Financial assistance of Jamiat Ulama instills confidence to Kodagu disaster affected
Religious scholars’ organization offers help irrespective of caste and creed
Madikeri, Jan 17: Heavy rain which battered Kodagu district in last August has proved that only nature has the capacity to establish universal brotherhood. People of all communities were affected in the natural disaster. They have lost everything including houses and agriculture land.
But even after five months of the natural disaster, the affected families did not get any assistance or help. They are getting the food, but not the shelter. At this situation, the Bengaluru and Madikeri units of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Karnataka have consoled the affected people. At the Cauvery Kalakshetra, the organization conducted the national integration convention and distributed the cheques for financial assistance to the affected people.
Having 102 years of history, Jamiat Ulama has social concerns due to which, it has responded positively with food and clothes when the natural disaster struck Kodagu district.
Now, it has donated over Rs 45 lakh financial assistance to the affected people irrespective of castes and creeds. The Madikeri unit has conducted survey of affected people in Second Monnangeri, Jodupala, Madenadu, Katakeri, Kaluru, Makkandur, Chamundeshwari Nagar, Indira Nagar, Mallikarjuna Nagar and other extensions in the city for two months and helped the state unit.
A team of 12 members including MA Akbar Pasha, MK Mansoor, Hafiz riyaz Ahmed, Moulana Abdul Hakeem and Hafiz Issac Ahmed identified the eligible affected people. They have identified total 264 families affected during the natural disaster. The unit has distributed Rs 25,000 each for those who have lost houses completely, Rs 15,000 for partial damage and Rs 10,000 for minor damages of houses. Total 180 persons were given financial assistance during the programme.
Jamiat Ulama state president Moulana Mufti Iftikar Ahmed, Vice president Zainul Abidin Rashadi Mujahiri, General secretary Hazrat Maulana Mufti Shamsuddin and others distributed the cheques to the affected people and consoled them.
“Humanity is more important than any religion. Everyone should respond to the problems of others. More than Hindu, Christian, Islam and other castes or religions, human religion is the best religion”, said Moulana Mufti Iftikar Ahmed.
The God has sown the seeds of humanity in every individual. It should be nurtured as a big tree to give shade and light to the distressed people. Even animals were also given humanity. But they do not have responsibility. But the humans have their own social responsibility and they should establish unity without creating any confusion, he appealed.
Hazrat Maulana Mufti Shamsuddin said that Jamiat Ulama was not a political organization. It had fought for the freedom of the country. The organization has been responding to the distressed people irrespective of religions. Everyone should inculcate the qualities of responding to the problems of others in humanitarian ground, he appealed.
Organisation vice president Zainul Abdin Rashadi Muzahari said that the organization had participated in freedom struggle. Even after freedom, it had taken active participation in establishing national integration. Everyone should work for uniting the people instead of dividing them, he said.
City Municipal Council president Kaveramma Somanna and member Amin Mohsin spoke on the occasion. Organisation national committee member Nasrullah Sharief, leaders MA Akbar Pasha, MK Mansur, Hafeez Riyaz Ahmed, Moulana Abdul Hakeem and Hafiz Isaac Ahmed were present on the occasion. More than 300 distressed people from various parts of the district participated in the programme.
More assistance will be given
Though 264 families were selected, the cheques for financial assistance were given away to just 180 people. For the remaining affected people, the cheques will be given away next week, Jamiat Ulama leader and CMC member MK Mansoor told ‘Varthabharati’.
“The number of eligible affected people is more. We wanted to assist them all, for which, we need more money and Jamiat Ulama will help us. Jamiyat has given Rs 4 crore to Kerala disaster affected people and Rs 1 crore to Tamil Nadu people and more assistance will be given to Kodagu people”, he said.
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Lebanon appoints new representative for talks with Israel, rejects linkage to Iran
Beirut: Lebanon’s has moved to underline its independent position in ongoing regional developments, amid attempts to link the country to the broader conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
President Joseph Aoun, while announcing the appointment of former US ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s representative in talks with Israel, made it clear that Karam would be the sole representative for Lebanon and that there would be no substitute.
The move comes in response to what the Lebanese officials see as efforts by Iran to tie Lebanon’s situation to the wider regional conflict. Iran had indicated that there would be no ceasefire involving the US, Israel and Iran unless it also included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Some groups, including Hezbollah and its supporters, had expressed support for linking the situations, citing concerns that the Lebanese government has limited leverage in negotiations with Israel. Lebanon is not formally a party to the conflict, and its army is considered weak.
However, others, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, have opposed this approach. They view Iran’s stance as an attempt to influence Lebanon’s internal affairs and see it as undermining the country’s sovereignty.
Officials backing the government’s position say the move is aimed at reaffirming Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring that decisions about peace and ceasefire within the country are not dictated externally.
They also see it as a safeguard, so that any breakdown in talks between the US, Israel and Iran does not automatically lead to renewed conflict in Lebanon.
