Islamic Cham ethnics in An Giang hold 2nd congress
The second congress of Islamic Cham
ethnic community in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was held at
the Nekmah Mosque in Tan Chau town on Jan. 12.
The second congress of Islamic Cham
ethnic community in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was held at
the Nekmah Mosque in Tan Chau town on Jan. 12.
Representatives from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs and local authorities joined more than 100 Islamic followers at the event.
The participants agreed that from now until 2015, the Islamic Cham community will continue to organise religious courses combined with the dissemination of law to its believers.
The community will seek funding to support Cham students pursuing graduate and post-graduate study both in and outside the country, and hold more Vietnamese-Cham bilingual courses at local schools and mosques.
At the congress, the delegates elected a 16-member representative board of the Islamic Cham community for the 2010-2015 term, with MuSa Haji re-elected as its head.
An Giang province is now home to over 15,000 Islamic Cham people who conduct religious practice at 27 mosques in seven districts and towns.
Over the past five years, a total of 1,813 houses were built for poor Cham families in An Giang, with financial support sourced from hunger eradication and poverty reduction Programmes 134 and 135./.
Representatives from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs and local authorities joined more than 100 Islamic followers at the event.
The participants agreed that from now until 2015, the Islamic Cham community will continue to organise religious courses combined with the dissemination of law to its believers.
The community will seek funding to support Cham students pursuing graduate and post-graduate study both in and outside the country, and hold more Vietnamese-Cham bilingual courses at local schools and mosques.
At the congress, the delegates elected a 16-member representative board of the Islamic Cham community for the 2010-2015 term, with MuSa Haji re-elected as its head.
An Giang province is now home to over 15,000 Islamic Cham people who conduct religious practice at 27 mosques in seven districts and towns.
Over the past five years, a total of 1,813 houses were built for poor Cham families in An Giang, with financial support sourced from hunger eradication and poverty reduction Programmes 134 and 135./.
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