Equality is basic principle of Islam: Maulana Mahmood Madani
PG Diploma in Applied Islamics of Yenepoya University inaugurated
Mangaluru, August 09: Noted Islamic scholar, Jamiat-Ulema-I-Hind general secretary and former Rajya Sabha Member Maulana Mahmood Madani said that as the equality and humanity were the basic principles of Islam, the religion has the message of guiding the mankind.
Inaugurating the PG Diploma in Applied Islamics, introduced by the Yenepoya Deemed University at ‘Yendurance Zone’ on the college premises here on Thursday, he said that adaption of the principles of Islam would benefit the entire mankind. It has good messages to build the society. According to Islam, Zakat, one of the five tenets of Islam, would eradicate the economic imbalance in the society. The thought of the Yenepoya University in introducing the course in adapting Islamic principles in science, health science, social science and modern education and knowledge was commendable, he said.
Former union minister Dr K Rahman Khan said that many principles of Islam reflect the basic tenets of the fundamental rights of human beings envisaged in the Constitution. Islam has the norm to give a certain portion of the income to others compulsorily. The Constitution is also advocating equality. Islam has advocated the peace and harmony in the society. But there are several misconceptions on Islam because of misunderstanding of the principles and messages of Islam. The onus of educating the youth about the real tenets of Islam was on the elders of the community, Rahman said.
Presiding over the programme, Yenepoya University Chancellor Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi said that it was a unique programme in the entire world. The modern, scientific and social developments would be studied in view of Islamic principles in the course. The university has the aim of developing a world-class Islamic Centre, he added.
Vijayapura Al Amin Medical College president Dr Ziaulla Sharief was the guest of honour, while Yenepoya University Islamic Study and Research Centre head Dr Javed Jamil explained about the course. Yenepoya Group of Institutions chairman Yenepoya Mohammed Kunhi, university advisory committee members Dr Habeeb Rahman, Prof Abdul Rahman, Dr M Mushtaq, Ata’ath Khan, university vice chancellor Dr M Vijay Kumar, registrar Dr G Srikumar Menon and others were present at the programme.
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Karnataka caste census report likely to be placed before cabinet on Jan 16
Bengaluru (PTI): With the Socio-Economic and Education Survey report, popularly known as the 'caste census,' likely to be placed before the state cabinet on January 16, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara stressed that its contents should be made public.
He said, any decision based on the report is the prerogative of the government and it will be taken after analysing it.
Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes under its then Chairman K Jayaprakash Hegde had submitted the report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on February 29 last year, amid objections raised by certain sections of society and voices against it from within ruling Congress.
"It was decided the sealed cover (of report) will be opened before the cabinet, otherwise it may lead to leakage of information....whether there will be a discussion on it or not, I cannot speak about it now, once opened at least abstract information will be known to us," Parameshwara told reporters here replying to a question.
To a question on the opposition from certain dominant sections to the report and implementation of its recommendations, he said, the government has got the report after spending Rs 160 crore tax payers money, it should at least be made public, taking action based on it is secondary.
"Taking action based on it is left to the discretion of the government, the government will ultimately decide. But at least the information from the report that was prepared by spending Rs 160 crore, should come out. So there is a demand that what is there in the report be made public," he added.
What is happening now is bringing out the information from the report, the Home Minister said.
Karnataka's two dominant communities -- Vokkaliags and Lingayats -- have expressed reservations about the survey done, calling it "unscientific", and have demanded that it be rejected and a fresh survey be conducted.
The commission headed by Jayaprakash Hegde had said that the report was prepared based on data collected by 1.6 lakh officials, including 1.33 lakh teachers under the leadership of respective Deputy Commissioners of the districts across the state.
The then Siddaramaiah-led Congress government (2013-2018) had in 2015 commissioned the survey in the state.
The state Backward Classes Commission under its then chairperson Kantharaju was tasked with preparing a caste census report. The survey work was completed in 2018, towards the end of Siddaramaiah's first tenure as Chief Minister. The findings of the survey in the form of a report never came out in public thereafter.
With strong disapproval from the two politically influential communities the survey report may turn out to be a political hot potato for the government, as it may set the stage for a confrontation, with Dalits and OBCs among others demanding for it to be made public.
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, and a Vokkaliga, was a signatory, along with a couple of other ministers, to a memorandum submitted by the community to the chief minister earlier, requesting that the report and the data be rejected.
All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of Veerashaiva-Lingayats, which has also expressed its disapproval vis-a-vis the survey and demanded conduct of a fresh survey, is headed by veteran Congress leader and MLA Shamanuru Shivashankarappa. Several Lingayat ministers and MLAs too have raised objections.
According to some reports, findings of the survey are allegedly contrary to the "traditional perception" with regard to the numerical strength of various castes in Karnataka, especially Lingayats and Vokkaligas, making it a politically sticky issue.
