kesi inayowakabili viongozi wa harakati ya jumuiya na taasisi zakiislam zanzibar .

mahkama kuu vuga mjini zanzibar imeutaka upande wa mashtaka  kuwasilisha vielelezo na maelezo ya ushahidi vitakavyotumika  katika kesi inayowakabili viongozi wa  harakati ya jumuiya na taasisi zakiislam zanzibar .

jaji wa mahkama hiyo fatma hamid mahmoud ametoa ombi hilo alipokuwa akiendesha kesi  inayowakabili viongozi hao katika mahakam kuu vuga mjini zanzibar .

jaji huyo pia ameutaka upande wa mashtaka kuwasilisha kwa maandishi sababu za  kuzuiya dhamana ya  viongozi hao waliokaa rumande  kwa mwaka mmoja sasa.

hatua hiyo imekuja  baada ya mwendesha mashtaka wa serikali rashid abdalla kudai kuwa vielelezo vya ushahidi wa kesi hiyo tayari vimekamilia hivyo  ipangiwe tarehe nyengine ili kuwasilisha vielelezo vya mashahidi.

kwa upande wake wakili anaesimamia watuhumiwa wa kesi hiyo abdalla juma  ameiomba mahkama kupanga tarehe ya kusikilizwa  kwa kesi hiyo na vielelezo viwasilishwe mahkamani hapo kutokana na  ushahidi wa kesi hiyo kukamilika.

hata hivyo upande wa mashitaka haukuwa na pingamizi na na ombi hilo na  umedai kuwa unaiachia mahkama kuamua.

watuhumiwa katika kesi hiyo  ni   amiri mkuu wa jumuiya ya maimamu zanzibar samahatu sheikh farid hadi ahmed  mkaazi wa mbuyuni,amiri mkuu wa jumuiya ya uamsho na mihadhara yakiislam zanzibar fadhilatu sheikh mselem ali mselem  mkaazi wa kwamtipura, ustaddh mussa juma mussa  mkaazi wa makadara 

wengine ni  maustadh suleiman juma suleiman  mkaazi wa makadara, khamis ali suleiman mkaazi wa mwanakwerekwe, hassan bakar suleiman mkaazi wa tomondo, ghalib ahmada juma mkaazi wa mwanakwerekwe ,katibu wa jumuiya ya uamsho na mihadhara yakiislam zanzibar  al-ustadh abdallah said mkaazi wa misufini na fikirini majaliwa fikirini.

mashtaka waliosomewa washitakiwa hao ni kuharibu mali,  uchochezi,ushawishi na kuhamasisha fujo na kosa la tatu ni kula njama ya kufanya kosa.

kosa la nne linamkabili mshitakiwa namba nne al-. naibu amiri wa jumuiya ya uamsho na mihadhara yakiislam zanzibar  al-ustadh azan khalid ( mkaazi wa mfenesini.

ustadh azan khalid hamdan anadaiwa kutoa maneno ya matusi kwa kamishna wa polisi vitendo vinavyoweza kusababisha uvunjifu wa amani.

vitendo hivyo vinadaiwa   kufanyika kati ya oktoba 17,18 na 19 mwaka 2013 katika maeneo  mbali mbali katika manispaa ya mji wa zanzibar.

jaji fatma ameikhirisha kesi hiyo na kutaka upande wa mashitaka kuwasilisha vielelezo na maelezo ya kesi hiyo  kabla ya  januar 31 mwaka huu. 

Abdiweli Mohamed, rais mpya wa Puntland, Somalia

Dakta Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Waziri Mkuu wa zamani wa Somalia leo amechaguliwa kuwa Rais wa eneo lenye mamlaka ya ndani la Puntland, baada ya kumshinda mpinzani wake Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud kwa zaidi ya kura moja, katika uchaguzi huo uliojaa ushindani mkubwa.
Kwa mujibu wa taarifa kutoka Puntland, wabunge 66 wa eneo hilo waliochaguliwa na wakuu wa makabila mwezi uliopita, ndio wenye jukumu la kumchagua Rais wa eneo hilo lililoko kaskazini mashariki mwa Somalia.
Tume ya Uchaguzi ya Puntland ilipitisha majina ya wagombea 11 kati ya 15 waliojitokeza kuwania nafasi hiyo, katika eneo hilo lililojitangazia mamlaka ya ndani tokea 1998.
Dakta Abdiweli Mohamed Ali aliwahi kuhudumu nafasi ya Uwaziri Mkuu wa Somalia tangu mwaka 2009 hadi mwaka 2012. Inafaa kuashiria hapa kuwa, mapigano yaliyoanza mwaka 1991 nchini Somalia baada ya kuangushwa utawala wa Jenerali Muhammad Siad Barre, yalisababisha baadhi ya maeneo ya Somalia kujitangazia mamlaka ya ndani, kama Somaliland na Puntland. 

WFP yawapatia chakula wakimbizi wa ndani CAR

Shirika la Mpango wa ChakulalaUmoja wa Mataifa (WFP) limeanza tena kugawa chakula kwa familia za wakimbizi wa ndani ya nchi katika Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati.

Taarifa ya WFP imesema chakula kitatolewa kwa watu wapatao 100,000 ambao wamepata hifadhi katika uwanja wa ndege wa Bangui, mjii mkuu wa nchi hiyo iliyokumbwa na vita vya ndani. Ugawaji huo umeanza tena baada ya kusitishwa kwa wiki tatu kutokana na hali ya usalama kwenye eneo hilo.  WFP inashirikiana na mashirika kadhaa ya Umoja wa Mataifa na mashirika yasiyo ya kiserikali pamoja na viongozi wa kijamii ili kuhakikisha mazingira yanaruhusu kusambaza msaada wa chakula na misaada mingine kwa wakimbizi wa ndani. Wananchi wa Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati wanaituhumu Ufaransa ambayo ni mkoloni wa zamani wa nchi hiyo kuwa inachochea mapigano hasa uhasama baina ya Waislamu na Wakristo nchini humo. Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati ni nchi yenye umuhimu mkubwa kwa madola makubwa ulimwenguni kutokana na kuwa kwake katika kitovu cha bara la Afrika. Nchi hiyo inakodolewa jicho la tamaa na nchi kubwa duniani kutokana na utajiri mkubwa wa maliasili za madini kama almasi, urani na dhahabu.

Mapigano makali yaendelea nchini Sudan Kusini

Mapigano makali yanaripotiwa kuendelea kati ya wanajeshi wa serikali ya Sudan Kusini na waasi wanaoongozwa na makamu wa zamani wa rais Riek Machar.

Msemaji wa jeshi la Sudan Kusini Philip Aguer amesema siku ya Jumatano walipambana vikali na waasi katika kupigania udhibiti wa Bor, mji mkuu wa Jimbo la Jonglei. Aidha mapigano yanaripotiwa kuendelea katika jimbo lenye utajiri wa mafuta la Nile ya Juu. Msemaji wa waasi Youhani Musa Pauk amesema hakutakuwa na usitishaji mapigano hadi pale serikali ya Juba itakapowaachilia huru wanasiasa wapinzani ambao walitiwa mbaroni punde baada ya machafuko kuibuka wiki tatu zilizopita. Huku hayo yakijiri wapatanishi kutoka jumuiya ya kieneo ya IGAD wanasema mazungumzo baina ya pande hasimu yanaendelea vizuri na kwamba Rais Salva Kiir wa Sudan Kusini amesitiza kuwa mgogoro wa sasa ni wa kisiasa na kwamba anaunga mkono suluhisho la kisiasa. Machafuko nchini Sudan Kusini yalianza Disemba 15 katika mji mkuu Juba, pale wanajeshi wanaoaminika kuwa watiifu kwa Riek Machar, walipojaribu kuipindua serikali ya Rais Salva Kiir. Uhasama wa kisiasa nchini humo ulianza mwezi Julai mwaka jana baada ya Kiir kumfuta kazi Machar. Kiir ni kutoka kabila la Dinka ambalo ndilo lenye nguvu zaidi na Machar ni wa kabila la Nuer.

Watu 15 wauawa katika mlipuko wa basi Russia

Watu wasiopungua 15 wameuawa na wengine wengi kujeruhiwa katika mlipuko uliotokea ndani ya basi la abiria mapema leo katika mji wa Volgograd huko kusini mwa Russia.
Mlipuko huo umetokea wakati basi hilo lilipokuwa linakaribia soko la mji huo la umeharibu viyoo vya nyumba jirani.
Naibu Gavana wa mji wa Volgograd, Vasily Galushkin amesema ripoti alizonazo zinasema kuwa watu 15 wameuawa katika mlipuko huo na makumi ya wengine kujeruhiwa. Wataalamu wa serikali ya Russia wanasema kuwa mlipuko huo umetokana na shambulizi la kigaidi.
Shambulizi hilo limetokea siku moja tu baada ya hujuma nyingine ya bomu katika kituo kikuu cha treni cha mji wa Volgograd ambayo imesababisha vifo vya watu 17 na kujeruhi wengine wengi.
Hadi sasa hakuna mtu au kundi lililodai kuhusika na mashambulizi hayo ambayo yamefanyika kabla ya michezo ya Olimpiki ya msimu wa baridi ya Sochi iliyopangwa kufanyika mwezi Fubruari mwakani.

Wanawake Waislamu Myanmar wabakwa na polisi

Wanawake Waislamu wa kabila la Rohingya nchini Myanmar, wanakabiliwa na vitendo vya ukatili wa kijinsia vinavyofanywa na maafisa usalama katika vituo vya polisi nchini humo. Kwa mujibu wa ripoti maafisa wa usalama nchini Myanmar wamekuwa wakiwateka nyara wanawake na wasichana Waislamu wa kabila hilo sanjari na kuwapiga na kuwatukana. Habari zinasema kuwa, baada ya maafisa hao kuwalazimisha kutumia madawa ya kulevya huwapeleka katika vituo vya usalama na kuwabaka bila ya wao kujielewa. Hii ni katika hali ambayo jamii ndogo ya Waislamu nchini humo imekuwa ikinyimwa haki zake za kimsingi kutokana na serikali ya Naypyidaw kupinga kuwapa Waislamu wa jamii hiyo haki yoyote kwa madai kuwa eti sio raia wa nchi hiyo. Aidha kwa mara kadhaa Mashirika ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya kutetea haki za binaadamu yamekuwa yakiituhumu serikali ya nchi hiyo kwa kufumbia macho vitendo vya ukatili wa kijinsia vimavyofanywa na maafisa wa usalama na jeshi dhidi ya wanawake Waislamu wa kabila la Rohingya nchini humo.

Maandamano yaendelea Misri, makumi wajeruhiwa

Wanafunzi wa vyuo vikuu vya Misri wameendelea kuandamana leo wakipinga ukandamizaji uliofanywa na vyombo vya usalama dhidi ya wanafunzi wenzao wa Chuo Kikuu cha al Azhar mjini Cairo katika siku chache zilizopita.
Maandamano haya yanafanyika huku idadi ya watu waliojeruhiwa katika machafuko ya jana mjini Cairo ikiendelea kuongezeka. Idadi kubwa ya wanafunzi wa Chuo Kikuu cha al Azhar walijeruhiwa baada ya askari usalama wa serikali ya mpito ya Misri kushambulia uwanja wa chuo hicho na kutawanya wanafunzi waliokuwa wakiandamana kupinga mapinduzi ya kijeshi yaliyoiondoa madarakani serikali ya Muhammad Mursi.
Jeshi la Misri limewakamata wanafunzi kadhaa wa Kitengo cha Biashara cha Chuo Kikuu cha al Azhar siku moja baada ya polisi kuua mwanafunzi mmoja na kujeruhi wengine kadhaa katika jaribio la kutawala maandamanao ya wanafunzi wanaopinga utawala unaoungwa mkono na jeshi la Misri.

Hofu ya UN kuhusu hali ya wakimbizi S/Kusini

Umoja wa Mataifa umetahadharisha kuhusu idadi inayoongezeka ya watu wanaokimbia makazi yao kutokana na mapigano yanayoendelea huko Sudan Kusini kati ya jeshi la serikali ya Juba na waasi wanaoongozwa na makamu wa zamani wa rais wa nchi hiyo Riek Machar.
Ujumbe wa Umoja wa Mataifa nchini Sudan Kusini (UNMISS) ulitangaza jana kuwa karibu watu laki moja na 80 elfu wamekimbia makazi yao kutokana na mapigano ya ndani yanayoendelea katika nchi hiyo change zaidi duniani. Taarifa ya ujumbe huo imesema wakimbizi 75 elfu wamepewa hifadhi katika kambi za Umoja wa Mataifa katika maeneo ya Juba, Bor, Bentiu na Pariang tangu mapigano hayo yaanze katikati ya mwezi huu wa Disemba.
Wakati huo huo jumuiya za misaada ya kibinadamu zimetahadharisha kuwa maelfu ya watoto wadogo wametenganishwa na wazazi wao kutokana na machafuko ya Sudan Kusini.
Mapema jana Umoja wa Mataifa ulitangaza kuwa wapiganaji wa Riek Machar wanakaribia makao makuu ya jimbo la mashariki la Jonglei na kwamba mapigano makali yameshuhudiwa kati ya pande mbili hasimu katika njia ya kuelekea Bor.

UN yawasaidia waasi wa zamani wa M23 Congo

Umoja wa Mataifa umewapelekea misaada ya kibinadamu waasi wa zamani katika Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo.
Askari wa kulinda amani wa Umoja wa Mataifa waliko mashariki mwa nchi hiyo wamepeleka misaada ya kibinadamu ikiwa ni pamoja na chakula kwa waasi wa zamani wa Kongo wa kundi la M23 wanaohifadhiwa katika eneo lililoko umbali wa kilomita 40 kutoka mji wa Goma katika mkoa wa Kivu Kaskazini. Jenerali Tim Mukunto wa jeshi la Kongo amesema karibu tani 10 za chakula zinazotosha kwa ajili ya kipindi cha wiki mbili zimekabidhiwa kwa waasi hao wa zamani.
Awali askari wa kulinda amani wa Umoja wa Mataifa na taasisi mbalimbali za kimataifa zilielezea wasiwasi wao kuhusu hali mbaya ya waasi wa zamani wa kundi la M23 nchini Kongo.
Kundi hilo la waasi wa zamani lililazimika kutia saini makubaliano ya amani na serikali ya Kinshasa baada ya kupata kipigo kikubwa katika operesheni ya kijeshi iliyoshirikisha jeshi la Kongo na askari wa kimaraifa.

Misri yamuondolea Shafiq marufuku ya kusafiri

Maafisa nchini Misri wamemuondolea Ahmad Shafiq marufuku ya kusafiri nje ya nchi. Shafiq alikuwa waziri mkuu wa mwisho wa Hosni Mubarak dikteta aliyeng’olewa madarakani katika mapinduzi ya wananchi huko Misri.  Mamlaka inayohusika na hati za kusafiria ya Misri imewaagiza maafisa wa uwanja wa ndege kuliondoa jina la Jenerali Ahmad Shafiq katika orodha ya watu wasioruhusiwa kusafiri nje baada ya kutopatikana na hatia katika kesi ya ardhi ya marubani.
Hayo yemeelezwa na duru moja ya kiwanjani hapo ambayo haikutaja jina lake. Kuondolewa kwa marufuku hiyo ya kusafiri kumejiri baada ya mahakama moja ya Misri kuwafutia mashtaka ya ubadhirifu tarehe 19 mwezi huu, waziri mkuu huyo wa zamani na pia watoto wawili wa dikteta Hosni Mubarak  yaani Alaa na Gamal.
Ahmad Shafiq alikuwa anakabiliwa na mashtakiwa ya kuwauzia ardhi ya serikali kinyume cha sheria watoto hao wawili wa dikteta Mubarak tena kwa bei ya chini kabisa.  

KAMPALA YAPITISHA MSWADA WA KUPINGA NDOA ZA JINSI MOJA

kampala

bunge la uganda limepitisha muswada wa sheria wa kupambana na ndoa za watu wa jinsia moja, ambapo kwa mujibu wa sheria hiyo mhalifu atakayepatikana na hatia atahukumiwa kifungo cha maisha gerezani.

muswada huo wa ndoa za watu jinsia moja ulipitishwa na wabunge hapo jana. taarifa zinasema kuwa, wananchi wa uganda wanamsubiri rais yoweri museveni wa nchi hiyo aidhinishe muswada huo wa bunge na kuwa sheria.

muswada huo pia unaeleza kuwa, mtu yeyote aliyekuwa na taarifa za watu wanaoshiriki ngono za watu wa jinsia moja na kushindwa kutoa taarifa hizo kwenye vyombo husika atafungwa jela maisha.

mjadala wa kuchukuliwa adhabu kali watu wanaojihusisha na ngono za jinsia moja, uliibuliwa kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 2009, lakini madola ya magharibi yaliishinikiza sana uganda, ikalazimisha kusitisha kufuatilia muswada huo.

madola ya magharibi yalitishia kusimamisha misaada yao kwa uganda kama muswada huo ungelipitishwa bungeni.

wabunge walipendekeza itumike adhabu ya kifo kwa mtu yeyote atakayepatikana kwa mara ya pili na hatia ya kujihusisha na ngono za watu wa jinsia moja au kumuambukiza mwenza wake kwa makusudi virusi vya hiv.

SHEIKH ABDULLAH SALEH AL-FARSY (FEBRUARY 12, 1912-NOVEMBER 9, 1982) THE GREAT POET, SCHOLAR AND HISTORIAN IN ZANZIBAR

 

By Khatib Rajab

  When Sheikh Abdullah Saleh al-Farsy (1912-1982) died on November 9, 1982, he was undisputedly one among the international poets, scholars and Muslim historians in Zanzibar. He is remembered with ever smiling face and pleasant manners. He never failed to be surrounded by people who wanted to greet him or discuss about Islam. His reputation extended as far as to Southern Somalia in the north and Cape Town to the south as well as Nyasaland (Malawi), where he conducted DARSA (Lessons) before he left to Kenya to avoid persecution in Zanzibar. Born in Zanzibar on February 12, 1912 to a well distinguished family, Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy studied the Qur'an from Fatma Hamid Said (1854-1936), a student of Sheikh Amin bin Ahmed who taught Qur'an at Jongeani village, where Sheikh Abdullah Farsy was born and raised.
Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy memorised the Qur'an and large portions of Ahadith at a very young age. His strong desire for Islamic and secular education was insatiable and while other people of his age engaged in leisurely activities, Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy was almost always seen deeply engrossed over a new Islamic book. He loved reading so much so that most of his life was engaged in his huge home library.
When Sheikh Abdullah Saleh al-Farsy died, he was the most accomplished and respected ulama in the Swahili-Islamic World. His incomparable contribution to Islam reached its peak with the publication of his 807-page QUR'AN TAKATIFU (Glorious Qur'an), the first accepted complete translation into Swahili.
This enthusiastic and brilliant young scholar was lucky because at that time, Zanzibar retained some of the centuries old Islamic educational institutions. They were filled with students under the guidance of intellectual ulama such as Sheikh Abu Bakr bin Abdullah bin Bakathir (1881-1943), a renowned student of Sayyid Ahmed bin Abu Bakr al-Sumait (1961-1925) whom Sheikh Abdullah Saleh considered him as the greatest Islamic scholar East (and Central) Africa has ever produced.
In 1922, Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy enrolled the BARZA MOSQUE after two ULAMA (Scholars) asked him to do so. First, was Sayyid Hamid bin Mansab (1902-1965) who taught him RISALATUL JAMI'A, an elementary Islamic Studies. This IMAM (Leader) of FORODHANI MOSQUE died during the DARSA at the GOFU MOSQUE. He was a student of Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Rahman Makhzymy (1877-1946), one among the teachers of Abdullah Saleh Farsy. Second, was Sayyid Alawy bin Abdul Wahab (1902-1960) who taught him 12 books on FIQH, Arabic and commentary of MARDFIN RABBIYYAH about inheritance.
Besides mastering the rudimentary teaching of Islam at the BARZA MOSQUE, Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy excelled in Arabic grammar. In his 20s, he was writing Arabic poems, indicating the high level of education that the Zanzibar ulama were capable of disseminating at the time.
Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy studied under the tutelage of many great ulama such as Sheikh Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Mlomry (1873-1936) who taught him 25 books, including the TAFSIR (Exegesis) known as the JALALAYN, after Jalal al-Din Mahali (1389-1450) and Jalal al-Din Suyut (1445-1505), eminent Shafi'i ulama of Syria and Egypt, respectively.
When Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy completed all his instruction at the BARZA MOSQUE, Sheikh Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Mlomry allowed him to teach at the BARZA MOSQUE during Ramadhan under his supervision, analogous to an internship in our modern parlance.
He studied from Sheikh Abu Bakr (1881-1943), the son of Sheikh Abdullah bin Abu Bakr Bakathir (1860-1925), a student of Sheikh Ahmed bin Abu Bakr al-Sumait. Sheikh Abu Bakr bin Abdullah bin Bakathir who taught him more Fiqh than other ULAMA in Zanzibar, attended the DARSA of Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsi to give him incentive. He appointed him the IMAM for WITRI from 1933 until October 28, 1939, when he also allowed him the Qur'an reciter in the GOFU MOSQUE and led the FAJR prayers until 1966, when he was replaced by his sister's son Saleh bin Salim bin Zagar.
Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy studied from Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Rahman al-Makhzymy many volumes of FIQH (Jurisprudence), including FUTH AL-MUIN and IKNAI, which was first taught by Sheikh Abdullah bin Abu Bakr bin Bakathir in 1917 at the GOFU MOSQUE. He also taught him the science of determining the proper hours of worshipping and direction of the QIBLA. Although Sheikh Abdullah Saleh first studied MINHAJ AT-TABIN by the GREAT Shafi'i ULAMA Sheikh Zakariya Muhyddin Yahya Sharaff ad-Din al-Nawawi (1213-1277), he then studied it from Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Rahman al-Makhzymy.
The canonical standing of this book in Zanzibar goes back to Imam Abu Hamid bin Muhammad al-Ghazzali (1058-1111), professor of Nidhamiyyah Shafi'i Muslim Academy in Baghdad. He was a student of Imam of HARAMAYN Ahmed Malik al-Jawayti (d. 1085) to Ayoub al-Buwati (d. 845), a student of IMAM Mohammad Idriss al-Shafi'i (767-820), founder of the Shafi'i School, the most dominant in both Zanzibar and Egypt.   Sheikh Muhsin bin Ali bin Issa Barwan taught him at the GOFU MOSQUE. He was the first ulama, who in 1944, allowed Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy to teach JALALAYN at the BARZA MOSQUE during the Ramdhan. Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy after studied it under Sheikh al-Amin Ali bin Abdullah bin Nafi al-Mazrui (1875-1947), who popularized the profound ideas of ISLAMIC MODERNISM as expounded by Muhammad Abduh (1845-1905), teacher of Sheikh Ahmed Muhammad Mlomry at Al-Azhar University of Egypt.   Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy also received several IJAZA (Certificates) from Sheikh Umar bin Ahmed bin Abu Bakr al-Sumait (b. 1896) who taught him several books on FIQH, MANTIQ (Logic) and HADITH, among others. Unfortunately, this great ULAMA left to Yemen in 1965 due to Zanzibar dictatorship under the Christian-led government of Julius Kambarage Nyerere.
The intellectual performance of Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy in secular education was equally impressive. He was so excellent in his secular education at the Central Primary School which he joined in 1924, that the English teacher did not know which specific class to enroll him. Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy completed the recommended eight-year primary education for five years only.
Among his famous school teachers were Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Seif (1900-1940) and Sheikh Abdul Bary hired by Sayyid Ali bin Humoud (1902-1911) from Al-Azhar University. For twenty years in Zanzibar, Sheikh Abdul Bary propagated Pan-Islamism and Islamic Modernism against British imperialism before the publication of QUR'AN TAKATIFU.
The QUR'AN TAKATIFU by Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy was written between 1950-1967, when ideas of nationalism and secularism in Zanzibar were vague. According to Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf, QUR'ANI TAKATIFU reflects the influences of Islamic Modernism of Sayyid Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) and Muhammad Abduh (1845-1905) as a response and component of Islamic intellectual thought in Zanzibar
But QUR'AN TAKATIFU was also a response to the Swahili translation of the Qur'an undertaken by the Rev. Godfrey Dale, a Christian Missionary in Zanzibar. His translation was meant to help the African Christian teachers employed by the University Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), founded in 1873 by the the Rev. Dr. David Livingston (1813-1873) in Zanzibar.
The translation contains 542 pages and 142 pages of comments for the (non-Arabic) text. It was published in 1923 by the London-based Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The translation was written according to the so called Zanzibar Swahili.
Because his translation reflected the Christian apologetics and was not acceptable to Muslims, Sheikh Mubarak bin Ahmed bin Ahmad, Head of the Ahmadiyah Muslim in East Africa started his translation in 1936 which was approved by Christian Missionaries and Orientalists in Zanzibar:  
 

By 1942, a typescript copy was ready for submission to the Inter-Territorial (Swahili) Language for their approval. In April 1944, the Committee replied, commenting the translation as acceptable standard Swahili on the whole, with a list of proposed amendments, not all of which were adopted. The translation was then examined by a number of East African Ahamidiyas and passed by them as elegant and  tasteful Swahili. (pp. 102-103).

Sheikh Ameir bin Abeid (1924-1964), a student of Ahmadiyah in Pakistan (1954-1956) was defending the translation of the Qur'an by Ahmadiyah. But the translation of Ahmadiyah first published in 1953 aroused an uproar among the Sunni Muslims. They strongly accused Ahmadiyas of their deliberate mistranslation of certain verses to support the Ahmadiyanism. In order to challenge the Christian and Ahmadiyah translations, it was deemed essential to have an "authoritative" translation of the Qur'an. This task was shouldered by Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy, who had prayed to Allah (SWT) that he should not die until he finished his Swahili Qur'anic translation.
This noble idea began when he published his first book called MAISHA YA MTUME MUHAMMAD (pbuh) which was followed by SURA ZA SALA NA TAFSIRI ZAKE (1950). Before Sheikh Abdullah Saleh expressed his criticism of the Ahmadiyah translation in booklet; UPOTOFU WA TAFSIRI YA MAKADIANI, he had already published translation and commentary of SURAH YASEEN, AL-WAQIYAH and AL-MULK with the Arabic text prior to the publication of Qadiyani in 1953. They were printed by A.A. Vasingstake in England and published in 1950 at Zanzibar.
His main translation based on the JALALAYN as his classical source, began to be published one JUZ at a time in 1956 and by 1961 twelve JUZ were published. Due to financial problem, the complete translation sponsored by the Islamic Foundation, appeared in 1969. A generous donation from the Sultan of Qatar, Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali Thani made it possible to distribute 4,000 copies free of charge and offered the remaining 3,000 copies for the reduced price of ten shillings.   Since 1950s to 1960s were the era of an intense anti-Ahmadiyah campaign by the JAMAAT EL-ISLAMI in Pakistan, the meritorious efforts of Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy received a welcome support from Sheikh Abdul Maududi (1903-1979), the Chief of JAMAAT EL-ISLAMI. Despite the differences of approaches and attitudes between Islamist trends in Pakistan and in Zanzibar, Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy made no distinction between Ahmadiyas and Qadiyanis as opposed in Pakistan. He simply called them MAKADIYANI (Qadianis) or MAKAFIRI (Infidels).
It was Islamic Foundation of Nairobi, an organization sympathetic to JAMAAT EL-ISLAMI, published Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy's translation. Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy stated that Maududi had given his personal consent for the publication of QUR'ANI TAKATIFU. Likewise, Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy acknowledged the translation of Maududi's QUR'AN FAHMI KE BUNYADI USUL (Msingi wa Ufahamu Quran) and allowed his introduction of commentary TAFHIM AL-QUR'AN (1949) in QUR'ANI TAKATIFU.
After completing his Teachers Training College (TTC), Sheikh Abdullah became a primary school teacher (1932-1947) and following a series of promotions for his hard work and diligence, he was appointed the Inspector General of Primary Schools in Zanzibar and Pemba (1949-1952) by the British Colonial Administration operating from the Sultan's palaces. He was later made the Principal of the Muslim Academy Secondary School (1952-1956) before being appointed the Headmaster (1957-1960) of the Arabic Medium School. He performed HAJJ (Pilgrimage) in March 1960 and left the Ministry of Education in 1967 when he was a teacher at the Teachers' Training College.
In 1960, he was appointed as the Chief Kadhi of Zanzibar, a post he held for seven years until he migrated to Kenya. He left Zanzibar after the bloody CRUSADE in the name of the ZANZIBAR REVOLUTION on January 12, 1964 that rocked the whole African history and installed one of the most brutal dictatorships, hostile to Islamic identity in Zanzibar.
His host in Kenya was Sheikh Muhammad Kassim al-Mazrui, a lifelong friend and fellow student under Sheikh al-Amin bin Ali al-Mazrui, who taught Islam in Zanzibar. Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy was no stranger in Kenya where his reputation as a leading scholar had preceded him. The retired Sheikh Muhammad Kassim al-Mazrui who recommended him to the post of Chief Kadhi of Kenya, a request that President Jomo Kenyatta (1963-1979) had no misgivings about him. For over 14 years till the time of his retirement in 1980, he was the Chief Kadhi of Kenya, a titular function he performed so remarkably.
Besides his Qur'anic translation, which is so popular that it was nearly impossible to get a copy, Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy authored over 100 books and pamphlets in both Arabic and Swahili. About half of them were published but some of his published books are difficult to get them such as the IMAM SHA'FI NA WANAVYUONI WA AFRIKA MASHARIKI (Imam Mohammad Idriss al-Shafi'i (767-820), and the Great Muslim Scholars in East Africa), which qualifies to be his doctoral dissertation.  
Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Farsy passed away on November 9, 1982, barely eight months after he had left Kenya to join his family in Mascut, Oman. This death was mourned throughout East Africa. While the loss to this East African Muslim is irreparable, his legacy will remain for along time etched in memories, his accomplishments and achievements, a proud monument of his unrivalled devotion to his beloved Zanzibaris. 


(Let us pray for our Sheikh (Abdullah Saleh Farsy) with others, before and after him). DU'A KWA SHEIKH WETU PAMOJA NA WALIOTUTANGULIA KABLA NA BAADA YAKE.