Former Minister Mumtaz Ali Khan rejects Minority Commission Report on Alleged scams in Wakf properties Mr. Anwar Manipadi, Chairman of Karnataka Minority Commission submitted a report on the status of Wakf properties which runs into 7,000 pages. I have gone through the summary of the report with highlights of the report. This report has created uproar in the state and elsewhere in the country. I…
Sahih Al-Bukhari, the collection of Hadith by Imam Bukhari is now available in Kannada language. An abridged version of Bukhari titled Sahih Bukhari in Kannada was released here on May 11 at a function at Town Hall by publishers, Shanthi Prakashana, the Kannada publishing house of Jamaat e Islami Hind. The volume running into 925 pages carries nearly 2,000 hadith the Prophet (pbuh) compiled by Imam Bukhari. It is…
The Karnataka Urdu Academy and Saarang Music Academy will jointly organise a Sham e Ghazal based on soulful Urdu ghazal on Sunday, June 3, at Seva Sadan on 14th cross, Malleswaram, in the city between 5-30 pm and 8-30 pm. Ustad Farook Ali Chand saab will present the programme. For more details contact: 99861-90496.
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…
Three of the 11 students adopted, coached, trained and groomed by the LEAD Trust here were able to crack the IIT-JEE 2012 for admission into the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) this year. They are: Ghazi Sabeehuddin of Adilabad (rank 6159), Mohammed Afnaz K. from Calicut (rank 7035) and Ashfaq E. Malayil (rank1367) from Malappuram in Kerala. For two years, these students did their PUC at Al-Ameen PU College,…
A directory with insights into the socio-political history and geographical environment of Konkani Muslims and their contribution, was recently launched in Mumbai. Dr A.R Undre launched the first Konkan directory whose primary objective has been to document and preserve the contributions made by Konkani Muslims to different fields like science, technology, medicine, shipping, politics, social work, education, literature, art and culture. “We faced a lot of skepticism before the first directory could…
A group of Muslims in Maharashtra have floated a new political party- Awami Vikas Party (AVP). Formally launched recently, the party is being presented as a “formidable” Muslim-Dalit alliance and an alternative to the Sena-BJP-MNS, Congress- NCP and SP. Former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Shamsher Khan Pathan, heads the party. “We shall strive to unite the Muslims and Dalits and help them fight for their rights. Often, these two…
The northern Uttar Pradesh town’s fortunes seems to be upswing. Once the capital of the Nawabs of Rampur, the town is likely to get a massive facelift with a Rs. 2.5 billion project set to begin. Local MLA and minister in the new Samajwadi Party Government told media recently that all drains in the city would be reconstructed and the under-construction of Palika Mall on Topekhana Road will be completed at…
Over a hundred hearing/speech impaired individuals from various centres participated in a three-day Islamic Summer Camp organized by Centre for Islamic Studies (Hearing Impaired) Wing here between May 18 and 20. All programmes were conducted in sign language. Mr. Shakir Ahmed, President of Centre for Islamic Studies (CIS) announced that the CIS would soon start a training school for the children born with hearing deficiency as early intervention could prevent permanent impairment of hearing among children. The school will…
Syed Sajjad Ahmed, the man who has contrived a solar car, set out for Delhi from the city to join the Anti Corruption Movement agitation by Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev in Delhi on June 2. Sajjad’s solar car has been a head-turner on Bangalore roads for quite some years. Carrying several solar panels on bonnet, hood and back, the solar car runs on combination of…
