Tuesday, March 15, 2011

HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA


Haj House,
7-A, M.R.A. Marg,
(Palton Road),
Mumbai – 400 001.
Ref.No.HC-II-(21)/2011/BST/                                                                 3rd March, 2011.

                        Sub : Norms for the deputation of members of Building Selection 
                                 Team during Haj 1432 (H) – 2011 (A.D.).
Please refer this office communication No.HC-II-(21)/2011/BST/296 dated 4th February, 2011 enclosing therewith a copy of communication No.M(Haj)1183/6/2011 dated 3.2.2011 received from the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, regarding the subject cited above.
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India vide its communication No.M(Haj)1183/6/2011 dated 3.3.2011 has again desired to request you to take expeditious action in the matter for sending the nomination for B.S.T. Member from your State, as the first B.S.T. Member is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia from 8th March, 2011.
            With regards,
(Dr. S. Shakir Hussain)
IRS.,
Chief Executive Officer.
To:
All the Executive Officers / Secretaries of State / Union Territory Haj Committees.

HAJJ-GOT TO GO.........

DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ISLAM.

HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE HAJJ 2011.

http://www.hajinformation.com/index.htm

YOU CAN GET KNOWLEDGE TO PERFORM HAJJ RITUALS,RULES AND REGULATIONS ETC...

READ, GET ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE AND CONVEY THE MESSAGE OF ALLAH,THE ONE AND ONLY,AND PROPHET MUHAMMADH SAL.

Haj forms to be distributed from March 16


 The AP Haj Committee will start distributing the Haj application forms throughout the state from March 16.
A meeting of the Haj committee was held today during which it was decided to distribute the forms through the members of the Haj committee in some districts besides volunteer Haj committees in other districts.
During the meeting convened by committee chairman Syed Khaleeluddin Ahmed, the issue of better facilities and amenities to the pilgrims, right from filing of applications till their return, came up for discussion.
The committee will visit Rajiv Gandhi International airport and seek extension of the area of the Haj terminal and provide facilities like a larger area for prayers for women, visitors and a shade for them.
The Chairman also approved the Haj society of Nizamabad district which is supervised by committee member Habeebuddin Ahmed.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Hindu guru convicted of molesting girls in US


An octogenarian Hindu religious leader, head of a Hindu ashram, one of the largest temples in the US, has been convicted of molesting two young girls.

The girls, many of whose family members serve at the ashram 'Barsana Dham', a 200-acre Hindu ashram located in Austin. alleged that they were molested by Prakashanand Saraswati, who is known to his devotees as Shree Swamiji, when they grew up there in the mid-1990s.

His conviction at the ashram,, which attracts a large number of Hindu Americans from across the country every year, has sent shock waves among the community members.

"We are very disappointed with the verdict. We are certain that Swamiji is innocent. This is not the end of the legal process," said Aman Agrawal, spokesman of Barsana Dham.

The sentencing is scheduled for today. Convicted in all of the 20 counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years on each of the counts.

In their charges, two women Shyama Rose, 30, and Vesla Tonnessen Kazimer, 27, alleged that Prakashanand Saraswati tried to exploit them on numerous occasions over the course of several years, beginning when they were as young as 12.

The two lived in the campus of the ashram along with their other family members.

The charges by Rose and Kazimer against Prakashanand were first levied in April 2008 following which he was arrested.

He was later released on a USD 1 million bond. A third woman Kate Tonnessen, 31, too made similar allegations recently.

Barsana Dham was established by Prakashanand in 1990.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

save our fishermen

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Assalaamu Alaikum (varah), 

Some of our brothers created a petition targeting UN to save the lives of fishermen brothers. Please read the petition and (if you are willing please) sign. May Allah(swt) bless us for our good deeds. 


Thanks, 

Your brother, 
Aashiq Ahamed A