Masjid Hajira Hassan, Sullia Community Centre inaugurated
Sullia: Masjid Hajira Hassan and Sullia Community Centre were inaugurated on Sunday by Mohammed Yunus Hassan, entrepreneur, Al Khobar and trustee, Team B-Human, at a ceremony organized by the Sullia Education and Charitable Trust (SECT).
S M Usman, general secretary of SECT, welcomed the gathering and made the inaugural address at the formal function.
Addressing the gathering, Hassan said that he had gotten the Masjid constructed in memory of his late parents and was presenting it to society in the name of ‘Hajira and Hassan’. “I pray that they benefit forever from this work. I also request you all to please pray to the Almighty to grant me the energy to continue such philanthropic work,” he asked the people.
T Arif Ali, general secretary, JIH, who presided over the inaugural, said that, while Allah was the lord of the Masjid, everyone should avail of the benefits of the prayer hall.
Muhammed Kunhi, Khateeb of the Masjidul Huda, Thokkottu, said that places of worship should help people get closer to one another, learn humanitarian values, teachings and ideals of their own religions.
Maulana Yahya Thangal Madani, Khateeb of the Havva Juma Masjid in Bolangady, read out the Wakf message and made the valedictory speech.
Maulana Shoaib Hussaini Nadwi, Khateeb, Kutchi Memon Masjid, Mangaluru; Hussain Kamil Saqafi, Khateeb, Juma Masjid, Shanti Nagar, Velam; Zakariya Jokatte, CEO, Al Muzain Saudi Arabia and trustee, Hidaya Foundation, and H U Farooq Tarikere, former president of Tarikere Municipality also addressed the gathering.
M Sharif Bolar, CEO, Whitestone Group, Saudi Arabia, and trustee, Team B-Human; Hanif Golthamajal, Hajaj Group, and president of Mangaluru unit, Hidayah Foundation; K Ahmed Bava, MD, Deals Group; Abdul Salam, CEO, Raqwani Group, Saudi Arabia; Ibrahim M Hussain, MD, Raqwani Group, Saudi Arabia; Mohammed Wazir, vice-president, Sullia Community Centre; Salam Noor Hasan Bin Murhoom Hajira Hassan; H K Kasim Ahmed, founder-chairperson, Hidaya Foundation; Ashfaq Abdul Hameed; CEO, Plant Solutions; Dr. Abdul Majeed U, general surgeon, Mangaluru; S E Mohammed Kunhi, Koynad; K M Shareef of Mangaluru; Abdussalam U, Nazim-e-Ilaqa, JIH and Musthafa Haji Kempi of the Muslim Central Committee attended the inauguration ceremony.
Philanthropist Mohammed Yunus Hassan was honoured on the occasion by Team B-Human Trust, JIH Sullia unit members and residents of Tarikere.
Ibrahim Ajjavara, SECT president, proposed the vote of thanks.
Hafil Saifullah read the Kiraat and Dr Jamaluddin Hind Manipal and Ahmed Riza Ahnaf read out the schedule of the Sacharipet program.
Ahmed Riza Ahnaf was the master of ceremony.
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At least 19 killed as methane leak causes explosion at eastern Iran coal mine, state TV reports
Tehran (AP/PTI): A methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, killing at least 19 people and injuring another 17, Iranian state television reported Sunday.
The report said the deaths happened at a coal mine in Tabas, some 540 kilometers (335 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
Authorities were sending emergency personnel to the area after the blast late Saturday, it said. Around 70 people had been working there at the time of the blast.
Oil-producing Iran is also rich in a variety of minerals. Iran annually consumes some 3.5 million tons of coal but only extracts about 1.8 million tons from its mines per year. The rest is imported, often consumed in the country's steel mills.
This is not the first disaster to strike Iran's mining industry. In 2013, 11 workers were killed in two separate mining incidents. In 2009, 20 workers were killed in several incidents. In 2017, a coal mine explosion killed at least 42 people.
Lax safety standards and inadequate emergency services in mining areas are often blamed for the fatalities.
