A large delegation of women from Wanita Islam, the peak Indonesian Muslim Women’s organisation were hosted by Seena Inc, publishers of AMUST on Friday 15 September at Dar-ul-Islam in Bonnyrigg over an informative luncheon and cake cutting ceremony.
The delegation consisting of 41 ladies from different provinces of Indonesia including Jakarta, Papua, West Sumatra, Ache and many other provinces, were in Sydney to promote cooperation between the Indonesian and various Australian Muslim organisations with a 4-day program organised by Hajjah Zubeda Raihman, President of MWNNA.
The formal program started with the recitation of the holy Quran followed by the introduction of the members of each organisation and welcome by Mobinah Ahmad, one of the Seena members and Managing Editor of AMUST.
Sr Hanif, the Secretary of Wanita Islam with a presentation explained the active work Wanita Islam is doing in different provinces of Indonesia. She mentioned that the Indonesian Islamic Women’s Welfare Agency became a women’s organisation known as Wanita Islam.
This organisation is 60 years old established in 1962 in Jakarta and now it has flourished and spread in all provinces of Indonesia, working in the fields of religious, social, economic, education and Dawaah.
Mrs Mehar Ahmad, President of Seena Incorporated, highlighted the Seena’s aim and objectives and explained how Seena is working towards building an inclusive society through its various projects.
One of its major projects is the award winning Australasian Muslim Times AMUST news platform providing media service to the diverse, multicultural community of Australia.
Next year, AMUST will be celebrating 10 years of its recommencement as an English language multimedia community platform.
Seena’s other projects included FunFest, which is being held in December aligned with the in international Day for People With Disability IDPWD, women’s self-care event, Mind Body and Soul and Grandparents day/Seniors Day, which aligns with Grandparents Day in October.
At the end of both presentations, there was Q&A session followed by cutting a beautiful and delicious cake to mark the occasion with an elder member of Wanita Islam making a heartwarming dua.
Lunch was served after congregational Dhur prayer at the Dar-ul-Islam Musallah led by a senior lady Imam.
After lunch, gifts were exchanged for the delegates to remember their visit to Australia.
It was a very successful event where both organisations decided to collaborate with each other in future.
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