Monday, December 5, 2011

Maulana Mahemood Khan`s sad demise & Condolence meeting at Markazi Ijtema





Moulana Mahemood Khan, former Ameer e Halqa (President) of Jamaat e Islami Hind Karnataka expired on Saturday at about 11.00 am at his residence. Just before death he was with family and had breakfast and read news paper. May Allah bless him with mercy and reward with best of places in Janna, forgive his misdeeds and accept all his services for the cause of establishment of Allah`s will. He was survived by Wife, eleven children.
A condolence meeting was organized at Jamaat`s Markazi Ijtema at Masjid e Aiwan e shahi on Sunday in which the representatives from state office Jb Tahir Hussain, Jb Farooq Nashtar, SIO State President Ashfaq Ahmed Sahrief, Ateequr Rahman spoke. Dr Md Muazam Ali, Dr Ismail Khan, Dr Khaja Kalgi, Jb Syed Ruknuddin, Jb Syed Sajid Saleem,
Moulana was introduced to and was attached to Jamaat e Islami right from 1941. To join Jamaat he tried to resign from the services in Forest Dept. He served as the leader at local, District, Division and state president (1986-90). He was the member of Jamaat`s supreme policy making body Markazi Majlis e Shoora (Central Advisory Council) from 1980-90. He continued to be member of central elected body called Majlis e Numaendagan (House of representatives) .
He was known for courage, decision making, straight forwardness, hard work. His services at the riot torn state of Assam in the year 1983, inculcating the courage in the people affected by police action in the northern Karnataka in 1948 aftermath and counseling the affected people etc are commendable and  His efforts to work for harmony following the riots erupted after the publication of an article in Deccan Herald, with th support of many Ulema and intellectuals.
He was instrumental in establishing the institutions like Islamia Arabic College, Mansoora in Hassan District, publication of Kannada ViewsWeekly and jamaats organ “Sanmarga” and the Kannada Islamic Publication at Mnaglore called Shanti Prakashana.

The demise of Moulan rendered huge loss to the Jamaat Associates and the vacuum created by it is hard to be fulfilled.

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