With support from the foremer chief justice hon evans gicheru, head of the judiciary; based on the first time ever needs analysis survey findings and the resolutiion and declarations of the muslim women leaders ….
NAZLIN HELD TWO FIRST TIME EVER NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS WITH TOPMOST RESPECTED ISLAMIC SCHOLARS AND ALL THE KADHI’S (ISLAMIC JUDICIAL OFFICERS FROM THE KADHI’S COURTS) TO FORGE THE WAY FORWARD, JUNE – JULY 2004, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FOREMER CHIEF JUSTICE HON EVANS GICHERU, HEAD OF THE JUDICIARY; BASED ON THE FIRST TIME EVER NEEDS ANALYSIS SURVEY FINDINGS AND THE RESOLUTIION AND DECLARATIONS OF THE MUSLIM WOMEN LEADERS, WHILE INVOKING THE ISLAMIC SHARI’AH TOWARDS ENHANCEMENT OF MUSLIM WOMEN’S RIGHTS, THE PROJECT PARTNERED WITH THE JUDICIARY OF KENYA, AND THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE (THE FORMER, HON EVANS GICHERU), These two ground-breaking forums brought together for the first time in East African history topmost Islamic scholars in the country for a three day meeting and then joined by all the Kadhi’s through the Judiciary of Kenya, on the fourth day and who then continued for another three days and who made wonderful declarations and Fatwa(Islamic decrees),at the Senate Hotel, Thika; discussion/sensitization pointes were the report of the needs analysis survey on the status of women in the country vis-à-vis Islamic rights and their violations, the report and recommendations of the 1srt Muslim women leaders forum in Kenya held at Kilimambogo, Thika in February 2004, the development of a comparative reference book and study of 22 Muslim country Islamic family Laws for Kenyan Kadhis courts and the Kenyan legal fraternity on the Shari’ah Law and the rights of Muslim women in family matters and personal Laws, “The Islamic Shari’ah and the rights of Women, volume I. Marriage and divorce: A comparative reference and application of the Shari’ah law worldwide.”. One of the historic resolutions passed was the need to develop such a book. Nazlin was endorsed and appointed by all the Kadhis in Kenya to research and author this book, HIV/AIDS, gender disparities, women’s rights and vulnerabilities, VCT for couples before marriage, VCT set –ups in Mosques, prostitution, child pregnancies, drug abuse and human trafficking, the Muslim and other communities challenges and Islam’s strategies. Nazlins also presented her paper before the Islamic clerics and Kadhis of Kenya- Islamic HIV/AIDS hand book, sourced with authorities from the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith which form the basis of the Shari’ah on every aspect of HIV and AIDS– “The Islamic exposition into Gender, Sexuality and the AIDS scourge: Islam’s strategies and the Global Muslim community’s challenges in response to the AIDS pandemic.”
These ground beaking resolutions and Islamic decrees( fatwa) can be found at nazlinumar.blogspot.com, nazlinumar youtube and facebook group nazlinumar.
These were launched through support by USAID, the United States Ambassador to Kenya and the Vice President of the republic of Kenya in April 2005 during the national Launch of NMCK and its popular ‘breaking the silence behind the veil’ project in Kenya and was submitted to all relevant organs including the judiciary and the Office of the then President His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki to the office of the president to the office of the vice president his excellency Hon Moody Awori, the government of the United states of America through the Ambassador His Excellency William Bellamy, to USAID-PEPFAR through the health and population chief Janet Paz Castillo, the Policy project through the Country director Angeline Siparo. (Annexed at the end of this profile are the speeches of the said leaders and Nazlin, which can also be found on her blog) Details of her famed ‘BREAKING THE SILENCE –BEHIND THE VEIL’ project are as follows;
NAZLIN HELD FIRST TIME EVER NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS WITH KADHIS, ISLAMIC SCHOLARS, WOMEN LEADERS
With support from the foremer chief justice hon evans gicheru, head of the judiciary; based on the first time ever needs analysis survey findings and the resolutiion and declarations of the muslim women leaders ….
NAZLIN HELD TWO FIRST TIME EVER NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS WITH TOPMOST RESPECTED ISLAMIC SCHOLARS AND ALL THE KADHI’S (ISLAMIC JUDICIAL OFFICERS FROM THE KADHI’S COURTS) TO FORGE THE WAY FORWARD, JUNE – JULY 2004, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FOREMER CHIEF JUSTICE HON EVANS GICHERU, HEAD OF THE JUDICIARY; BASED ON THE FIRST TIME EVER NEEDS ANALYSIS SURVEY FINDINGS AND THE RESOLUTIION AND DECLARATIONS OF THE MUSLIM WOMEN LEADERS, WHILE INVOKING THE ISLAMIC SHARI’AH TOWARDS ENHANCEMENT OF MUSLIM WOMEN’S RIGHTS, THE PROJECT PARTNERED WITH THE JUDICIARY OF KENYA, AND THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE (THE FORMER, HON EVANS GICHERU), These two ground-breaking forums brought together for the first time in East African history topmost Islamic scholars in the country for a three day meeting and then joined by all the Kadhi’s through the Judiciary of Kenya, on the fourth day and who then continued for another three days and who made wonderful declarations and Fatwa(Islamic decrees),at the Senate Hotel, Thika; discussion/sensitization pointes were the report of the needs analysis survey on the status of women in the country vis-à-vis Islamic rights and their violations, the report and recommendations of the 1srt Muslim women leaders forum in Kenya held at Kilimambogo, Thika in February 2004, the development of a comparative reference book and study of 22 Muslim country Islamic family Laws for Kenyan Kadhis courts and the Kenyan legal fraternity on the Shari’ah Law and the rights of Muslim women in family matters and personal Laws, “The Islamic Shari’ah and the rights of Women, volume I. Marriage and divorce: A comparative reference and application of the Shari’ah law worldwide.”. One of the historic resolutions passed was the need to develop such a book. Nazlin was endorsed and appointed by all the Kadhis in Kenya to research and author this book, HIV/AIDS, gender disparities, women’s rights and vulnerabilities, VCT for couples before marriage, VCT set –ups in Mosques, prostitution, child pregnancies, drug abuse and human trafficking, the Muslim and other communities challenges and Islam’s strategies. Nazlins also presented her paper before the Islamic clerics and Kadhis of Kenya- Islamic HIV/AIDS hand book, sourced with authorities from the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith which form the basis of the Shari’ah on every aspect of HIV and AIDS– “The Islamic exposition into Gender, Sexuality and the AIDS scourge: Islam’s strategies and the Global Muslim community’s challenges in response to the AIDS pandemic.”
These ground beaking resolutions and Islamic decrees( fatwa) can be found at nazlinumar.blogspot.com, nazlinumar youtube and facebook group nazlinumar.
These were launched through support by USAID, the United States Ambassador to Kenya and the Vice President of the republic of Kenya in April 2005 during the national Launch of NMCK and its popular ‘breaking the silence behind the veil’ project in Kenya and was submitted to all relevant organs including the judiciary and the Office of the then President His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki to the office of the president to the office of the vice president his excellency Hon Moody Awori, the government of the United states of America through the Ambassador His Excellency William Bellamy, to USAID-PEPFAR through the health and population chief Janet Paz Castillo, the Policy project through the Country director Angeline Siparo. (Annexed at the end of this profile are the speeches of the said leaders and Nazlin, which can also be found on her blog) Details of her famed ‘BREAKING THE SILENCE –BEHIND THE VEIL’ project are as follows;