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Al Jasra Cultural and Social Club, affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, is organising its annual Ramadan competition as part of its ongoing efforts to promote religious and cultural awareness and instill intellectual values in young people. The competition targets young men and women aged 15 to 35, with daily questions published on the club’s social media accounts and in local newspapers, allowing for the widest possible public participation. The initiative aims to encourage research and exploration of religious and cultural topics and to revive a spirit of intellectual competition during the holy month. The competition includes a series of questions covering diverse Qur’anic and cultural topics. The club explained that participation requires submitting all answers at once before the deadline, adhering to the announced conditions, which include providing the full name and mobile number, and ensuring the accuracy of personal information. The club also noted that a draw will be held amid the correct answers to select the winners, with each winner receiving a prize of QR1,000. Prizes will be awarded immediately after identity verification. The club also clarified that the deadline for submitting answers is the 15th of Shawwal, 1447 AH, corresponding to April 3, and that the winners’ names will be announced through the club’s social media channels and in newspapers. This competition is part of the annual Ramadan events programme organised by Al-Jasra Club, affirming its cultural and social role in disseminating knowledge and fostering positive interaction among community members during the holy month of Ramadan. 

Al Jasra Cultural and Social Club organised a lecture titled “Our Ethics and Life: Values in a Time of Transformations,” presented by Dr Kamal Aslan, a visiting professor at Qatar University who holds a PhD in Ethics with honours and has contributed to numerous research projects for the Al Jazeera Center for Studies.The lecture was moderated by writer Hanan Badie, who welcomed Dr Aslan and the attendees, emphasising the importance of ethics in building a sustainable society and providing individuals with a sense of security and the ability to face challenges.During the lecture, Dr Aslan raised several fundamental questions about the need for values and ethics, the impact of their absence on society, the causes of the current ethical crisis, and the means of instilling values and building sound behaviour.He pointed out that rapid transformations in various fields necessitate ethical awareness and the ability to adapt without compromising core values, warning against succumbing to a utilitarian ethics that justifies any means, regardless of their violation of religion, customs, and traditions.He explained that the absence of ethics has had repercussions on multiple levels, including the economic sphere with its prevalence of fraud, exploitation, and monopolies. As well as the social sphere with its disintegration of families and deviance; the political sphere with its corruption and hypocrisy; the intellectual sphere with its theft of other peoples' efforts and the dissemination of corrupt ideologies; and the media sphere with its misinformation and deception.This is compounded by deficiencies in the educational system, which has failed to instill values in schools and colleges. He added that knowledge alone is insufficient; it must be translated into practical behaviour.