By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Malappuram: The role of scholars and spiritual leaders is decisive in preventing terrorism and extremism, and they have been doing it well for years, said Kanthapuram AP Aboobaker Musliyar, general secretary of All India Sunni Jam’iyathul Ulema. He was inaugurating the Ramadan Du’a Conference organized by the Ma’udin Committee at the Malappuram Salath Nagar on Monday.
Musliyar said that there is no existence but for a life focused on spiritual grace. The strength of a moral society lies in those who have the tenets of religion in their hearts, he added. The biggest duty of those who wish for goodness is reinstating love and humanity which have blessed the society for long, said Ibraheemul Khaleelul Bukhari Thangal, chairman of the Ma’udin Committee, while giving the key-note address. Strong measures should be taken against alcoholic drinks which is the killer of all good deeds. The hooch tragedies that come repeating should open the eyes of the government. The way to avoid recurrence of such tragedies is putting a ban on alcoholic drinks and carrying out strong awareness, he added.
Ali Bafaqi Thangal led the initial du’as. C Muhammed Faisy spoke in the programme presided over by Syed Abdurahman al Bukhari, president of the Samastha Kerala Jam’iyathul Ulema. Ibraheemul Khaleelul Bukhari Thangal read out the pledge against terrorism and separatism. Syed Muhammedali Ba Alavi was the chief guest. Umarul Farooq al Bukhari and Panakkad Hussain Shihab Attakkoya Thangal led different du’as. Yusuful Bukhari Vailathur, Ahmed Kunhutty Thangal, Pookkoya Thangal Thalappara, Habeeb Koya Thangal Cherakkaparamba, E Sulaiman Musliyar, Ponmala Abdul Qader Musliyar, Wayanadu Hasan Musliyar, Tharuvana Abdulla Musliyar, Koottampara Abdurahman Darimi and Sadiq Saqafi Perinthattiri attended the programme.
The Ma’udin Committee has been organizing the du’a conference at the Salath Nagar for years. The organizers reportedly claimed that nearly half a million devotees attended the conference on Wednesday which was the 27th night of Ramadan, a probable night of the holy Laylathul Qadr. People began to flock to the campus even before the breaking of fasts. Food for ifthar was served for all the devotees who broke their fasts and offered the Maghrib prayers before the du’a conference began.