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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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