{"id":3177,"date":"2014-12-22T22:47:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T22:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=3177"},"modified":"2014-12-23T22:52:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T22:52:59","slug":"scholars-call-for-embracing-message-of-islam-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/scholars-call-for-embracing-message-of-islam-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholars call for embracing message of Islam for peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Scholars\"<\/a>The 37th anniversary meet of India\u2019s Jamia Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya concluded here on Sunday with a call for embracing Islam\u2019s message of peace against terror. The four-day meet condemned \u201cthe shameless use\u201d of religious symbols to justify crimes against humanity.
\nDr. Faiz Al-Abideen, a special adviser to the Saudi Royal Family, in his concluding speech said: \u201cThis is one of the greatest gathering of the Muslim students I have ever seen in any part of the world.\u201d He thanked Sheikh Rafeeque of Gammon Saudi Arabia for inviting him to India and helping employ a large number of Indians in Saudi Arabia.
\n\u201cThe Kingdom has deep-rooted relationship with India, especially with you people in Kerala. We love people of India because India gives religious equality,\u201d he said.
\nThe meet also offered a mass prayer on the opening day for the innocent victims of last week\u2019s terror attack on a school in Pakistan\u2019s Peshawar.
\nDr. Hashim Mahdi of the Muslim World League delivered the keynote address at the valedictory session addressed by several scholars, including those from Qatar and Saudi Arabia and ambassadors to New Delhi, on Sunday.
\nTens of thousands of people from across India and some 300 delegates from abroad, mainly from the Gulf countries, gathered on its campus in Kerala, the largest of its kind in India.
\nA resolution adopted by the the meet urged the world community to \u201creinvent the incredible potential\u201d of Islam to deal with the \u201cretrogressive forces\u201d that are unleashing terror across the world.
\nOommen Chandy, chief minister of the state who inaugurated the Sheikh Zayed International Peace Conference on the third day on Saturday, lauded the contributions of Markaz in spreading the message of education and peaceful coexistence.
\n\u201cMarkaz plays a great role in countering the forces indoctrinating youngsters the message of hate,\u201d he said.
\nThe chief minister also lauded the Gulf nations where nearly 2.5 million people from the state live. He said he was happy to see a large number of Arab nationals attending the conference.
\nSheikh Aboobacker Ahmed, founder and chancellor of the Jamia Markaz and General Secretary of All India Sunni Jam\u2019iyyat Al Ulama, delivered the keynote address while Power Minister Aryadan Muhammed honored NRI businessman MA Yusuff Ali MA for his philanthropic contributions.
\nTaking exception to mass religious conversions with the support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s BJP party, Ahmed said it was strange that those who had been demanding laws against conversions are now practicing it.
\n\u201cIslam by no means require conversion by force or temptations,\u201d he said. \u201cThe nation will only benefit from those believers who practice eternal virtues of faith.\u201d
\nMore than half a dozen ministers, several legislators and lawmakers and leaders of various political parties attended various sessions.
\n\u201cNo believer is entitled to transgress one\u2019s life and property. It has to be stressed again and again that no Muslim needs the destructive force that the terrorists unleash,\u201d its resolution said.<\/p>\n

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