EIFF family get-together creates awareness about education

[email protected] (Shodhan Prasad)
June 5, 2012

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Dubai, June 5: Emirates India Fraternity Forum conducted a family get-together under the themes ‘Importance of Education to Empower the Community’ and ‘Evils of Dowry’ recently at Aneesa Al Ansari Girls School, Al Quoz in Dubai.

The chief guests for the evening were Dr. Kaup Mohammad, General Secretary, Beary’s Cultural Forum and Professor at London American College, Abdul Razak, President of KIC, UAE, and O M Abdul Salam, General Secretary, Rehab India Foundation.

Dr. Kaup Mohammad said that as a human being one must aim to serve the humanity. He urged the young generation to pursue their goals with dedication and said that they must plan their future and achieve excellence in their chosen field.

He also stressed on getting higher education to compete in modern challenges.

Pointing to the issue of difficulty faced by poor and backward community in the field of education, O M Abdul Salam appealed to the public to take care of the educational needs of poor children.

He said it is the collective responsibility of every individual to make necessary arrangement for the deprived students to complete their basic education.

He also presented a slide show which exhibited the social activities done by Rehab India Foundation in different states of India for the empowerment of the community.

Abdul Razak, Executive committee member of EIFF, spoke about the evils of dowry and said that giving and accepting of dowry are both considered as an anti-Islamic act.

He pointed out that because of dowry system many poor girls are still not married and there is lot of harassment done in the name of dowry in our society. He stressed on the importance of creating awareness about the evils of dowry among our community.

Nasir Hussain, President of EIFF, speaking on the occasion, emphasised on the importance of education to uplift the community and eradication of dowry system from the society.

The members of EIFF displayed skits on the Importance of education and also eradication of dowry from the society which was well appreciated by the crowd.

The President of KIC, Abdul Razak thanked EIFF for conducting such a grand event and also for educating the crowd on these two burning topics in today’s society.

The event was concluded with a ‘signature campaign’ by all the participants. The unmarried bachelors also took an oath they would never accept dowry in their marriage.

The half day program started with the recitation of Quranic verses by Mohammad Ashir. Javed Ahmed welcomed the gathering. Shameem Ismail proposed vote of thanks.

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