Indian Friends’ Circle-Qatar (IFC) in coordination with its literary wing Halqua Adab-e-Islami Qatar (HAI) organised competitions for Indian children on the theme “awareness against corruption” at Shantiniketan Indian School recently. Drawing competition and Quiz were held on Thursday evening while Elocution and Hamd/Naat recitations were held on Friday afternoon followed by the prize distribution ceremony. IFC is an Islamic social organisation promoting awareness about Islam among Urdu speaking Indian Muslims in Qatar.
The topic for elocution competition under junior category was “Corruption Free Society” while under senior category, the topic was “Corruption: Causes and Eradication”. The elocution competitions were conducted in Urdu and English for boys and girls separately for both categories. More than 80 children took part in the competitions.
Quiz was conducted by Abdur Rahman Shamsi while elocution contests for boys were conducted by Iftekhar Raghib. At the prize distribution ceremony, Syed Mohiuddin Shakir, President of IFC, lauded the purpose to conduct the competitions for children and necessity of raising awareness against corruption.
The Peninsula
