Muslim Leaders Meet to Discuss Ways to Jointly Resolve the Problems
A consultative meeting of the leaders of the prominent Muslim organisations and noted personalities was held in Kochi, Kerala on January 27-28. In the meeting, the Muslim leaders thoroughly deliberated on the problems faced by the country and the community, and they also discussed possibilities of joint efforts to resolve them.
The important participants of the meeting were Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani, President Jamiat Ulema Hind, Mr. Syed Sadatullah Husaini, President Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Maulana Yaseen Usmani and Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi, Vice Presidents of All India Milli Council, Mr. Syed Sanaullah of Jamiat Ahle Hadith Hind, Dr.Zafarul Islam Khan, Editor of Milli GazetteOnline, Mr. Mujtaba Farooq, Mr. Malik Mutasim Khan, Maulana Niaz Ahmed Farooqui, Prof. Salim Engineer, Dr.Qasim Rasool Ilyas, Mr. Abdul Salam Puthige, Editor-in-Chief of Kannada Varthabharathi, Mr. M.A. Siraj senior journalist, Mr. Kamal Farooqui, Mr. Zuber Gopalani, Mr. Misbah Ahmed, Maulana Sayed Pir Tanveer Hashmi and Maulana Shabbir Nadvi.
In the meeting, apart from the immediate problems faced by the community, the long-term requirements of the community building and development were also discussed. The main points agreed upon in the meeting are as follows:
Joint visits of Muslim and non-Muslim officials in major cities of the country, meetings with ground workers and discussions with common Muslims.
Meetings with government officials, discussing important issues and demands.
Outreach to fellow countrymen and interaction with their organisations and individuals.
More effective coordination in documentation, research, media, etc.
Movement and Coordination to form institutions for the development and advancement of the community in education, economy, trade, etc.
It was also decided that such meetings would be held continuously for resolving the problems of the community and the country with better collective coordinated efforts.
JIH President Expresses Condolences over Demise of Maulana Abul Bayan Hammad Omari
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) President Syed Sadatullah Husaini has expressed condolences over the sad demise of renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Abdul Rehman Khan Abul Bayan Hammad Omari. 99 years old Maulana Omari who died on Sunday (January 29), was a veteran professor at the well-known Islamic seminary of South India – Jamia Darussalam, Omarabad, Tamil Nadu.
In his condolence message, the JIH President held that Maulana Hammad Omari was associated with the Jamaat-e-Islami since its inception. Paying homage to the veteran Islamic scholar for kindling the Islamic spirit through his effective poetry, charming and simple prose and essays, Mr. Husaini said,“God blessed Maulana Omari with fine literary skills and he too dedicated his pen to the service of Islam. His sermons were also listened to very attentively,” he added.
Praising the late scholar as a best teacher and mentor who silently shaped several generations, the JIH President said that Maulana Hammad spent his entire life in service of Islamic knowledge and all his students recognised him as their ideal educator and mentor.
In this hour of sorrow, sharing his condolences with all the relatives, friends, students of the deceased and the members of the Islamic movement, Mr. Husaini prayed to Allah to forgive him and grant him a high place in heaven.
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Bharat Jodo Yatra Instilled New Confidence among BC Communities: Shrikanth Goud
TPCC OBC Dept Chairman NuthiShrikanth Goud said that AICC leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra gave a new hope to Backward Classes in the country and instilled confidence that their problems would get resolved after Congress returns to power in the next elections.
Srikanth Goud was speaking to media persons after participating in celebrations of the completion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the Amberpet Assembly constituency on Janu 30.
Led by Shrikanth Goud, hundreds of Congress workers paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his Martyrdom Day by garlanding his portrait. Later, they undertook a padayatra from the Red Building crossroads to the Mahankali Temple of Amberpet as part of ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’abhiyaan. They distributed Rahul Gandhi’s message letter and also a leaflet showing the failures of BJP and TRS throughout padayatra. They pasted ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ stickers on every door during the padayatra.
Shrikanth Goud informed that many youths joined padayatra voluntarily. People of Amberpet have announced their full support in bringing back the Congress Party to power, he said.
Nuthi Srikanth Goud said that this time Congress would flourish throughout the country, including Telangana. He said Rahul Gandhi, during Bharat Jodo Yatra, has announced full support to the demands raised by BC communities. He said Rahul Gandhi had also supported the demand for a BC census in Telangana. He said that the TPCC OBC Dept would take Rahul Gandhi’s message to every household in Telangana.
Muslim Man Thrashed by Bajrang Dal on Cow Smuggling Allegation Dies
A 22-year-old Muslim man was killed in the Mewat district of Haryana on January 28 after he along with two others was reportedly beaten up by right-wing Bajrang Dal workers on allegations of cow smuggling.
The deceased – Waris – was a resident of Hussainpur village in Haryana’s Mewat district. A video has emerged on Twitter where an injured, tired and scared Waris can be seen inside a car along with two other Muslim men.
However, according to Mewat police, Waris died in a ‘car accident’. His family members vehemently refute the police’s claims and allege that they had come to save the Bajrang Dal and not Waris.
Following Waris’ death, a dharna was arranged by social activists. Speaking to a local channel, one of the activists claimed that the police statement that Waris died in an accident is false. “It is clearly shown in the viral video how Waris and other two men with him are being asked their names and villages in a threatening way. It is highly disturbing. We demand the administration take action against those who are responsible for his death,” said one activist.
Waris is survived by his young wife and a three-month-old daughter.