Scholar and journalist Hashir Farooqui remembered at IPS

A condolence meeting was held at IPS on January 13, 2022 to recall and recollect the intellectual contributions of prominent scholar and journalist Hashir Farooqui, who breathed his last in London on January 12, aged 90.

The sitting, which was chaired by Dr Safir Akhtar, a renowned scholar and editor of IPS journal Nuqta-e-Nazar, and attended by the Institute’s faculty, paid rich tributes to the deceased intellectual who was the founding member of UK Islamic Mission, trustee of Islamic Foundation, UK and many other organizations, and the founding editor of Monthly Impact International which was launched in 1970 from London and served the Muslim Ummah for forty years.

Earlier IPS’ Patron-in-Chief Professor Khurshid Ahmad also issued a heartfelt condolence message at the loss of his old friend and companion. He extended his deepest sympathies to the members of the bereaved family while praying to the Almighty to shower his blessings upon the departed soul.