Seminar on peaceful co-existence in Islam and Indian religions begin
Submitted by admin2 on 6 March 2010 - 10:09pm
By IRNA,
New Delhi : The First International Seminar on Peaceful Co-existence in Islam and Indian Religions kicked off Saturday at India Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi.
The two-day seminar, organized by the office of the Al-Mustafa International University of Iran in New Delhi, aimed at building better relations between Islam and believers of various faiths in India.
The seminar was inaugurated by Dr. G R Mahdavi, Head of Al-Mustafa International University of Iran in New Delhi.
“India is the land of religions and faiths, land of temples and mosques, land of Gnosticism and all-embracing love, and land of people, enjoined with each other as tolerant people, who in spite of their different religions and mode of thinking, are living with each other in togetherness”, said Mahdavi inaugurating the seminar.
He said that India with her people, her religions, her temples and for her old and meaningful textual provisions, presents to the world model of an ideal peaceful co-existent society.
Meanwhile, Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi in his message on the occasion, read by Asghar Ashenagohar, an official of the Embassy of Iran in New Delhi, said: “We all are the birds from one nest, although colors of our skins are different, though we talk in different languages, though we have belief in different religions, though we belongs to different cultures, but all of us have a common home”.
In his short message, Nabizadeh expressed his belief that people were created in different regions with different religions, languages and colours just to distinguish them from each other and not to make discrimination.
Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawwad, a prominent Shia Scholar and Friday Prayer leader of historical Asafi Mosque at Lucknow, in his keynote address while comparing the basic tenets of Islam and other religions said that Islam does not teach terrorism, nor does it instigate communal hatred. We all are creatures of one God. We all are equal. There is no conflict between Islam and other religions. There is a need to highlight values and teachings that call for unity.
Mohd. Adib, Member of Parliament, Syed Shahid Mehdi, Vice Chairman Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Mahamandleshwar Geeta Manishiparam pujya Swami Shri Gyananand ji, Swami Shantatmananda Ram Krishna Mission, Swami Agnivesh, President world Arya Samaj, Maulana Dr. Mufti Mukarram, Shahi Imam Fatehpuri Mosque, Delhi, S S Noor, Vice Chairman Sahitya Academy and Arif Mohd. Khan, former Minister of India also spoke on the occasion.
They urged to “counteract” the manipulation of religions or religious differences for political ends to preserve the unity of society.
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One God And Several Religions
Now we may be able to say that all the religions start from one basic belief. Once we accept this or think like this way, we can say all the religions believes in one God or a same God with different names and personalities according to the regional and religious creeds. Now we can say that “Y H V H”, “The Holy Trinity’, “Allah”, “Brahma” and all other are the different names of a single Personality or the Supreme Being. Once we realise this fact, we will be forced to think about the values of religious terrorism. We can say that there is not having any values for the religious terrorism, once we realise all the religions originate from a common belief and all are worshiping a common God.
Islam stands for "Peace" and "Tolerance- WHERE?????
Name one place on the face of earth where ISLAM is standing/sitting/ doing anything for "peace & Tolerance"?????? Followers of ISLAM is indulging in violence in all places irrespective of if they are in majority or minority.
DO you KNOW who is INVOLVED???
"Anonymous" - Do you really know WHO ARE INVOLVED in all those cases where you speak about "peace and Tolerance" of ISLAM???
SAUDI ARABIA - Outsiders (you know who - Americans)
IRAQ - Outsiders (Americans and SHAM "UN" coalition - outside invaders)
AFGHANISTAN - Outsiders (Americans and SHAM "UN" coalition, including India with 18 consular-missions and RAW)
SOMALIA - Outsiders (they fingered and removed Ziad Barre - who was ruling with iron-fist). Now world is bearing the consequences of "piracy".
YEMEN - Outsiders are to-date playing, fingering, tinkering, saber-rattling, and bad-mouthing
IRAN - Americans and interested parties doing everything to "discredit" and bend. Read this latest news:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100306/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran
Please don't forget to write, if what's written in above web-linked article, is wrong !!!
PALESTINE - Europeans dumped their "trash" in that area, and are trying impose their SHAM rule. It's an "open-air prison". Added to it, they are justifying their "Apartheid" Racist Policies on native / indigenous people, and labeling them "terrorists" - killing women and unarmed children !!!
Pakistan - "remote controlled" by U.S. and their "intelligence agencies" to abuse their power towards Afghanistan. And to discipline its neighbours - India and China!!! China is smart and knows how to tackle. But India is falling in the "trap" laid out by interested powers, and also ABUSING its own RAW involvement.
Sudan - through which "equator line" passes in southern region. It is rich in minerals and agriculture. The want to occupy the area, "abusing" Darfur as an EXCUSE.
Turkey - although it is in heart of Europe - every effort is being made not to include it in European Union. Why??? Just because it is a Muslim country, and Muslims will become a majority population in European Union !!!
You know what happened in former Yugoslavia - Bosnia, Herzegovenia, Croatia...!!!
Russia: EUROPE and America practiced years of COLD-WAR against Russia, and disintegrated successfully. Newly formed states of former Russia are now Muslim countries and automatically inherited NUCLEAR WARHEADS. It came as a surprise. Ooperwaala is Planner of planners. Result is in front of you.
Do you want to learn about some more Islamic countries ???
It's better for you - "Anonymous" to just SHUT-UP, instead of inviting "wrath".
An Indian
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If you want some more examples, with official web-links - I have a lot in my "Pandora's box".
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Why blame everyone else for the plight
Even if the contention is accepted why are Muslims allowing themselves to be manipulated so blatantly??? Why are the Gulf Muslim Countries depositing all their OIL wealth in USA and Western countries and not using it for upliftment of POOR MUSLIMS?? Why are MUSLIMS from India even on HAJ maltreated in SAUDI??? Why are MUSLIMS in minority fighting with everyone else in every country they live in from USA, UK, France, Sweden, UK, USA India, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Srilanks etc etc???
Evidently ISLAM have been failing the MUSLIMS in every respect for the past 150 years onwards. ISLAM, the religion which propelled MUSLIMS to the glorious days of Persian, Indian and Turkish Empires from 15th Centuries and in the case of TURKISH CALIPHATE upto 1921 has failed MUSLIMS miserably. The plight of AFPAK which was carved out as an ISLAMIC HOME LAND for Indian Muslims is all too evident to be seen. "Doosaron ka ghar me aag legate lagate apna hee ghar bhook gaya". Blaming everyone else for the plight of AFPAK is escapism. If anything blame ALLAH for the misery of MUSLIMS as "the all powerful uupperwallah has failed the Muslims".
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As long as Islam has this manicghean divide of "believers" aand infidels; dar-al-islam and darr-al-harb,a nd similar segregationa nd exclusivity, there is bound to be violence. Islam religion is a product of violence; devoid of any deep thoughts and philosophy; essentially a lifestyle established for 650AD Arabia. for all practical purposes, it is still in that mould, tribal, and clannish. Yes, theer wasa golden age; but it was brief, and your Mullahs shut the ijtihad saying what anybody wanted is already tehre and n o need for any introspection, interpretation. So you now have the crazies running the asylum; destroying age old Budhist bammiyan statues in Afghanistan, killing girls who attend school, killing people who attend mosque prayer...
Islam does not accept "infidels"; some believe in the literal interpretation of killing; and no mullah ever speak of coexistence, love, larger human community etc. India, with its "vasudhaiva kudumbakam" could have been an ideal "moderate" Islam thought incubator; but Deobandis and otehr extremists have seen that that does not ahppen.
Islam stands for "Peace and Tolerance"!
Islam stands for "Peace" and "Tolerance".It has frequently stressed that all mankind owe their existence to the first man (Adam) and his wife (Hawwa)!He could have made mankind one community. But He divided mankind into nations, communities,regions, languages, and cultures.So that each could vie with the other in doing good !(Quran 5 : 48).Islam taboos Muslims "reviling" the gods worshipped by others.(6 : 108).He has made the Muslim community, the "best community" evoilved for mankind .Its
followers are obliged to enjoin others also to do good and avoid evil!" (3:110).Further, it impels them to use persuasion, beautiful words and logical arguments to win over people and not weapons!The best way to win others to islam is laid down as "striv against them with the utmost strenuousness with the verse of the Quran">( 25: 52)
!,400 years ago the Quran has prescribed the Muslims to call people of other faiths to "an inter-faith" dialogue, to explore a common meeting ground and to build bridges of understanding!"(3 :64).
The organisers deserve a big hand.
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