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32 NEW VISION, Tuesday, July 3, 2018 ADVERTISER SUPPLEMENT His Holiness cherishes peace and social equality By Mathias Mazinga restoration of the Lulua Mosque and Juyushi Mosque, is Holiness Zarih mosque, Zaynab bint Ali Dr Syedna (Cairo). Mufaddal Saifuddin celebrations, he established Al T.U.S is the !"# 53rd and Kenya. current $% supreme acre campus commenced in Hleader (Da’i al-Mutlaq) of the & Dawoodi Bohras. inaugurated by His Holiness. He received the name Aali Qadr Mufaddal from his grandfather, Dr Syedna Conservation Taher Saifuddin. He took up Through the Burhani Foundation, His Holiness has following the death of his also launched environmental father. awareness campaigns, such During his reign, the as the tree-planting and bird-feeding campaigns, for contributed enormously to the example Save our Sparrows restoration of medieval Fatimid initiative. architecture, most notably the Al-Hakim Mosque and a Food security number of other Fatimid-era As a spiritual leader with a mosques, located in Cairo. He deep awareness of the socio- received much of his spiritual economic inequalities in the guidance from his father. world, His Holiness has always discouraged materialism, Leadership and extravagance and undue philanthropy wastage. His Holiness has undertaken In an effort to reduce global numerous projects in the food wastage, especially within restoration of medieval Fatimid community feasts, His Holiness masjids in Egypt and other introduced regulation on the quantity of dishes served per under the guidance of his meal. father. To ensure that not a single Notable projects include Dawoodi Bohra community the restoration and revival of member goes hungry, His Al-Hakim Mosque (al-Jamea Holiness initiated a community al-Anwar), the restoration of kitchen scheme named “Faiz the masjid of Syedna Zoeb al-Mawaid al-Burhaniyah”. bin Moosa, the restoration of '*""$% Aqmar Mosque, construction cooked meals are delivered to of the mosque in Salamiyah, homes and communities. His Holiness Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin .

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