Sarkin Madinawa Malamai (Imam) is the official noble position of Islamic religious leadership held by the Banu Gha, Madinawa Malamai at Kadawa, Warawa.The holder of the position performs the duties of and advise the Kano Emirate Council on Islamic matters.
History
Imam Ghali was the first person to hold the title, he participated actively in the establishment of the Islamic religion in Kano Emirate, some of his descendants claimed that he was a Sharifian and traced his descent from Prophet Muhammad, they claimed he descents from the Banu Hashim of the Quraysh Arabs, through the Sharifain royal Alaouite dynasty of Sharif ibn Ali and the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his descendants identify themselves as Fulani, Hausa, Hausa-Fulani Arabs or Hausa-Fulani depending on their cultural assimilation, they are called Madinawa Malamai in reference to Medina, the city they claim to originate from, the claim of descent from the Arab tribe and the prophet is common in scholarly lineages throughout Northern Nigeria and the Sahara. He was the Sarkin Madinawa and was appointed an Imam at Kadawa, Warawa by the Kano Emirate Council, during his tenure as an imam he advanced the acceptance of the Maliki School of thought in the Emirate by influencing later scholars to use the principles of the Maliki school of thought instead of the other Islamic school of thoughts, the Maliki school is one of the four major madhhabs of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary sources. Unlike other Islamic fiqhs, Maliki fiqh also considers the consensus of the people of Medina to be a valid source of Islamic law, the Maliki madhhab is one of the largest groups of Sunni Muslims, comparable to the Shafi`i madhhab in adherents, but smaller than the Hanafi madhhab. Sharia based on Maliki doctrine is predominantly found in North Africa (excluding northern and eastern Egypt), West Africa, Chad, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, the Emirate of Dubai (UAE), and in northeastern parts of Saudi Arabia.Historical accounts report that he practiced zuhd asceticism. In the Kano Emirate he was regarded by some people as a Saint (Waliyi), he was buried at Kadawa, there is no record of the date of his death in the history books of the Emirate.
Imam Ghali held the opinion that Muslims must believe in the Five pillars of Islam, in all the Prophets of Islam from Adam to Prophet Muhammad and in angels, he also held the beliefs about Allah's attributes that are unique such as existence, permanence without beginning, endurance without end, absoluteness and independence, dissimilarity to created things, Oneness, Allah is all powerful, willful, knowing, living, seeing, hearing and speaking (signifying attributes), his descendants and followers are presently divided into the Izala, Qadiriya and Tijaniya with the Tijjaniya taking the majority among his descendants while a few are sectless. One of the Imams of Kadawa Mosque, Warawa Local Government Sheikh Usaini Umar (Malam Bala) is his descendant.
His dynasty was influential in the Kano Emirate after the Kano Civil War which saw the emergence of Aliyu Babba as the Emir of KanoThe dynasty he established has produced numerous imams, Islamic theologians, traditional title holders, bureaucrats and politicians in the Sokoto Caliphate,
In Kano Emirate his descendants are referred to as Awliya Madinawa Malamai by some people, in reference to the city of Medina where they claimed to have originated from, situated in Western Saudi Arabia and most of their ancestors being saints.His descendants who are descent of the Jobawa clan on the maternal side are entitled to be appointed as Makaman Kano, due to the precedence established during the reign of Sarkin Kano Aliyu Babba, who appointed Sarkin Takai Umaru Dan Maisaje as Makaman Kano, whose link with the Jobawa is through his father's mother Habiba, the sister of Malam Bakatsine, the traditional requisite of agnatic descent was not considered in the appointment leading to the establishment of a precedence for the descendants of the Jobawa with paternal or maternal links to aspire to be appointed as Makaman Kano.
List of Sarkin Madinawa Malamai (Imams)
*Imam Ghali
*Sheikh Shi'ithu Ghali
*Sheikh Ibrahim Shi'ithu Ghali
*Waliyi Abdurrahim-Maiduniya
History
Imam Ghali was the first person to hold the title, he participated actively in the establishment of the Islamic religion in Kano Emirate, some of his descendants claimed that he was a Sharifian and traced his descent from Prophet Muhammad, they claimed he descents from the Banu Hashim of the Quraysh Arabs, through the Sharifain royal Alaouite dynasty of Sharif ibn Ali and the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his descendants identify themselves as Fulani, Hausa, Hausa-Fulani Arabs or Hausa-Fulani depending on their cultural assimilation, they are called Madinawa Malamai in reference to Medina, the city they claim to originate from, the claim of descent from the Arab tribe and the prophet is common in scholarly lineages throughout Northern Nigeria and the Sahara. He was the Sarkin Madinawa and was appointed an Imam at Kadawa, Warawa by the Kano Emirate Council, during his tenure as an imam he advanced the acceptance of the Maliki School of thought in the Emirate by influencing later scholars to use the principles of the Maliki school of thought instead of the other Islamic school of thoughts, the Maliki school is one of the four major madhhabs of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary sources. Unlike other Islamic fiqhs, Maliki fiqh also considers the consensus of the people of Medina to be a valid source of Islamic law, the Maliki madhhab is one of the largest groups of Sunni Muslims, comparable to the Shafi`i madhhab in adherents, but smaller than the Hanafi madhhab. Sharia based on Maliki doctrine is predominantly found in North Africa (excluding northern and eastern Egypt), West Africa, Chad, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, the Emirate of Dubai (UAE), and in northeastern parts of Saudi Arabia.Historical accounts report that he practiced zuhd asceticism. In the Kano Emirate he was regarded by some people as a Saint (Waliyi), he was buried at Kadawa, there is no record of the date of his death in the history books of the Emirate.
Imam Ghali held the opinion that Muslims must believe in the Five pillars of Islam, in all the Prophets of Islam from Adam to Prophet Muhammad and in angels, he also held the beliefs about Allah's attributes that are unique such as existence, permanence without beginning, endurance without end, absoluteness and independence, dissimilarity to created things, Oneness, Allah is all powerful, willful, knowing, living, seeing, hearing and speaking (signifying attributes), his descendants and followers are presently divided into the Izala, Qadiriya and Tijaniya with the Tijjaniya taking the majority among his descendants while a few are sectless. One of the Imams of Kadawa Mosque, Warawa Local Government Sheikh Usaini Umar (Malam Bala) is his descendant.
His dynasty was influential in the Kano Emirate after the Kano Civil War which saw the emergence of Aliyu Babba as the Emir of KanoThe dynasty he established has produced numerous imams, Islamic theologians, traditional title holders, bureaucrats and politicians in the Sokoto Caliphate,
In Kano Emirate his descendants are referred to as Awliya Madinawa Malamai by some people, in reference to the city of Medina where they claimed to have originated from, situated in Western Saudi Arabia and most of their ancestors being saints.His descendants who are descent of the Jobawa clan on the maternal side are entitled to be appointed as Makaman Kano, due to the precedence established during the reign of Sarkin Kano Aliyu Babba, who appointed Sarkin Takai Umaru Dan Maisaje as Makaman Kano, whose link with the Jobawa is through his father's mother Habiba, the sister of Malam Bakatsine, the traditional requisite of agnatic descent was not considered in the appointment leading to the establishment of a precedence for the descendants of the Jobawa with paternal or maternal links to aspire to be appointed as Makaman Kano.
List of Sarkin Madinawa Malamai (Imams)
*Imam Ghali
*Sheikh Shi'ithu Ghali
*Sheikh Ibrahim Shi'ithu Ghali
*Waliyi Abdurrahim-Maiduniya
Dan Olmsted (died January 23, 2017) was a journalist and former senior editor for United Press International (UPI), a news agency of the Unification Church company News World Communications. Olmsted wrote a series of reports suggesting a link between vaccination and autism, a hypothesis which has been disproven. His columns on health and medicine appeared regularly in The Washington Times and were syndicated nationally from UPI's Washington D.C. bureau. He owned and edited the Age of Autism website, a site he described as the "Daily Web Newspaper of the Autism Epidemic", where writers question the safety of vaccines. Olmsted wrote an article in 2002, along with reporter Mark Benjamin, which drew links between the drug Lariam given to military personnel and mental health disorders in soldiers. In 2013, the FDA issued its most serious "boxed" warning for that drug, warning that Lariam's serious psychiatric side effects may be permanent for some.
He co-wrote four books with Mark Blaxill, co-founder of Age of Autism. The last, Denial: How Refusing to Face the Facts about Our Autism Epidemic Hurts Children, Families, and Our Future was released posthumously in 2017.
The Age of Autism
From 2005 to July 2007, Olmsted wrote about his investigative findings concerning the apparent global epidemic of autism in a series of columns titled The Age of Autism. The articles were based upon his trip to a vaccine free Amish community in Lancaster County Pennsylvania with an extremely low autism rate. Though some scientific research suggests that autism is a primarily genetic disorder and that reported increases are mainly due to changes in diagnostic practices, Olmsted, claimed that the increases are due to mercury poisoning, particularly from vaccines, and that the genetics is mostly secondary. Though Olmsted continued to make this claim, thimerosal, the mercury-containing preservative blamed by Olmsted, was removed from most vaccines as a precaution beginning in the late 1990s, with no effect on autism diagnosis rates.
Citing Olmsted's reports, on March 30, 2006, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY) announced that she would be drafting legislation calling for scientific studies investigating thiomersal and autism, additional to the many already conducted. The bill was introduced in the U. S. House of Representatives in April 2006. Maloney made the announcement at a National Press Club press conference in Washington, D.C., along with Olmsted and David Kirby.
Scientific studies have found no credible evidence that thimerosal-containing vaccines and the MMR vaccine cause autism, and the MMR vaccine controversy is largely seen as the result of an "elaborate fraud" by British researcher Andrew Wakefield.
In a critical assessment by the Columbia Journalism Review of the thimerosal controversy, Olmsted's reporting on unvaccinated populations has been characterized as "misguided" by two anonymous reporters. Both sources "believed that Olmsted has made up his mind on the question and is reporting the facts that support his conclusions". In 2011 Brian Dunning listed the Age of Autism website as #2 on his "Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites" list.
Death
Olmsted died on January 23, 2017, from an overdose of prescription medication, according to his spouse Mark Milett.
He co-wrote four books with Mark Blaxill, co-founder of Age of Autism. The last, Denial: How Refusing to Face the Facts about Our Autism Epidemic Hurts Children, Families, and Our Future was released posthumously in 2017.
The Age of Autism
From 2005 to July 2007, Olmsted wrote about his investigative findings concerning the apparent global epidemic of autism in a series of columns titled The Age of Autism. The articles were based upon his trip to a vaccine free Amish community in Lancaster County Pennsylvania with an extremely low autism rate. Though some scientific research suggests that autism is a primarily genetic disorder and that reported increases are mainly due to changes in diagnostic practices, Olmsted, claimed that the increases are due to mercury poisoning, particularly from vaccines, and that the genetics is mostly secondary. Though Olmsted continued to make this claim, thimerosal, the mercury-containing preservative blamed by Olmsted, was removed from most vaccines as a precaution beginning in the late 1990s, with no effect on autism diagnosis rates.
Citing Olmsted's reports, on March 30, 2006, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY) announced that she would be drafting legislation calling for scientific studies investigating thiomersal and autism, additional to the many already conducted. The bill was introduced in the U. S. House of Representatives in April 2006. Maloney made the announcement at a National Press Club press conference in Washington, D.C., along with Olmsted and David Kirby.
Scientific studies have found no credible evidence that thimerosal-containing vaccines and the MMR vaccine cause autism, and the MMR vaccine controversy is largely seen as the result of an "elaborate fraud" by British researcher Andrew Wakefield.
In a critical assessment by the Columbia Journalism Review of the thimerosal controversy, Olmsted's reporting on unvaccinated populations has been characterized as "misguided" by two anonymous reporters. Both sources "believed that Olmsted has made up his mind on the question and is reporting the facts that support his conclusions". In 2011 Brian Dunning listed the Age of Autism website as #2 on his "Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites" list.
Death
Olmsted died on January 23, 2017, from an overdose of prescription medication, according to his spouse Mark Milett.
Nick Velasquez is a Canadian-Colombian author who has appeared in Forbes, Time, Entrepreneur, Thrive Global, LA Weekly, London Daily Post, Influencive, Business Insider, and Thought Catalogue.
Early life
Velasquez was born in Medellin, Colombia. He attended music college in the United States before switching to business studies. He graduated with honors and holds a Bachelor of Science in Management and Entrepreneurship.
Career
He is the founder of UnlimitedMastery.com, a website dedicated to teaching people principles and strategies on learning, creativity, skills development, and mastery.
Velasquez immigrated to Canada and started a real estate investment company for which he still serves as president and CEO. Author Hour, Language Mastery, Book Thinkers, and BKF. Velasquez has also appeared on New York Weekly, Daily Advent, London Daily Post, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Time, Influencive, LA Weekly, Deccan Herald, Digital Journal, Business Insider, Thought Catalogue, and Thrive Global.
Personal life
Velasquez speaks English, Spanish, and French, and is learning Japanese.<ref name":3" /> He currently lives in Montreal.<ref name":3" />
Early life
Velasquez was born in Medellin, Colombia. He attended music college in the United States before switching to business studies. He graduated with honors and holds a Bachelor of Science in Management and Entrepreneurship.
Career
He is the founder of UnlimitedMastery.com, a website dedicated to teaching people principles and strategies on learning, creativity, skills development, and mastery.
Velasquez immigrated to Canada and started a real estate investment company for which he still serves as president and CEO. Author Hour, Language Mastery, Book Thinkers, and BKF. Velasquez has also appeared on New York Weekly, Daily Advent, London Daily Post, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Time, Influencive, LA Weekly, Deccan Herald, Digital Journal, Business Insider, Thought Catalogue, and Thrive Global.
Personal life
Velasquez speaks English, Spanish, and French, and is learning Japanese.<ref name":3" /> He currently lives in Montreal.<ref name":3" />
Students for Organ Donation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting organ donation awareness and registration. Active in the United States and Canada and run entirely by students, the organization actively recruits college and high school students to establish chapters at their own schools. Chapters hold regular events to educate people about the need for organ donation, dispel misconceptions about the issue, and give them the means and incentives to register as organ donors.
The mission of Students for Organ Donation is to promote organ and tissue donation awareness on campus and in the surrounding community. Students for Organ Donation focuses on providing educational development regarding organ and tissue registration by educating individuals about the issue, encouraging them to register as organ donors, and giving them the means to register.
In 2005, the organization was awarded the "Youth Education Award" from Donate Life America, for outstanding efforts to promote organ donation awareness among youth. It was also awarded a $10,000 Do Something BRICK Award and a $5,000 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Social Entrepreneurship Grant to fund expansion.
Related Organizations
Various organ donation advocacy groups exist in the United States, including lobbying organizations including the Youth Coalition for Organ Donation and the Organ Donation Advocacy Group. Donate Life America is North America's largest organ donation advocacy group, with chapters in multiple states.
Non-lobbying organizations also exist, which primarily focus on increasing awareness. These include One8Fifty, the Chris Klug Foundation, Donate Life Hollywood, and the Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance.
The mission of Students for Organ Donation is to promote organ and tissue donation awareness on campus and in the surrounding community. Students for Organ Donation focuses on providing educational development regarding organ and tissue registration by educating individuals about the issue, encouraging them to register as organ donors, and giving them the means to register.
In 2005, the organization was awarded the "Youth Education Award" from Donate Life America, for outstanding efforts to promote organ donation awareness among youth. It was also awarded a $10,000 Do Something BRICK Award and a $5,000 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Social Entrepreneurship Grant to fund expansion.
Related Organizations
Various organ donation advocacy groups exist in the United States, including lobbying organizations including the Youth Coalition for Organ Donation and the Organ Donation Advocacy Group. Donate Life America is North America's largest organ donation advocacy group, with chapters in multiple states.
Non-lobbying organizations also exist, which primarily focus on increasing awareness. These include One8Fifty, the Chris Klug Foundation, Donate Life Hollywood, and the Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance.