The Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Birth Centenary Meeting and the Memorial Oration were held on Tuesday 4th October, 2011 at 4.30 p.m. at the Ghaffoor Hall,
The Meeting was jointly presided by Mr. S.H.M. Jameel, President of the Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Foundation and Mr. Nadvi Bahaudeen, National President of the All Ceylon YMMA Conference.
The Meeting commenced with the recital of Qirath followed by Kathamul Quran/Dua by learned Moulavis.
Mr. Jameel welcomed the guests and spoke on the history, aims, objectives and achievements of the Foundation. He commended the YMMA for organizing the annual commemoration meetings without a break from 1974 in honouring their Founder. He said that Mr. S.M. Kamaldeen, a close confidante of Dr. Azeez, initiated these meetings by the Azeez Memorial Committee.
Mr. Bahaudeen spoke on the formation, objectives, achievements and the large contributions made by the YMMA to the community at large.
The Birth Centenary Oration was delivered by Hon. Rauff Hakeem, M.P., Minister of Justice on the subject of “Post Colonial Identity Dilemma of
A memento was presented to Hon. Rauff Hakeem by Mr. Khalid M. Farouk, Secretary of the Foundation, in appreciation of delivering the Oration.
A reprint and second edition of Dr. Azeez’s first English book, “The West Reappraised” published in 1964, was released at the Meeting. The first copy was presented to Hon. Rauff Hakeem, and copies were presented to old boys of
The Vote of Thanks was proposed by Mr. M.Y. Mohamed, a student and later teacher at
The Meeting ended with the recital of Salawath.
The YMMA hosted all those present with refreshments and drinks.
The Compere was Mr. M.F.S. Muheed who did a splendid job. He is an old boy of
A slide show of thirty selected photos were shown before and after the meeting arranged by Mr. Shiraz Fouz.