AMU alumni in Jubail demand Bharat Ratna for Sir Syed

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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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Hence, SDPI delegates communicated with well-known Indian Expatriate welfare Organization - Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF). QISF General Secretary Basheer Ahamed, Secretary Abdullatheef Madikeri and 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 within a short period of time and arranged for a peaceful burial of Mr. Selvam in Dukhan cemetery.

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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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July 6,2020

The Chairman of Intellectual Council Jeddah, Syed Nasir Khurshid, called for a Zoom meeting on 2nd July, 2020 to celebrate the oath taking ceremony of the D K Shiva Kumar who took over as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Mr Khurshid opened the meeting with a very enthusiastic and sincere note of congratulations to newly appointed president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr. D.K.Shivakumar.

The chief speaker for the evening was Saleem Khaleefa, vice Chairman of the Council, he said, for more than 4 decades, he is monitoring the politics of the Karnataka state very closely and also monitoring the role of crises management DK Shiva Kumar in the last 2 years, whether it is Rajya Sabha election of Mr. Ahmed Patel or managing the MLAs of Madhya Pradesh. He said, he is one of the best leaders of the party and the best leaders use “their brain, their heart, their soul and their guts.” And his leadership is fit in the size of all these characters. Growth is a very powerful word and fundamentally, party growth is the responsibility of the President and he can take a holistic approach to close the gap between and among the party cadres. 

Every effort is to be made to preserve the sense of unity within the party. We need to unite party base while appealing to voters. He should identify on ground challenges and find the mechanism to address them. He further pointed out that a President’s chief responsibility is to bring all the party leaders and office bearers on the same page with a Mission to bring back the congress party into power in the next assembly election. His smart strategies, road map, mechanism, booth management, better connected with the party workers, taking everyone along with him, will be a direction for the presidents of the party in other states to take party into power.

He pronounced his leadership is totally remarkable and has a track record of his very sensible leadership and he also known for his collaborative and crises management leadership style. Engr. Nasir suggested that his first task is to address the formidable challenges faced by the party and bring the Congress members together, on a very single aspect how to win the election. The party backbone and strength is gross-root workers who can play a significant role to take the party in a very strong and popular position in public. He emphasized that unity is the main strategy and ingredient to win the election, because a party divided will hurt, cannot win the election. Planning is everything and a good planning goes a long way, helping to win the election.  

All the members of the Council expressed their views and everyone is very much hopeful that he is the right person to lead the party from top.He has commanded immense respect from party workers, office bearers, all communities, groups, including opposition parties. He is a very experienced, have immense experience and hard-work leader and he is a strategist and knows the art how to motivate the party workers and unite all in a single rope.

Engr. Amjad Ali said, we are very much confident that he will re-structure from bottom to top, panchyat, taluka and district committees will be re-structured and will induct caliber and talented leaders who can understand and realize their responsibilities and accountability as head of the party at their levels with only one point how to win the coming election with thumping majority.

One of key members of the Council, Sajid Shaikh expressed joyfully that every single member of the party have confidence on the leadership of Mr. D.K Shiva Kumar and his appointment to the top position says a lot of nice things about him.  He has shown his great leadership and expert in crises management on many occasion.  The party in Karnataka is in good hands and I am sure he will sort-out all the difference between and among the party leaders and cadres, which has hurt the party in the last election and will bring all on the same page. Congress party and its workers are lucky to have such a passionate and hardworking president who is ready to work day in and day out to bring party in power in 2023 assembly election.

Prominent members of the Council, Engr. Azher Parvaiz, Engr. Abdul Wahid, Hazrat Qadri, Engr. Abdul Ameed, Saleem Khan, and Rafiuddin Kharadi commented, we looking forward his dynamic and result oriented leadership in organizing and re-shaping the party in the state, he will hold all congressmen together with a noble purpose, motivate every party worker to work with dedication so that congress can come back to power with absolute majority and he can count on our absolute support in booth management as well  suggest a few points to be included in the manifestos, running a high  successful voltage campaign highlighting the failure of the BJP government at the Center and at the state, between and among in the NRIs community across the Gulf Countries, including Europe and America. Council will do the value-based politics and will present the image of the Congress party, as the rational political party, with secular and inclusive, where people of all religions, caste, race and gender, feel wanted in the party, as its main ideology.

Syed Nasir Khurshid thanked entire team for attending the meeting he expressed his gratitude towards Vice Chairman of the council Saleem Khaleefa for speaking as chief speaker and giving updates, he said, team members are excited to meet in person with Mr. D.K. Shiva Kumar, when members visit India during their vacation.

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