Gassan Solomon

**Gassan Solomon** (6 Janairu 1941 - 28 Oktoba 2009) ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu ne kuma shugaban addinin Musulunci a Cape Town. Ya wakilci jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) a majalisar dokokin ƙasar  daga shekarun 1994 zuwa 2009.

A lokacin wariyar launin fata, a matsayinsa na limamin masallacin Claremont na Cape Town daga shekarun 1979, Solomon ya kasance mai fafutuka a cikin United Democratic Front da kuma fafutukar yaki da wariyar launin fata. Ya kuma kasance shugaban Majalisar Shari'ar Musulmi da Kiran Musulunci na ƙasa.

## Rayuwar farko da gwagwarmaya
An haifi Solomon a ranar 6 ga watan Janairun 1941  a Constantia a Cape Town a lardin Cape.  Mahaifiyarsa ita ce jikanyar Imam Abdullah Kadi Abdus Salaam, wadda aka fi sani da Tuan Guru a Afirka ta Kudu kuma ta yi fice a tarihin siyasar Musulunci a Cape.  Ya yi digiri na biyu a Kudancin Peninsula High kuma ya kammala karatun digiri a fannin ilimin zamantakewa a Jami'ar Cape Town. 

Ya shiga jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) a shekarar 1960,  ko da yake shi ma jam'iyyar Pan Africanist Congress ta rinjaye shi.  Yayin da yake ɗalibi, an tilasta wa iyalinsa cire su daga gidansu a Constantia dangane da Dokar Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin wariyar launin fata.  Wannan abin da ya faru, da kuma mutuwar Imam Abdullah Haron a tsare a shekarar 1969, ya kara siyasantar da Sulaiman; ya kasance memba na kungiyar ɗalibai musulmi. 

A shekarar 1979 ya zama Limami a babban masallacin da ke Claremont Main Road a Cape Town.  Ya kasance mai fafutuka a cikin al'ummar yaki da wariyar launin fata a yankin, da kuma a cikin yunkurin haɗin kai tsakanin addinai, yana jagorantar tattakin siyasa tare da Reverend Allan Boesak.  Ya kasance memba na Majalisar Shari’ar Musulunci (MJC) kuma ya shiga jam’iyyar United Democratic Front (UDF) lokacin da aka kafa ta a shekarar 1983.  Tabbas, lokacin da MJC ta rabu da UDF a cikin shekarar 1984, Solomon ya zama memba mai kafa Kira na Islama, madadin kungiya wacce ke da alaƙa da UDF.  Bayan haka, yayin da yake ba da shaida a gaban hukumar gaskiya da sasantawa a shekarar 1997, Solomon ya kare MJC a matsayinsa na farko kuma mai tsananin adawa da mulkin wariyar launin fata, amma ya ce kamata ya yi MJC ta kara kaimi wajen daidaita daidaito tsakanin musulmi masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da masu ci gaba. 

Daga shekarun 1985 zuwa 1991, Sulaiman ya yi zaman gudun hijira a ƙasar Saudiyya; ya bar Afirka ta Kudu ne don gujewa kulawar ‘yan sanda da bai dace ba, musamman bayan da ya bijirewa dokar hana fita da gwamnati ta yi na halartar jana’izar matashiyar Gugulethu Sithembele Mathiso a watan Agusta 1985.  Bayan dawowarsa, ya taimaka wa ANC ta sake kafa tsarin shari'a a Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin juyin mulkin demokraɗiyya,  kuma ya raka Nelson Mandela a ziyarar da ya kai Saudi Arabia da Iran a shekarar 1992.  Ya kuma fara shirye-shiryen kaddamar da gidan rediyon Muryar Cape. 

## Majalisa: 1994-2009
Bayan kawo ƙarshen mulkin wariyar launin fata a shekarar 1994, Solomon ya zama memba na sabuwar majalisar ƙasa; ba a zaɓe shi nan da nan ba a babban zaɓen watan Afrilu na 1994,  amma an rantsar da shi daga baya a cikin shekarar 1994 don cike gurbi na yau da kullum a cikin jam'iyyar ANC.   Ya yi wa'adi uku a kujerarsa, inda ya sake lashe zaɓe a shekarar 1999 da 2004.  Ya riƙe ofishin mazaɓar ANC a Grassy Park, Cape Town. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri da mutuwa
Sulemanu ya rabu da Nazly Sulaiman  kuma ya auri Amina Sulaiman. Yana da 'ya'ya biyu maza da mata biyu.  Ya mutu a ranar 28 ga watan Oktoba 2009 bayan an gano shi da ciwon daji na prostate. 

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