Mithabail Jabbar Ustad, a great scholar of Astronomy, Theology and Hadith
A scholar who studied at Deoband in North India and pursued Qasmi title
Bantwal, Jan 09: Senior religious scholar, vice president of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, Director of Karnataka Islamic Academy Kumbra Shaikhuna Alhaj Abdul Jabbar Musliyar Mithabail Ustad (72) breathed his last at his residence in Mithabail on BC Road on Tuesday night.
Jabbar Ustad, who was the spiritual leader of the Muslim community in the undivided D.K district, was the second son of Lakshwadeep Kiltan's Qazi Shaikh K.P Siraj Koya, and Kannipur's Marhumath Beebi Fathima. Popular as Mithabail Ustad, he was working as a mudarris at Juma Masjid on the BC Road Mithabail for 49 years.
Along with his family, he was living at a house in Shantiyangady near Mithabail. He actively particiapted in religious programmes and tours amidst health problems.
His body has been kept for public viewing at the Mithabail masjid and according to family sources, his funeral will be held on Wednesday.
Condolence from dignitaries
Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes, BK Hariprasad, DK District Congress president K Harish Kumar, MLC Ivan D'Souza, former Minister B Ramanath Rai, BH Khader, former Rajya Sabha member B Ibrahim, MCC's Shashidhar Hegde, Badriya Juma Masjid's Bajal Nantur President and MCC member Abdur Rauf, District Congress'Ibrahim Kodijal, chairman of DK Wakf Advisory Committee Haji Kanachuru Monu, DK District Congress vice president PS Abdulla Samanige, district Congress office secretary Nazir Bajal, Bantwal MLA Rajesh Nayaka, SDPI state secretary Riyaz Farangpet, Talent Research Foundation chairman Abdur Raoof and others expressed their condolences.
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Deepavali inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list
New Delhi (PTI:) India's Deepavali -- the festival of light -- was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The decision was taken during a key meeting of UNESCO being hosted at the Red Fort in Delhi.
This is the first time that India is hosting a session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
The 20th session of the panel is underway from December 8 to 13 at the Red Fort.
Chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' rent the air as UNESCO announced that the Deepavali festival has been added to the coveted list.
India currently has 15 elements inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and these include the Kumbh Mela, Durga Puja of Kolkata, Garba dance of Gujarat, yoga, the tradition of Vedic chanting and Ramlila - the traditional performance of the epic 'Ramayana'.
