Call to uphold Sunni Jamaat traditions at Samastha centenary message conference in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Samastha president Syed Muhammad Jifri Muthukoya Thangal on Sunday called upon Muslims to follow the ideals of the Sunni Jamaat, respect religious scholars and the Sadath, and continue the Islamic tradition.
He was delivering the message address at the concluding mega conference of the Samastha Central Jam’iyyathul Ulama centenary message yatra, held at the Adyar Kannur ground in the city.
Emphasising the need to strengthen the Samastha organisation built through years of effort, Jifri Muthukoya Thangal said every worker should actively contribute to taking the organisation’s message to all sections of society.
Inaugurating the programme, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader said guidance from the ulema is essential for building a harmonious society. He urged people to follow the ideals and guidance of religious scholars and to heed the advice of khateebs and imams of their respective jamaats. He also stressed the need to work collectively to ensure peace and communal harmony and to firmly oppose divisive forces.
The conference was presided over by reception committee district general convener and Samastha Mushawara member Abdul Khader Qasimi Bambaran. Several religious leaders, scholars, social activists and public representatives addressed the gathering.
The centenary message yatra, led by Syed Muhammad Jifri Muthukoya Thangal, began from Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu and passed through several major centres in Kerala and Karnataka before concluding at Adyar Kannur in Mangaluru on Sunday.
Prior to the main event, a meeting of madrasa teachers was held, and a documentary showcasing the services and achievements of Samastha was screened. Cultural and devotional programmes were also part of the day-long proceedings.
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Two injuries, one DNF, a DQ as India end messy World Relays campaign
Gaborone (Botswana) (PTI): Amoj Jacob and Ragul Kumar got injured during the men's 4x400m and 4x100 races respectively as India ended their World Athletics Relays campaign in disappointment on the second day of competitions here on Sunday.
The Indian camp had high hopes of making the 2027 World Championships in the men's 4x400m relay but the team did not finish (DNF) the race as Jacob suffered cramps and pulled out of the race after taking the baton from the first leg runner Dharamveer Choudhary. Rajesh Ramesh and Vishal TK were to run in the third and fourth legs.
Those teams which could not qualify for the 2027 Beijing World Championships by reaching the final round of each of the six relay events on Saturday were given another chance in the second qualification round on Sunday.
The top two teams in each of the two heats (in all six relay events) booked the Beijing ticket on Sunday.
India will now have to try and qualify for the World Championships through the Top Lists of the World Athletics, which is a long and tedious process.
In the men's 4x100m race, third leg runner Ragul Kumar fell down the track after failing to hand over the baton inside the exchange zone to fourth leg runner Gurindervir Singh, which clearly showed the lack of coordination among the runners.
Harsh Santosh Raut and Animesh Kujur ran the first two legs.
The Indian quartet was disqualified and Kumar was seen being taken away from the Field of Play with the help of the volunteers.
It was a comedy of errors in the case of the women's 4x100m race, which saw the baton being dropped during an exchange between first leg runner Tamanna and second runner Nithya Gandhe, though the Indians finished the race in 53.09 seconds.
Gandhe started running quite a distance, but after realising that the baton was not in her hand, she turned and ran back to pick it up.
The only silver-lining for the Indian contingent was the national record time in the mixed 4x100m relay race, though the quartet of Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha SS finished sixth in heat number two with a time of 41.35 seconds, bettering the previous national mark of 42.30 seconds set in March in Chandigarh.
The mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Theerthesh P Shetty, Kumari Saloni, Nihal William and Rashdeep Kaur ended at fifth in heat number one with a time of 3 minutes and 19.40 seconds.
On Saturday, all the five Indian relay teams had failed to make it to the respective final rounds and thus missed out on the 2027 World Championships berths.
