By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: Majority of the Muslim publications cannot present matters addressing the general public, opined Dr MM Basheer. He was speaking after releasing the special 60th anniversary edition of the ‘Prabodhanam’ weekly in Calicut on Friday.
Mr Basheer said that majority of the publications could not present public affairs in a wide angle keeping their own stand. Publications should inspire to work and relate Islam with other societies in the wide Islamic perspective. But majority of them are hard to understand and deal with subjects in a trivial manner. He added that publications should promote cultural, art and literary works too.
Writer UK Kumaran received the first copy of the anniversary special edition. Jamat e Islami state assistant amir Sheikh Muhammed Karakunnu delivered the main speech. TK Ubaid, editor of the ‘Prabodhanam’ weekly, presided over the session. O Abdurahman (editor of ‘Madhyamam’ daily), Navas Poonoor (editor of ‘Chandrika’ periodical), VM Ibrahim (Executive Editor of ‘Madhyamam’), Sadrudheen Vazhakkad (magazine editor of the anniversary edition), EKM Pannoor, PC Basheer and Fausiya Shams also spoke. Ashraf Keezhparamba (executive editor) welcomed the audience and K Hussain delivered the vote of thanks.
‘Prabodhanam’ is the weekly publication of the Jamat e Islami in Kerala. The weekly is the first publication run by Muslim management to complete sixty years in the state. The Jamat has organised various programmes that last a whole year from August 2009 to August 2010 on the occasion.