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SPECIAL REPORT Gulf NRIs launch Indian Muslim Initiative Under the theme "Working Together for the Development of Muslim Community in India," a group of NRIs living in Saudi Arabia organized a brainstorming session in Jeddah during 16-18 June on the ways and means of improving their community's situation in India .About 25 participants from different cities of Saudi Arabia as well as some from India who were specially invited in appreciation of their good work for the community, deliberated during the three-day meet. The four key sectors identified during the workshop that needed special attention and hard work were educational development, economic upliftment, an effective presence in the media and improvement of the condition of Muslim women .Participants of the workshop mostly belonged to NGOs working in these fields. As the long term goals (2020) of the Initiative, they decided to work to bring the Indian Muslims above poverty level, increase the ratio of their literacy to 80 percent, strive to secure an effective presence in the media and restore to Muslim women their due rights.At the conclusion of the meet they agreed to meet again in New Delhi during the next three months inviting more persons from different parts of the country to devise a detailed strategy how to achieve their objectives through launching a new body to be called "Indian Muslim Initiative" (IMI). This will compose of people from different sects, organizations, fields and regions who agree with the objectives of the initiators and are prepared to join hands to achieve those objectives. The body is to be registered in India as an NGO. The participants of the workshop took cognizance of the huge potential of NRIs and the PIOs who were serving in different countries and were keen to participate in any initiative that could lead to the betterment of their compatriots back home. It was further emphasized that the democratic and secular character of India together with a judiciary that was keen to oversee observance of the Constitution and laws in letter and spirit offered immense opportunities for all citizens to avail of resources, facilities and schemes offered by the country for the progress of those lagging behind .Among the participants were educationists like Maulana Fazlur Raheem Mujaddidi of Jamiatul Hidayah (Jaipur), Maulana Salman Husaini of Nadwatul Ulama, media persons like Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, editor of The Milli Gazette, and Maqbool Seraj, executive editor of Islamic Voice (Bangalore), community development activists like Dr Rahmatullah of All India Council for Muslim Economic Upliftment (AICMEU), Mr H Abdur Raqeeb of the Islamic Foundation Trust (Chennai), Dr Hasan Raza of Ranchi and Dr Taha Mateen of Bangalore. Prominent among local participants were M H Zulqarnain of the International Council for Islamic Information who acted as the moderator of the programme, Dr Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim of the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Dr Ausaf Ahmad and Dr Mansoor Durrani of IDB, Dr Ataat Khan and Engr Saeeduddin.
Hospitality for the meet came from individual NRIs as well as forums like Gulf NRI Forum and Indian Friends Circle of Riyadh. Technical support for designing the workshop was offered by a local NGO, the Future Research Institute (FRI ).MH Zulqarnain, Jeddah Source: http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/01-15Jul04-Print-Edition/011507200493.htm
VISION 2020 Muslim Indians in Saudi Arabia launched the Indian Muslim Initiative with special focus on educational development, economic upliftment, an effective presence in the media and improvement of the condition of Muslim women .By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj Jeddah: Nearly 25 social workers, academics, NRIs living in Saudi Arabia and representatives of voluntary organisations in India who gathered in Jeddah for a 3-day workshop, launched the ‘Indian Muslim Initiative’ for the development of Indian Muslims .The representatives who deliberated on the theme “Working Together for the development of Muslim Community in India” at a brainstorming session in Jeddah on June 16-18, discussed the ways and means of improving their community’s situation in India. The four key sectors identified during the workshop that needed special attention and hard work were educational development, economic upliftment, an effective presence in the media and improvement of the condition of Muslim women .Participants of the workshop mostly belonged to NGOs working in the these spheres. As the long term goals (2020) of the Initiative, they decided to work to bring the Indian Muslims above the poverty level, increase the ratio of their literacy to 80 per cent, make an effective presence in the media and restore to Muslim women their due rights .At the conclusion of the meet, they agreed to meet in New Delhi during the next three months inviting more persons from different parts of the country to devise a detailed strategy on how to achieve their objectives through launching a new body to be called the Indian Muslim Initiative (IMI). This will compose of people from different sects, organisations, fields and regions who agree with the objectives of the initiators and are prepared to join hands to achieve those objectives. The body is to be registered in India as an NGO. The participants of the workshop took cognisance of the huge potential of NRIs and who were serving in different countries and were keen to participate in any initiative that could lead to the betterment of their compatriots back home. It was further emphasised that the democratic and secular character of India together with a judiciary that was keen to oversee observance of the Constitution in letter and spirit offered immense opportunities for all citizens to avail the resources, facilities and schemes offered by the government for the progress of those lagging behind .Among the participants were educationists like Maulana Fazlur Raheem Mujaddidi of Jamiatul Hidayah Jaipur, Maulana Salman Husaini of Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, Dr Mansoor Durrani, of the Eastern Public School, Bhopal, media Persons like Dr. Zafrul Islam Khan , editor of ‘Milli Gazette’, New Delhi and Maqbool Ahmed Siraj, senior executive editor of ‘Islamic Voice’, Bangalore, community development activists like Dr Rahmatullah of All India Council for Muslim Economic Upliftment (AICMEU), Mumbai, Mr H. Abdur Raqeeb of the Islamic Foundation Trust, Chennai, Dr. Hasan Raza of Ranchi and Dr. Taha Mateen of Bangalore. Prominent among local participants were M. H. Zulqarnain of the International Council for Islamic Information who also acted as the moderator of the programme, Dr. Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim of the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Dr. Ausaf Ahmad and Dr. Mansoor Durrani of IDB, Dr. Ataat Khan and Engr Saeeduddin.Technical support for designing the workshop was offered by a local NGO, the Future Research Institute (FRI), whose director, Dr A W Noorwali also helped in the presentations .Source: http://www.islamicvoice.com/july.2004/jd.htm IMI gets go ahead By S. Ghori New Delhi: Life is a continuous struggle even under unfavourable circumstances. This difficult art of life demands wisdom, untiring efforts and a strong will power. Since 1947 Indian Muslims are on the fast track of educational, economic, political and social decline and backwardness. Riots and wide-spread prejudices have further added to this sorry state of affairs. Conditions are definitely bad but should we allow this process of decline to continue because of our insensitivity and indifference or should we take some positive and constructive steps for improvement? [pix: Discussion during the IMI meeting presided by Maulana Salman Husaini . To his left is convenor Zafarul-Islam Khan]In the second meeting of the Indian Muslim Initiative (IMI) which was held in New Delhi on 3 October, delegates decided that we should rise above the prevailing circumstances and work to change our destiny. Efforts were made many times at different places and at different times during the past few decades to bring about a change but these were mainly political and demand-based moves which resulted in no worthwhile results probably because not much efforts were made to change the conditions ourselves. Therefore now we should unitedly try to take positive steps to change and improve our conditions. Instead of inviting senior leaders of traditional organisations, it was considered appropriate to invite representatives of the younger generation and leaders of NGOs who are more dynamic and open-minded in today's world. Non-resident Indian Muslims in Gulf countries had convened the first meeting of the IMI at Jeddah during 16-18 June this year, for which they had invited selected delegates from India. The first brainstorming meeting identified four fields for improving the lot of Indian Muslims. These were education, economy, Muslim women and media. It was decided that instead of making demands on the government, a 15-year plan should be drawn up for the development and stability of Muslims in these four key fields and practical steps should be taken in stages. It was also decided that persons selected for drawing up such plans and for their implementation should be experienced, sincere and free from sectarian, regional or any other prejudices so that they could sincerely work for the overall interests of the community. For this purpose it was decided to form a broad-based organisation and persons supporting such programmes should execute the plans without ulterior motives. This organisation will, therefore, represent various shades of people, opinion and associations who will work together irrespective of their ideological and organisational affiliations. In Jeddah conference, this movement was called "Indian Muslim Initiative", though the proper name of the organisation has not yet been finally decided. In this second meeting of IMI, the decisions and resolutions of the Jeddah conference were confirmed and rules and regulations, a proper name, identification of the problems related to the above four fields, formation of sub-committees for planning and execution, provision of resources were discussed. It was agreed in this meeting that there should be complete transparency in all IMI activities, abiding by national laws, long-term planning and proper methodology for the selection of sincere and devoted people to execute programmes. Delegates agreed that instead of irrelevant and unnecessary discussion, practical steps should be taken at the earliest for the implementation of the plan to raise the economic conditions of the community to such a level that no Muslim in cities or in villages should need Zakat. It was also decided to form working committees without wasting any further time. Muslims are the country's biggest minority and their progress and welfare will play an important role in the progress and development of India as a whole. Delegates fully agreed on the IMI’s resolve in its vision statement "to serve India and humanity". A number of proposals were discussed for the solution of the economic problems of Muslims, women issue, and for the social and educational problems of the community. Practical suggestions were made for Muslims' meaningful and large-scale participation in the field of media such as TV, radio, newspapers, Internet etc. Some delegates expressed doubts whether the movement will progressively move forward democratically in a transparent way and will become effective in the practical field because of interference by some people as seen in Muslim organisations. The meeting appointed a 5-member committee to advise on the formation of a democratic and dynamic structure of the organisation and to take practical steps to get it registered at the earliest. Will Indian Muslims be able to come forward to put these concepts and plans into practice? It was decided in this meeting to hold workshops in important cities of the country for this purpose so as to familiarise the community with the philosophy and objectives of the movement and motivate them to take part in its practical implementation. MG editor, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan was asked to continue as the protem convener of the organisation until its registration. He has been authorised to formulate the basic structure of this organisation with the help of the 5-member committee of which he is a member. In the Jeddah meeting about 35 local and foreign delegates had participated. In the second meeting three delegates came especially from Jeddah to participate in the meeting which was attended among others by Maulana Salman Husaini Nadwi, Maulana Zeeshan Hidayati, Maualna Ataur Rahman Qasmi, MH Zulqarnain, Hafiz Rashid Chaudhury, Dr Ataat Khan, M. Iqbal Yousuf, M. Abdur Raqeeb, Dr M. Faisal, Dr Hasan Raza, Dr Rahmatullah Abdul Ahad, MA Siraj, Amanullah Khan, Maulana Mujtaba Farooq, Sayyid Saadatullah Husaini, Abdus Salam Puthige, Dr Taha Mateen, Navaid Hamid, Abdur Rashid Agwan, Dr Zaki Kirmani, Dr M. Rafeeq Sarkhwas, Mushtaq Ahmad Alig and Uzma Naheed. http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-31Oct04-Print-Edition/163110200402.htm
* India - IMI gets go ahead (Tuesday 22 February 2005 8:33:13 pm by S. Ghori)
New Delhi: Life is a continuous struggle even under unfavourable circumstances. This difficult art of life demands wisdom, untiring efforts and a strong will power. Since 1947 Indian Muslims are on the fast track of educational, economic, political and social decline and backwardness. Riots and wide-spread prejudices have further added to this sorry state of affairs. Conditions are definitely bad but should we allow this process of decline to continue because of our insensitivity and indifference or should we take some positive and constructive steps for improvement?
In the second meeting of the Indian Muslim Initiative (IMI) which was held in New Delhi on 3 October, delegates decided that we should rise above the prevailing circumstances and work to change our destiny. Efforts were made many times at different places and at different times during the past few decades to bring about a change but these were mainly political and demand-based moves which resulted in no worthwhile results probably because not much efforts were made to change the conditions ourselves. Therefore now we should unitedly try to take positive steps to change and improve our conditions. Instead of inviting senior leaders of traditional organisations, it was considered appropriate to invite representatives of the younger generation and leaders of NGOs who are more dynamic and open-minded in today's world.
Non-resident Indian Muslims in Gulf countries had convened the first meeting of the IMI at Jeddah during 16-18 June this year, for which they had invited selected delegates from India. The first brainstorming meeting identified four fields for improving the lot of Indian Muslims. These were education, economy, Muslim women and media. It was decided that instead of making demands on the government, a 15-year plan should be drawn up for the development and stability of Muslims in these four key fields and practical steps should be taken in stages. It was also decided that persons selected for drawing up such plans and for their implementation should be experienced, sincere and free from sectarian, regional or any other prejudices so that they could sincerely work for the overall interests of the community. For this purpose it was decided to form a broad-based organisation and persons supporting such programmes should execute the plans without ulterior motives. This organisation will, therefore, represent various shades of people, opinion and associations who will work together irrespective of their ideological and organisational affiliations. In Jeddah conference, this movement was called "Indian Muslim Initiative", though the proper name of the organisation has not yet been finally decided. In this second meeting of IMI, the decisions and resolutions of the Jeddah conference were confirmed and rules and regulations, a proper name, identification of the problems related to the above four fields, formation of sub-committees for planning and execution, provision of resources were discussed. It was agreed in this meeting that there should be complete transparency in all IMI activities, abiding by national laws, long-term planning and proper methodology for the selection of sincere and devoted people to execute programmes.
Delegates agreed that instead of irrelevant and unnecessary discussion, practical steps should be taken at the earliest for the implementation of the plan to raise the economic conditions of the community to such a level that no Muslim in cities or in villages should need Zakat. It was also decided to form working committees without wasting any further time.
Muslims are the country's biggest minority and their progress and welfare will play an important role in the progress and development of India as a whole. Delegates fully agreed on the IMI’s resolve in its vision statement "to serve India and humanity".
A number of proposals were discussed for the solution of the economic problems of Muslims, women issue, and for the social and educational problems of the community. Practical suggestions were made for Muslims' meaningful and large-scale participation in the field of media such as TV, radio, newspapers, Internet etc.
Some delegates expressed doubts whether the movement will progressively move forward democratically in a transparent way and will become effective in the practical field because of interference by some people as seen in Muslim organisations. The meeting appointed a 5-member committee to advise on the formation of a democratic and dynamic structure of the organisation and to take practical steps to get it registered at the earliest.
Will Indian Muslims be able to come forward to put these concepts and plans into practice? It was decided in this meeting to hold workshops in important cities of the country for this purpose so as to familiarise the community with the philosophy and objectives of the movement and motivate them to take part in its practical implementation. MG editor, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan was asked to continue as the protem convener of the organisation until its registration. He has been authorised to formulate the basic structure of this organisation with the help of the 5-member committee of which he is a member.
In the Jeddah meeting about 35 local and foreign delegates had participated. In the second meeting three delegates came especially from Jeddah to participate in the meeting which was attended among others by Maulana Salman Husaini Nadwi, Maulana Zeeshan Hidayati, Maualna Ataur Rahman Qasmi, MH Zulqarnain, Hafiz Rashid Chaudhury, Dr Ataat Khan, M. Iqbal Yousuf, M. Abdur Raqeeb, Dr M. Faisal, Dr Hasan Raza, Dr Rahmatullah Abdul Ahad, MA Siraj, Amanullah Khan, Maulana Mujtaba Farooq, Sayyid Saadatullah Husaini, Abdus Salam Puthige, Dr Taha Mateen, Navaid Hamid, Abdur Rashid Agwan, Dr Zaki Kirmani, Dr M. Rafeeq Sarkhwas, Mushtaq Ahmad Alig and Uzma Naheed.« Source: http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-31Oct04-Print-Edition/163110200402.htm Source of the above report: http://conflict-religion.boker.tv/conflicts/islam/india_imi_gets_go_ahead?eZSESSIDnews=4e9b2bf90665cf511270ba01d0b607e6
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