King Faisal International Prize awardee economist Dr Nejatullah Siddiqui passes away
New Delhi: Indian Economist Dr Mohammed Nejatullah Siddiqui, who won the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies in 1982, has passed away. He was 91.
Dr Siddiqui was born in India in 1931; he studied at the Aligarh Muslim University, and in Rampur and Azamgarh, reported The Hindustan Gazette.
A prominent Urdu and English writer, Dr Siddiqui had 63 works in 177 publications in 5 languages and 1,301 library holdings, as per the records of the WorldCat. His works have been translated into languages like Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai. Dr Siddiqui’s work, ‘Banking without Interest’, has been published in 27 editions in three languages between 1973 and 2000. It is held by 220 libraries in the world and is possibly the most widely read book by the writer.
The economist worked as associate professor of economics and an Islamic studies professor at the Aligarh Muslim University for a long time. He was also Emeritus Professor at the University. He was a professor of Economics at the King Abdul Aziz University of Jeddah, in the Center for Research in Islamic Economics. He was a Fellow at the Centre for Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, and a visiting scholar at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah.
He was also a member of the Central Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
The professor supervised several PhD theses at various universities of India, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. Dr Siddiqui also served as editor or advisor for academic journals.
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Apologise for Assam MP's remark on Muslims not allowed to offer Eid prayers on streets: CM Himanta
Guwahati(PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said he felt "ashamed" that an MP from his state had asserted in Parliament during the Waqf Bill debate that Muslims were not allowed to offer Eid prayers on streets, and issued an apology.
''The people of Assam also do not want to offer 'namaz' on streets when there are beautiful and good mosques in the state'', the CM said at a press conference after a cabinet meeting.
Sarma was apparently referring to Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, though he did not name him directly.
Gogoi, during the debate, had criticised the government for allegedly preventing Muslims from offering Eid prayers on streets, questioning the BJP’s commitment to minority rights
''People from across the country are calling me about it. We are ashamed and I as the CM apologise to people across the country'', Sarma said.
There has been no demand from Muslims that they want to offer prayers on roads, he added.
He further alleged that the MP’s remarks created the impression that only one community contributed to India’s freedom struggle.
''This MP went to the extreme of highlighting only one community’s role. There was no mention of Mahatma Gandhi, Gopinath Bordoloi, Subhas Chandra Bose, or other key figures," Sarma said.
Replying to a question on the BJP's prospects in the forthcoming panchayat polls scheduled to be held in two phases on May 2 and 7, Sarma said, ''It will be good in all the elections- panchayat, Rabha Hasong Council, Bodoland Territorial Council and assembly polls as the people of Assam have immense faith and confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
"It is only the extreme statements made by a particular MP from Assam in Parliament which has made us sad and we are feeling ashamed about it'', he added.
People of Assam will ''teach a lesson to such people when the time comes'', the CM said.
