Bhatkal: Cosmos Sports Centre organized its annual Educational awards ceremony on Friday, 22nd February, evening here in Bhatkal in which members of club and students who excelled in academics and sports in the year 2017 - 18 were felicitated and awarded.
Speaking at the event, Principal of Madrasa Zia Ul Uloom Kandloor in Udupi, Maulana Ubaidullah Nadvi, who was present as the chief guest stress on the importance of Education in the society.
Speaking with regard to language issues with Bhatkalis, Maulana explained the importance of Kannada and asked the Muslims of Bhatkal to focus on improving Kannada language in the region. Lack of speaking Kannada would grab away the opportunity from spreading the message of Islam in the region. He asked Muslims to spread the message of Islam with the regional languages to wash away the misunderstandings that is growing among non Muslims with regard to Islam,
Maulana asked the Muslims of Bhatkal to lay the foundation for 'Kannada Sahitya Kendra' in the town and asked to demand support from the government.
Qazi Markazi Khalifa Jamaat Ul Muslimeen, Maulana Khaja Moinuddin Akrami Madani, stood with Maulana Ubaidullah's words and expressed his views about why the Muslims in Bhatkal were not making efforts in learning Kannada. He asked the students, especially the Sports Centres of the town to organize short term courses for the youth of respective areas to aware Kannada language.
Hafiz Taimur Gawai Nadvi, who has not only achieved the degree in Islamic university but also has accomplished an LLB degree and is Hifz Quran (memorization of Holy Quran) was felicitated by Cosmos Sports Centre. Similarly, the blind Hafiz of the area, Anees was also felicitated.
Khubaib Akrami, who had won second place in state level and first place in the district for Urdu speech, who also managed to bag the gold medal along with the precious title of 'Waqar e Anjuman', was also felicitated. Other than these, many students were honoured with medals for their achievements in the academic fields.
The program began with the recitation of verses from the holy Quran by Hafiz Anees followed by the Naat, sung by Hafiz Khizar. Maualvi Yaseen Naite welcomed the guests and audience. Convenor of the event Ismail Chadubapa Shabandari introduced the guests. The program was compared by Maulana Irshad Naite Nadvi, while the Cosmos report was presented by the joint secretary Maulavi Ismail Anjum Gangavali. The vote of thanks was delivered by Shams Tabrez Gawai.
The program was presided by Abdul Azeem DF, president of Cosmos Sports Centre.