Mangalore: Thousands march to Idgah Masjid for Meelad get-together

February 15, 2011

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Mangalore, February 15: Muslims of Mangalore city took out a massive procession to mark the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on Tuesday which culminated at Bhavutagudde Idgah Masjid with a grand Meelad meeting attended by community leaders as well as religious scholars.


The procession was flagged off at Zeenath Baksh Jumma Masjid with a duva by Mangalore Qazi Twaqa Ahmed Musliyar after Asar Namaz and the massive rally attended by over three thousand people snaked through the arterial roads of Missioin Street and Hampankatta before reaching the expected destination at around 6pm.


Addressing a huge gathering of Muslims inside the Masjid, Mangalore Qazi said the birth day of prophet was a grand occasion for Muslims around the world when Allah will hear the pleas of believers.


He said the prophet's birth is distinguished by the fact that unlike, human beings, who are created from clay, Prophet Mohammad has been created with various elements including water and air.


He also quoted greatest poet Allama Iqal's poetic tribute to prophet Muhammad (pbuh) meaning: "in short, after Allah, Muhammad ! you are the greatest"


Maulana Qari Maqbool Ahmed Barkathi, Qateeb of Madeena Masjid Bunder, ridiculed the people who oppose celebrating Meeladunnabi saying: "There are people who celebrate the birthday of their sons and daughters, but raise objection to Meelad jalsa."


He further said, when the entire world was celebrating the birth of Prophet, it was only Iblees who stayed away from it.


Maulana Barkathi also pointed out that Prophet Muhammad was sent to the whole of humanity as a messenger unlike other prophets who were limited to a particular community and a particular age.


Love of prophet was a pre-requisite for the love of God, he said and urged the Muslim community to not restrict the affection towards Prophet to only celebrations like Miladunnabi, but inculcate the values propagated by him.


"We have to shun falsehood, lead a devout life and dsiband all sorts of sins if we really love our prophet," he said.


KH Abusufiyan Ibrahim Madani, Chairman of Voice of Quran, said the glorification of Prophet Muhammad was necessary since he had been sent with the gigantic task of leading the people towards the right path until the day of judgement.


Abusufiyan also claimed that glorification of Prophet had been done by Allah in Holy Qura'n where he has been referred with adjectives such as 'Sirajammuneera' (shining light).


"There are a number of verses in the Holy Quran which glorifies prophet Muhammad's personality, significance and his character. This is quite understandable as people generally get attracted whenever there is an element of glorification. Even in today's world everything is being marketed keeping this human tendency in mind. Products ranging from Pepsi to motor bike are sold just because of their brand ambassadors," he added.


Former Education Minister BA Moidin said, nobody in the history of mankind has given utmost importance to the rights of human beings (Huqooqul-ibad) as prophet Muhammad did.


Seerath Committee president Ahmed Haji Mohiyuddin welcomed the gathering and said, the tradition of holding Meeladunnabi in Mangalore has been continuing under the aegis of Seerath committee for more than six decades.


Yenepoya Mohammed Kunhi, Abdul Rasheed Haji, BM Basheer Ahmed, former mayor K Ashraf, among others, were present. Central Committee general secretary Mohammed Haneef Haji compered the programme.


The traffic was either diverted or blocked at several places when the procession was on. People holding green flags were seen raising slogans of Naraye takbeer and also saying swalath during their march. There were also hundreds of two-wheelers and jeeps which followed the procession. Daff and taleem lent a toch of ethnicity to the whole programme. Volunteers of Mangalore Social Service Centre assisted the smooth conduct of procession and the subsequent programme.


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Udupi, Nov 11: A traveller reportedly lost ₹4.1 lakh after attempting to book a cab online in Udupi. 

At around 1:30 PM on November 7, the man from West Bengal searched for car rentals on Google and selected a website named "Shakti Car Rentals." Shortly after, he was contacted by someone claiming to be "Rohit Sharma," who directed him to pay a registration fee of ₹150 on the site.

After unsuccessful payment attempts via both his Canara Bank debit card and SBI credit card (without receiving an OTP), "Rohit Sharma" instructed him to pay the driver directly. But at 1:47 PM, he received messages showing deductions of ₹3.3 lakh from his SBI credit card and ₹80,056 from his Canara Bank debit card, totaling ₹4.1 lakh.

The complainant alleges fraud through a deceptive link disguised as a booking token fee. A case has been registered at Udupi Town Police Station.

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November 10,2024

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has warned that disciplinary action will be taken against those officials who change the land mutation records and serve eviction notices to farmers under the Waqf Act.

In a letter, the Revenue Department Principal Secretary Rajender Kumar Kataria reminded all regional commissioners and deputy commissioners in the districts that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently had a meeting following complaints about certain land properties being made in favour of the Karnataka Board of Waqfs.

In the meeting it was decided that all the directions issued previously by any government office or authority to change the mutation records has been withdrawn, the letter said.

It added that all the notices served in the past have also been withdrawn and no action should be taken against the farmers who are cultivating on the said land.

On the directions of the chief minister, the previous letters and the latest reminders served on November 7 to the farmers and land owners have been withdraw, the letter said.

"The officials who served reminder-2 despite the chief minister's direction will face appropriate disciplinary action," Kataria said in his letter.

He said he has been instructed to strictly implement the chief minister's direction.

The fresh direction was issued in poll-bound Karnataka, where bypolls to three crucial assembly segments are due on November 13.

Some farmers in Honwad village in Vijayapura in north Karnataka had alleged last month that they were served eviction notices as the Waqf Board claimed rights over it.

Subsequently, complaints started in pouring in from some other parts of the state.

BJP leader Tejasvi Surya on October 25 alleged that Karnataka Waqf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan directed the deputy commissioners and revenue officials to register lands in favour of the Waqf Board within 15 days, which resulted in confusion.

On Surya's request, the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal visited Karnataka on November 7 and met farmers in Hubballi, Vijayapura and Belagavi districts who had alleged that their lands were marked as Waqf properties.

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November 13,2024

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Bengaluru: An estimated overall 10.14 per cent voter turnout was recorded during the first two hours, since the voting began for bypolls to three Assembly segments in Karnataka on Wednesday, election officials said.

The voting began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm.

More than seven lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in about 770 polling stations in Shiggaon, Sandur and Channapatna, where a total of 45 candidates are in the fray.

While Channapatna recorded 10.34 per cent voter turnout till 9 am, it was 10.08 per cent in Shiggaon, and 9.99 per cent in Sandur, election officials said.

Voters, including women and elderly were seen queuing up in front of polling booths in these segments.

By-polls for Sandur, Shiggaon, and Channapatna are necessitated, as the seats fell vacant following the election of their respective representatives -- E Tukaram of Congress, former CM Basavaraj Bommai of BJP, and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy of JD(S) -- to Lok Sabha in May elections.

As many as 31 candidates are in the fray from Channapatna, while Sandur and Shiggaon have six and eight contenders, respectively.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made in the three segments for the smooth conduct of the polls.

The by-polls will witness a straight fight between the ruling Congress and BJP in Sandur and Shiggaon segments, while in Channapatna, JD(S) which is part of the NDA alliance is in contest against the grand old party.

Among the three segments, Channapatna is considered to be a "high profile", where the contest is between C P Yogeeshwara, a five time MLA from the segment and former Minister, who joined the Congress quitting BJP ahead of nomination, and actor-turned -politician Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is Kumaraswamy’s son and former PM H D Deve Gowda's grandson.

BJP's Bharath Bommai, son of Basavaraj Bommai, is fighting Congress Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan, who had faced defeat against the former Chief Minister in the 2023 Assembly polls, in Shiggaon.

Bharath Bommai and his father cast their vote at a polling booth in Shiggaon segment.

In Sandur, Bellary MP Tukaram's wife E Annapurna of Congress is contesting from the seat vacated by her husband, against, BJP ST Morcha president Bangaru Hanumanthu, who is considered close to party leader and former mining barron G Janardhan Reddy.

Annapurna, Tukaram and other family members cast their votes at a booth in the segment.

With Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Bharath Bommai contesting, the third generation of Gowda and Bommai families are in the fray in this by-poll. Both their fathers and grandfathers have served as Karnataka's Chief Ministers in the past.

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