Al-Aman Educational and Welfare Trust A skill development centre located on the edge of a slum near Boopasandra in Bangalore has reached out to several hundred people since its launching last January. An initiative of the Bangalore-based Al-Aman Educational and Welfare Trust headed by well-known social worker Dr. Mohammed Farooq, a skill development centre located…
There was no such awareness that would have carved a way forward to develop a mechanism to deal with mental illness, a prevalent phenomenon in Jammu and Kashmir. By Khan Ansur Since last seventy years, conflict ridden Kashmir has got engulfed in an armed conflict which has resulted in large scale killings, rapes, disappearances, custodial…
The opportunities for the QIAMS students are immense and the good part is that most jobs are highly remunerative. By Syed Ali Mujtaba Quaide Milleth International Academy of Media Studies (QIAMS) (www.qiams.in), is based in Chennai. At QIAMS emplaned training is given in different disciplines of media studies and a variety of courses are taught…
A Kerala community phases out thatched houses from the locality by organizing collection and allocation of zakath in a centralized manner. By A Staff Writer Zakath is the third pillar of Islam and has been mentioned 32 times in the Holy Quran,26 of which are paired with salah (namaz). If the Muslim community organizes namaz,…
INSAN’s half-century legacy began as part of the founder, Dr. Syed Hasan’s voyage to bring the torch of knowledge to this region in January 1965. We all are in journey”we as humans, as well as our societies and institutions. Our paths and destinations may appear to be different, at least at times, but we all…
SEED has launched its ambitious vocational training institute, ‘National Institute of Technical Training’ aiming to provide vocational training, leading to employment opportunities for unemployed poor youth. Hyderabad: Madrasa students wearing a hard hat along with traditional ‘topi’ (skull cap) handling heavy machinery, it is not an ordinary scene, but when it comes to the new age…
The youth who fought off anti-social elements and encroachers, feel that the institution has now been saved, and should be developed into an ideal school for the area. By A Staff Writer If someone visited this school three years ago, he would have written its future off. The impressive building stands on nearly an acre…
Noorul Uloom Education Society runs 11 schools today, with 35% Hindu students. By Eram Agha Aligarh: In restive, communally-divided western Uttar Pradesh, wracked by repeated riots and violence, education is what unites Hindus and Muslims. Noorul Uloom Education Society was started in 1989 for the educational and cultural advancement of Muslims with the full support…
By Imran Inamdar Jalgaon: Maharashtra: Jalgaon-based North Maharashtra University has formed a Minority cell in an attempt to help minority students and institutes associated with the University. Sudhir Meshram, Vice chancellor of the University, recently issued a notification forming the 11-member cell and allocated the responsibility to President Abdul Karim Salar. Salar, who is based…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wided Bouchamaoui has urged people everywhere not to “muddle up” terrorism with Islam. The Tunisian businesswoman, who co-founded the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet which won the 2015 peace prize, said Muslims who practice their faith calmly and respectfully are “victims of a semantic problem” when “terrorists” are described as “Islamic terrorists.”…
