Community Notice
Going forward all the communication from the Memon Association of Canada to it's
members will be from
canadamemon@gmail.com
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT
We the Canada Memons with profound sorrow and regret have learnt the demise of
Bibi Bai Choksi, mother of Qasim, Ali, Arif, Wahid and Qadir Choksi.
Inna Lillaahe Wa Inna Elaihe Rajeoon. We express our heartfelt condolences to
all members of the family.
This was Allah's wish and we all have to submit to his will.
May Allah Subhanahu rest the departed soul in eternal peace, forgive her
shortcomings and sins and grant her a place in Jannatul Firdous. Ameen!
Inshallah Namaz-e-Janaza will held at the Islamic Society of Stouffiville,
Tuesday July 13, 2010. at 1:30pm. The address is 1380 Stouffville Road, Richmond
Hill, ON., Tel: 905 887 8913.
EID MILAD - UN - NABI MARCH, 2010 PROGRAM
PICTURES
Memons
The Memons origins from the villages of Kutch, Gujarat and Kathiawad regions in
India. After the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, a large number of Memons
migrated to Pakistan while many preferred to remain in India itself or
move to other countries. In Pakistan most of the memons live in the port city of
Karachi.
Historically Memons are a mercantile community (and are generally referred to
as a business community in Pakistan and India). Most of them are merchants and
traders, industrialists, professionals and generally hold white collar
jobs.
Memons around the world
Role
of the Jamaat
Memons generally tie to their respective locally societies called "Jamat",
literally means congregation, which are generally established for the betterment
and social welfare of its members which may include issuance of marriage
license, matrimonial dispute resolution, adaptation and enforcement of the rules
and guidelines against certain undesirable customs, establish healthcare and
education centres, provide various facilities for the community need and also
financial support and housing for the poor and needy members and sometime
non-members.
The following are some common well organized societies or welfare
associations called Jamaat (Gujarāti
script: જમાત) of the Memons community which generally refer to their
ancestral village or town.
Memon Jamats