By TwoCircles.net news desk
Trichirappalli (Tamil Nadu): H. Abdur Raqeeb, Editor of Samarasam Tamil Fortnightly was awarded ‘The best Journalist Award’ by the Islamiya Tamil Ilakkiya Kazhagam (Tamil Islamic Literary Organization).
The award was conferred upon H. Abdur Raqeeb in the First State Conference of Islamiya Tamil Ilakkiya Kazhagam held in Trichirappalli on 17 and 18th of May 2008.
Islamiya Ilakkiya Kazhagam is the pioneer literary Organization in the State. So far it has organised ten World Tamil Islamic Literary conferences. This conference was organized at historic Jamal Mohammad College.
The best Journalist award comprised of a citation, a shield and a cash award of Rs. 5000/-.
Samarasam Tamil Fortnightly is the trendsetter and frontrunner in Tamil Muslim Journalistic arena. This is the first Muslim magazine that is able to get a sizable non-Muslim readership as well. Samarasam is being sent to more than 350 govt libraries all over Tamil Nadu.
Raqeeb took over the editorship of Samarasam from Maulana M A Jameel Ahmed and has introduced many changes to make it appealing to a wider audience base. He is also the author of Azhaippiyal Sindanaigal (Dawah Insights) a handy guide for those who do dawah.
Mr. Abdur Raqeeb has nowadays taken up the onerous responsibility of making Islamic banking a living reality in India. He has been appointed as the convenor of Islamic Banking Committee by the Markaz. He is also a member of Markazi Majlis-e-Shoora and has served the tahreek in various capacities.
Link:
http://www.samarasam.com/