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Jeddah: Jam’iyyatul Falah Iftar party attracts hundreds

[email protected] (Shodhan Prasad)
July 23, 2013

Jeddah, Jul 23: The Jeddah unit of Mangalore based NGO Jamiyyatul Falah hosted a grand Iftar party on Saturday, July 20, at Village Restaurant in Azizia district, here.

A large number of members, guests and well wishers of Jamiyyatul Falah took part in the event along with their family members. The event was sponsored by Basem International Shipping & Logistics Co. Ltd Jeddah.

Addressing the gathering, Maulana Mohammed Mawiyah said that Ramadan is a holy month bestowed by the Almighty Allah for us to obtain a bounty of rewards for the good work done by Muslim Ummah. He also emphasized the importance of Zakath and Fitrah and urged all to spend more time for zikar and ibadath.

JF Founder Mohammed Iqbal Yusuf highlighted the activities of JF in general and described how JF reached to the silver jubilee year. He also briefed about the ongoing projects of JF and appealed all guests to become lifetime members of the organisation and support its noble cause.

Chief guest Maulana Ubaidur Rahaman, editor of Mualim Magazine, focused on the duties and responsibilities of Muslim Ummah towards the under privileged and poor families. He also lauded the service of Jamiyyatul Falah towards the welfare of community.

Arab News chief editor Nasir Javed and BBC World Urdu Service Correspondent of Jeddah Ayub Janjani were among the special guests attended the programme.

The programme commenced with the recitation of holy Quran by Master Fahad Janjani, followed by introduction of Jamiyyatul Falah by Mohammed Mansoor, who also compered the programme. JF Jeddah Unit President Mohammed Arif welcomed the gathering.

Following to the Maghrib Azan the Iftar and Salah were performed with well organized arrangement and outstanding event management by Village Restaurant staff. General Secretary of the JF Jeddah unit Shaikh Saoud proposed the vote of thanks.

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Agencies
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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Media Release
May 30,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter organized a "Live along with COVID-19" webinar on 29 May 2020 in association with HealthCare Polyclinic, Dammam.

The webinar at Zoom App. featured over 150+ resident Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia's eastern and neighboring provinces.

Dr. Shailendranath made a presentation on the program and gave useful information. Indian Social Forum Dammam, Karnataka Chapter President Sharif Joktake delivered the keynote address. General Secretary Irshad Jokatte stalled the program.

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: An elderly cardiac patient from Dakshina Kannada, who was stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lock-down, has finally reached his homeland thanks to the timely intervention by Humanity Forum Jubail and Indian Social Forum.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

Meanwhile, one of the relatives of the patient, Ansari Suratkal, who happens to be a DKSC activist, brought the issue to the notice of the Karnataka unit of the Indian Social Forum in Dammam. ISF contacted Humanity Forum president Zakariya Jokatte, who helped the patient to speak directly union minister D V Sadananda Gowda in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com.

Humanity Forum also persuaded the Indian Embassy to allow the stranded cardiac patient to fly back to India through Dammam-Bengaluru repatriation flight on May 20. 

However, it was not easy for the patient to travel from Madinah to Dammam International Airport due to lock-down and curfew. ISF not only obtained travel permission for him but also arranged vehicle. Jeddah and Riyadh units of ISF helped in obtaining permission letter in their respective places in spite of travel ban imposed by the police. Madinah unit of ISF arranged vehicle for transportation. Zakariya Jokatte bore the air ticket and other expenses of the patient.

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