Hawwa Naseema, daughter of U.T Khader to represent India at International Quran competition at Dubai
Dubai,Oct.31: Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak international Holy Quran Award competition will be held here from November 4 to 16 at Dubai Al Mamzar Scientific And Cultural Association.
Hafiza Hawwa Naseema, Daughter of state urban development, housing and D.K district incharge minister U.T Khader has been selected to represent India in this prestigious competition.
After various processes that was held for six months before the competition ,Hawwa was selected by the UAE government.
Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak was the wife of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, first president of UAE and was often referred as the 'Mother of UAE'.
Holy Quran award was started in her name in 2016 in which women participants from all over the world take part.
Women below 25 age are allowed to take part in the event. First prize includes two and half lakh dirham (approx. Rs. 50 lakhs) and Holy Quran award.
This is the third edition and contestants from 70 countries have already been selected. Hafiza Hawwa Naseema, daughter of minister U.T Khader and Lamis is the only contestant from India.
UAE government has already sent Visa and tickets to Hawwa Naseema and U.T Khader. They will leave for Dubai on Nov.3 through Bengaluru airport. UAE government will be spending on their accomodation and food.
Holy Quran award program will be sponsored UAE vice president and prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. The program will be live telecasted in Dubai media like Arabsat, Nilesat and others, said Ibrahim Muhammed Boumelha, culture and human affairs advisor of Dubai administrator. International holy Quran competition is being organised in Dubai since 23 years during Ramadan.
Few years ago U.T Khader and his wife had visited holy Mecca. Hawwa Naseema was a small child then. During taking rounds of Kaaba (tawaf) Haffa Nasima got separated from her parents and went missing in the crowd. When she was not found after searching everywhere the couple prayed to the almighty and vowed to train Hawwa to by heart Quran if they find her back.
After few minutes Hawwa appeared before them with an elder. After this incident Hawwa Naseema stopped her academics for some years and joined Madrasuttibian religious educational institution at Deralakatte and Adkathbail in Kasargod.
There she memorised the Quran and became Hafiza. For further religious education along with academical education Hawwa is now studying at Madin Cueland institution headed by Kadalundi Khaleel Tangal in Malappuram in Kerala.
She is serving as Quran teacher in the institution and also studying in 9th standard in Manjeri government higher primary school.
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'Go back to your own country': Indian-origin taxi driver attacked in Dublin
London, Aug 5 (PTI): An Indian-origin taxi driver based in Ireland for over 23 years has become the latest to be targeted in an unprovoked attack in the capital Dublin, with local police (Gardai) launching an investigation into the violent assault.
Lakhvir Singh, in his 40s, told local media that he picked up two young men in their 20s on Friday night and dropped them at Poppintree, in the Ballymun suburb of Dublin.
Upon arriving at the destination, the men are said to have opened the vehicle door and struck him twice on the head with a bottle. As the suspects fled, they reportedly shouted: "Go back to your own country".
"In 10 years I've never seen anything like this happen," Singh told ‘Dublin Live’.
"I'm really scared now and I'm off the road at the moment. It will be very hard to go back. My children are really scared," he said.
A Dublin police spokesperson said Singh was taken to the city's Beaumont Hospital with injuries determined as not life-threatening.
"Gardaí are investigating an assault reported to have occurred in Poppintree, Ballymun, Dublin 11 at approximately 11:45 pm on Friday, 1st August 2025. A man, aged in his 40s, was brought to Beaumont Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injury. Investigations are ongoing," the spokesperson said.
The incident followed an Indian Embassy advisory, also issued on Friday, expressing safety concerns following recent attacks in and around the capital Dublin and urging Indian citizens to take safety precautions.
"There has been an increase in the instances of physical attacks reported against Indian citizens in Ireland recently,” states the advisory.
“The embassy is in touch with the authorities concerned in Ireland in this regard. At the same time, all Indian citizens in Ireland are advised to take reasonable precautions for their personal security and avoid deserted areas, especially at odd hours," the statement reads, adding emergency embassy contact details as 0899423734 and cons.dublin@mea.gov.in.
It came in the wake of a brutal attack on a 40-year-old Indian man at Parkhill Road in the Tallaght suburb of Dublin on July 19, described as “mindless, racist violence” by locals.
The Gardai had opened an investigation into the case and Indian Ambassador to Ireland Akhilesh Mishra was among those who took to social media to express shock over the attack.
“Regarding the recent incident of physical attack on an Indian national that happened in Tallaght, Dublin, the embassy is in touch with the victim and his family. All the requisite assistance is being offered. The embassy is also in touch with the relevant Irish authorities in this regard,” the embassy said in a social media post days after the incident.
A Stand Against Racism protest was also held by the local community in condemnation of what was described as a "vicious racist attack" and to express solidarity with migrants.
Last week, Dr Santosh Yadav took to LinkedIn to post details of a “brutal, unprovoked racist attack”.
The entrepreneur and AI expert stressed that it was not an isolated incident and called for “concrete measures” from the governments of Ireland and India to ensure Indians feel safe to walk the streets of Dublin.
His post revealed that a group of six teenagers attacked him from behind as he walked to his apartment in Dublin.
“This is not an isolated incident. Racist attacks on Indian men and other minorities are surging across Dublin — on buses, in housing estates, and on public streets. Yet, the government is silent. There is no action being taken against these perpetrators. They run free and are emboldened to attack again,” reads Yadav's post.
Fine Gael party Councillor for Tallaght South, Baby Pereppadan, was among those who expressed concern following last month’s attack.
“People need to understand that many Indian people moving to Ireland are here on work permits, to study and work in the healthcare sector or in IT and so on, providing critical skills,” he said.
Another violent anti-Indian attack in Ireland
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Taxi driver Lakhvir Singh was attacked with glass bottles while doing his job pic.twitter.com/mtkwhLWISx
