By Ashraf Padanna/Thiruvananthapuram
The Ma’din Academy, a leading centre of religious and modern education based in the southern state of Kerala, has inked an agreement with the Tabah Foundation to disseminate the message of Prophet Muhammad.
The United Arab Emirates-based research and consultation foundtion, which focuses on reformulating modern Islamic discourse, will expand its prestigious ‘Alive in our Hearts’ programme to India through the tie-up.
“This will be an innovative programme to spread the harmony message of the Prophet on the Indian subcontinent through the yearlong programme,” Sayyid Ibrahimul Khaleelul Bukhari, chairman of the Ma’din, told reports here yesterday.
The memorandum of understanding was signed last week at Tabah’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi between Bukhari and Noor al-Din al-Harthi, the CEO of Tahab Foundation, in the presence of Sheikh al-Habib Ali al-Jafri, the chairman of Tabah Foundation, and representatives from both bodies.
The Ma’din Academy will implement, under the supervision of Tabah Foundation, a series of programmes to popularise the unique messages the Prophet. The foundation will provide consultations to enable Ma’din to better implement the programmes to create awareness about the Prophet’s doctrine of moderation.
They include conferences, seminars, workshops, media campaigns, social media colloquium, publication of books, releasing of documentaries and scholars’ summit. The campaign will begin next month.
Light of Madeena, the first programme under the initiative will be held in Malappuram on Tuesday.
Professor Noorul Hassan from Australia will inaugurate the session.
“This is also part of the silver jubilee celebrations of Ma’din Prayer Congregation conducted since 1986 on the last Thursday of every lunar month of Ramadan with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people,” Bukhari said.
An international seminar on Interfaith Harmony and Tolerance will be held in Kuala Lumpur on February 26 and 27.
Another seminar will be held in Australia in March.
These are part of the Interfaith Harmony Initiative of the United Nations.
“The expansion of ‘Alive in our Hearts’ programme into multicultural India where a large number of Muslims live comes at a very important time when the whole world needs to learn from the life
Prophet Muhammad and his unique leadership,” Bukhari quoted al-Jafri as saying.
According to him, the foundation is conducting similar programmes in Jordan, Yemen, the UK and Canada where a large number of people have taken part in its various activities since its launch in 2006.