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Coimbatore’s Jamaat-e-Islami Hind celebrated the 74th Independence Day of India with great fervour at the campus of Hidhaya Islamic College for Women in Karumbukkadai.
P.S. Umar Farook, President of Coimbatore chapter of Jamaat had presided over the event and hoisted the national flag in presence of Moulavi M.M. Mohammed Ismail Imdhadhi and State Secretary of Rabidathul Ulema Forum. Special arrangements were made because of the COVID-19 pandemic with all the participants and office bearers as well as the cadres followed social distancing and wore masks throughout this event.
The Jamaat President spoke on the significance of being a citizen of the country that celebrates ‘unity in diversity’ while pointing out the selfless sacrifices made by Muslims in the construction of the country. He also stated that as a proud citizen of this country we should not only divulge in the past sacrifices but should also partake in the present in terms of the nation’s development and prosperity. He concluded by reiterating that “every Indian should distance himself from divisive factors and should safeguard the notion of unity in diversity.”
The event concluded with the National Anthem and playing ‘Saare Jahan Se Achcha’.
