‘Satya Mana Manege’ campaign on Islam in Udupi : Yaseen Malpe
District Muslim Okkoota holds dignitaries meet
Brahmavara, February 12: In order to alleviate the misconceptions and propaganda against Islam and Muslims, the district Muslim Okkoota has decided to conduct ‘Satya Mana Manege’ (Truth to mind and home) campaign, said Federation district president Yaseen Malpe.
Speaking at a dignitaries meet event , organized by the Udupi District Muslim Okkoota at Brahmavara on Tuesday, he said that Masjid presidents and Khatibs should take more interest towards this programme. It was planned to reach over one lakh people by forming teams of five members each from 100 masjids in the district. A delegation of the Federation would meet the Chief Minister and the Congress leaders to conduct grievances meeting for Muslims in the district once in three months and relax the norms for the construction of Madrasas, he said.
Kudroli Jamiya Masjid Khateeb Mufti Abdul Mannan inaugurated the convention in which, senior vice president of Okkoota Haji Abdulla Parkala released the annual souvenir of the federation. Dr Thaha Matheen of Bengaluru delivered the valedictory address.
Muslim Organisations Federation President and former mayor Ashraf Mangaluru, Uniwef President Rafiuddin Kudroli, industrialist Jaleel Saheb Udyavara, Wakf Advisory Board district president Ibrahim Matapadi, Moulana Ubaidulla Nadvi, Irfan of the Mangaluru Highland Islamic Forum, Anjuman Hami-a Muslimin of Bhatkala secretary Issac Shabandri, Uttara Kannada Muslim United Forum general secretary Mouseen Kazi, Thirthahalli Muslim Federation president Sulaiman Saheb and others were present.
Let masjids become community centres of development: Yaseen Malpe
Masjids should not restrict themselves only for namaz. Instead, they should become the community centres for social activities. For this purpose, total 30 masjids including six in each taluk would be selected and the teams of the Okkoota would visit those masjids and guide them about the educational, social and economic progress of the community, Yasin Malpe said.
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Explosive device kills 13, injures 38 on bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists
Bogota (Colombia) (PTI): An explosive device killed 13 people travelling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a “terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates.
Octavio Guzman, the governor of the region of Cauca, said on X that the device was set off while the bus was travelling along the Panamerican Highway in the municipality of Cajibio. Five children were among the injured, Cauca Health Secretary Carolina Camargo told Noticias Caracol, a TV news program.
Gen. Hugo Lopez, commander of Colombia's Armed Forces, told a news conference that it was a “terrorist act" and blamed the network of a man known as “Ivan Mordisco” — one of Colombia's most wanted figures — and the Jaime Martínez faction. Both are dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that operate in the region.
Neither Ivan Mordisco nor the Jaime Martínez faction abide by the peace agreement signed with the state in 2016.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the attack on X.
“Those who carried out the attack and killed seven civilians — and wounded 17 others — in Cajibío — many of them Indigenous people — are terrorists, fascists, and drug traffickers,” he wrote.
The attack is the latest in a spate of explosions that have attempted to target public infrastructure. At least 26 incidents have taken place in the past two days in southwestern Colombia, which Lopez said have only affected civilians.
They included a shooting at a police station in the rural area of Jamundi, and an attack on a Civil Aviation radar facility in El Tambo, where authorities took down three explosives-laden drones earlier on Saturday. No one was hurt.
On Friday, two vehicles rigged with explosives were detonated near military units in Cali and Palmira, causing material damage.
The escalation of violence in that region — a territory contested by illegal armed groups linked to drug trafficking — prompted the mobilisation of high-ranking officials on Saturday. Led by Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez, the delegation that includes regional governors and local authorities, was meeting in Palmira when the deadly explosion occurred.
“These criminals seek to instil fear, but we will respond with firmness,” Sanchez said on X.
Meanwhile, Francisca Toro, governor of Valle del Cauca, has called upon the national government to provide “immediate support.” In a message on X, Toro called for a reinforcement of public security forces, enhanced intelligence operations and “decisive actions” against crime in the face of a “terrorist-level escalation.”
According to authorities, Cauca and Valle del Cauca serve as a critical hub for illicit activities of illegal armed groups vying for control over sea and river access routes leading to the port of Buenaventura — a key transit point used to traffic drugs to Central America and Europe.
The government has also offered a reward of more than 1 million dollars for information leading to the capture of “Marlon,” who is identified as the leader of the region's dissident group. On Friday, local authorities offered more than USD 14,000 for information leading to the identification and location of those behind the attacks in Cali and Palmira.
