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Showing posts with label Aligarh. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Rahul Gandhi to motivate Aligarh Muslim University students to pursue higher education, NewAgeIslam.com

Islamic World News
Rahul Gandhi to motivate Aligarh Muslim University students to pursue higher education

HAATHRAS: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi will interact with the students of Aligarh Muslim University, during his two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh starting December 7.

"Rahul, who has been invited by vice-chancellor P K Abdul Azis, will address students at Kennedy hall of the university on December 7," AMU spokesman Rahat Abrar said here.

This will be Gandhi's first visit to AMU. Around 800 students selected from various faculties, residential halls and schools affiliated with the AMU will also attend the event.

"Rahul will motivate students to pursue higher education," Abrar said.

The Congress leader will also visit Jama Masjid and pay tributes to Sir Syed Ahmad, founder of the AMU.

On the second day of his visit, Gandhi will attend a convention of PCC representatives to be held at UPCC headquarters in Lucknow on December 8 where the party's membership campaign would be discussed.

Later in the day, the Congress leader will also attend programmes to be organised in Ambedkar Nagar and Kanpur.

"Rahul Gandhi, who will be on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, will attend various programmes to be organised in Sitapur, Bahraich, Aligarh, Aliganj (Etah) and Hardoi district on December 7," party spokesman Dwijendra Tripathi said in Lucknow.

AMU revokes suspension of 18 students

The Aligarh Muslim University administration on Thursday revoked the suspension of 18 students, who were charged with misconduct and indiscipline.

http://newageislam.com/rahul-gandhi-to-motivate-aligarh-muslim-university-students-to-pursue-higher-education/islamic-world-news/d/2187


Wednesday, June 6, 2012

India: Woman qazi performing nikah a good sign - Tahir Mahmood, Islamic Sharia Laws, NewAgeIslam.com

Islamic Sharia Laws
India: Woman qazi performing nikah a good sign - Tahir Mahmood
By Satya Prakash, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, September 01, 2008

Breaking the age-old tradition of male qazi’s performing nikah, Uttar Pradesh State Planning Commission member Syeda Hamid, a Shia Muslim, performed the nikah of Sunni Muslims Naish Hasan and Imran at a Lucknow hotel on August 12.

Naish runs her own NGO, while Imran is a PhD from the Aligarh Muslim University and works for another NGO. Interestingly, the nikahnama was also the one drafted by the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a voluntary organisation founded by activist Muslim women, including Naish, who saw a male bias in the conventional nikahnama.

Mahmood said it was being projected by a section of the media as an epoch-making event but dismissed by the Muslim clergy as an insignificant incident.

Maintaining that there was nothing in Islamic law that prevented women from performing any of the roles traditionally considered to be monopoly of men, Mahmood said: “Assigning any such role to a woman, even though in an isolated case, is bound to impact the tradition-bound Muslim society. It must be hailed.”

http://newageislam.com/india--woman-qazi-performing-nikah-a-good-sign---tahir-mahmood-/islamic-sharia-laws/d/684