By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan The believer, according to the Quran, must be a traveller (Al-Saihoon) (9:112). This is not just in the sense of one who goes on journeys: it actually means one who learns spiritual lessons through Tawassum (15:75). Tawassum means to elicit spiritual lessons from material experiences. A believer is one who is…
New Delhi: The Hamdard Education Society has invited applications for a limited number of scholarship for Muslim students in PUC, Degree and Post Graduate courses. In a press release, it said the society would offer monthly scholarships to students worth Rs. 550 for PUC, Rs. 800 to degree, Rs. 1,000 to post graduate and Rs.…
By A Staff Writer Bangalore: Students belonging to Minority communities i.e., Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Parsis, can apply for post-matric scholarship for minorities offered by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt of India. Students enrolled for any degree courses (BA, BSc, BBM, BCA, B.Ed, B.Lib. Sc, B.P.Ed, BTA or in ITI or ITC courses, or…
By A Staff Writer Bangalore: The Karnataka State Wakf Foundation for Women Development has invited applications for girls studying in high school (i.e., 8th, 9th and 10th standard) for the year 20112-13) and those enrolled in professional courses such as MBBS, BUMS, BAMS, MBA, MCA, BCA, B.Sc (Agriculture, Horticulture, Veterinary Sciences etc), BCA/MCA, Nursing, Pharmacy,…
Mumbai: Markazul Ma’arif (NGO) working in several North-eastern states has appealed for donation for flood and riot victims of Assam. In a press release from its Mumbai office, the organization known for its work in the field of education, health and allevation of poverty has said that the situation is grim in Assam due to…
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…
The Planning Commission of India, in its latest poverty estimates, has claimed that the number of poor Indians “ both in urban and rural areas “ has declined substantially between the periods of 2004-05 to 2009-10, but it has admitted that Muslims still are the leading religious community in urban poverty at the national level,…
