Education of Muslim children

It is primarily the responsibility of Muslim parents to educate their Muslim children. 
During the era of scholars such as Imam Malik, Imam As-Shafi’, Imam Sufyan-at-Thawri, and others, you hear them talking about their mothers teaching them the memorization of the Quran, fiqh, the hadeeth, etc., at home. That was the norm back then. We need to revive it to move forward.
Dr. Bilal Philips
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Quit blaming Ulema and start to write your own destiny

By Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi for TwoCircles.net
As the age of research work, quality education and divine power that had been empowering Muslims to face the challenges of every era moved out from them all over the world, another tendency has grown very rapidly among Muslims. It is the tendency to push the blame on the Ulema, holding them accountable for every failure, pointing fingers towards some specific Islamic laws, declaring the syllabus being taught in Madrasas and religious institutions as outdated and terming Madrasas as a symbol of old age – which is seen especially in the Muslim community in India.
The Sachar Commission report makes the air clear about Madrasas - the percentage of Muslims who approach Madrasas for education is only 4, even the financial condition of Madrasas, teachers and students who study there is not much better. As it is known to all Muslims, Madrasas, except for some, have no good infrastructure due to very bad financial conditions as they are run solely by donations from Muslims. In such an atmosphere, is it just to expect the 4% to solve all the problems of Muslims, the problems being plenty?
Laziness, dullness, distancing themselves from hard work, selecting short-cut ways to make money, wasting time in watching films and TV programs, or taking part in unnecessary works and making themselves busy in nonsense subjects, or trying to get awards and fame by making comments against the Ulema – indeed all these paved the way for majority of Muslims to put the Ulema on target so that the latter can cover their failure and no one would blame them for the deteriorating situation of Muslims in India.
Pushing the blame on Ulema and pointing the finger towards Madrasas is a very easy task, but conceding our own faults and mistakes is very hard work for most of us. Do we forget what our behavior with the Ulema and Madrasas are? How do the Madrasa people get donations and how do they collect it from every Muslim so that they can arrange a free education to poor Muslims in Madrasas?
Is collecting donations an easy work? When the representatives of Madrasas knock the doors of Muslim homes and ask some donation for Madrasas, during the month of Ramzan or in normal days, what do most of us do? Why do we misbehave with them? Why do we treat them as if they were beggars? Even my own personal experience is very harsh; very few people treat them with respect and dignity, most of us close the door before them, some of us make excuses. Some of us ask them to come after two hours and when the representatives come after two hours, they are said there is nobody in the home and asked to come the next day. When these representatives come again, we do not open the door, or they are told from the window to go away and never to come. Some of us tell them we are against Madrasas, hence we will not give any donation. And if some agree to pay the donation, they give just 10 rupees or 5 rupees or 20 or 30 rupees. And these representatives of Madrasas, despite this misbehavior, go from door to door, room to room, house to house, knock every door to collect 5 or 10 or 20 or 50 rupees. Some of us drive them off, some of us use abusive language against them, some advise them to leave the Madrasas, some of us say to them “you cheat the people” but no one asks them, ‘please come in my home, have a tea, have some cold water’, or ‘please have lunch with us today or tomorrow’. Most of us throw hundreds of questions on them for giving just 10 or 20 rupees, such as ‘where are you from?’ ‘Who are you?’ ‘Give details of the madrasa,’ etc. And at last, unwillingly, grudgingly and resentfully we agree to give a mere 10 or 20 rupees; while thousands rupees are being spent in purchasing an item just because our children like it.



Students of a Delhi madrasa.

Drug-eluting Stents: Are They Safe?

Drug-eluting stents are metal mesh tubes coated with medication that keep arteries from re-blocking after angioplasty. These devices have been the solution for millions of people around the world. However, recent studies have raised concerns about associated risks. Join Dr. Yeung and colleagues as they discuss the safety of these popular devices...

Source : http://tabibqulob.blogspot.com/2010/05/drug-eluting-stents-are-they-safe.html

"There is no disease that Allah has created, except that He also has created its treatment." [Sahih al-Bukhari - Book 71, Hadith 582] .

NOORUL ISLAM UNIVERSITY —–. Janab Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan….

The Noorul Islam University comprising of Noorul Islam College of Engineering has more than 20 Years of standing in Higher Education field. The University is run by the Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education (NICHE) which has been declared as a Deemed-to-be-University by Ministry of Higher Education, Govt,of India vide Notification No.F.9-51/2004-4.3 at 8th December 2008.  Janab Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan…. 

THE HISTORY

Noorul Islam University comprising of Noorul Islam College of Engineering has more than 20 Years of standing in Higher Education field. The University is run by the Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education (NICHE) which has been declared as a Deemed-to-be-University by Ministry of Higher Education, Govt, of India vide Notification No.F.9-51/2004-4.3 at 8th December 2008. Janab Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan having more than 50 years of experience in Educational field is the Chancellor of the University.
The university campus is in the serene and lush green base of Velimalai, a spectacular part of Western Ghat Hills near the famous Padmanabhapuram Palace. It is only 1.5 km interior towards the foothills of the mountains from Kumaracoil Junction on the Kanyakumari Thiruvanthapuram National Nighway (NH-47).

THE GROWTH

B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering are B.E. in ECE were the only courses offered are the beginning B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) was started in the year 1993, Mechanical Engineering (Mech.) in 1995, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (EIE) in 1998. Information Technology (IT) in 1999, Aeronautical Engineering (AE) in 2004, and Civil Engineering in 2006. Plans are on the anvil for the start of Marine Engineering for which sanction has been granted by AICTE for 2007-08. The course is subject to approval by Director General of Shipping,Mumbai.
Post-graduate courses in Management Studies (MBA) and Computer Applications (MCA) were started in the academic year 1994-1995. In addition, a five year integrated technical course in Software Engineering (M.Sc. – SE), two year post-graduate course in Computer Technology (M.Sc.-CT), two year post-graduate course in Information Technology (M.Sc.-IT), two year post graduate course in Software Engineering (M.Sc.-SE) and a three year under-graduate course in Computer Technology (B.Sc. -CT) were started apart from the engineering courses in an adjacent and separate campus. During 2006-07, M.Sc.-CT and M.Sc.-IT have been transformed to five year integrated PG courses.

Let Jill And Jack Play And Eat Well

With increasing affluence and socioeconomic changes, India, like the rest of the world, is witnessing an obesity epidemic, especially in children and adolescents. According to one study, the percentage of overweight/obese children in Delhi has increased from 16% in 2002 to about 24% in 2006. Read more
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Salma Farook- Among Top Ten in IGCSE-CIE

Salma Farook, an Overseas Citizen of India from Seychelles clinched a place among the top 10, globally in the IGCSE-Cambridge Internation Exams.


This is about Salma Farook, a 17-year-old OIC (Overseas Citizen of India) from Seychelles, quietly revelling in this achievement of hers' at her father's native town here in Thittacherry in Nagapattinam.
And the excitement is not without reason.

To secure straight A-stars in all 10 subjects at the IGCSE-Cambridge International Exams, internationally recognized by educational institutions and organisations, require a modicum of above-normal will.

Globally, over 100 countries and about 2000 schools follow the Cambridge IGCSE exams – developed by University of Cambridge International Exams (CIE). The exams that host both core syllabus and advanced syllabus is taken at the completion of six-plus-five-years of education (under Indian system, that would be at 11th grade, says Salma). While five subjects are mandatory, Salma Farook chose to appear for all 10 subjects offered by her school. The core syllabus, which is relatively easier and safer to appear for, would also secure a highest grade of just C. “I chose the advanced syllabus, which has in-depth coverage and of course the highest grade is an A-star,” says Salma. And the dividends are evident.

While the exams were held in October 2009 and the results were declared in February 2010, the results after global comparison was declared a week ago.

Globally, top ten achievers in each subject were declared and Salma has secured first in English, third in Biology and ninth place in Geography.

To have secured A-stars in each subject - biology, chemistry, physics, maths, geography, information and communication technology; French as foreign language, English as second language, English as first language and English literature - is a feat scaled just once before, six years ago, says Salma.

On Sunday, couched in the quietude of her father Mohammad Farook's native town of Thittacherry that the family visits every year, Salma has missed out on all the celebrations toasted to her success back there in her archipelago nation.

This girl with a flair for literature and poetry is aspiring to be a paediatrician.

“I love to write….someday, would like to publish a novel.” Perhaps, she has already spilt ink on the course, with three entries to the Commonwealth essay competitions. While the first entry ended with a ‘participatory' note, her two other entries secured a ‘commendable' and a ‘highly commendable' note.

“During my preparations, I wanted a proper study table and that evening my parents got me one,” says the proud daughter about her parental support.

For now, here's wishing - this little girl with inimitable feats, little wants and big dreams - that she resurrects those old diaries with her unfinished novellas and pens for herself all over again.


Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/05/stories/2010070550940200.htm