For the first time, a one-day “All Rajasthan Members Camp” was organised by Girls Islamic Organisation (GIO) of Rajasthan, on 2 June. It was attended by GIO members from five districts of the state. The programme commenced with Tazkeerbil Qur’ān by Rizwana (Unit President, Ramganj, Jaipur).
UbaidahIqbal (President GIO, Rajasthan), in her inaugural speech, explained the objectives of the camp.
ShaistaHussain (District Organiser, Sikar) expressed her thoughts on ‘Significance of Being Organised’. She stated that organisation is the innate need of human beings. Allah the Exalted has made the Muslims a ‘Jamaat’ (Group) for a purpose viz. iqaamat-e-deen (establishment of Deen) and Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) also commanded us to remain in ‘Jamaat’ to achieve this aim.
SumaiyaAfnan (District Organiser, Jaipur) enlightened the audience on ‘Duties of a Leader and the Followers’saying that an Ameer (leader) should be caring, responsible and serious about his duties; while the followers should obey their leader in all possible situations; and their mutual relationship should be fair.
Ayesha Badar (Secretary, GIO Rajasthan) explained the whole Constitution of GIO-Rajasthan. Huma Ansari (Unit President, Mangrol) addressed the audience on ‘Our duties as an individual’ sayig that we should present our Islamic identity in every aspect of life and should try our best to guard human rights of all.
SaikaBhati (Treasurer, GIO, Rajasthan) spoke on ‘Mutual relationship among the sisters of GIO” and stated that mutual understanding and affection between the members are helpful to achieve the objectiveviz. iqaamat-e-deen.
Then UbaidahIqbalenlightened the audience on how to work in campuses.She said,“We should strive to make the environment of campus pure, calm, and safe; and free from evils like ragging, fashion shows, eve-teasing, communalism, etc. For this, we should civilise the students by Islamic teachings and try to help them as far as possible, but first we have to present ourselves as perfect Islamic ideals before them.”
ShakiraKhatoon (NazimaTarbiyat, Women’s Wing, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Rajasthan) spoke on Sacrifice in the Way of Allah saying that we should learn the feelings of physical and financial sacrifice from Sahabiyaat and try to develop that feeling in us.
Waqar Ahmed (Observer, GIO Rajasthan) presented a talk on ‘Study: Why and How?’saying that Allah gave us all the Knowledge that we didn’t have but the human beings used to ignore that gift of Allah. We should apply Islamic way of education in our life.
Dr. Mohd. Iqbal Siddiqui (Secretary Dawat, JIH Rajasthan) described How To Develop An Islamic Personality and said that the personality of a person can be judged through his knowledge about society and its circumstances. The most developed personality of the world is that of Prophet Muhammad who gifted us knowledge through the Qur’ān. The Qur’ān, Salat and spending in the way of Allah are the ways to get closer to Allah.
At the end of the programme, KhurshidHussain (Patron, GIO Rajasthan) said that it is a precious gift of Allah that we are Muslims and are associated with a pure organisation. Close relation with Allah, Islamic life and character and belief in life after death are the main parts of our training.
There was also an open session for discussion on problems in GIO activities and their solutions.