12-06-2005, 06:46 AM
Literacy alone will help Muslims overcome backwardness: Minister
Staff Reporter
Rally organised to promote Islamic education
# 7,000 children from 172 Muslim-managed schools and madrasas take part
# Students take part in elocution in Urdu, English, Hindi and Telugu
# Essence of all speeches stresses that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam
# 7,000 children from 172 Muslim-managed schools and madrasas take part
# Essence of all speeches stresses that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam
UNITED FOR A CAUSE: Students taking part in a rally voicing the need for Islamic education. â Photo: D. Gopalakrishnan
HYDERABAD: Minister for Minority Welfare Mohammed Fareeduddin on Sunday laid stress on education, saying that this alone could pull Muslims out of backwardness.
Addressing a rally organised to promote Islamic education here, he pointed out that while the rate of literacy in Andhra Pradesh was 57 per cent, rate of literacy among Muslims was 18 per cent.
The literacy among Muslim women was even less at three per cent, he said.
Earlier, some 7,000 children from 172 Muslim-managed schools and madrasas took part in the rally that ended at the Quli Qutb Shah Stadium.
Children displayed banners as they marched past Mecca Masjid, Charminar, Gulzar Houz and Patherghatti before the stadium.
Here students presented their oratory skills as part of an elocution competition in Urdu, English, Hindi and Telugu languages.
The essence of all their speeches was that terrorism had nothing to do with Islam.
Chairman of the Reception Committee Zaheeruddin Ali Khan said that the Congress Government was benefiting from Muslim support after a gap of 13 years.
If the United Progressive Alliance Government failed to bring legislation on reservations for Muslims in Parliament, they would lose this support, he cautioned.
`Peaceful co-existence'
International Committee of the International Union of Muslim Scouts (IUMS) in Saudi Arabia president Abdullah Omer Naseef said, "We have to prove by civilised behaviour and peaceful co-existence that Islam respects other religions."
Prizes were distributed to winners of various competitions.
Moulana Syed Mohammedul Hussaini Qadri, president of Anjumane-Qadria, under whose auspices the function took place, Zahid Ali Khan, Chief Editor of Siasat Daily, Zuhair Ghunaim, secretary-General of IUMS, others took part.
Staff Reporter
Rally organised to promote Islamic education
# 7,000 children from 172 Muslim-managed schools and madrasas take part
# Students take part in elocution in Urdu, English, Hindi and Telugu
# Essence of all speeches stresses that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam
# 7,000 children from 172 Muslim-managed schools and madrasas take part
# Essence of all speeches stresses that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam
UNITED FOR A CAUSE: Students taking part in a rally voicing the need for Islamic education. â Photo: D. Gopalakrishnan
HYDERABAD: Minister for Minority Welfare Mohammed Fareeduddin on Sunday laid stress on education, saying that this alone could pull Muslims out of backwardness.
Addressing a rally organised to promote Islamic education here, he pointed out that while the rate of literacy in Andhra Pradesh was 57 per cent, rate of literacy among Muslims was 18 per cent.
The literacy among Muslim women was even less at three per cent, he said.
Earlier, some 7,000 children from 172 Muslim-managed schools and madrasas took part in the rally that ended at the Quli Qutb Shah Stadium.
Children displayed banners as they marched past Mecca Masjid, Charminar, Gulzar Houz and Patherghatti before the stadium.
Here students presented their oratory skills as part of an elocution competition in Urdu, English, Hindi and Telugu languages.
The essence of all their speeches was that terrorism had nothing to do with Islam.
Chairman of the Reception Committee Zaheeruddin Ali Khan said that the Congress Government was benefiting from Muslim support after a gap of 13 years.
If the United Progressive Alliance Government failed to bring legislation on reservations for Muslims in Parliament, they would lose this support, he cautioned.
`Peaceful co-existence'
International Committee of the International Union of Muslim Scouts (IUMS) in Saudi Arabia president Abdullah Omer Naseef said, "We have to prove by civilised behaviour and peaceful co-existence that Islam respects other religions."
Prizes were distributed to winners of various competitions.
Moulana Syed Mohammedul Hussaini Qadri, president of Anjumane-Qadria, under whose auspices the function took place, Zahid Ali Khan, Chief Editor of Siasat Daily, Zuhair Ghunaim, secretary-General of IUMS, others took part.