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Na'eem Jeenah
Other
Experience
1985 - 1986
National President — Muslim Students Association
1986
Chairperson — Islamic Society, University of Durban-Westville
1989
Co-ordinator — National Annual Islamic Training Programme of the Muslim
Youth Movement of South Africa
1990
Member — Steering Committee, National Muslim Conference
1990
Co-ordinator — National Islamic Training Programme of the
Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa
1991 - 1992
Member — World Conference on Religion and Peace Charter Committee for
Drawing up a Religious Charter
1992
Member — Drafting Committee for Declaration on Religious Rights and Responsibilities co-ordinated by World Conference on Religion and Peace
1992
Conducted approximately 20 workshops nationally on Declaration on Religious Rights and
Responsibilities
1992
Member of Organising Committee and Delegate — National Inter-faith Conference, Pretoria
1992 - 1994
Vice-chairperson — National Youth Development Co-ordinating Committee
1994 - 1995
Treasurer — National Youth Development Co-ordinating Committee
1992
Co-ordinator — National Islamic Training Programme of the
Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa
March 1993
Delegate — Conference on Youth development
1993 - 1995
Member of the Council — National Youth Development Forum
1993
Delegate at conference for "Top 40 youth of SA", convened by the
Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa (IDASA), Rustenberg
1993 - 1995
Executive Member — National Youth Development Forum
1993 - 1994
Member — Muslim Forum on Elections
1993 - 1994
Member of the Management Board — Central Islamic Trust
1994 - 1995
Member, Muslim Personal Law Board of South Africa
September 1994
Helped initiate formation of Muslim Community Broadcasting Trust
1994
Study Trip to Denmark sponsored by the Danish Youth Council for South African Youth
leaders. Represented National Youth Development Co-ordinating Committee
1994
Led National Youth Development Co-ordinating Committee delegation on Study Trip to Sweden, sponsored by the Swedish Youth Council.
December 1994
Co-ordinator of the 18th annual Islamic Training Programme of the Muslim Youth Movement
of South Africa
April 1995
Delegate at Popular Arab and Islamic Conference, Khartoum, Sudan
1998 – 2005
Chairperson of the Muslim Community Broadcasting Trust
1999 –
Coordinator – Masjidul Islam, Brixton, Johannesburg
1999 –
President of the Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa
December 2000
Included in the Mail & Guardian's "Hot Shit 100 List" of people "Making their mark in the
new millennium"
2001 –
Freelance reporter for Free Speech Radio News, USA
2001 –
Board member of The Other Voices – an organisation dealing with issues of women and
religion
2001 –
Member of the Gender and Religion Reference Group of the Commission on Gender Equality
2002 –
Executive Committee member, Freedom of Expression Institute
2001 –
Spokesperson, Palestine Solidarity Committee
2002 –
Spokesperson, Anti-War Coalition
June 2002
Participant, Muslim-Christian Consultation on "Religious Principles and Educational
Methods for Muslims and Christians to Protect and Promote Freedom of Religion and
Belief", International Association for Religious Freedom, Geneva
Sep-Oct 2002
Undertook a 15-city speaking tour of North America
2002 -
Member of the Steering committee for UN conference for the Protection of the Inalienable
Rights of the Palestinian people
Oct 2002
Guest Lecture at University of California Sacramento. Course on Women in the Middle East
March 2003
Coordinated workshop on Religion, Culture and Identity for a research project of the Centre
for Contemporary Islam (University of Cape Town), part of the South Africa Netherlands
Research Project on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)
September 2003
Elected to the International Coordinating Network of NGOs on Palestine (ICNP)
January 2004
Delegate to the US-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar
July 2004 -
Deputy Chairperson, Freedom of Expression Institute
July 2004 -
Management Committee Member, Freedom of Expression Institute
August 2004 -
Guest Lecture, Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes University
November 2004 -
Elected member of the World Council of the World Islamic Call Society
2003 - 2005
Member of the SA2020 team charting scenarios for South Africa in the
year 2020
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Last updated:
07 September 2007
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