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