{"id":749,"date":"2009-10-26T22:19:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mohamediqbalp.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/26\/namaz-at-india-islamic-cultural-centre\/"},"modified":"2009-10-26T22:19:09","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T16:49:09","slug":"namaz-at-india-islamic-cultural-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/namaz-at-india-islamic-cultural-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Namaz at India Islamic Cultural Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"title\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"node\">            <\/p>\n<div class=\"submitted\">Submitted by admin on 25 October 2009 &#8211; 5:10am.<\/div>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"taxonomy\">\n<ul class=\"links inline\">\n<li class=\"first taxonomy_term_8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/news\/features\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Features\" class=\"taxonomy_term_8\">Features<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"taxonomy_term_1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/news\/indian-muslim\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Indian Muslim\" class=\"taxonomy_term_1\">Indian Muslim<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"last taxonomy_term_57\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/news\/photo_feature\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"\" class=\"taxonomy_term_57\">Photo feature<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Photo &amp; text by Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The building of the India Islamic Cultural Center (IICC) takes your<br \/>breath away. The beautiful dome, intricate calligraphy and delicate<br \/>design in beautiful Persian tiles make you spellbound. The<br \/>administration of IICC can be forgiven for taking 22 years to complete<br \/>its construction. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3371\/3567864009_91500b4a8a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Between Indira Gandhi laying the foundation stone of the Centre on<br \/>August 24, 1984 and her daughter-in-law inaugurating it on June 12,<br \/>2006, it took many people and much money to see to its completion. It<br \/>is a beautiful example of Muslim\u2019s and the Indian government coming<br \/>together to give shape to an institution. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3399\/3568675588_582ce63a54.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>With the objective to \u201cpromote understanding among the people of<br \/>different religion and help the promotion of the cause of national<br \/>integration,\u201d IICC has quickly become an important institution. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3366\/3568671616_af586c301b.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Last year, it saw a bitter fight between businessman Sirajuddin<br \/>Qureshi and present Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for the<br \/>post of the president. Though Mr. Qureshi was able to win the election<br \/>easily, the quarrel symbolizes the prestige of the institution. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2483\/3567861463_02555aa972.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Though it has become a hub of Muslim related activities like<br \/>seminars, conferences, and meetings, the space allocated for namaz<br \/>(prayers) seems to be an after-thought. You have to go down a flight of<br \/>stairs to get to the place. Though there is a proper wuzu-khana the<br \/>musalla (prayer place) is neatly tucked away from important parts of<br \/>the building. It is out in the open with only a few rows with overhead<br \/>covering. During winter the musalla moves in-doors in the basement. I<br \/>did not see any place for women to offer prayers. There is no mihrab,<br \/>dome or beautiful columns as is found in other masaajid of India. In<br \/>short, the building does a wonderful job of hiding an important pillar<br \/>of Islam. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iiccentre.org\/famous_images\/maulana_3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Namaz at IICC [IICC photo]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>So, a premier institution of Indian Muslims that have the backing of<br \/>some of the biggest names of the community comes up short in the<br \/>\u201cIslamic\u201d part of its name, let\u2019s hope it holds up to the \u201cIndian\u201d tag.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2036\/1826811071_4076f90f8d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>IICC in daylight [Photo by s.prigge]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Link:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiccentre.org\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.iiccentre.org\/\">http:\/\/www.iiccentre.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>      <\/div>\n<div class=\"comment\">    <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/2009oct24\/namaz_india_islamic_cultural_centre.html#comment-50473\" class=\"active\">There is need to make a space for Masjid also..<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"submitted\">Submitted by Syed Mohammad Raghib (not verified) on 26 October 2009 &#8211; 6:32pm.<\/div>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\t\t  <\/p>\n<p>It<br \/>is one of the marvelous building, it takes 22 years and it has<br \/>Indo-Iranian art and all the important seminars, symposium, Islamic<br \/>activities are organised there very fine, but where is our Masjid. Its<br \/>mean as muslim who did not want to pray with execuse that i am busy<br \/>that kind of people had planned that culture centre. In every nonmuslim<br \/>home they have a little space of Mandir but we people are so uncontious<br \/>about our prime goal and future plan. We build this for the development<br \/>for our own community who doest feel that Salat (Namaz) is the Farz<br \/>(Duty)&#8230;. what a good example of our Elite class muslim&#8230; this things<br \/>will be written in history and our new generation will learn more and<br \/>hate us&#8230;where is our Islamic value&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t      <\/div>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"links\">\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li class=\"first last comment_reply\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/comment\/reply\/168994\/50473\" class=\"comment_reply\">reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"comment\">    <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/2009oct24\/namaz_india_islamic_cultural_centre.html#comment-50466\" class=\"active\">hypocrisy<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"submitted\">Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 26 October 2009 &#8211; 4:52pm.<\/div>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\t\t  <\/p>\n<p>I<br \/>have been to this centre, located in the posh neighbourhood of the<br \/>capital- it should be renamed Indian Muslim Centre, as it is that only<br \/>&#8211; a meeting place for elite Muslims, sort of like a social club.<br \/>Perhaps some people are embarrassed to pray in the open, so they have<br \/>tucked away the prayer hall at the bottom of the monument.<\/p>\n<p>Further the membership fee is out of bounds for a commoner, so I don&#8217;t<br \/>know what kind of Islam is being represented to the Indian masses.<br \/>Apart from being located in Delhi, there doesn&#8217;t seem anything Indian<br \/>either here.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t      <\/div>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"links\">\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li class=\"first last comment_reply\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/comment\/reply\/168994\/50466\" class=\"comment_reply\">reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twocircles.net\/2009oct24\/namaz_india_islamic_cultural_centre.html#comment-50449\" class=\"active\">Namaz at India Islamic Cultural Centre<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"submitted\">Submitted by Khushnood Ali (not verified) on 26 October 2009 &#8211; 10:48am.<\/div>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\t\t  <\/p>\n<p>Really,<br \/>it is surprizing a Islamic Cultural Centre does not have proper Masjid<br \/>for prayer. If you are not able to show one of the important amd<br \/>mandatory functions of Islam properly what kind of Islamic Culture you<br \/>want to show to the people of the world. The place marked for the<br \/>prayer is very small. There is urgent need to construct a proper Masjid<br \/>at IICC.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t      <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by admin on 25 October 2009 &#8211; 5:10am. Features Indian Muslim Photo feature Photo &amp; text by Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net The building of the India Islamic Cultural Center (IICC) takes yourbreath away. The beautiful dome, intricate calligraphy and delicatedesign in beautiful Persian tiles make you spellbound. Theadministration of IICC can be forgiven for taking 22 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iqsoft.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}