Addressing ‘Peace for Humanity Conference held in historic Wembley Arena in
London under the banner of MQI (UK), Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri,
the founding leader of Minhaj-ul-Quran International, has said that the world
needed peace, security and brotherhood more than it ever needed. He said that
after 9/11, the difficulties of the Muslims around the globe have increased
manifold. The picture of Islam spread in the world has nothing to do with Islam
and 99% of Muslims are peace-loving. He said that MQI had established think
tanks and planned lectures, conferences, and seminars for training and guidance
of the Muslim youth. He said that terrorism and extremism had affected the
Muslims more than the world. He said that thousands of people were killed in
terrorist incidents, affecting millions of families. Extremism, he held, divided
people and produced pessimism and despondency. He congratulated MQI UK on
holding such a grand and purposeful Conference.
Addressing the leaders of different religions, who were present in the meeting,
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri invited them to join their forces and
collectively launch a peace drive in the world. He said that the entire world
had become global village and humanity had a shared stake in the establishment
and maintenance of peace. He said that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) gave the lesson
of brotherhood, tolerance, moderation and peace. All Prophets and religions
propagated the message of peace and harmony in the world. He said that it was
important to prove ourselves a true inheritor of this legacy and dedicate
ourselves to establishment of peace in the world. He hoped that ‘Peace for
Humanity’ Conference would become the basis for further strengthening interfaith
ties between the Muslims and the non-Muslims.
He dilated upon the holy struggle the Messenger of Islam (PBUH) launched to
pursue the cause of civilizing the pagan Arabs, taught them the philosophy and
wisdom of peace and constituted a multicultural society in Medina, making all
the communities, Muslims, Christians and Jews put up together with moderation,
tolerance, love and dignity. Highlighting the same spirit, he asked the 11000
participants of the Conference coming from all over the world to sign the
declaration unanimously approved by the Conference and get it signed by millions
to mark the real success of the Peace for Humanity Conference and promote its
cause worldwide. The conference was largely attended and hailed by the leaders
of all the faiths, the Shuyukh and Muslim scholars from all over the world.
