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Kerala families benefit from expat businessman’s largesse

July 1, 2020Community Involvement / Social Issues, FREE : Accomodation, NRI's / PIO'sAhammed Iqbal, Ahammed Iqbal - Businessman - Doha - Qatar, K T Jaleel, K t Jaleel - Kerala Higher Education Minister, Shafeeq Alingalmpositiveone@gmail.com

Karad Village (Malappuram District) , KERALA / Doha, QATAR :

Some of the houses constructed on land donated by Iqbal.

It was a day of immense joy and fulfillment for Qatar-based Indian businessman Ahammed Iqbal who donated 1.5 acres of land in his native place to build houses for 15 families left homeless by floods last year.

Karad, a village in Malappuram district of the southern state of Kerala, Sunday witnessed a function where the families received the keys to their new homes.

“The smiles of gratitude gave me a feeling of delight. I am glad that I could uplift some flood victims from despair to happiness,” Iqbal told Gulf Times.

After the land was handed over to the district administration, the 15 houses were built with funds contributed by M P Ramachandran, chairman of Mumbai-based Jyothy Laboratories Ltd.

Iqbal recalled that the district administration had received several applications from many families whose houses were washed away in the deluge. The beneficiaries were selected after scrutiny and drawing lots.

Most of the beneficiaries came from Kavalappara village that was wiped out by a massive landslide and flash floods on the night of August 8 last year.
The natural calamity claimed 48 lives while leaving hundreds homeless.

Iqbal, who was in Qatar during the deluge, approached the Kerala district administration expressing his readiness to extend a helping hand to the victims.

On behalf of Iqbal, his friend Mujeebu Rahman handed over the documents to the district administration.

“I simply wanted to do my part for the victims and stand with my people during the tough times. I have sufficient land and my religion allows me to take only three pieces of cloth when I depart,” he said, adding that his parents very often inspire him to help landless people.

Kerala’s Higher Education Minister K T Jaleel and magician Gopinath Muthukad handed over the keys to the beneficiaries.

source: http://www.gulf-times.com / Gulf Times / Home / by Shafeeq Alingal / June 28th, 2020

Kerala State Haj Committee gets its first woman member L Sulaikha

KERALA :

In a revolutionary move, Kerala State Haj Committee has got its first woman member. INL leader and Kanhangad municipality vice-chairperson L Sulaikha will serve the Haj Committee for the next two year

Malappuram :

“It is a happy occasion and I am glad to serve the committee,” Sulaikha told Express.
The INL Kanhangad constituency committee secretary received official confirmation from officers concerned on Saturday, and she is all set to leave for Thiruvananthapuram to attend the new committee’s first meeting. Sualikha said that she will give emphasis on reducing the inconveniences faced by women pilgrims to Mecca. “In fact, females outnumber male pilgrims when it comes to Haj, and it’s the need of the hour to ensure women representation in Haj Committee,” she said.

This year, around 1,120 women applicants have left for Mecca without Mahram (male escort) after reforms were brought in the revised Haj policy by the Haj Committee of India. This relaxation for women was brought in lines with changes in Saudi Arabia’s Haj rule. In 2014, Saudi changed its rule that prevented women from performing Haj without related male or husband.

A graduate in English Language and Literature, Sulaikha was elected to Kanhangad municipality for the first time in 2010; she was the health standing committee chairperson in the civic body.
Sulaikha is thankful to INL leadership: “The support extended by my leaders helped me get the new position.”

Sulaikha’s husband Abdul Ameer is a Qatar-based businessman. Their daughter, Fathimath Naj Beegum, is third class student.

Apart from Sulaikha, the new committee has P V Abdul Wahab MP, MLAs Karat Razak and Muhammed Muhsin, Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi, Kadakkal Abdul Azeez Moulavi, C Mohammed Faizy, Abdu Rahman, Musliyar Sajeer, Anas MS, VT Abdullakoya Thangal, Mohammed Qasim Koya, H Muzammil Haji and PK Ahammed as elected members.

Besides, Kerala State Wakf Board chairman Syed Rasheed Ali Shihab Thangal and Malappuram district collector Amit Meena are ex officio members.

The first meeting, which is to be held in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, will elect the new chairman.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Kerala / by Shafeeq Alingal / Express News Service / August 13th, 2018

Mohammed Mon Haji, the man behind Mukkam orphanage in Kozhikode, is no more

December 23, 2017Community Involvement / Social Issues, Education, LeadersBaqiyat Salihath Arabic College - Vellore, C.P. Cheriya Mohammed, Indian Muslim Relief and Charities - IMRC, Maqsood Quadri, Mohammed Ali Shihab, Mohammed Mon Haji, Moideen Koya Haji, Mukkam Orphanage - Kozhikode, Salam Faizy Mukkam, Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulema, Shafeeq Alingalmpositiveone@gmail.com

Kozhikode, KERALA :

Kerala woke up today to hear of the sad demise of one of its most respected humanitarians, Mohammed Mon Haji. Haji, who was well known across the state and other parts of the country for his commitment to take care of orphans, breathed his last at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. He had been undergoing treatment for the past few days after he suffered renal disease. He was 75 years old.

Known for his dedication and boldness in ensuring rights for minorities and working for orphans, Haji was active in running the orphanage based in Mukkam, “He was bold and unflinching when it came to ensuring a better life for orphans. He got engaged in battles for rights of minorities. Whenever I called him, I heard Haji saying he was either in Delhi or Lucknow or Thiruvananthapuram, where he was visiting for community matters. For sure, his demise marks the demise of a generation, which dedicated to the community,” said Mohammed Ali Shihab an IAS officer who is now serving as Kiphire district collector in Nagaland. Shihab was brought up by Mukkam orphanage. Like him, hundreds of orphans here will miss their beloved Haji.

“He was not just a functionary of the orphanage. He was a parent, who accompanied orphanage inmates when they went to distant places for higher studies. He signed for them in columns of parents,” Shihab said.

After the demise of his elder brother Moideen Koya Haji, Mohammed Mon Haji selected Mukkam orphanage as his working filed. Since 1983, Haji was active in various roles. He was vice president of the orphanage. After completing his graduation, Haji pursued his studies in Islamic Studies at Baqiyat Salihath Arabic College in Vellore.

“Haji passed away at the same place where he spent years in taking religious education,” one of his friends Salam Faizy Mukkam said in a note.

A state executive member of IUML, Haji was elected as the member of Kozhikode district panchayat and discharged his duty well in developing Mukkam into a middle town after he was elected as panchayat president.

“The orator could draw an audience and keep better relations even with his political opponents. He played a crucial role in the growth of IUML in Kozhikode district,” commemorated IUML leader C P Cheriya Mohammed.

Apart from IUML, he also worked for feeder organisations of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulema.

Haji, according to Shihab, will be remembered for his charity activities. He was careful in ensuring financial assistance of global agencies for students and underprivileged persons in Mukkam and its surrounding areas.

“He was a nodal agency of all charity initiatives like Red Crescent and Indian Muslim Relief and Charities(IMRC),” he said.

IMRC distributed food kits for 1,000 underprivileged families here in Ramadan in 2017 while food kits were distributed to 600 families in 2015 and 2016. Haji was leading all these activities. Besides, he organised Iftar parties at mosques in Mukkam, Chennamangaloor, Manassery and Pathanapuram after receiving fund from IMRC.

In addition to inmates at Mukkam orphanage, Haji extended a helping hand for more than 1,000 families at Mukkam, Koodaranji, Kodiyathur, Pathanapuram, Karassery, Nellikkapparamba, Malamkunnu, Aanayamkunnu, Chathoth, Koolimadu and Chennamangaloor.

“We lost a great personality, a person with so much passion for the orphans. They were like his children.This is a great loss to our community. Last year he participated in the graduation ceremony as a couple of his students’ completed engineering from Jahangirabad Institute of Technology,” said IMRC president Maqsood Quadri.

source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Indian Muslim> Lead Story / by Shafeeq Alingal, TwoCircles.net / December 22nd, 2017