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Kashmiri Imam’s Devotion Rewarded With Ultimate Gift, An Umrah Package

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by Insha Shirazi
SRINAGAR: In a heart-warming gesture, Maulana Bilal Ahmad Nadvi, an Islamic cleric was gifted an Umrah package by the Masjid committee in the Mareed Mohalla area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Nadvi had spent the entire month of Ramadan leading the Taraweeh prayers and reciting the holy Quran, an act of devotion that did not go unnoticed by the community.
The committee members of Mareed Mohalla expressed their gratitude for Maulana Nadvi’s dedication to his work, his ability to connect with the community, and his unwavering loyalty towards it. This gift was their way of showing their appreciation for his hard work and devotion during the holy month of Ramadan. Maulana Nadvi’s commitment to his work touched the hearts of the residents of Mareed Mohalla, who were deeply grateful for his tireless efforts to make their Ramadan special.
Showkat Ali, the chairman of the Masjid Committee, expressed his admiration for Maulana Bilal’s remarkable dedication to his work, saying, “We have been listening to the recitation of the Quran since our childhood, and this year we were mesmerized by the astonishing recitation of the Holy Quran by Maulana Bilal. His recitation was truly remarkable and touched the hearts of everyone present. We felt that we needed to do something special to show our appreciation for his hard work and devotion.”
Ali went on to reveal that the committee had decided to gift Maulana Bilal with an Umrah package, saying, “He will be leaving for the holy city of Mecca for Umrah soon. We hope that this small gesture will help to show him how much we value his efforts and dedication towards the community.”
Showkat emphasized that imams have a crucial role in spreading the teachings of Islam, and providing the Umrah package to Maulana Bilal is a significant gesture towards this cause. He also emphasized the need to recognize the imams’ work by providing them with good salaries, as they contribute immensely to the community.
Maulana Bilal stressed the importance of acknowledging the authority of imams throughout the year and supporting them from all parts of the valley, as they play a crucial role in educating the community about Islam.
Maulana Bilal expressed his gratitude towards the Masjid committee of Mareed Mohalla in Kupwara and said, “The gift of an Umrah package from the Masjid committee of Mareed Mohalla where I recite the Quran during Ramadan is a significant and thoughtful gesture. It is an honour and a blessing to receive this gift from the Almighty.”

The gesture made by the Masjid committee of Mareed Mohalla in Kupwara has been welcomed by everyone in the Kashmir valley. It is symbolic of the efforts and dedication of the imams in the region, who have received their education from various well-known Madarsas across India. Despite their immense contribution to the community, these imams are not well-known in the valley and are only occasionally acknowledged during the holy month of Ramadan or on significant holidays like Eid.
This initiative serves as a reminder of the pure spirit of Islam, which emphasizes the importance of recognizing and valuing the work of imams, who play a vital role in educating the community about Islam and its teachings. The gesture is not just a reward for Maulana Bilal Ahmad Nadvi but also recognition of the hard work and dedication of all the imams in the region who work tirelessly to spread the message of Islam.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 27, 2023
Dubai announces golden visas for imams, preachers, muezzins ahead of Eid Al-Fitr

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Abu Dhabi: Ahead of Eid Al-Fitr, Dubai on Saturday announced a decision to grant golden visas to mosque imams, preachers, muezzins, muftis, and religious researchers who have completed 20 years of service in the country, the Dubai Media Office (DMO) reported.
The decision was issued by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, following the directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
In addition to the golden visas, recipients will be given a cash reward on the occasion of Eid as a token of appreciation.

بتوجيهات محمد بن راشد وقبيل حلول عيد الفطر، حمدان بن محمد يُصدر قراراً بمنح الإقامة الذهبية لأئمة المساجد والخطباء والمؤذنين والوعاظ والمفتين والباحثين الدينيين ممن أكملوا 20 عاماً على رأس عملهم في #دبي، إضافة إلى مكرمة مالية بمناسبة العيد.
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— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) April 15, 2023
This step comes in appreciation of their efforts in introducing the teachings of Islam and spreading the values of tolerance, especially in the month of Ramadan.
About golden visa
The Golden Visa was first launched by the UAE government in 2019. It is a long-term residency visa designed to attract foreign talent to live, work or study in the UAE while enjoying a range of exclusive benefits.
These benefits include a six-month entry visa with multiple entries to facilitate the issuance of residency, a long-term and renewable residency visa valid for five or 10 years, the luxury of not requiring a sponsor, and the ability to stay outside the UAE for longer than the standard six-month period without affecting your the validity of their residence visa.
Furthermore, the golden visa allows its holders to sponsor family members, including spouses and children of any age, as well as an unlimited number of domestic helpers.
In the event of the death of the primary holder of the golden visa, the family members are permitted to remain in the UAE until the end of the term of their permit.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 15, 2023
Delhi HC to hear Monday Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in sedition case

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Monday hear a plea by JNU student Sharjeel Imam seeking bail in connection with a 2020 riots case involving allegations of sedition.
The case, which assails a January 24, 2022 order by the trial court dismissing Imam’s bail application in the matter, is listed for hearing before a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh.
On January 30, the court had sought to know the stand of the city police as to whether Imam’s plea for bail could be remanded back to the trial court for adjudication as there was no ground mentioned in the lower court’s order rejecting the relief.

The bench had said since section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code has been kept in abeyance following the directions of the Supreme Court, it will have to examine the trial court’s bail rejection order while keeping in mind the other sections framed against Imam.
Last year, the trial court had framed charges against Imam under sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity), l53B (imputations prejudicial to national integration), 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC and section 13 (punishment for unlawful activities) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
As per the prosecution, Imam had allegedly made speeches at Jamia Millia Islamia on December 13, 2019 and at the Aligarh Muslim University on December 16, 2019, where he allegedly threatened to cut off Assam and the rest of the northeast from India.
In his petition before the high court, Imam has said the trial court “failed to recognise” that pursuant to the directions of the top court, the basis for dismissal of his earlier bail plea, i.e. the charge of sedition no longer existed and therefore relief must be granted to him.
On May 11, 2022, the Supreme Court had stayed till further orders the registration of FIRs, probes, and coercive measures for the offence of sedition across the country by the Centre and the states until an appropriate forum of the government re-examines the colonial-era penal law.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 9, 2023
Saudi Arabia bans imams from collecting donations during Ramzan
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Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has warned imams and muezzin in mosques that collecting financial donations for fasting people or other iftar projects during Ramzan is prohibited.
This came in a statement issued by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, which it published on its Twitter account.
According to the statement, the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Abdul Latif Al-Sheikh, issued a circular to all the Ministry’s branches about the need to prepare mosques to serve the worshipers, in preparation to receive the holy month of Ramzan 1444.
Here are the ten points for imams and muezzin to follow during Ramzan:
The imams and the muezzin must adhere to complete regularity in their work, and avoid being absent during Ramzan except for extreme necessity.
The imams and the muezzin must abide by the calendar of Umm al-Qura, raise the call to prayer for the isha prayer in its time in Ramzan, and establish the prayer according to the approved period for each prayer.
It is also necessary to take into account the circumstances of the people in Tarawih prayers, and to complete the Tahajjud prayer in the last ten days of Ramzan in sufficient time before the dawn call, so that this will not be hardship for the worshipers.
The imams and the muezzin were also asked to abide by the Prophet’s guidance in supplicating qunoot in Tarawih prayers, not to prolong and confine themselves to supplications and mosques, and to stay away from hymns and intonations.
Reading some useful books on the mosque group.
It is forbidden to use mounted cameras for the purpose of photographing the imam and worshippers while performing the prayer, and it is also forbidden to transmit or broadcast prayers in the media of all kinds.
The imam is responsible for authorizing the i’tikaf, checking that there are no violations from it, and knowing the data for the i’tikaaf. The imam must seek the approval of the approved sponsor for non-Saudis wishing to perform i’tikaaf.
Not collecting financial donations for breakfast projects for fasting people and others.
Iftar is served for the fasting person – if any – in the places prepared for that in the courtyards of the mosque, under the responsibility of the imam and the muezzin. The person in charge of breaking the fast for the fasting person should clean the area immediately after breaking the fast. It is important not to set up any temporary rooms, tents, etc. to keep breakfast in.
The ministry urged worshipers not to take children, as that would disturb the congregation and cause them to lose reverence.
أصدر معالي وزير الشؤون الإسلامية د.#عبداللطيف_آل_الشيخ تعميمًا لكافة فروع الوزارة بضرورة تهيئة المساجد والجوامع لمايخدم المصلين، وذلك ضمن استعدادات الوزارة لاستقبال شهر #رمضان المبارك لهذا العام ١٤٤٤هـ. pic.twitter.com/9Q4x9CWWPE
— وزارة الشؤون الإسلامية 🇸🇦 (@Saudi_Moia) March 3, 2023
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )
March 7, 2023
Delhi HC to hear Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in UAPA case on March 15

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday posted the bail plea of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam in a UAPA case related to an alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 riots here to March 15.
A bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul deferred the hearing on the plea, which assails an April 2022 trial court order that rejected Imam’s prayer for bail after a request for accommodation was made by his counsel.
“List on March 15 at the specific request of the counsel for the appellant,” the court recorded.
The bench, also comprising Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar, in the meantime, began hearing submissions on the bail plea of the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) youth wing leader and Jamia Millia Islamia student Meeran Haider in the same case.
Imam, Haider and several others, including Umar Khalid, have been booked under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly being the “masterminds” of the February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi that left 53 people dead and more than 700 injured.
The violence had erupted during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Haider’s lawyer argued that although his client was managing eight protest sites and had “spoken” at several such sites, it was incorrect to presume that he was part of any conspiracy or strategy to incite violence.
He asserted that the accused’s specific role has to be ascertained to sustain a case under the UAPA and in the present case, his “pattern of involvement does not match” the prosecution’s version.

“What part of the chargesheet is attributable to Meeran Haider for the offence under section 15, UAPA? It is not sufficient to say you cannot differentiate between different accused,” the counsel argued.
It was also claimed that the speeches given by Haider were “political”, where he expressed his “discontent with the government” and “chose to express his anguish” but did not incite violence or rioting.
He was not calling for violence but was talking about the right to protest, the lawyer told the court, which listed the matter for further hearing on February 8.
Haider was arrested in April 2020 and the trial court had dismissed his bail plea in April last year.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 7, 2023
Delhi HC adjourns hearing on Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in UAPA case

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned, to Tuesday, the hearing of former Jawaharlal Nehru University student and activist Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea seeking bail in a Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case related to alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi Riots.
The violence had erupted while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Due to Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar’s unavailability, the matter was adjourned.
A Delhi court, on January 4, discharged Imam with 10 other accused persons in a case related to the incidents of violence at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019.
The violence had erupted after a clash between the police and people protesting against the CAA in December 2019.
Additional Sessions Judge of Saket Court Complex, Arul Verma, had passed the order.
He had held that the police were unable to apprehend the actual perpetrators behind the commission of the offence, but surely managed to rope in the 11 accused as “scapegoats”.

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February 6, 2023
Sedition case: HC asks police to inform whether Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea be sent back to trial court

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday sought to know the stand of the city police as to whether a plea by JNU student Sharjeel Imam seeking bail in connection with a 2020 riots case involving allegations of sedition be remanded back to the trial court for adjudication.
The high court said there was no ground mentioned in the trial court’s order rejecting Imam’s bail plea.
A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh granted two-week time to the Delhi Police counsel to take instructions whether the trial court’s order rejecting the bail plea be remanded back. It listed the matter for further hearing on February 20.
The high court was hearing Imam’s plea challenging the trial court’s January 24, 2022 order, dismissing his bail application in the case.
Meanwhile, his counsel withdrew Imam’s interim bail plea as the court was taking up his appeal challenging the trial court’s order denying him regular bail in the case.
The bench said since section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code has been kept in abeyance following the directions of the Supreme Court, it will have to examine the trial court’s bail rejection order while keeping in mind the other sections framed against Imam.
Last year, the trial court had ordered the framing of charges against Imam under Sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity), l53B (Imputations prejudicial to national integration), 505 (Statements conducing to public mischief) of IPC and Section 13 (Punishment for Unlawful Activities) of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
“The other thing you (prosecution) will have to answer is what is the ground on which bail has been rejected?” the bench said.

As Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad said the ground is that charges have been framed against the accused.
“So what? That is not a ground. Where is the ground? You have to decide we are hearing appeal or fresh bail plea. There is no ground on the bail in the whole bail order. You seek instructions,” the bench said.
During the hearing, the bench said that Section 2(1)(o) of the UAPA which defines ‘unlawful activity’ is completely different from Section 124A IPC which defines sedition.
The high court perused the definitions and said that unlawful activity would be an activity which is committed against India, whereas sedition is committed against the “Government established by law in India”.
“This is the principle difference. Sedition is against the government established by law in India and it has nothing to do with unlawful activity,” the bench said.
While advancing arguments on the bail plea, Imam’s counsel said charges have already been framed against the accused and it was a case for grant of regular bail.
He said it is an admitted position that there was no overt act on behalf of Imam and the speech delivered by him rather than calling for violence, calls for non-violence as he says they will not burn down property.
He stressed the point that Imam has been in custody for three years now.
Imam had earlier sought interim release until the top court decides the constitutional validity of offence of sedition. The court was also informed that Imam’s plea challenging the framing of charges in the matter is also pending before it.
As per the prosecution, Imam had allegedly made speeches at Jamia Millia Islamia on December 13, 2019 and at the Aligarh Muslim University on December 16, 2019 where he threatened to cut off Assam and the rest of the Northeast from India.
In his petition before the high court, Imam has said the trial court “failed to recognise” that pursuant to the directions of the top court, the basis for dismissal of his earlier bail plea, the charge of sedition, no longer existed and therefore relief must be granted to him.
On May 11, 2022, the Supreme Court had stayed till further orders the registration of FIRs, probes, and coercive measures for the offence of sedition across the country by the Centre and the states until an appropriate forum of the government re-examines the colonial-era penal law.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 31, 2023