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The Iqra Welfare Trust (IWT) is a prominent
socio-cultural organization that operates from
Bangalore, India. An organization of committed Muslim
philanthropists, the IWT has been functioning
successfully over the last three decades since its
inception. Amongst other lofty aims, the organization’s
foremost objective lies in the correct presentation of
Islam before the educated, west-influenced, sections of
the Muslim community, both among the youth and the
elderly. Its important activities in this direction
include the publishing of authentic Islamic literature
through IQRA Publications, a subsidiary publishing unit
of the organization, and the training/ grooming of
future scholars on Islam through the Institute of Higher
Learning – another concern of the IWT dedicated to the
cause of promoting Islamic scholarship. All these
labours notwithstanding, the IWT has not confined itself
to the promotion of Islam merely through academic work.
It has, in fact, made serious efforts at holding
multiple day seminars and camps for the practical
training of Muslim youth. These live-in summer camps,
usually conducted for a period of three days or more,
encourage the participating youth to focus on the
priorities that Islam has placed before them for
implementation in their lives. |
