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Masjid el Hayy in Sanford is crowded and abuzz with eager Khojas waiting to know if we’ll be fasting from tomorrow, Monday, May 6. There would not ordinarily be such a large crowd, on a religious event-free day. A niyaaz dinner in honor of a just laid to rest prominent member of HIC does the […]
Ramadhan Iftaar Feeding Program – Goal Achieved: The US$320,000 goal for 2019 Iftaar feeding program for the poor in 19 countries was met – alhamd’Allah. Approximately 10,000 plus poor families in some of the most remote and violence-stricken countries in the world got relief food packages, enabling them a decent iftaar every day. A huge […]
Abdul Kareem Lalji is a big, towering personality; you can spot him from quite a distance. This largeness to his body size extends to his demeanor; cordial and likable, ready to listen to everybody with a ready, albeit wry smile. The man has been through a lot of trials and tribulations for a 43-year-old, 5 […]
2019 Ramadhan Iftaar Aid Update: 1,000 Cholera Infected Get CAI Donor Treatment In Yemen: About 700 children and 300 adults who are infected with cholera in Yemen receive CAI donor treatment. These victims were not vaccinated earlier by CAI program due to the remoteness of their residence. CAI Donor Aid To Mozambique Typhoon Victims Distributed: […]
Will missiles put rotis in our mouths? When my travels take me to Mumbai, India, which is often, I am royalty material. My encounter with immigration and customs is pleasant, courteous, brief. Being Platinum with The Leela, their driver picks me up in an airconditioned BMW and I am whisked up to my super-cooled room […]
2019 Ramadhan Iftaar Update: Updates On Halwana Sadat And Kodinar Schools – India: Trustees Abbas Jaffer and Ali Yusufali were on the ground at the CAI donor-funded work in progress schools at Kodinar, Gujarat and Halwana Sadat, UP India. These 2 impoverished areas, whose children lack education facilities, especially for girls, will soon insha’Allah have […]
Lucky Sohail and I are in the land of the Imams (a) once more, but this time, during the blessed birthdays of Shaban 3 and 4. Oh, what a soopa treat! Emirates Airline’s stepsister, flydubai, with matching step-sisterly service and attitude, flies us down to Najaf, where we arrive 30 minutes late, with my ears […]
Ramadhan 2019 – Appeal For Iftaar Feeding 2 Deep Water-wells In Basra, Iraq Commissioned CAI Trustees Sohail Abdullah and Ali Yusufali were in Basra, Iraq for the commissioning of the remaining 2 deep water-wells that CAI donors sponsored for the struggling community there. These water-wells now provide enough potable water for the needs of about […]
I’m on my way to Kabul, Afghanistan. Again. My 38th time to this traumatized country in the past 12 years or so CAI has been active here. The diverse challenges the Trustees of CAI face in managing the various humanitarian projects in this badbakht country is unrelenting and never cease. Most disconcerting is the safety […]
India – Home Away From Home? India is my second home; I spend a lot of time here. I’ve been visiting this mahaan country, off and on, since 1980. I even lived here for 3 years, from 2008 through 2011. I have a love/hate relationship with her. I guess it’s like being with a spouse […]
