ISGKC Past Presidents and BODs

With the election of the new Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City management team for 2011, Culturally Speaking would like to pay tribute to past executive committee members and boards of directors.

From its inception in 1974, the Society has elected committed brothers and sisters to be servants of the community. Some have moved on to other locations, some are still here in management of Islamic centers in the Kansas City area, and some are contributing to the Islamic community without any official post or position.

May Allah bless each and every one of them for their dedication and service.

The following information was obtained from the Missouri Secretary of State’s website. Each name in the table below is followed by the number of years served as president of the Society and the total number of years served on the board of directors.

YEAR	PRESIDENT	BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1974	Parves I. Shah (1,1)	A. M. Zikry (0,1) Karam Mahmoud (1,3)
1975	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12)	Ahmad El-Turk (0,1) Zulfiqar Malik (0,6) Karam Mahmoud (1,3)
1976	Waris U. Cowlas (1,1)	Saidi J. Ellwaru (0,1) Jean A. Espenlaub (El-Ghussein) (0,6) David Zwink (0,1)
1977	Sher Atiqi (1,1)	Jean El-Ghussein (0,6) Haqnawaz Khan (1,6) Zulfiqar Malik (0,6)
1978	Haqnawaz Khan (1,6)	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12) Zulfiqar Malik (0,6)
1979	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12)	Haqnawaz Khan (1,6) Jean El-Ghussein (0,6) Zulfiqar Malik (0,6)
1980	Rushdy El-Ghussein (4,8)	Haqnawaz Khan (1,6) Jean El-Ghussein (0,6) Zulfiqar Malik (0,6)
1981	Rushdy El-Ghussein (4,8)	Fannun Kanan (0,6) Haqnawaz Khan (1,6) Jean El-Ghussein (0,6) Zulfiqar Malik (0,6)
1982	Syed E. Hasan (1,7)	Haqnawaz Khan (1,6) Jean El-Ghussein (0,6) Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7)
1983	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12)	Fannun Kanan (0,6) Syed E. Hasan (1,7) Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7)
1984	Seyed M. Naknia (1,1)	Fannun Kanan (0,6) Syed E. Hasan (1,7) Rushdy El-Ghussein (4,8) Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7)
1985	Emam Et-Tayeb Muhammad (1,1)	Fannun Kanan (0,6) Syed E. Hasan (1,7) Rushdy El-Ghussein (4,8) Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7)
1986	Rushdy El-Ghussein (4,8)	Fannun Kanan (0,6) Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12) Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7) A. K. Tayiem (0,1) Saad Wakas (2,7)
1987	Rushdy El-Ghussein (4,8)	Fannun Kanan (0,6) Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12) Saad Wakas (2,7) Syed E. Hasan (1,7) M. E. Ali (0,3)
1988	Saad Wakas (2,7)	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12) Rushdy El-Ghussein (4,8) Ahmad Al-Ashkar (0,2) M. E. Ali (0,3)
1989	Saad Wakas (2,7)	Abdul Rauf Mir (3, 12) Rushdy El-Ghussein (4,8) Ahmad Al-Ashkar (0,2) M. E. Ali (0,3)
1990	Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7)	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12) Saad Wakas (2,7) Syed E. Hasan (1,7) Russel Mohammad (0,8)
1991	Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7)	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12) Saad Wakas (2,7) Syed E. Hasan (1,7) Russel Mohammad (0,8)
1992	Karam Mahmoud (1,3)	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12) Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7) Saad Wakas (2,7) Russel Mohammad (0,8)
1993	Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3.11)	Abdul Rauf Mir (3,12) Abdul Rahman Raja (2,7) Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Mohamed Medhat (0,3)
1994	Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11)	Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Mohamed Medhat (0,3) Jawad Salman (0,1) Farrukh Hussain (0,1)
1995	Amjad Dalaq (4.4)	Mohamed Naser Al-Badawi (0,8) Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11) Ibrahim Saifan (0,4) Russel Mohammad (0,8) Mohamed Medhat (0,3)
1996	Amjad Dalaq (4.4)	Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Mohamed Naser Al-Badawi (0,8) Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11) Adnan Bayazid (0,6) Atta Allah Butt (0,1)
1997	Hassan Shattara (1,1)	Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11) Adnan Bayazid (0,6) Ibrahim Saifan (0,4)
1998	Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11)	Mohamed Naser Al-Badawi (0,8) Russel Mohammad (0,8) Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Adnan Bayazid (0,6)
1999	Usama Afana (2,2)	Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Russel Mohammad (0,8) Ibrahim Saifan (0,4) Adnan Bayazid (0,6)
2000	Usama Afana (2,2)	Mohamed Naser Al-Badawi (0,8) Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Mohammad Tufail (0,4) Russel Mohammad (0,8) Ibrahim Saifan (0,4) Syed Asghar (0,1) Adnan Bayazid (0,6)
2001	Amjad Dalaq (4.4)	Mohamed Naser Al-Badawi (0,8) Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Mohammad Tufail (0,4) Adnan Bayazid (0,6)
2002	Amjad Dalaq (4.4)	Mohamed Naser Al-Badawi (0,8) Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11) Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10)
2003	Bassam Sanadiki (2,2)	Mohamed Naser Al-Badawi (0,8) Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11) Ghulam Chaudhry (0,10) Jamil Al-Azzeh (0,1) Saleh Safi (0,1)
2004	Bassam Sanadiki (2,2)	Mohamed Naser Al-Badawi (0,8) Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11) Mohammad Tufail (0,4)
2005	Shahir Safi (2,2)	Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11) Mohammad Tufail (0,4) Haroun Al-Hambra (0,3)
2006	Shahir Safi (2,2)	Abdul Ghafoor Akram (3,11) Abdel Majeed Hayyeh (0,5) Mervat Ibrahim (0,3)
2007	Raqibul Haq (4,4)	Haroun Al-Hambra (0,3) Abdel Majeed Hayyeh (0,5) Mervat Ibrahim (0,3)
2008	Raqibul Haq (4,4)	Haroun Al-Hambra (0,3) Abdel Majeed Hayyeh (0,5) Mervat Ibrahim (0,3)
2009	Raqibul Haq (4,4)	Mohammad Abdullah (0,2) Abdel Majeed Hayyeh (0,5) Russel Mohammed (0,8)
2010	Raqibul Haq (4,4)	Mohammad Abdullah (0,2) Abdel Majeed Hayyeh (0,5) Russel Mohammed (0,8)

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Jan 15, 2011, NEWS « Muslim News Digest said,

January 14, 2011 at 11:00 pm

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January 15, 2011 at 12:39 am

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Ahmad Al-Turck said,

January 17, 2011 at 3:35 am

AsSalamu Alaykum,
Please note that the first president to be elected after the first meeting at the Common Ground was Mr. Adil Alani.
Mr Alani was and the doctors with him were the first to call for gathering the community for Eid Prayer.
If you like to have more information on the establishment, you can write me.
As-Salamu Alaykum

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