Khalid Hafiz


Khalid Kamal Hafīz was an Indian-born Imam who served as the senior religious advisor to the New Zealand Muslim community from 1982 to 1999.

As Imam

In 1992, Hafiz was interviewed by the Porirua newspaper Te Awa-iti regarding the Hajj although he declined to have his photograph taken directly following hate mail: "Khalid says he does not wish to complain and he is happy living in New Zealand society. We recognize that some people will be good, others not so good."

Death

Hafiz died in the Wellington suburb of Rongotai at the age of 61. Over 200 people attended his funeral and he was remembered in the Evening Post obituary as “an imam as imams should be, but rarely are.” The Post continued:

Literature

  • Bob Shaw, “An imam ‘as imams should be, but rarely are’ ” in The Evening Post, page. 5.
  • “NZ Muslims threatened over Gulf crisis” in The New Zealand Herald, page.1.
  • “Peacelink”, page. 1.
  • Charles Mabbett, “Fasting and Feasting” in City Voice, page.4.
  • Drury, Abdullah, Islam in New Zealand: The First Mosque
  • "Looking to Makkah" in Te Awa-iti, page. 5.

External sources

https://www.iman.co.nz/index.htm?innerpage_fk.htm?khutbah/kava.htm
Category:1938 births
Category:1999 deaths
Category:New Zealand imams
Category:Indian emigrants to New Zealand
Category:People from Azamgarh
Category:Islamic [University of Madinah alumni|Hafiz]
Category:Religious leaders from [Wellington City]
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