Islamic Da'wah Centre - Anbagam Pamphlet English

DARUL ISLAM FOUNDATION TRUST

This trust is devoted to the cause of Islam, Its propagation and promotion. Its charities are for all citizens of India. Its immediate aim is to take Islam to the gross roots level, as Islam is the most misunderstood religion. Islam now, is not only misunderstood, but is under attack. Opinion is mobilised throughout the world against Islam and Muslims. Alliances are forged to wage war against Islam and Muslims. Under these circumstances conveying the true message of Islam to one and all, is all the more an important duty. Herein we present a brief about our services, charities and activities. ISLAM TO THE GROSS ROOTS LEVEL

We are in the field of dawah (inviting people towards Islam) for the last 28 years. As such we have taken Islam to nearly 10,000 villages through various programmes. One of them is dawah tour. DAWAH TOURS

We have many groups of experts who are wellversed in conveying Islam to the inhabitants of villages. Every month they will undertake 2 tours . Each tour will be for 5 days, covering 10 to 15 villages.3 groups are at work now. They meet hundreds of villagers. ANBAGAM 17, 3rd Cross Street, Srinagar Colony, Kumbakonam. Tanjore District.Pin-612001 To Contact : 9444239594.

Having conveyed the message of Islam to a good chunk of villagers, we felt the need for an institute to impart Islamic knowledge to those who want to acquaint with various aspects of Islam. As a first step in this direction we started an i n s t i t u t e a t Thirupanamthal near Kumbakonam in1993, later

shifted this to Muthuthevanpatti near theni in S.India. This is for men. As days went on our dawa work also progressed. Five years back we felt the need for an institute for women, and we started an institute at Nellai Eruvadi for women converts. With these institutes we continued our mission of taking Islam to the gross roots level. Many families embraced Islam. These coupled with the conversion of T.M. MANI, now T.M. UMAR FAROOQ made us feel the need of an institution to house these families and educate them in Islam. We started this in a rented building at Kumbakonam and that is ANBAGAM (Institute for Islamic Education). ANBAGAM will be shifted to our own building Insha allah. The construction will be soon put up. A few well wishing ALLAH's Well wishers at the day slaves have undertaken this responsibility( may ALLAH of laying the foundation reward them Here and Hereafter.) Please include them in your duwas. So far 30 families comprising of 72 members have taken their education from this institute. LITERATURES FOR DAWAH THE BIG BOOK.

We are instrumental in promoting literature inthe field of dawah and in general Islamic studies. Of these the book by the veteran dalit leader T.M.Mani (now T.M. Umar Farooq),"THE END OF CASTEISM” is a big hit, instigating many to accept Islam. The book effectively debates the various ideologies available for the age old evil of untouchability. We have brought in three editions of this book in a short span of eight months. Totally 6000 copies of this book are in circulation. Another book, entitled "The life at Tamilnadu Slums" is in the offing.

STUDENTS’ ESSAY COMPETITION

This is a definite way to take Islam to students. Induced by competitive spirit students search books on Islam, read them, understand them and reproduce them. But for this they will not be entering into this venture. The topic of last year was "Islam a complete code of life". The competition was on all India level. The prize winners of this year are:Frist prize-A.Sajitha Thakasin-Pallapatti. Second prize-Shakira Begum- Hyderabad Third Prize - Kamila Begum - Trichy SUMMER COURSES

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overwhelming majority of our Indian citizens are young. As such everyone try to woo them to their way. Muslim students are also falling a prey to this invasion of ideologies. In the absence of a meaningful introduction of Islam, they are being carried away by other ideologies. It is our bounden duty to acquaint them with the basics of Islam. Students are also over burdened with academic study materials. The best time to educate them is to avail their holidays. We use these holidays to educate them the basics of Islam. Though we are continuing these for a long time, this year we conducted a summer course at AnbagamKumbakonam. Tests, both oral and written were conducted, at the end of the course. Certificates were also issued to the participants. CAMPAIGN AGAINST UNTOUCHABLITY Untouchablity is a Crime Against Humanity, but is effectively practiced in India. The Untouchables can get anything in India but not social status.(as human beings) Various Solutions have been advocated to eradicate this malady, None, other than Islam has succeeded in

liquidating this crime So saying the Veteran Dalit Leader T.M. Mani, who faught for 52 years against this menance of casteism, embraced Islam. He is now T.M. Umar Farook. He has come out with a detailed account of his war against Casteism and the causes of his conversion. This is a document in th form of a book entitled “The End of Casteism. We are arranging debates on this book and invite the proponents of other ideologies to deliberate on their solution. In the end every one gets convinced that Islam alone can mitigate this problem permanently. This discussion has taken place in almost 15 of the 30 districts of Tamil Nadu. These debates are gaining momentum and Islam is accepted as the only solution. Even mainstream media are focusing their attention on these debates, sometimes to dissuade us from pursuing our cause. Yet we are steadily moving ahead. (Alhamdulillah!).

PUBLICATIONS VERGAL PATHIPPAGAM

Apart from all these we are instrumental in

promoting literature on various aspects of Islam which are of topical interest. In Tamil so far in our efforts 85 books have come. We have planned few more books for the coming year. Insha allah. ANTI DOWRY CAMPAIGNS

Dowry is a serious menance, which virtually drives away our women folk from our family structure.

Though teenage girls suffer everyday, the society pays only scant attention to this evil. We have been campaigning against this evil by arranging public meetings. The recent one was addressed by our Trust secretary MUJIBUR RAHMAN Umari at Thirupoor. Apart from this we encourage our youngsters to go for dowry free marriages. FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

We are in the human rights front since 1990. We educate the downtrodden and minorities particularly Muslims on human rights. We have filed nearly 122 human rights violation cases in various forums and law courts . We have succeeded in many of them. We were invited by other human rights organisations also in their campaigns. We readily joined them to further their cause. We were effective participants in the campaign against fake encounters. ISLAMIC MONTHLY IN TAMIL VAIGARAI VELLICHAM

This is the second biggest successful effort on our part in launching Tamil Magazine for the discussion of islamic ideology. It was published from december 2007. Its readership doubled within a short span of 8 months. Alhamdulillah!

ANTI SMOKING CAMPAIGNS

Smoking kills slowly but surely. It causes many diseases. It is also an indecent public behaviour. Keeping the disastrous consequences of smoking in mind, the government agencies and other voluntary organisations do a lot to dissuade smokers. We do make serious campaigns against smoking. We joined hands with other NGO’s (Non Governmental Organizations) to do our best to get people rid of smoking. So far we have distributed nearly 20,000 leaf lets in Tamil and English. We also joined the May 31 anti smoking campaign of the international community.

RELIEF AND REHABILITATION Though we are for Dawah we are mindful of the Islamic social responsibility of providing relief to the needy. During the Tsunami Havoc we rushed to help the affected. When we came to know that our Palestenian Brothers have reached our capital New Delhi as refugees we rushed our help to through charity alliance which distributed a big amount for the relief and rehablitation of the Palestenian Brothers. IFTHAAR PARTIES

DISTRIBUTION OF PAMPHLETS

This is another means through which we take Islam to one and all. Quotes from various non muslims reformists like E.V.RAMASWAMY, DR. AMBEDHKAR are collected and published in leaflet format. So far we have distributed 20,000 such pamphlets. JAMAATH LEADERS MEETING Local Jamaath Leaders are the first to come across any problem that may come to confront Muslim. But for very few leaders no one pays the attention they ought to pay. We convene meeting of Jamaath Leaders and enlighten them on the issues that confront the society. After our programs they readily come forward to take on any issue that may affect the community. A MEET WITH THE CM OF TAMIL NADU

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Riyaji met on the eve of Islamic New year and presented him the big book "The end of casteism” and our monthly Vaigarai

The CM of Tamilnadu an veteran Tamil scholar MR.KARUNANIDHI created history by providing reservation for muslims in education and employment. Our treasurer Ilyas Riyaji met on the eve of Islamic New year and presented him the big book "The end of casteism” and our monthly Vaigarai

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are get to-gethers during the month of ramadhan. In these gathering we discuss the ways and means to reap maximum benefits from fasting. The problems faced by the community were also discussed. DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Apart from what was narrated above we have so many other programmes to promote the cause of Islam, but running short of funds to back them. If your philanthropies gush forth, Inshaallah, we can effectively serve the cause of Islam.. We request you to contribute generously towards t h i s e n d . W a s s a l a m . Thanking you. Brotherly yours, M. Gulam Mohammed M.Com,M.A.Journalism. (Managing Trustee) Moulavi.M.Mujeebur Rahman Umari,Secretary. Moulavi.K.M.Ilyas Riyaji,Tresaurer. S.A.Abdur Rauf, Joint Secretary Please draw your cheques/DD’s in favour of DARUL ISLAM FOUNDATION TRUST and send to 235,Peters Road, Royapettah, Chennai-600014. Phone No: 044 - 45566909 Email : [email protected] [email protected]