Mangaluru: Senior Jamaat-e-Islami Hind leader K M Sharief passes away
Mangaluru: K M Sharief, a senior leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and a prominent figure in the religious, social, and educational landscape of the region, passed away on Tuesday evening at a private hospital in the city following a brief illness. He was 85.
Sharief Sahab, as he was widely called, played a pioneering role in several key institutions founded and run by Jamaat e Islami Hind. He was the founder member and later president of the Sanmarga Publication Trust which publishes the Sanmarga weekly and Shanti Prakashana, a well known publishing house .
He also served as the founding president of the Shanti Educational Trust, under which the Hira Educational Institutions in Babbukatte were established. A strong advocate of empowerment through education, he was also a founder member of the Mansoora Arabic College in Hassan and served on the advisory committee of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for Karnataka and Goa states.
Known for his simplicity, humility, and dedication to Jamaat and socio religious initiatives, KM Sharief was deeply involved in community development through education and publications. He was also the elder brother of the late Ibrahim Saeed, noted orator, thinker, and the founding editor of Sanmarga weekly.
He is survived by his wife, five sons, one daughter, and numerous relatives and admirers.
Family sources have informed that the funeral prayer will be held at the Zeenath Baksh Juma Masjid in Bunder in Mangaluru at 10:00 AM on Wednesday.
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