Media Release

Jubail, Oct 25: General Body Meeting of Darul Irshad Saudi Arabia was conducted at a colorful function at Cookxon Auditorium, Jubail on October 21 after Juma prayer. Well-wishers of Darul Irshad from various parts of Saudi Arabia attended the programme.

Darul Irshad Saudi Arabia, a promotion committee of Darul Irshad Educational Centre Mani has been functioning in Saudi Arabia for the past 16 years with the National committee heading and overseeing 15 unit committees working in major cities of the country.

Darul Irshad Educational Centre, Mani which celebrated its silver jubilee in 2015 has been the first Islamic Madrasa campus in Dakshina Kannada which pioneered fusion of Islamic education and general education in a single campus. At present, the 25 year old institution provides opportunity to pursue education up to post-graduation starting from standard 8. Largely catering to the need of the poorest among the Muslim community, this education campus is more famously known as 'Darul Masakeen’, an abode of poor. Inmates of this ‘Abode of poor' are provided with free education, free boarding and lodging. The campus houses the largest Islamic library of the district known as 'KutubKhana' with a collection of around 10,000 books worth more than INR 1 crore. This KutubKhana is open for the scholars from anywhere who drop by to refer the Islamic books including the manuscripts of ancient times.

Various committee of Darul Irshad across Saudi Arabia comprising well-wishers and promoters work for the development of this institution. The Saudi national committee which elects its working committee once in three years at the general body meeting was glad to hold the meeting in the presence of the founder of this institution and one of the most respectable scholars among Islamic scholars in Karnataka, ZainulUlama Mani Usthad.

The function began soon after lunch with a formal ‘Dua’. Aboobakkar Misbahi recited verses from Holy Qur’an. GM Anwar Hussain welcomed the gathering. General secretary
Kamarudeen read the concise report of the activities and achievements of Darul Irshad Saudi Arabia. Shahul Hameed presented an account statement of theprevious 5 years. Thereafter, the incumbent president, founder, promoter and mentor of Darul Irshad Saudi Arabia right from its inception Janab Ishaq Haji Medarabettu was honored and awarded with 'lifetime service award' for his selfless dedication to the betterment of DISA as he will be settling down back in India.

The occasion was also publicized to honor the well-known philanthropist of Saudi Arabia Zakariya Muzain. Darul Irshad Saudi Arabia has recognized his contribution towards eradication of social causes as part of the silver jubilee celebration. Due to his busy schedule, Zakariya had missed the felicitation function held in Bengaluru in the presence of the Karnataka chief minister. ZainulUlema Mani Ustad along with the newly elected president Anwar Hussain GM and senior vice president Kamarudeen felicitated him with a memento and an award.

ZainulUlama Mani Usthad advised the audience to remain steadfast in Islamic practices in these troubled times and pleaded with them to work for charitable institutions like Darul Irshad to earn rewards.

FarookKatipalla, the general secretary of Karantaka Cultural Foundation (KCF) and Abdul Hameed Ullal, the working president of Dakshina Karantaka Sunni Centre (DKSC) spoke on the occasion and lauded the activities of Darul Irshad. Business icons of Jubail/Dammam area namely Abobakkar Raisco, Abid Asif Deals, Askaaf and Shareef Samcon were present on stage.

Ibrahim Khader Koppa carried out the election/ selection process of the new office bearers for the national committee. Anwar Hussian Goodinabali and Shahul Hameed Ujire were elected president and general secretary of the new committee for a term of three years. Yousuf Vittal was chosen as honorary president of the committee. Kamarudeen and Amjad Khan were elected as senior vice president and treasurer respectively. 7 vice presidents, 2 secretaries, 2 auditors, 8 joint secretaries, 11 advisors, 13 organizers and 27 executive members from the 15 various unit committees of Saudi Arabia were also elected.

Special award with certificates were given to different unit office bearers for their efforts towards strengthening DISA. Anwar Husain Goodinabali, Kamarudeen Goodinabali and Sheikh Balkunje of Jubail region, Ashraf Naushad Polya, Amjad Khan Polya and Abdul Raheem Arkula of Dammam region, Zakariya Koringila of Buraidah region and Sulaiman Bandadi of Jeddah region were felicitated. Aboobakkar Misbahi and Abdul Rasheed Madani, DISA receivers of eastern province and central province respectively were also honored on the occasion.

Newly elected president Anwar Hussain shared his thoughts and requested the public to join hands with him in the advancement DISA activities. Umer Vittal, Jubail unit president proposed the vote of thanks. Kamaruddeen and Ibrahim Khader Koppa jointly compered the event.

15 units functioning under DISA national committee are:
Eastern province : Dammam, Al-Khobar, Al-hassa, Jubail
Central province: Riyadh, Buraidah, Hail, Al-kharj
Western province: Jeddah, Taif, Makkah, Madeenah
Southern province: Khamis – Mushayt, Al- Ahad – Jizan, Baish–Jizan