A seminar on Muslim entrepreneurship: challenges and opportunities was held on Monday at the Islam Gymkhana.
A seminar on Muslim entrepreneurship: challenges and opportunities, held on Monday saw prominent Muslim businessmen present various ideas for the community’s upliftment and progress. The seminar that took place at the Islam Gymkhana, was organised by Planman Media.
“Today, the biggest drawback is knowledge or lack of it. The community has suffered, ever since they moved away from knowledge and technology. We should realise that people who are at the top, are there mainly because of knowledge,” said Dr. Mohammed Ali Patankar.
Other ideas were forming a chamber of commerce, building a centre for communication and sharing information by disseminating success stories. “Muslim community should try and bring up a Muslim Chamber of Commerce that can promote people from within the community,” said Dr. Shabbir Rizvi, managing partner, Yoko Sizzlers.
Bangalore-based construction giant, Abubaker Beary emphasised on the need to develop a positive mindset within the community. “People within, need to have a positive orientation to what’s happening all around. There could be difficulties, but they should try not to lose out. They should consider paying tax, as these taxes generously contribute towards zakat.”
“Successful people should contribute. It is their job to give back to the community. People are selfish and they feel that by sharing their success, they would intensify competition. We should promote small scale industries for the benefit of people at the bottom of the pyramid,” said Ghulam Pesh Imam, who is into the business of travel agency.
“You need to squeeze yourself and see where and what you can offer. Innovation is a prime need,” said Sarfaraz Arzoo, who runs Hindustan Daily, an Urdu eveninger.
Organisers were, however, unhappy with the crowd’s response. “If the community resolves to grow, it needs to reciprocate. Merely running down the government will not help. We had invited many for today’s function, but we find that very few have turned up,” said Syed Khurram Raza, editor, Planman Media.
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