Qatar: The Karnataka Muslim Cultural Association convened its annual general body meeting followed by Iftar on June 2.
The AGM began with recitation of Holy Quran by Saeed Assadi. Niyaz Ahmed as past president, explained how the AGM would be conducted. President Abdullah Monu Mohiddin, welcomed the gathering and gave an insight on all that KMCA has achieved in the past year. He thanked the members for their support and requested their further cooperation in conducting more events towards community service by KMCA. Saquib Raza Khan, General Secretary presented the annual report, while Dr. Masooda Ali, presented the report on ladies event. Fayaz Ahmed presented the annual financial report.
Later, the management committee of 2016-2017 was dissolved and election for new committee for 2017-2018 was held. The general body unanimously agreed for the current executive committee to continue the new term under the leadership of community activist Abdulla Monu Mohiddin, while Aisha Rafique, was elected as the vice president and Saquib Raza Khan as the general secretary.
The following are the office bearers of KMCA for the term 2017-2018:
Abdulla Monu Mohiddin–President
Aisha Rafique – Vice President
Saquib Raza Khan – General Secretary
Dana Asif–Joint Secretary
Ismail Aboobakker–Cultural Secretary
Fayaz Ahmed–Treasurer
Other positions appointed for 2017-2018 are as follows :
Sarfaraz-Sports Secretary
Masooda Ibraiz–Coordinator, Ladies Wing
Aysha Abdulla–Coordinator (Public Relations and Media)
Ibraiz Khan–Coordinator (Special Needs and Social Events)
Zakir Ahmed– Coordinator (Logistics)
In addition to the above, the President shall appoint an advisory team to provide necessary guidance and vision for KMCA’s long term community goals.
On being elected for the second term, Abdullah Monu thanked the members for showing faith in him and requested them to come up with ideas for giving quality service to the community.
It was followed by an Islamic lecture by prominent speaker Shiekh Asif, who is closely associated with Fanar, and has dedicated his time and efforts in conducting classes aimed towards understanding Quran in an easy way. This was followed by Dua by Ustad Hamad Abdul Rahman, who has dedicated his time and effort to help people read Quran correctly and understand it.
Around 300 people with families participated in the Iftar, which included ICC President Milan Arun, prominent Indian community member Hassan Choughale, M I Farid, Arvind Patil (President-ICBF), Sinu Pillai (Vice President-ICC), Diwakar Poojary (General Secretary-ICC), Mahesh Gowda (Joint Secretary-ICBF), Ravi Shetty (President–Tulu Koota), H K Madhu (President-KSQ), Navnit Shetty (President- Bunts Qatar), Suhaib Ahmed (President–SKMWA), Arun Kumar, Dr. Sanjay Kudari, Subramanya Hebbegalu, Anil Boloor and founder members of KMCA, Rafique Ahmed Saheb, Ibrahim Baery, Abdulla Khatri and many others.
The MC of the event was Saquib Raza Khan and the event was coordinated by Ahmed Saeed Assadi.
