Bangladesh: 100's attend Peace Symposium by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama't

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Maolana Abdul Awwal Khan Chowdhury, Missionary In-charge, AMJ Bangladesh in his key note speech said, militants such as Boko Haram, ISIS and Taliban etc. are actually doing the opposite of what Islam really teaches. 

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By Staff Report | December 20, 2014

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama't, Bangladesh (AMJB) held Peace Symposium 2014 on 19th December, at Bangladesh National Museum Auditorium, Shahbagh, Dhaka.

"Over 800 guests attended the symposium marking a great success for the event," said Ahmad Tabshir Choudhury, National Vice President for External Affairs & Public Relation for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Bangladesh. "Many participants listened to the program standing at the back of the auditorium."

Theme of the symposium was: "Unrest in Contemporary World & Probable Remedies".

Two keynote speeches, "Unrest in Contemporary World & Its Causes" and "Religious Extremism vs Real Islamic Teachings", were delivered by eminent scholar Prof. Syed Anwar Hossain, Ph.D and Maolana Abdul Awwal Khan Chowdhury, Missionary In-charge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Bangladesh respectively.

At the start of the program Ahmad Tabshir Choudhury, welcomed the guests and gave a short background of holding the Peace Symposium, explaining the recent call for peace made by His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim community and the recent activities of the community globally for Peace.

Dr. Syed Anwar Hossain, professor of History of University of Dhaka in his keynote speech said that some misguided people in Islam were joining various terrorist activities and it was high time for a concentrated effort to stop them and establish peace at family, state and international level.

Maolana Abdul Awwal Khan Chowdhury, Missionary In-charge, AMJ Bangladesh in his key note speech said, militants such as Boko Haram, ISIS and Taliban etc. are actually doing the opposite of what Islam really teaches.

Citing various verses of the Holy Quran, Maolana Chowdhury said that Islam teaches peace, tolerance and sympathy to mankind irrespective of race, cast and religion. “If we think Bangladesh is far away from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Middle-East or from Africa, then it would be foolishness as such militants are not restricted to any land boundary or ethnic community…….so, public awareness is very much essential and all should be vigilant against it.”

A panel discussion was moderated by Prof. Nazmul Haq and participated by Dr. Salim Jahangir, Sr. Fellow, Finis Academy, Finland, Prof. Syed M. Hashemi of BRAC University, Dr. Najma Khan Majlish of Dhaka University, Father Tapan D' Rozario, Dhaka University, Mr. Julfikar Ali Manik, Senior Journalist, The Dhaka Tribune and Prof. Meer Mubashsher Ali, Naib National Amir, AMJB.

Among the personalities from the audience who took part in the open discussions were: security analyst Maj.Gen. Abdur Rashid (Retd.), former Civil Aviation Minister Mr. G. M. Quader, Human Rights Activist Mr. Kajal Devnath and former Ambassador of Bangladesh to UN & Retd. Additional Foreign Secretary Mr. Mohiuddin Ahmed.

The speakers expressed their concern over the recent rise of militancy in various countries in the name of Islam and emphasized on collective effort to eradicate poverty, illiteracy and stop using of Islam for narrow political motives. They also expressed their concern over the recent killing of 141 people at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan where mostly were innocent children.

In his closing remarks, Janab Mobasher ur Rahman, National Amir, AMJB urged  Muslims to pursue spiritual development so that militancy could not get a foot hold in the country.

Various national daily newspapers and nine television channels gave coverage of the program.

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