AMU alumni in Jubail demand Bharat Ratna for Sir Syed

January 1, 2015

Jeddah: Sir Syed Day, the annual get together event organized by the alumni of India’s premier educational institution Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), was held at Jubail’s SABIC beach camp.

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The event was organized to pay tribute to and remember the contribution of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of AMU and one of the key architects of modern India.

Sir Syed was one of those early pioneers who recognized the critical role of education in the empowerment of the poor and backward Muslim community. The aim of Sir Syed was not merely restricted to establishing a college at Aligarh but at spreading a network of Muslim managed educational institutions throughout the country.

Thus, he instituted All India Muslim Educational Conference that revived the spirit of Muslims at national level. The Aligarh movement motivated the Muslims to help open a number of educational institutions. It was the first of its kind Muslim nongovernmental organization in India, which awakened the Muslims from their deep slumber and infused social and political sensibility into them.

AMU alumnus Zaif Ahmad Qaisar put forward the demand for a Bharat Ratna (India’s highest civilian award) for Sir Syed. His demand was backed by more than 300 alumni at the event.

Speaking as the chief guest, Iftekhar Alam, adviser and director at Al-Khodari, emphasized the need for all Muslims to keep a perfect balance between modern scientific education and strong Islamic values.

Senior and well-known alumnus Mukarram Ali Khan of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) was the guest of honor. He urged the alumni to revive Urdu language.

Syed Hameed, principal of International Indian School in Jubail, was felicitated for the national award he won on the Teacher’s Day from Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. Vice Principal Naushad Ali was also felicitated for his contribution to the Indian community.

Tariq Saeed opened the event. Senior Aligarian Anis Bakhsh introduced the guests. Syed Baqar Naqvi conducted the event. Rizwanullah Khan delivered the vote of thanks.

Sayeed Malik Ahmad and Zubair Khan, who died in 2014, were also remembered for their contributions and were felicitated posthumously.

Zehra Siddiqui, Musaiyab Ali Mirza and Mohammed Aazim Khan, all toppers at Jubail school, were awarded trophies for achieving a CGPA of 10 at Class X examination while Ariba Abu Nasr was awarded for being a topper in Class XII with 94 percent marks.

Among those who attended the event were Jubail school Chairman Taher Mohiuddin, Shoaib Quraishi of KFUPM, well-known poet Saqib Jaunpuri, Aziz Siddiqui, Rahat Sultan, Toastmaster Kaleem Ahmad, prominent community member Syed Waheed Lateef, Asif Ali Siddiqui, Javed Ansari, Wais Quarni, Anwar Habeeb, Amjad Kamal, Abu Nasr, Naseemuddin, Navaid Khan, Imran Ahmed, Ikramullah Khan, Obaidurrahman, Masoodul Hasan, Qaiser Pasha, Nafees Ahmad, Jameel Khan, Nasimuddin Ansari, Mohammed Shibli Siddiqui, Mufeeduzzaman, Muzaffar Khan and Khalid Ausaf.

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QISF helps perform last rites of NRI who killed self in Qatar

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June 17,2020

Doha: Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF) once again set an example that no caste, creed, language and religion comes as hurdle for their humanitarian services and helped to perform last rites of Ramesh who committed suicide in Doha-Qatar.

45-year-old Ramesh son of K. Nagan hailing from Panikulam, Thrissur district in Kerala, who was working as a tailor committed suicide in his house at Ruwias in Qatar on 30th May 2020.

On hearing this news, some of his friends in Kearla informed Mr. Shihab who is also from Thrissur and a member of QISF and the same was brought to the notice of QISF humanitarian team head Mr. Abdul Latheef Madikeri and Basheer Ahmed of Tamil Nadu.

Immediately, the QISF team intervened and contacted the family members of the deceased in India and discussed the matter and consequences of sending the body back home to India in this pandemic COVID 19 situation.

Considering the prevailing situation, the family members gave the consent to bury the body in Qatar itself.

QISF team collected the required documents from the family of the deceased and managed to clear all the necessary formalities from the police department, Health Department, Embassy of India and Hamad Medical Corporation.

Finally, the body of the deceased was buried in Qatar on 7th June 2020 and the copies of all the relevant documents have been handed over to the family members.

The family members of the deceased thanked and applauded the leaders and all the members of QISF for their effective and on time humanitarian service rendered even in this pandemic crisis and having no bias.

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AIE plane crash: Two NRIs in UAE thank God for missing flight at last moment

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August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week.

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Suresh Neramballi - an unsung Mangalurean hero in Kuwait

Sushma Bangera

June 4,2020

Kuwait: The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed the whole world into a difficult situation and the situation of Indians in Kuwait is not any different. Many people have lost their jobs, have no salary, are deprived of food and are not able to pay rent. The appalling conditions of labourers, domestic workers, taxi drivers and low waged earners don’t seem to end in Kuwait.

At this trying situation when many people were even afraid of leaving their houses because of coronavirus, Suresh S. Rao Neramballi, volunteer of the Food Kit Distribution at the ICSG (Indian Community Support Group) has helped many tremendously. He was ready to go around delivering food kits at any time possible by his car. However, after Kuwait imposed a full curfew from 11th May 2020, no one could take out their vehicles unless they had a curfew pass.

This did not stop Mr. Suresh Neramballi, who then borrowed a bicycle from a friend and ended up going around in the cycle delivering the food kits in curfew break time (4:30pm to 6:30pm) to all those who registered in the ICSG website. This selfless service surely commands appreciation and applause. Mr. Suresh Neramballi has been a light for many families and bachelors in Kuwait and will surely garner the blessings of them who have been able to eat at this time.

He was also the one who could deliver the food kits to many Indian Muslim maids, bachelors, laborers and families previous day and right on the day of EID, as they were not able to go shopping for their groceries for EID, due to the curfew. They blessed him in EID dua.

Mr. Suresh Neramballi hails from Mangaluru, India and is an Engineer in the Oil sector company in Kuwait. He has been dedicated to social service, achieved 'Aryabhata International Award' for his Kannada Service and Social service, served in many Associations and Distributor of Kannada and Tulu Movies in Kuwait. He wholeheartedly thanks the people and government of Kuwait for his bread and butter.

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May Almighty Allah shower His mescifull blessing on you and your family... Your selfless service will always be remembered,,,

God bless you and your family

God bless you brother and keep you healthy plus happy always. You will be in the prayers of those who receivec your timely regardles they are hindu or muslim or christian. This is a slap on the face of hate mongers who are always trying to divide the socieity in the name of religion. Such people are burden to this world and society. We should clean our society from such dirt and bad people. Well done brother. May God bless you.