Read more

Islamic Centre opens in Suva... Read more]]> An Islamic Centre has been opened in in Suva.

"This centre is purposely for those iTaukei people that want to learn the basics of the Islam faith in the iTaukei language," says Mohammed Ismail, who is a teacher at the new centre

"Another reason we opened this centre is because it is easily accessible to those living and working in Suva City."

"We pray five times a day and those that work and live around here that find it hard to get to the mosques in Samabula and Toorak on time, now have a centre they can go to for prayers." said Ismail

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Islamic Centre opens in Suva]]> 52208 Reports that Taliban recruiting in Fiji denied https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/05/reports-that-taliban-recruiting-in-fiji-denied/ Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:29:45 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=40534

Fijians were recently recruited by the Taliban says Federal Administered Tribal Areas Research Centre's director administration and research Mansur Khan Mehsud. He was speaking to the Fiji Times from Islamabad in Pakistan. Mehsud says that foreigners are coming from a more diverse number of countries than in years past. "A few months ago, we even welcomed some (two Read more

Reports that Taliban recruiting in Fiji denied... Read more]]> Fijians were recently recruited by the Taliban says Federal Administered Tribal Areas Research Centre's director administration and research Mansur Khan Mehsud.

He was speaking to the Fiji Times from Islamabad in Pakistan.

Mehsud says that foreigners are coming from a more diverse number of countries than in years past.

"A few months ago, we even welcomed some (two or three) people from Fiji for the first time!" says a Taliban member who spoke with AFP.

He told the Fiji Times that reports of Fijians being recruited by the Taliban was news all over Pakistan.

The Fiji Moslem league is not aware of any such association or links and they seriously doubted the credibility of such a claim, says Hafizud Dean Khan, the League's President.

"Muslims in Fiji have no reason to be oppressed as our country has allowed peaceful existence for all faiths," he said.

He also outlined that the League had not sent students to study in madrasas in Pakistan but some people went on their own. "We have our own educational institutions in Fiji," Mr Khan added.

Police spokesman Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri said police had information long before the revelation in overseas and local media last Friday.

"It has been there for some time. We already had information long before that," he said, referring to the media reports.

Sokomuri said that local police had sought the assistance of International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) on the matter.

"We have received the report through our sources. We are investigating through our channels overseas," he had said.

Fiji is home to 53,000 Muslims, mainly of Indian origin. Most Fiji Muslims are of the orthodox Sunni branch with a small number of Ahmadiyya Muslims.

The majority of New Zealand's 36,000 Muslims are from Fiji.

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