IMWA’s Award Conferral of Quran Competitions 2011 was held on Friday, 30th Dec 2011 at Jamiat Al-Islah, Rawda, Kuwait which was compared by br. Abdulazeem Majgaonkar, supported by masters Khazi Mohammed Owais and Rayees Shareef.

The function started with recitation of Holy Quran by master Mohammed Owais, which was translated by masters Nader and Hamza.

Br. Mohammed Manshauddin, the President of IMWA welcomed the Chief Guest , H.E. Mr. Satish C. Mehta, The Ambassador of India to Kuwait and the Guest of Honor Mr. Abdul Aziz Al-Duaij, Deputy General Manager of Islam Presentation Committee (IPC), Kuwait. He also welcomed the guests, dignitaries, IMWA members and its executive committee and more importantly, the winners of the Quran Competition. He did highlight the difficulties encountered by the association in organizing the Competition and requested the parents to encourage the children to participate in the Competition and take advantage of the same. He also informed the audience about introduction of “Islamic Calligraphy” in this year’s competition, which was very much liked by the children.

The President thanked the Sponsors who supported in conducting this Program.

The President requested the Chief Guest, the Indian Ambassador to release this year’s IMWA SOUVENIR. During his speech, H.E. The Ambassador acknowledged the importance of understanding the Holy Quran and appreciated IMWA’s ambitious plans in this regard and quoted “The seeds we sow today in this direction will bring fruits tomorrow in the form of good Citizens of India.’’
Then a gift was presented to the Ambassador by the guest of honor Mr. Abdul Aziz Al-Duaij.

This year IMWA also started a new “Academic Excellence Award” in the name of late Abdullah Hamza Dalwi. The Awards Conferral , started by the Ambassador giving the first Academic Excellence Award to Sharifa Alimiya Tiklye, who achieved the 2nd rank in the Xth. Standard, CBSE Exams 2010 from Jabriya Indian School. The Ambassador congratulated and gave his blessings to Sharifa.

This was followed by Conferring Awards to the Winners. H.E. The Ambassador congratulated IMWA for conducting such a Program and expressed good wishes for IMWA’s success in its future endeavors.

Br. Abdulazeem kept the audience fully engaged and invited IEAS (Don Bosco) students to present a Choral Recitation, brief Biography of the Holy Prophet (SAW). It was very well choreographed and all the audience, approx over 350 people applauded the skit and for that the entire team and teachers were appreciated.

Mr. Abdul Aziz Al-Duaij, Deputy General Manager of IPC gave speech which was quite inspiring. He said that these days ‘’there are no boundaries for cultures to expand and knowledge to reach to any part of the world’’. He was very impressed with the fact that 1.2 billion plus Indians with all kinds of diversity are living in peace and harmony. He further emphasized that the small children laden with true understanding of Islam will lead the entire world and paves the way for peace and harmony. He gave the Certificates of appreciation to the respected judges of the Quran Competition. Then came the speech of Mohammed Kotob on the topic "Advice to Parents’’. It was very informative in which he advised the parents to have trust in their children and to invest in them with time and money.

The Award distribution continued and the Certificates were awarded by the President and senior members of IMWA as well as by other dignitaries. Br. Mujeebullah KV, the Convener of the event gave a short and impressive speech and requested the parents to encourage the children to participate in Quran Competition. Then came a very eloquent talk by Mina Anwar Saeed, Class IV student of the Indian Central School, Abbasiya on “Five Pillars of Islam”. It was amazing to witness the high level of confidence possessed by such a young student.

The students of IEAS (Don Bosco) continued the program by presenting a Skit on “Science and Sunnah” which was well received by the audience. The Award Conferral continued till all the Certificates were awarded.

Br. Alimiya Ticklye along with Dr. Naeemuddin, Br. Zahid and other Volunteers distributed food packets. Reception desk was managed by Br. A.W. Rumani. Mrs. Manshauddin and Mrs. Ticklye took charge of ladies section and maintained discipline amongst children.

The program was concluded by Vote of Thanks offered by IMWA’s General Secretary, Br. Israr Ahmed to all those who took time to attend this Conferral.