AFMC is a religious body for uniting all Muslim councils in Africa. With an initial membership of 28 Muslim councils, AFMC started with the drive and thrive of bringing together African Muslim organizations and institutions for their own development, that of their continent and humankind at large.
This was in response to the realization that Muslims need to organize themselves better to respond to the ever-growing need of their contribution to address challenges of the changing world, and calls for faith-based organizations to collaborate with regional and international bodies in addressing such issues at both continental and international level.
AFMC hopes to mobilize communities and advocate for development within the member countries while responding to the challenges facing humanity.
AFMC envisions a continent where Muslim national bodies come together and cooperate with other faith-based groups and make positive contributions towards creating peaceful and prosperous communities in Africa and the world.
Addressing Social Exclusion, Culture And Social Services.
Peace, Dawah And Development.
Global Health Interventions and Education, Innovation And Economic Empowerment.
Area 1: Youth and Children Affairs
Advocate and promote young people and children’s rights.
Area 2: Women Affairs
AFMC aims to address concerns that undermine women values such as Gender Based Violence, menstrual and maternal health, IGAs.
Area 3: PLWDs
To sensitize and advocate for the dignity and inclusion of people living with disabilities.
Area 4: Family Practices and Values
Advocating for key Muslim family practices
Area 5: Culture and Social Values
Africa is a multi-cultural entity and therefore the role of culture in development cannot be over looked. The forum intends to integrate religion and culture for development as well as advocating for accessibility of social services to marginalized communities.
Area 1: Contributing to Development Agendas
Through capacity building and advocacy within member states AFMC looks at program activities aimed at attaining African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and other global development agendas.
Area 2: Diplomacy–
Advocacy to contribute to policy and international relations as well as interventions in specific emerging issues.
Area 3: Migration and Human trafficking
Support member states to address human trafficking emergencies across the continent.
Area 4: Democracy and Good Governance
Support member to restructure, contribute to national and continental issues while addressing; electoral structures that emphasis democracy, great level of accountability on the part of the leaders, fighting corruption at all levels of leadership and ensuring supreme councils participation in formulation of central government policies and practices
Area 5: Leadership Development for Self-Sustainability
Capacity building at national level intended to build institutional and individual abilities towards accountability and transparency.
Area 1: Water and Sanitation
Address water and sanitation challenges amongst the Muslim communities.
Area 2: Non-Communicable Diseases
Building capacities of member councils to address prevention and management of growing lifestyle diseases
Area 3: Infectious Disease Control
Africa faces a challenge of communicable diseases such as malaria, TB, Hepatitis among others. Resource mobilization as well as capacity building to mitigate these challenges.
Area 4: Climate Change and Environmental Issues
Addressing the growing global concern for sustainability environmental practices to combat climate change and geo-health issues
Area 5: HIV/AIDS
To support the necessary collective action to take advantage of opportunities and contribute to addressing this epidemic and its advance effect on the Muslim community.
Area 6: Food security
Creating awareness and sensitization on practices that create food security for marginalized groups such as agriculture, land tenure systems.
Area 1: Economic Justice and Poverty Eradication
Promoting economic growth and working towards poverty eradication
Area 2: Education Advancement
Improving Muslim education structures both on formal and informal settings, enhancing the quality and access of education in Muslim communities, promoting adult literacy and basic education and early childhood education
Area 3: ICT for Development
Promoting ICT and innovation programs within its member states.
Area 4: Scholarships and Education Fund
Lobbing and mobilizing funds for refresher training on knowledge and skills to improve work for individuals and group within the member state councils.
Area 6: Peace, Justice and Conflict Resolution
Addressing insecurities all over Africa especially religious extremism among other emerging security issues, post war conflicts, human rights and justice.
Area 7: Partnerships for Development
We look at creating and strengthening existing partnerships for growth among the member countries and internationally as well as inter-religious engagements such as interfaith dialogue.
Area 8: Promotion of Regional Clergy Networks
Promote the formation of working inter-religious councils within the member states and beyond.
Area 9: Clergy Exposure through Training and Internship Programs
Capacity building and networking for Muslim sheikhs, scholars and leaders and promote learning experiences from their different regions.
Area 10: Formulation, Publication and Dissemination of Islamic Literature
Mobilizing for resources for materials that spread the teachings of Islam and make publication for Muslim scholars among others..
AFMC Currently has an interim Governing Board consisting of members from within the 28 member states. AFMC is in preparations for its first General Assembly that will review and pass the current leadership structure. A General Assembly Preparation Committee has been appointed by the Executive Secretary at the current Secretariat to organise this meeting.
Its membership is comprised of individuals elected by the Board of Governors with representatives from all Muslim councils as well as different Muslim bodies registered with AFMC with approval from the board.
This is the supreme authority of the AFMC. It is made up of the official representatives of the entire membership of the AFMC.
These are members appointed by BOG from within member states to support AFMC.
This is appointed by the General Assembly and consists of sub division that oversees and guides activities of the secretariat;
• Finance committee
• African women’s consultative
• African youth
After several consultative meetings held by African Muslim Leaders under the chairman ship of H.E the Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Ramdhan Mubajje under the auspices of African Council for Religious leaders in Nairobi, Cape Town and Republic of South Africa in 2014. The Muslim caucus of African Muslim leaders from 26 countries also held a meeting on the sidelines of the Faith works Africa; Partnership for Peace and Prosperity Conference in October 2016 in Abuja. They unanimously resolved to form an African Forum for Muslim Councils a year later, two meetings were held in Kampala and Abu Dhabi where the interim structure was put in place to oversee the organisation of a Conference and the leadership of AFMC was put in place. From the time of its inception, AFMC has undertaken and participated in several projects and programmes at global, continental and regional levels. The following is a brief profile of what has been done and undertaken by AFMC.
AFMC organised a regional youth conference with participation from East, Central and Southern Africa to promote diversity. This was a 2-day event held in Uganda that created awareness for the youth on respectable religious practice and respect of diversity. It was in partnership with the World Muslim community’s Council and Uganda Muslim supreme Council
AFMC signed with ISAR CORPRATION from Turkey to implement a water well project in various member countries starting with Uganda. This Project was meant to run for 3 years. No sooner had this project started in Uganda, then the Covid Pandemic set in. By the time Covd-19 set in, 25 bore holes had been completed in the areas of Kayunga, and Busoga Region.
AFMC On participated a regional multi-stakeholder webinar on Human Rights protection and Social cohesion as means of PVE to empower religious leaders in areas of human rights and social cohesion. The webinar brought together religious institutions, CSOs including the national IRCs and other regional partners to identify and analyze the emerging trends of VE and the potential factors/root causes of both positive and negative elements linked and related to the advancement of human rights and the promotion of social cohesion in the region.
