The Minister for Education Dr Mahendra Reddy has commended the Fiji Muslim League for their contribution to the nation especially for assisting in the rehabilitation of schools around Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Winston.
While speaking at the 90th Anniversary Celebration at Suva Muslim Primary School today, Dr Reddy says classes would not have started again after Winston without the help of the Fiji Muslim League and other faith based organisations.
Dr Reddy says the strong foundation of the Fiji Muslim League has seen a better coordination of different branches as they responded to the severe destruction of the cyclone.
He urged them to continue their good work in portraying unity around the nation.
Meanwhile President of the Fiji Muslim League Hafizud Dean Khan says Muslim settlement in Fiji derives from the indenture system which between 1879 and 1916 brought 60,536 labourers from India, of whom Muslims constituted 14.3%. Muslims numbered 5,098 males and 2,537 females; almost 90% were aged between 11 and 30 years.
Khan says they came under girmit, a five year contract which deprived them of their human rights and brutalized them for the profits of their employer.
Khan believes their forefathers vision has been a success now as they focused on building more schools as their first priority to provide education for the future generation.
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