Modern educational facilities for Huffaz in India

Mir Mohsin Ali RIYADH — Children of Indian expatriates who discontinue their studies for pursuing Hifzul Qur’an have an option to continue their studies in India. Shaheen group of institutions offers extensive educational facilities for huffaz children of NRIs. Based at Bidar in Karnataka state, Shaheen group aims to prepare huffaz to compete and excel in fields of modern education like medicine, engineering, law etc. Founder secretary of Shaheen Group and secretary of Allama Iqbal Education, Bidar in Karnataka Qadeer was in Riyadh for a short visit and General Manager, Dar Al Zeba, Wali Ur Rahman hosted lunch in his honor. Rahman welcomed the guests and introduced Shaheen group, which recently started offering education to the dropout students. He added that here most of the parents are worried about higher education of their children, Shaheen has provided major relief for hundreds of NRI parents. Qadeer said the institute started with a single room and very few students in Bidar. Now it has expanded to neighboring state with a branch in Hyderabad. Thousands of students from 6 countries and 18 states are currently studying at the schools run by Shaheen group. He lauded that education is an important tool to uplift the minority community, and the institute provides a chance to all students including those from poor communities and others who have dropped out to become doctors, engineers, lawyers etc. to compete with other professionals in the modern world. Qadeer disclosed the Shaheen group has received the highest civilian award from the government of Karnataka. He said the boys are performing better than girls and students from Shaheen institute have received admissions at the best government college. The institute has facility to learn the Holy Qur’an. He said that the Shaheen Institute get benefits from the various schemes of minority institutions offered by the government of India. Tajamul Ali Khan praised the institute for their efforts to provide proper education for children in India. Earlier Hafiz Aleemuddin recited the verses of the holy Qur’an.