Mangaluru:Renowned Muslim research scholar Dr. Akram Nadwi recipient of Allama Iqbal Prize visited the Iqra Arabic School in Mangaluru and interacted with the students.

Dr. Akhram is also the Dean of Cambridge Islamic College, principal of Al-Salam Institute, and an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education.

He has written over 60 books in Arabic, English and Urdu in the fields of hadith, fiqh, biography, Arabic grammar and syntax. In 2021, his 43-volume biographical dictionary of the muhaddithat, the female scholars and narrators of hadith was published by Dar al-Minhaj (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).

In his address at the Iqra Arabic School, he stressed on the importance of logical attempts. He further stated that the submission is the true essence of Islam. 

Iqra Arabic School Principal Maulana Saalim Nadwi, S M Arshad, MD of Mohtisham Complexes Pvt Ltd, Dr CP Habeeb Rehman, Chairman of Unity Health Complex, Mohammed Kunhi of Shanti Prakashana, Advocate Mohammed Ali, Sajid AK of Highland Islamic Forum and others were present.

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Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 4 (PTI): A nutritious meal cook and another person were arrested by the police on Friday for thrashing a class V student with broom, here, after the child demanded egg, the state government said.

A video of the purported incident has gone viral, where the boy is seen being beaten up with a broom by the two.

Social Welfare and Women Rights Minister, P Geetha Jeevan, made it clear the Stalin-led government will not tolerate any act of violence against children.

In a social media update, Jeevan said the incident happened at a primary school in Polur union in the district where the cook Lakshmi and an assistant, Muniammal "beat up a student who asked for an egg as part of the nutritious meal."

They were suspended on April 3 and later, criminal action was initiated against them and the two were arrested, she said.

A state government release said an enquiry was initiated following the viral video and after departmental action, the two women were booked under relevant sections of BNS and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and subsequently arrested.