Cehl Meeah (born Cehl Fakeemeeah, 1958) is a Mauritian politician who is the leader of the

Mauritian Solidarity Front Mauritian Solidarity Front (in French Front Solidarité Mauricien), also known by its acronym FSM is a political party in Mauritius trying to represent the island nation's sizable Muslim minority. Until 2004, the party was known as Hizbullah ...

and is supported by thousands of partisans both in Mauritius and around the world. He ran for the elections in 1991and had a sizable percentage of votes, but could not be elected. However, in 1995,

, at that time known as Hizbullah, won one seat in the Parliament through Imaam Mustafa Beehary ; elected Best Loser in Circonstuency no 3. However at the legislative elections of 11 September 2000, the party lost the seat. In 2001 ; Cehl Meeah was elected in Ward 4 of Port Louis during Municipal elections but lost it in Municipal elections 2005. He was elected back in 2010 General Elections but lost it in 2014 General Elections. DETAILED RESULTS OF CEHL MEEAH # General Elections 1991 - Circonstuency No 3 - 2611 votes - Party Hizbullah # Partial Elections 1992 - Circonstuency No 3 - 4209 votes - Party Hizbullah # General Elections 1995 - Circonstuency No 3 - 4071 votes - Party Hizbullah # General Elections 2000 - Circonstuency No 3 - 4714 votes - Party Hizbullah #Municipal Elections 2001 - Ward 4 of Port Louis - 3781 votes (Elected) - Party Hizbullah # General Elections 2005 - Circonstuency No 3 - 5237 votes - Party FSM #Municipal Elections 2005 - Ward 4 of Port Louis - 2251 votes - Party FSM # Partial Elections 2009 - Circonstuency No 8 - 292 votes - Party FSM # General Elections 2010 - Circonstuency No 3 - 6204 Votes (ELECTED) -Party FSM # General Elections 2014 - Circonstuency No 3 - 4362 Votes - Party FSM #Municipal Elections 2015 - Ward 5 of Port Louis - 1777 votes - Party FSM # Partial Elections 2017 - Circonstuency No 18 - 48 Votes - Party FSM # General Elections 2019 - Circonstuency No 3 - 1178 Votes - Party FSM

Early life and education

Cehl Meeah was born on 14 March 1958 in

Port Louis Port Louis (french: Port-Louis; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Polwi or , ) is the capital city of Mauritius. It is mainly located in the Port Louis District, with a small western part in the Black River District. Port Louis is the country's e ...

in a middle-class Islamic conservative family. His grandfather was a congregational leader for more than 40 years. Being fluent in the Quran in his early ages, he started teaching the Quran in the local masjid at the age of 13. By the age of 16/17, he was already leading preaching in different study circles as well as leading congregation prayers in one mosque in

. He attended

Royal College Port Louis The Royal College Port Louis (RCPL) is an academy in Cassis, Mauritius. It is regarded as one of the most prestigious secondary schools in Mauritius. Originally founded in 1799 during the French colonial period, the first stone of the school's ...

from 1969 to 1974 and continued his studies at John Kennedy College till 1976. During his secondary studies at John Kennedy College, Cehl struggled for obtaining a special place for accomplishing the daily Islamic prayers and special Friday prayers. After his studies at John Kennedy College, he headed to continue his Islamic studies in Lucknow where he also met some prominent Islamic scholars like

Abul A'la Maududi Abul A'la al-Maududi ( ur, , translit=Abū al-Aʿlā al-Mawdūdī; – ) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist and scholar active in British India and later, following the parti ...

. During this period, he obtained a scholarship for studying Islamic Jurisprudence & Usul-al-fiqh at

Umm al-Qura University Umm Al-Qura University (UQU; ar, جامعة أم القرى ) is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The university was established as the College of Sharia (Islamic Law) in 1949 before being joined by new colleges and renamed as Umm Al ...

of Makka,

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia ...

. After returning completed his bachelor studies in Islamic jurisprudence from

, he returned to Mauritius and founded Jamaat-Ul-Muslimeen and Dar-ul-Maarif primary & secondary school located at Curepipe. In 2012 , he inaugurated The Quranic Institute in Stanley , Rose Hill & in 2016 he inaugurated Markaz Tahfeez Ul Quraan in Curepipe , where students stay in the Markaz in order to learn and memorise the Quraan . He has many centres in different parts of Mauritius such as Plain Magnien , Chemin Grenier and LaCavern

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