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Calicut airport set to spread its wings with operation of wide-body aircraft
He said the airport’s newly constructed international passenger terminal would be launched either in August or September, adding that it would increase the airport’s annual capacity from three million to 4.5 million. He estimated the airport’s annual revenue at Rs2 ...
Zakat's strategic role in poverty alleviation stressed
The international Zakat conference, which concluded its deliberations here Sunday, emphasized the significance of Zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, in poverty alleviation, job creation and boosting human welfare.
Kerala meet calls for a world free of violence against children
Magician Gopinath Muthukad gave a motivational speech. He urged children to read good books to enhance their knowledge and energize their thinking power. “You should be able to say No to bad things and evil temptations,” the magician told the ...
Saudi women over the moon with positive changes
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman’s landmark decision allowing women to drive has been applauded by all in the Kingdom and abroad. Saudi women compete with their male counterparts in higher education and have started carving a niche ...
Communal harmony need of the hour in India: History conference
A two-day history conference, held here recently with the participation of prominent politicians, historians and academics, emphasized the need to protect India’s plurality and its unity in diversity, which has been challenged by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ...
ICCOSA set to take Islahiya to new heights of progress
Saudi Gazette CALICUT — Islahiya College Chennamangallur has been playing a significant role in the socio-cultural and educational progress of Muslims in the south Indian state of Kerala over the past 65 years, producing highly capable and knowledgeable scholars proficient in ...
Seminar highlights cultural exchanges between Indians and Arabs
CALICUT, Kerala – Indias civilization, culture and literature have played a significant role in enriching the Arabic language and literature and this cultural exchange strengthened Indo-Arab relations over the centuries, said Ashraf Abouel Yazid, an Egyptian novelist and poet who ...
Saudi Arabia — A leading regional player
ASIAN economic giant Saudi Arabia is a leading player in the region in terms of combating terror, providing humanitarian assistance to victims of natural calamities and civil wars and stabilizing international oil market. It hosts nearly eight million pilgrims who ...
Muslim women lambaste Modi's anti-Shariah tirade
[gallery size="medium" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" td_gallery_title_input="Muslim women lambaste Modi's anti-Shariah tirade" ids="142335,142336,142337"] P.K. Abdul Ghafour Saudi Gazette MALAPPURAM — The women’s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) in Kerala has lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP party for shedding crocodile tears for a ...
Umrah fee does not affect inflow of pilgrims
By P.K. Abdul Ghafour MAKKAH — It seems the government’s recent decision to impose SR2,000 fee on pilgrims who perform Haj or Umrah more than once has not affected the inflow of visitors to the Two Holy Mosques at the start ...
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