Sheikh Abdulla bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Centre, an affiliate of the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs, continues to provide cultural programmes for the communities living in Qatar.The programmes include introducing Islam and Islamic culture to the communities and holding awareness campaigns and religious lectures which generally aim to present an integrated and balanced image about Islam, its culture and civilisation.Over the past week, the Islamic culture section at the centre launched the 3rd summer forum for students within the framework of its programmes that primarily target Muslims of non-Arabic speakers, as 1,100 male and female students are participating in the forum from many non-Arab nationalities, including India, Pakistan, Malysia, Philippines and other nationalities.The Islamic culture section outlined that the forum includes many programmes, such as the Prophetic biography programme that narrates the first years after Prophet Muhammad's emigration (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), along with the events and examples learned from this emigration.The forum narrates the history of jurisprudence in Islam, Arabic calligraphy and simplified trainings in this calligraphy, as well as programmes in purity and prayer Fiqh. In addition, the programme features simplified home meals to train the participants and achieve benefits, as well as connect jurisprudence with the Holy Qur'an, Prophetic Sunnah, faith and ethics to have an overarching and integrated forum that benefits students in this age group.The activities of the 3rd summer forum commenced with an orientation programme for students during which they got familiarised with a variety of the programme's episodes and learned about the centre's activities, its main facilities, nature of its operation and raised some questions about the center and its programs, lauding the summer forum and teachers' efforts, as well as the style the centre pursues in education.Meanwhile, basketball and volleyball activities continued with the participation of the Filipino, Indian and Nepali communities and another religious program which featured the engagement of 17 ladies from various English speaking nationalities. (QNA)
August 09, 2023 | 10:15 PM