Thousands of Indian expats from across Saudi throng funeral of Emirate Khader in Jubail

P A Hameed Padubidri, Saudi Arabia
December 12, 2018

Jubail: The tadfeen (funeral rites) of Abdul Khader aka Emirate Khader and his father-in-law, Basrikatte Bawa (S Kodi) was held in the graveyard of Jubail, the industrial city of Saudi Arabia in the presence of huge crowds on Monday night.

The duo died last Thursday (06/12/2018) in a road accident near Goodah on Riyadh-Dammam express highway while returning with family members from Makkah to Jubail after performing Umrah. Other members sustained minor injuries except deceased Khader's younger daughter Asma, whose leg got fractured. She underwent surgery two days after the accident at Dammam central hospital.

After having completed of all formalities in various departments in the KSA and Indian Embassy, the mortal remains, kept in morgue in Urayirah Prince Sultan Hospital (around 200 kms from Jubail) were taken to Jubail by Ambulance at 12.45 pm.

More than two thousand people consisted of relatives, friends and well-wishers gathered at Omar ibn Abdulaziz Mosque to pay a last homage to the departed bodies. The crowd was such that people voluntarily lined up in queue to see the Janaaizah (mortal remains) after the bodies were given Ghusul (bath) & put on Kafan (Shrouds).

Emirate Khader's friends and well-wishers from different parts of the Kingdom like Jeddah, Makkah, Qassim, Riyadh, Al-Hasa, Hafar AlBatin, Dammam-Khobar etc. took part in this rites.

Salathul Janaaizah (prayer for dead bodies) was held in the Masjid soon after Maghrib prayer. Immediately after the prayer, the bodies were taken to nearby cemetery & laid in the grave in front of a large saddened crowd & four sons of Khader. Both graves are positioned adjacently.

After the undertakings, the bereaved sons received commiserations hugely over the sad demise of their father and grandfather.

The funeral rites witnessed a vast crowd. Some senior residents said that they never saw such a huge gathering in their life; this is the first time they are able to see such a big mass.

Emirate Khader was individually known for his humanitarian and social services for the past four decades in the KSA. When there were no social organizations to reach out the compatriots for their issues of any nature, Khader was in the frontline to hear their grievance & to seek solutions to their problems. He was famous for his kindness, friendliness, whole-heartedness & selfless works.

It was really a sad moment when his body was laid in the grave & people threw handful of soils into the grave as a tradition of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh).

Expertise Company Jubail arranged lighting facility on the site of the burial ground.

Heads and members of various organizations of Mangaluru, Bhatkal and other parts of Karnataka, Sayyed Karnire, Sheikh from Expertise Company, Mumtaz Ali-FIZZA Mall Mangaluru, Basheer Sagar, Ahmed Hussain-HIT, Kassim Ahmed-HF, Muzen Zakariya Jokatte, Ibrahim Hejamady Bahrain, Hassan Bawa-KSF, Mohammad Ali B.K, Naushad Krishnapura-ISF, Hameed Bajpe, Shareef Karkala, Social worker, Dammam, Firoz and Ashraf-ISF, Ashfaq- Plant Solution, among others were present to pay their last homage to the departed souls.

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ABDUL REHMAN S…
 - 
Thursday, 13 Dec 2018

May Allah SWT grant both of them highest place in JANNAH

 

Aameen

Azmath
 - 
Thursday, 13 Dec 2018

I personally do not know about "Noble Soul - Mr Emirates Khaderaka"

 

Prayers and hugs to their family and friends. I'm sorry Jubail/ KSA lost such amazing people. I pray for their children to heal and continue their parents compassion and kindness. Love and light will guide this awesome souls to peace. Rest in peace Champions..

 

Regards

 

Azmath

 

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July 24,2020

Indore, Jul 24: A woman who sells fruits on a cart and who lashed out at municipal officials here has done PhD in Materials Science. Her siblings too are well educated and sell fruits as they did not find jobs.

Dr Raisa Ansari, who lives at Bakery Street in Pardeshipura with her family said she wanted to be a scientist but did not get a job anywhere.

Speaking to media persons, Raisa said, "I have done PhD in Materials Science and wanted to be a scientist but did not get job anywhere. I sell fruit here but the municipal officials are bothering us. We are being forced to move from here to there like cattle. Our religion may be the reason why we are not getting jobs but we are proud to be Indian. I am still looking for a job."

Dr Raisa's mother Ayesha Ansari said she herself is not educated, but has four children of whom three girls and one boy studied a lot but no one got job.

Speaking to media persons Ayesha said, "I have four children and they are well educated. I have not studied but all my children are educated but did not get job so all of them sell fruits."

"When the matter came to marriage, one of the daughters got married. Raisa and Shahjahan Bi wanted an educated boy, but they were not able to find a suitable match because of their complexion and sometimes they rejected the proposal because of dowry, so both are single. Two of my grandchildren are studying biology. They will become doctors," said Ayesha.

Meanwhile, people in the neighbourhood lauded the family's abilities. They said theirs was an educated family had to sell fruits as they did not get jobs.

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May 2,2020

We, the undersigned express our solidarity with Dr Zafarul Islam Khan, renowned scholar, journalist and presently Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission.

We strongly condemn the continued media trial and targeting of Dr Zafarul Islam Khan for his Facebook post thanking Kuwait for expressing solidarity with Indian Muslims. In his Facebook post, he mentioned the appalling deterioration of human rights of Indian Muslims who have been targeted by Hindutva bigots. A few politicians with ulterior motives and news channel anchors known for spreading bigotry and Islamophobia have mischievously sought to misinterpret his statement and ridiculously label him as anti-Hindu and anti-India.

He has only reiterated what many citizens of India, public figures, international institutions, various European governments, the United States of America and United Nations human rights mechanisms have repeatedly underlined their concern at the increasing human rights abuse and violations of religious minorities in India.

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The hateful propaganda against Dr Khan is one more illustration as how certain Indians fail to differentiate between Hinduism, a religion and Hindutva which is a supremacist political ideology.

Dr Zafarul Islam Khan is a leading Indian intellectual whose niche area is Islamic studies and Arab world. He enjoys great respect in the Arab and Muslim world for his understanding and knowledge. He is an alumni of the esteemed Jamia Al-Azhar and Manchester University.

Dr Khan is known for taking bold public positions. He was the first Muslim scholar in the world who denounced ISIL, which later became IS or ISIS. He issued a statement opposing the barbaric crimes of ISIL (IS or ISIS) and Boko Haram against minorities. He takes strong stands against extremism of all sorts. That makes him a prominent critic of RSS.

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July 20,2020

Udupi, July 20: A youth, who was under depression after his business came to a halt due to lockdown, has killed self in Kundapura taluk of Udupi district. 

The deceased has been identified as Nitish Shetty (31), son of Prabhakar Shetty, a resident of Giliyaru in Kota area of Kundapura. 

Shetty was running a secondhand car business in Bengaluru. The business had completely stopped due to covid-19 lockdown. 

After returning to his hometown, he could not find any other job. Hence he was under depression. Hence on July 18 he handed himself to death in his house, police said. 

A case has been registered at jurisdictional Kota police station.

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