By A Staff Writer Lucknow: The Sunni Central Wakf Board will set up Wakf University at Kannauj. Board CEO Dr. Akmal Hussain told Islamic Voice over phone that a plot of 220 hectare wakf land near Kannauj town has been offered by the Ghufran Siddiqui Wakf. Hussain said he is approaching the Central Wakf Council…
Activists voice support for seeking English medium for higher primary schools in Karnataka. At a seminar on ‘Medium of Instruction at Primary and High School Level’ held under the aegis of Hazrat Hameed Shah Dargah Complex Management Committee here on July 14, a group of educational and social activists resolved that the Government should be urged to allow even Government Urdu Medium Primary Schools to convert…
There is little cheer for the Muslim community from the Civil Services results. Of the 910 candidates who were recommended for appointment, there are only 30 Muslims. (A list is given below. It might be possible that a few names have been missed and few others might have been included there due to mistaken identity.) Success ratio works out to merely three per cent. Significantly, while no…
From colleges to hospitals, the Punjab Wakf Board has focused its initiative on truly constructive projects for the community. All is not unwell. In the dark cloud of wakf corruption across the country, the Punjab Wakf Board is shining. Several truly constructive projects and programs on education for the Muslim community in the state have been organized by the board. The Punjab Wakf Board…
Around 400 Muslim candidates around the country have cracked the IIT-JEE, the competitive examination to qualify for admission into the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology. The number is though far lower than what the community would deserve by way of proportional representation, it is still encouraging because those who made to the final list were…
Bangalore: A book on extraterrestrial intelligence in the light of the Holy Quran by a city-based Islamic scholar has been published by an American publishing house. Titled Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Amazing New Insight from Quran has been brought out by CreateSpace, a subsidiary of the Amazon. com. Running into 286 pages, the book was penned by Mr. Sayeedur Rahman Nadvi, who heads the city based Furqania Academy. A graduate from…
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia held a ‘Special C o n v o c a – tion’ on April 27, 2012, to confer the degree of ‘Doctor of Letters’ on Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General to United Nations. Ban Ki- Moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. He has been a career diplomat. His first posting was to New Delhi. In 2011, Ban Ki-Moon ran unopposed for a second term…
Chennai: The Measi Academy of Architecture will start the new programme Master in Architecture (M.Arch) from the new academic session. Principal Prof. Althaf Ahmed informed Islamic Voice that it will have an intake of 20 students. The Academy already conducts a Master in Real Estate Programme for the last three years. More information can be had from the college. The Academy is run by the Muslim Educational Association of South India (MEASI).…
Empowering Young Minds to be Leaders of Tommorrow “It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state.” William Ellery Channing. This quote by one of the greatest Theologians of United States, bears testimony to the significance of education. It is one great tool that holds the…
Bangalore: The Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy will start 3-year diploma course, Pharma.D and 4-semester PG Baccalaureate in Pharmacy course form this year. The college has tied up with St. Martha’s Hospital and St. Philomena’s Hospital for clinical training. According to Dr. Abdul Aziz of Al-Ameen Educational Society, the Al-Ameen Institute of Management has tied up with Reliance Industries for training of the MBA students. The Al- Ameen College…
