Abdussalam Puthige is the Editor-in-Chief of '' Varthabharathi'', a
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
daily Newspaper, published from
Mangalore
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the coastal city of Karnataka and
Bangalore
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, the state capital. The first issue of ''Vartha Bharathi'' hit the stands on 29 August 2003 from Mangalore.
Career
His English work, ''Towards Performing Da'wah'', was published in UK by The International Council for Islamic Information (ICII), Leicester.
Puthige has dealt with marginalised communities in a widely published interview titled 'The Muslim Kannadiga' by scholar and researcher
Yoginder Sikand
Yoginder Singh Sikand (born 1967) is an Indian writer and academic who has written several books on Islam-related issues in India.
Early life and education
Sikand received his B.A. (Hons.) in economics from St. Stephen's College of the Univers ...
.
'Kannadadalli Qur'an Anuvada' was released on 1 September 2012 by Rajarshi Dr.
Veerendra Heggade
D. Veerendra Heggade (born November 25, 1948) is an Indian philanthropist and the hereditary administrator (Dharmadhikari) of the Dharmasthala Temple. He succeeded to the post at the age of 19, on October 24, 1968, the 21st in his line. He adm ...
, Dharmadhikari of Shree Kshetra,
Dharmasthala Temple
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. This work has already seen 4 Editions. Its third Edition was published in Dubai by the Department of Islamic Affairs, Government of Dubai, UAE. The releasing ceremony in Dubai was inaugurated by Mr. MK Lokesh, Ambassador of India in UAE. This translation of Quran is available online. The same is also available as an
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the
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for free with the title 'Quran in Kannada' .
Bibliography
Translations
* ''Kannadadalli Qur'an Anuvada''. The
Quran
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translated to
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
* ''
Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa
"Shikwa" ( ur, , "Complaint")Video Link and "Jawab-e-Shikwa" ( ur, , "Response to the Complaint")Video Link are poems written by Muhammad Iqbal, in the Urdu language, which were later published in his book ''Kulliat-e-Iqbal''. The poems are o ...
: The Complaint and the Answer: The Human Grievance and the Divine Response''. A set of two epic
Muhammad Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...
originally published in 1913 translated to English
* ''The Devil’s Advisory Council: Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura''. It is one of the final works of
Muhammad Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...
,originally published in 1935. Translated from Urdu to English https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Iblees_KI_Majlis_E_Shoora_The_Devil_s_Ad/_o__zQEACAAJ?hl=en