ISLAMIC CENTER IN KARACHI TURNED INTO CINEMA

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ISLAMIC CENTER IN KARACHI TURNED INTO CINEMA

Al-Markaz e islami was an advanced Islamic research and cultural centre with a mosque and an Islamic centre in Karachi. The domes are still a witness of that. When Naimutullah khan was a mayor in Karachi , millions were spent to make it a state of the art Islamic centre with cultural representation via an auditorium and library.

Soon the cultural auditorium was hired more for stage shows than cultural shows, those stage shows soon evolved into mujras and today the Al-Markaz e Islami has been abolished and Cinepex cinema has been made over it.

@MaarKhoor @Zarvan @WAJsal @Akheilos @PaklovesTurkiye

 

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@Musafir117 @Syed.Ali.Haider @Neutron @unleashed

@Color_Less_Sky @Hyperion @Jonah Arthur @Ammara Chaudhry @haviZsultan

 

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today the Al-Markaz e Islami has been abolished and Cinepex cinema has been made over it.

Is that a problem?

 

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@Musafir117 @Syed.Ali.Haider @Neutron @unleashed

@Color_Less_Sky @Hyperion @Jonah Arthur @Ammara Chaudhry @haviZsultan

It was closed since long and was empty too, also part was used as Marriage Lawn.

 

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@DESERT FIGHTER @Irfan Baloch @DesertFox97 @waz @Atanz

Is that a problem?

Dude this is Pakistan

 

[PaklovesTurkiye]

I don't know what to comment. Right or Wrong. Allah knows.

 

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I don't know what to comment. Right or Wrong. Allah knows.

Just pray molvis dont use this to create mayhem in Karachi

 

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@DESERT FIGHTER @Irfan Baloch @DesertFox97 @waz @Atanz

Dude this is Pakistan

So what? What is the problem with this conversion?

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

What specific 'research' was conducted at this Center?

Better it gets used as a potentially profitable private enterprise that employs locals instead of 'Mullah kabza' that converts into her another mosque/Madrassa.

 

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So what? What is the problem with this conversion?

Its the land of Mumtaz Qadri incidence like this can serve as catalysts for violent events

afsoos sad afsoos apnay magharbi aaqaaon ko kush kerney key liye Altaf ke paltoo logoun ney kiya.

Some say it was empty for years and was more of a marriage hall

 

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It is just a building that was no longer being used for the purpose it was build for. So I really do not see a problem in that sense.

But it is a sad statement about our priorities as a society. We are content with building mosques and mausoleums where only rituals and rote learning is promoted. But a place where a deeper understanding of our religion is supposedly encouraged receives no interest.

 

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Quote:

KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation staffers in the early hours of Tuesday sealed Markaz-i-Ilm-o-Saqafat Hall located near Ayesha Manzil over non-payment of KMC dues and for illegally subletting the premises.
A statement issued by the KMC says that the KMC had handed over the premises to a company so that cultural activities could take place at the hall, but they rented out the hall to another party that converted it into a cinema house.
Speaking to Dawn, KMC spokesperson Bashir Sadozai said that initially during the tenure of Jamaat-i-Islami mayor Abdul Sattar Afghani, it was planned by the name of Markaz-i-Islami to have hostels, a library, a picture gallery, a research hall for 100 people and an auditorium for around 350 people. Then during the mayorship of the JI’s Niamatullah Khan, it was planned that a Quran-o-Sunnat Academy would be set up there, he added.
Responding to Dawn queries, KMC Culture, Sports and Recreation senior director Raza Abbas Rizvi said that this facility was renovated during the tenure of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal. It was then renamed as Markaz-i-Ilm-o-Saqafat where various cultural activities were to be held. It was later given on a contract to M/s Funrama (Furqan Haider) on a rent of Rs200,000 per month.
About a year and a half back the then KMC administrator signed a new agreement with M/s Funrama allowing it to screen pictures, hold theatre shows, and other cultural programmes. After some time, M/s Funrama handed over the premises to M/s Cinepax Cinemas on Rs500,000 per month and cinema halls were set up there.
Mr Rizvi said the cinema had been sealed and action would be taken against M/s Funrama as it had not paid dues to the KMC for the past four months while it had also sublet the premises illegally.
Asked if action was being taken against the KMC staffers responsible for monitoring activities on the premises, he said the staffers had reported the matter to the KMC and a case was being prepared that could take some time.
Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2015

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Culture centre,‘cinema’ sealed in Karachi - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

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What specific 'research' was conducted at this Center?

Better it gets used as a potentially profitable private enterprise that employs locals instead of 'Mullah kabza' that converts into her another mosque/Madrassa.

A popular research topic is how to harness the power of jinns to eliminate loadshedding.

At least the mullahs did not build the masjid on top of shops. That is a tried-and-true way of building a profitable plaza on illegally grabbed land.

 

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Islamic republic of Pakistan. Clap hard guys. :p.

Honestly this news pissed me off. Absolutely, this is wrong. Have we even lost the respect of Islamic centers? It's a Muslim country and guess what when in west they out of lack of knowledge or hate, burndown any mosque, every one of us go crazy on it. Matlab main Karun to MashAllah, tu kare to Astgfarullah.

 

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Is that a problem?

Absolutely it is.