The forum today is extremely vast. It would have taken the whole day for you to be able to reach.
So the gate of divine assistance through it, the entrusted with some more than arrival, not readiness.
Catholicology is balanced with internationally benchmarked curricula in sciences, language, humanities and philosophy. Students engage deeply with classical Islamic texts and manuscripts and many commit the Holy Quran to memory. The aim is not just knowledge but character to forge graduates shaped by discipline, clarity of thought and a strong moral compass, ready for meaningful engagement with the modern world. Education here is holistic. Beyond the classroom, students develop practical skills through culinary arts, calligraphy, and creative workshops. They work with digital technology, robotics, artificial intelligence, and large scale architectural projection mapping. Educational journeys and outdoor expeditions synthesize learning with the wider world through a range of indoor and outdoor sports, from squash to football. They build discipline, coordination, and balance. This same essential harmony between enduring tradition and contemporary expression is visible across the campus.
Storm stands with glass, solidity with clarity. The architecture speaks a language shaped by centuries expressed in a 21st century voice. At the front of the campus stands the masjid, anchoring the entire complex and placing the creator at the heart of daily life. It leads into a sequence of courtyards and learning spaces inspired by historic Fatimid centers. Shaped for Nairobi's light, climate and landscape. At the entrance dedicated to Quranic studies and memorization, Mahadu Zaha marks the threshold of a campus resembling the thousand-year-old Farinid gate of divine assistance. The Iwan is the ceremonial hall, the venue for discourse and gatherings. While the dining hall sustains a long tradition of shared meals and community life, the library provides spaces for focused study, housing rare manuscripts alongside modern resources. Completing this core, the auditorium opens the campus to the wider community, a place for lectures, cultural programs, and dialogue. Residential spaces complete the campus. Separate residences for young women and men are designed as places of dignity, comfort, and growth. Today, Aljamia enrolls more female students than male, an expression of the community's long-standing commitment to education for all.
While Aljamia's outlook is global, its roots in Kenyan soil are deep. Our story in Africa began long before these buildings with wood and wind. Centuries ago with the blessings of our spiritual leaders, our forefathers sailed from India on dhows guided by monsoon winds to settle along the East African coast. This campus honors that journey and that fortuitous arrival. Throughout it, Kenya is present.
The woven facades of the residences echo the nests of the Kenyan weaverbird. Vertical elements recall the tall grasses of the savannah. Mosaics and stairwells draw from local textiles. Gardens and shaded walkways shape a campus within a living landscape. Open, breathable, and a reflection of a community woven into the fabric of this nation. This campus is a gift to Kenya. From the 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq, His Holiness Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin on his 100th birthday as an expression of gratitude, trust and belonging. Today under the guidance of his successor, His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, the purpose of Aljamia continues to be realized. Its graduates go on to serve primarily as clergy, educators, and administrators of the Dawudi Bohra community, guiding congregations, managing local towns and institutions, and carrying forward the leadership's vision at the grassroots. Some later return to professional life in business and various other professions. But all leave Aljamia as individuals committed to service under the guidance of his holiness. These graduates stand at the heart of the community's initiatives. Advancing food security, housing and urban renewal, ethical finance, environmental stewardship, healthcare, and education. Translating His Holiness's message of faith and service into sustained action worldwide.
Guided by these values, we are honored to welcome His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya. Your Excellency visits us during the annual examinations of Aljamia al-Saifiyah. With the written examinations complete, students are now taking part in the oral examinations where understanding is tested through dialogue, reflection, and presence of mind. The examinations were truly a community event with His Holiness presiding daily for hours. Your Excellency, your presence here today reaffirms a shared ideal that education, faith and service are foundations of national strength. An ideal to which you gave testament when you conferred the Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart upon His Holiness, honoring a lifetime devoted to the betterment of humanity and to Kenya. Here at Aljamia, learning is not an end in itself. It is preparation. As students pass through these gates, first as seekers and later as contributors, the purpose of Aljamia becomes clear. For here, preparation finds its meaning in departure. This gate does not mark an end, but a beginning, the moment when knowledge steps into service.
We empower the young generations. We empower them to write and get the most. Every year His Holiness conducts the annual Asharak. This year's sermons focus on astronomy and astrology, the structure of the universe.
So throughout the year students are encouraged to further research on the topics which His Holiness has expounded on during the Mubaka sermons. You can see here, this is examples of different astrologies in Indian astrology, Chinese, western astrology. How it affects the functioning of the unit.
Your Excellency, the library houses invaluable objects which are... here we have what we call textile fragments which are over a thousand years old. They're specially kept in a vault upstairs under humidity control and temperature control conditions. This is a covering of the shrine in Egypt.
You may recognize this as well. This was the last time you met when you... sign in. This is approximately 80 to 90 years old. This is from 1665. So it is over 400 years old. This is handcribed. Students, I encourage specially handmade paper and to reproduce my... experience... maps. These are... This one is... This one which is particularly... center... rulers of that time. And then these are four port cities that represent trade hubs during the 15th century. And you can see which is located today... and this map is particularly unique because this is considered the oldest representation of Africa. There are representations. This one actually shows... city.
This is from 10 years ago when... this is just like you have the golden... The first one is very special.
Your Excellency, Your Holiness Dr. Mufaddal Saifuddin, Your Excellency Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary, Your Excellency Governor of Nairobi County, Honourable, Your Eminence Shazad Khed Joharudin, Cabinet Secretaries, Aden Duale, CS Health and Julius Ogamba, CS Education, the Area Member of Parliament, Honourable Jalang'o, Principal Secretaries present, and the Daudi Bohra community. Your Excellency, to start us off we have some citations. So allow me to invite Mustafa Tajay who will lead us in that session of citations. Welcome.
