EID UL AZHA - A FESTIVAL OF LOVE, DEVOTIONBy V. M. Khaleelur RahmanThe festival Id-ul-Azha, popularly known as Bakrid, is celebrated on the tenth day of Zul Hijjah, the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, in memory of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (Alaihis salam -AS) who is said to have lived about 4500 years ago. He was an embodiment of selfless sacrifice and deep devotion to Allah. Once dreamt as if commanded by God, he was ready even to sacrifice his only son Hazrat Ismail (Ishmael) who was also all the more willing to give up his life...
Friday, 26 October 2012
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFULSIR SYED AHMED KHAN: HIS LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONBY AZHAR MOHAMMED K, CHENNAIINTRODUCTIONSir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) was a great visionary, statesman and Muslim reformer of the 19th century, the like of whom is rare. He wanted to make the community and country progressive and take them forward on modern lines. His supreme interest was intellectual development of the people through modern education....
Friday, 5 October 2012
CHENNAI LEATHER MARKETV.M. Khaleelur Rahman After holidays customers abroad have started dealing with exporters of leather and leather products and some volume of business is taking place here. The prices fetched are said to be almost the same or slightly higher. Exporters continue to struggle for covering their requirements of raw hides and skins from domestic as well as overseas market as their availability is limited everywhere particularly for good selections. It is learnt that some exporters have sold their goat upper leathers 3/5 sq. ft....
Tweak laws to allow Islamic banking: RBINandita Sengupta,TNN | Oct 4, 2012, 06.54AM IST PUDUCHERRY: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has written to the government to "restructure" or "amend" the laws to allow Islamic banking in India . Speaking at a local event, RBI governor D Subbarao said: "Islamic banking is allowed in many parts of the world, but the Banking Regulation Act of India does not conform to Islamic banking because it allows banks to borrow from and deposit money with the RBI on interest. But we are in correspondence with the...
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