Rs 1 Million Essay Contest on Prophet Muhammad (S)

Bhatkal – Moulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Islamic Academy Bhatkal (Karnataka) in association with Madhyama Kendra Mangalore has recently announced an International Essay Contest for Non-Muslims on popular social media website, Facebook on the topic ‘LET US KNOW THIS MAN PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S) - THE MESSENGER OF PEACE’. This contest is exclusively for non-Muslims and the prime objective of this contest is to spread teachings of Prophet Muhammad (S) to every nuke and corners of the world. The first 3 winner of this unique contest will receive a cash prize of Rs.5,00,000 lakhs (US $ 10,000), Rs.3,00,000 lakhs (US $ 6,000) and Rs.2,00,000 (US $ 4,000) respectively. Apart from this, there are hundreds of other prizes to be won under various sub categories. Prizes will be distributed in a specially convened International Conference. All non-Muslim brothers and sisters from all over the world can participate in this contest. The essay must have at-least 10 pages written preferably in English, however the Indian participants are allowed to write their essays in their regional languages including Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, and Assami. The organizers of this competition have requested all the readers to promote this contest among non-Muslims as much as possible. The readers can send the following message in the form of SMS. SMS: “International Essay Competition exclusively for non-Muslims, Prize: Rs 1 Million, Topic: Prophet Muhammad – Messenger of Peace, Length: 10 Pages, Facebook Link: www.facebook.com/letusknowthisman. For more details and registration, please visit, www.madhyamakendra.org” Last date for registration is 15th March 2013 and the last date to receive entries is 15th April 2013. Rules and Guidelines for Participation in the Essay Contest Eligibility: This contest is exclusively for Non-Muslims from any part of the world. Scope of the Essay: The essay ‘LET US KNOW THIS MAN’ must cover most of the following dimensions of the life and teachings of Prophet Muhammed (S):

• His teachings on Peace, Unity of God, Unity of Mankind, Human Relations and Universal Brotherhood
• His success in liberating the society from evils
• His attitude towards his opponents, people of other faiths and Prisoners Of War (POW)

Conclusion: Please write your impressions about Prophet Muhammed (S) before and after joining this contest. Sources: For information on the above subjects, the participants may visit the following links or may benefit from any other source. However, please do mention those sources in your essay.

• Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum – The Sealed Nectar, by Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpurihttp://www.madhyamakendra.org/pdf/The_Sealed_Nectar.pdf
• MUHAMMAD The Last Prophet, A Model For All Times Sayed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi http://www.madhyamakendra.org/pdf/muhammad_the_last_prophet.pdf
• Articles by Dr. Muhammed Rateb Nabulsi http://www.muhammad-pbuh.com/en/?cat=23
• Biography of Muhammad Rasulullah by Abul hasan ‘Ali Nadwi http://www.nusrah.com/en/his-biography/muhammad-rasulullah
• MUHAMMAD The Last Prophet, A short biography by Abul hasan ‘Ali Nadwi http://www.madhyamakendra.org/pdf/Muhammad_The_Last_Prophet_Seerat.pdf
• The translation of the holy Quran by Abdullah Yusuf Ali http://www.madhyamakendra.org/pdf/english-quran(yusuf-ali).pdf
• Other books http://www.kalamullah.com/muhammad.html
• For more sources htttp://www.madhyamakendra.org/sources.html

Enrollment: The process of enrollment will begin on 7th January 2013 and will end on 15th March 2013. Candidates willing to participate in the contest must enroll themselves by providing the following details:

1. Name, Age, Occupation and Address – both e-mail and postal address
2. Brief self Introduction.
3. Copy of any authentic photo ID card.
4. A Passport size photo.

These details may be sent by email to madhyamakendra1@gmail.com OR madhyamakendra2@gmail.com You may also send your essays by post to Madhyama Kendra, P.O.Box No 156, C 21, 2nd floor Al Rahaba Plaza, Nellikai Road, Mangalore, Karnataka, India -575001 Last date for submission of essay: 15th April 2013. Modes of Submission:

• Please carefully note the dates for enrollment and the final date for submission of the Essays.
• Preferably, the essays must be written in English. However, Indians may write their essays in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi and Assamese language as well.
• The essays may be submitted online or in the form of hard copy.
• Only original essays will be considered for the competition. No part of it should have been published earlier nor should it be under consideration for publication or a contest elsewhere. Any form of plagiarism will result in is disqualification of the entry.
• Only one essay per participant is permitted.
• Length of the essay: The essay shall be not less than 3000 words or 10 A4 size pages
• Essays must have a cover page containing the name and contact details of the participant, The words “Essay Competition” must be clearly written on the top of the external cover /envelope. Online email submission should be in MS WORD attachment, clearly mentioning the subject.

Prizes: The Winners will be awarded as follows:

• First prize : Indian Rupees 500,000 (US $10,000)
• Second prize : Indian Rupees 300,000 (US $6,000)
• Third prize : Indian Rupees 200,000 (US $4,000)
• Special prizes for 200 select entries.

Selected essays will be published in 4 major languages i.e. English, Hindi, Arabic and Urdu. In case 200 or more essays are received from any particular country, three special prizes will be awarded to selected participants from each such country. In case 200 or more essays are received in any particular Indian language, three special prizes will be awarded to selected participants in each such language. Prizes will be be distributed in a specially convened international conference Other terms and conditions: The entire administration of the contest including determining the eligibility of participant or essays, standard of essays, evaluation and awarding of the prizes is within the sole and absolute discretion of Madhyama Kendra, Mangalore.