Mangalore: Coastal Muslims Educational Conference Commences in City
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Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (SR/VA)
Mangalore, Aug 7: Coastal Muslims Educational Conference- 2010 was inaugurated at at IMA Hall here on Saturday, August 7.
The two-day conference is organized by the Hidayah Foundation. Mangalore Qazi Al Haj Thwaka Ahmed Musliar blessed the occasion.
After inaugurating the conference, general secretary All India Milli Council Dr Mansoor Alam said that the Muslims were lagging behind in the field of education in the past but there has been enormous progress in the present days. The Central Government is planning to set up a special commission to spread awareness on Quran education, he added.
Former vice chancellor, Calicut and Kannur universities professor M Abdul Rahaman presided. He said that quality education is very much vital right from primary level. In North Karnataka the community people are still backward compared to South. Creating awareness amongb them is very much essential, he stressed.
“Although the Quran has given utmost priority to the knowledge and education, Muslims experienced a major setback in the field because of their negligence of quality education”, said SM Sayed Khaleel, chairman, Anjuman Group of Institutions, Bhatkal.
Janab Kamal Faruqui, former chairnman, Minority Commission, New Delhi, Dr Fakhruddin Mohammed, secretary, MESCO , Hyderabad, Dr Mohammed Iftekharuddin, director, MESCO, Diagnostic Centre, Hyderabad, Bhatkal, and AL Haj PA Ibrahim, chairman, PA Educational Institutions were the guests of honour.
Chairman, Unity Academy of Education Dr C P Habeeburrahman proposed the vote of thanks.