Mangaluru: 17 couples to enter wedlock in BWF's 7th mass Nikah ceremony

Mangaluru, Feb 10: Abu Dhabi based Bearys Welfare Forum (BWF) will be organising a mass wedding ceremony for the couples from economically backward families in the city on Saturday, February 11.

Announcing this formally at a press conference in the city on Friday Mohammed Ali Uchil and Abdulla Madumoole, the president and general secretary of BWF respectively, said that they have already hosted such mass wedding events six times in the past.

As many as 17 couples would enter martial life through the seventh mass Nikah ceremony being hosted by BWF at Milagres Auditorium in the heart of the city, they said.

The programme will commence at 10:30 a.m. Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar, the Khazi of Dakshina Kannada, would solemnize the Nikah, while Shafi Saadi, a prominent cleric from Bengaluru, will inaugurate the ceremony.

Mohammed Ali Uchil will preside over. B.A. Mohidin, former minister, U.T. Khader, minister for food and civil supplies, and B.A. Mohiuddin Bava, MLA, Mangaluru North, will be the chief guests.

Thumbay Mohidin, Chairman & MD, Thumbay Group, UAE, Abu Mohammed, MD, Multiline Group of Companies, Abu Dhabi, B.M. Farook, President, The Bearys' Welfare Association, Bengaluru, K.S.M. Masood, President, Muslim Central Committee, D.K & Udupi Dist, Abdul Latheef, MD, Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals, Muscat, S.M. Rasheed, Chairman, Bearys Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Musthafa S.M., MD, Bharat Infrastructure, Mangaluru and Afroze Assadi, MD, Northern Insurance, Dubai will be the guests of honour.

M.E. Mulur, Vice President, Bearys Cultural Forum, Dubai; M.B. Abdul Rahiman, Former President, Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy; B.A. Mohammed Haneef, President, Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy; B.M. Mumtaz Ali, Gen. Secretary, Islamic Cultural Centre, Mangaluru; Musthafa Kempi, President, Muslim Aikyatha Vedhike; Mohammed Asif, Suhail Al Mazroui Est., Abu Dhabi; Fathaulla Saheb, Vice President- F&A, Emirates Glass Industries, Dubai; Abdul Rauf Puthige, Founder Chairman, Talent Research Foundation, Mangaluru; Mansoor Ahmed, Azad Hardwares, Mangaluru; Mohammed Haneef G., Chairman, Al Wafa Charitable Trust, Mangaluru are also expected to be present.

BWF office bearers, Mohammed Rafeeq Krishnapur, Mohammed Siddiq Kaup, Imran Ahmed Kudroli, Basheer Bajpe, Siddiq Ucchil, Haneef Ullal and Umar UH were present at the press meet.