The Idea of African Time is Embarrassing Africa – Imam Aliagan

The idea of African time again took the center stage over the weekend when the founder and chairman of Ashraaf Islamic Foundation, Imam Dr. Sharafudeen Abdussalam Aliagan highlighted the dire consequence it portends and the importance of time consciousness in our life and everything we do.

Dr Aliagan came down heavy on ‘African Time’ propagators while delivering a keynote address during the (1445 AH Islamic Calendar) Ashraaf Islamic Foundation Maolidu Nabiyy, with the theme: INHERITANCE: Dissecting a Sensitive But Critical Aspect of Human Life saying, “in the invite, it is boldly written 10:00AM Islamic time. My first note is that Muslim of this part of this world should be more conscious of the time.”

“This has been our problem and we continuously say it at Ashraaf that time is of essence. We must be conscious of time otherwise we might be losing a lot of things. We might not be able to get things right.”

“You have to change your mindset and be more conscious of time.”

“It has become our problem, let us not continuously embarrass Africa and say African Time. There is nothing like African Time; that is why in our invite, we find Islamic Time.”, he further said.

Imam Aliagan further thanked and appreciated those that came to the event before the time on the invite, saying that it exude leadership quality and time consciousness.

Meaning of African Time, is when an event starts off several minutes or hours after the originally stipulated time in the invite. This ugly trend now brings the mindset that an event normally starts an hour or more after the stipulated time on the invite.

Imam Aliagan, the visionary founder of Ashraaf Islamic Foundation, has continuously worked towards educating and awakening the consciousness of Muslims and non-Muslims alike on topical issues of national concern. For years, his efforts have been showcased during the Annual celebration of his Foundation’s Maolid Nabiyy and Special Ramadan lectures and prayers.