The Call of the Quran
5. The call of da‘wah in the modern age
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which people of high calibre, are required. The need
of the hour is to set up an institution where
individuals are given the required training and
education. In the words of Dr. Philip K. Hitti, Islam
is again in need of a ‘nursery for heroes.’ Without
such a band this stupendous task cannot be
fulfilled. The proposed educational centre will serve
as such a nursery, a training ground where Islamic
missionaries are cast in the heroic mould.
One Dr. Nishikanta Chattophadhya (Islamic name:
Muhammad Azizuddin) whom I have already
mentioned, expressed the need for such a centre in a
lecture given in our Hyderabad in 1904: I feel sure,
that if a comprehensive Islamic mission where
started in Hyderabad (India) to preach the simple
and sublime truths of Islam to the people of Europe,
America and Japan, there would be such rapid and
enormous accession to its ranks as has not been
witnessed since the first centuries of the Hijra. Will
you, therefore, organise a grand central Islamic
Mission here in Hyderabad and open branches in
Europe, America and in Japan? (
Why have I Accepted
Islam?
Dr. Nishikant Chattopadhya).
