Islamabad, December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):Dawah Center for Women (DCW) of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) organized a refresher course of Hajj training program for women Master Trainers, which was started in last week of November and concluded in December, 2021. Senior Joint Secretary, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Mr. Alamgir Ahmed Khan was the chief guest of the concluding ceremony which was held at Allama Iqbal Auditorium, Faisal Masjid Campus of the University.
The concluding ceremony was also attended by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ilyas, Director General Dawah Academy (IIUI), Ms Shagufta Omer, Incharge (DCW, IIUI), Dr. Faryal Ambreen of DCW, Incharge Training Department, Dawah Academy, Dr. Abdullah Fareed Barohi, teachers and participants of the refresher course.
Addressing the concluding ceremony, Senior Joint Secretary, Mr. Alamgir Khan said that Dawah Academy is providing valuable services to the society according to the teachings of Islam. Briefing about the government present policy, he told that this year six to 12 hundred thousand pilgrims will perform Hajj. Mr. Alamgir Khan highlighted the importance of learning Arabic Language and shared the significant features of policy of Saudi government in this regard.
He urged that master trainers must follow the instructions during providing Hajj training to the pilgrims. On the occasion he also lauded role of DCW’s administration on successful completion of the program and showed deep interest to remain keen to take future planning of training programs by providing support from Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Muhammad Ilyas, Director General, Dawah Academy, IIUI said that training of master trainers according to a given way by the religion and instructions of the Saudi government policy possess significant role and is a matter of reward from Almighty for them. Dr. Muhammad Ilyas appreciated the DCW’s administration for conducting training programs with great efforts. He specially thanked the women participants who all the way came from far flung districts of the country and who joined the training sessions through video link. Dr. Ilyas also vowed to continue the joint cooperation with Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony for future endeavours.
Earlier, Ms Shagufta Omar presented detailed introductory report on activates of Dawah Center for Women, IIUI and briefed the audience about stats of female master trainers who are providing the service since 2013 in association with Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony. She said that so far at national level, Dawah Center for Women (DCW) has trained 550 master trainers from different districts of the county at national level.
Ms Shagufta added that during the present training program of master trainers as many as 280 participants were trained from all over the country in which they were provided learning material through recorded lectures by DCW and Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.
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