In the course of his Friday Sermon of 06 December 2013,
the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim (atba) of Mauritius spoke about the demise of the
great politician and human rights fighter
Mr. Nelson Mandela who died
early that morning at the age of 95. The
passing away of Nelson Mandela is truly an end of an era for the South African
people and for all those who struggle for human rights, individual dignity,
inter-racial equality and social peace, national self –determination, solidarity
and reconciliation in our troubled world.
Huzur (atba) talked a
lot on the good works done by Mr. Mandela and the injustice which happened to
him when he was imprisoned for 27 years, and the true forgiving nature he
expressed when he was released from prison and fought for the rights of both
white and black people to live life on an equal footing – the white people were
considered as superior and used to enter buildings through the front door,
while the black people did not have such rights and had to go through the back
door. He became the first “black” president of South Africa and obtained a Nobel Prize for Peace.