Mysuru, KARNATAKA :

Imam-e-Haram of Holy Place of Mecca addresses thousands of Muslim brethren in city.

Mysuru :

Imam-e-Haram of Holy Place of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Saleh Bin Mohamed bin Ibrahim Al Talib, arrived by a special chartered flight from Bengaluru and landed at Mandakalli Air Port in city at 11.45 am yesterday.

Hazrath Moulana Syed Arshid Madni, President, Jamiath-e-Ulema, Ameer-e-Shariath Karnataka Hazrath Moulana Mufthi Mohamed Ashraf Ali Baqvi, former Mayor and Corporator Ayub Khan and Javeed Ahmed, Joint Secretary, Siddiqia Arabic College, accompanied the visiting Imam-e-Haram from Bengaluru to Mysuru.

Tanveer Sait, former Minister and MLA N.R. Constituency, Vasu, MLA, Chamraja Constituency, Hazrath Moulana Shabbir Ahmed Saheb Rishadi, President, Jamiath-e-Ulema, Mysuru Unit, Moulana Hafiz Arshad Ahmed, General Secretary, Jamiath-e-Ulema, Mysuru Unit, Abdul Azeez Chand, Secretary, Siddiqia Arabic College, Corporators K.C Shoukath Pasha, Suhail Baig, Ayaz Pasha alias Pandu and Feroz Khan, Janab Ariff Ahmed Mehkri, Chairman, Mysuru District Wakf Advisory Committee, Md Mumtaz Ahmed, Secretary, Mysuru District Relief Committee and others welcomed and garlanded the visiting dignitary.

Later, he was taken to Rajiv Nagar Eidgah Maidan in a convey of more than 50 cars and same number of motor bikes followed the convey. And other Muslim Brethren welcomed him standing both the side of the Road from Mandakalli to Rajiv Nagar Eidgah Maidan, where Muslim Brethren from Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Kodagu and Chamrajanagar Districts were waiting since 7 am in spite of scorching Sun.

In the history of Mysuru city, this is the first time that Imam-e-Haram from Holy place of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is visiting Mysuru to address the gathering and to lead the prayer.

Later, addressing the gathering in Arabic language, Imam-e-Haram Dr. Saleh Bin Mohamed appealed to Muslim Brethren to spread the message of peace and humanity and to help poor and needy irrespective of caste and creed. The same was translated to Urdu by Hazrath Moulana Syed Arshad Madni Saheb, President, Jamiath-ul-Ulema.

On the occasion, Imam-e-Haram also prayed for copious rains. More than 2.50 lakh members were attended the prayer at Eidgah Maidan.

Hazrath Moulana Mahmood Ul Hassan Saheb, Moulana Salman Ahmed Saheb Nadvi, Hazrath Moulana Mohamed Naseem Saheb, former President, All India Mili Council, Mysuru District and other eminent personalities were present on the occasion.

Superintendent of Police Abhinav Khare supervised the Police bundobast. Traffic Police diverted the traffic for smooth movement of the vehicles.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Saturday,  April 09th, 2015