Mangaluru: 'Masjid One' a software, which has been developed by All India Muslim Development Council (AIMDC) to bring all masjids of the country on a single platform for comprehensive development of the Community , was launched at a function held at a private hotel here on Friday.

All India Muslim Development Council's D.K district unit was also officially announced during the programme.

Speaking at the occasion, Krishnapur Khazi EK Ibrahim Musliyar said after releasing the survey form that unity, co-operation among Muslims is essential to establish Islam on this earth. "We lack Imaan. Money Mania is increasing. This leads to misery," he said.

Presiding over the function, Council's D.K district unit president and prominent businessman Ahmed Mohiddin said, " Masjid is a parliament for Muslims. Masjid is not only for offering Namaz and other rituals. It is the center of empowerment of Muslims. Mosque's administration committee should have a comprehensive picture of the economic, educational, and social conditions of the Jamaat. Only then the overall development is possible," he added.

Mohammed Noor Yenmark,  General Secretary of District unit of AIMDC was present. Rafiq Master compered the event.

The National General Secretary of the Council, Mohammed Imtiyaz, presented a demonstration about 'Masjid One' software. He said, "Muslims have ruled India for about 800 years. However, today's status of Muslims here is miserable. According to a study conducted , out of the 18 crore Muslims in India, 10.6 crore Muslims live in Slums, he added.

The study also finds that 74.5% of Muslims live in North India and 25.5% in South India. The economic and social conditions of the Muslims of South India are better than Muslims in Northern India. The reason for this is that the Muslims in South India are advanced in education, he elaborated.

According to the Indian Muslim population ratio, 3 percent of Muslims are in IAS and IPS, 4.5 percent in Railways, 6 percent in Police Department. While 20.9 percent of population in prison and 25 percent of beggars are Muslims.

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Godhra (Gujarat) (PTI): Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Monday, police said.

The car driver lost control of the wheels near Kalol. As a result, the four-wheeler jumped the divider and veered off to the other side of the highway, an official from Kalol police station said.

Soon after the accident, some locals rushed to the scene and also alerted the police. Efforts were made to pull out the people trapped in the car.

Four persons died on the spot, while one suffered injuries, the official said.

The deceased were members of a family from Vadodara and were returning from Rajasthan when the tragedy struck, the official said.

They have been identified as Sajid Iqbal Khinji (55), Ilyas Iqbal Khinji (50), Ishaq Iqbal Khinji (48) and Rehan Azgar Khinji (35).