At the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Washington D.C., which was jointly organized
by the Brookings Institution, the Qatar Government and the OIC, Shaykh-ul-Islam
Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri met with the Secretary General of the Organisation of
Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. They spoke about various issues
of mutual interest and exchanged views on a host of issues.
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| Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri and Shahid Malik
(Former British Minister) during a sessions at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum |
View of the participants and speakers of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum 2011
The discussion focused on the recently authored Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide
Bombings and ways of combating terrorism in the Muslim world. Prof Ihsanoglu highly
appreciated the scholarly work and was impressed by the quality of content. He said
that he is looking forward to reading the complete book. The OIC Director General
Ambassador Hemayet Uddin was also present in the meeting. Both leaders were very
pleased to meet Shaykh-ul-Islam. Mr Hasan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri was also present.
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Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri speaking
at the final session of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum |
Shaykh-ul-Islam also met with the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Ahmad Bin Abdullah
Al-Mahmoud and presented him a copy of the Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings
who highly appreciated the great work. Senior Advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister,
Prof Ibrahim Kalin also met Dr Qadri who was fully aware of his book against terrorism
and was highly appreciative of the magnum opus on the subject of terrorism.
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| Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Shaykh Bin Bayyah
and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf during the first session of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum
2011 discussing minority rights in the west |
U.S. President Obama’s Special Envoy to the OIC, Mr Rashad Hussain also called
on Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri during the conference and spoke about
the historic Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings. He said that they have received
this book at the Whitehouse and were well aware of this great work. Mr Hussain discussed
issues of mutual interest with Shaykh-ul-Islam. Mr Hasan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri and Shahid
Mursaleen were also present in the meetings.
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| Mr Azhar Hussain, Imam Magid, Holland Taylor, Qamar-ul-Huda,
Nihad Awad and others asking questions about Islam to Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |
Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Secretary General of OIC) meeting
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |
The Vice President of Brookings Institution, Dr Martin Indyk, was pleased to
meet Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri who spoke highly of the great work
condemning terrorism. A signed copy of his Fatwa book was presented to Mr Indyk.
Mr Stephen Grand and other senior think-tank representatives also held a meeting
with Dr Qadri and exchanged view of mutual interest.
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| Shahid Mursaleen (Spokesman of Minhaj-ul-Quran) presented Fatwa on Terrorism of Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and informed her about the uniqueness of this historic book |
Shahid Mursaleen (Spokesman of Minhaj-ul-Quran) presenting Fatwa on Terrorism of Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri to Madeleine Albright (Former U.S. Secretary of State) |
In addition to that, various government officials, think tank representatives,
policy makers, politicians met Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri during the course of the 3-day
conference.
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| Ahmed Abdulla Al-Mehmood (Foreign Minister of Qatar)
speaking to Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri about the Fatwa on
Terrorism |
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri signing the Fatwa
on Terrorism book for Dr Martin Indyk (Vice President of Brookings Institution) |
Dr Qadri attended five different closed-door sessions and spoke on issues including
the treatment of minorities, integration and identity, the impact of media and politics
and security and counter-terrorism. The fourth session focused on the discussion
around the historic fatwa on terrorism by Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri.
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| Prof. Din Syamsuddin (President of Muhammadiyah organisation of
Indonesia) meeting with Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |
Rashad Hussain (President Obama's Special Envoy to OIC) meeting with
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |
These sessions will help form future policy vis-à-vis terrorism and would offer
recommendations to the think-tanks and the Government officials on handling various
problems faced by the western and Islamic world.
Dr Qadri’s participation at the 3-day U.S.-World Islamic Forum was highly successful,
which will help tackle terrorism from an ideological and intellectual perspective
and also tackle anti-Islam views. Dr Qadri presented various core arguments on how
to grapple with issues of minority rights, clarified issues of blasphemy laws and
presented solutions to take on Islamophobia. He also presented ways of promoting
integration in the west.
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| Stephen Grand (Director at Brookings Institution) meeting
with Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |
Ambassador Hemayet Uddin (Director General of OIC) speaking
to Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri about the Fatwa on Terrorism,
Former Director of Operations of World Bank, Mr Ziad Alahdad is also in the
picture. |
At the gala dinner Shahid Mursaleen (spokesman of Minhaj-ul-Quran) who was present
at the conference met with Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and presented a copy
of the book Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings to her. He briefed Secretary
Clinton about the key features of the book and that it is the most comprehensive
condemnation of terrorism to date from any Muslim leader. He said that this book
will help in the fight against global terrorism. She highly appreciated the work
and promised to read it.
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| Ahmed Abdulla Al-Mehmood (Foreign Minister of Qatar) and
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri and others at the reception hosted by
OIC |
Dr Martin Indyk (Vice President of Brookings Institution)
meeting with Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri and receiving the Fatwa
on Terrorism |
Shahid Mursaleen also presented the book to Mrs Madeleine Albright (Former U.S.
Secretary of State), Senator John Kerry (Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee),
Senator John McCain (Former U.S. presidential candidate), Fareed Zakaria of CNN,
Riz Khan of Al-Jazeera and Mrs Margaret Warner of PBS NewsHour.
The event was attended by around 300 participants from around 30 countries. Shahid
Mursaleen, Dr Mansoor Mian and Sharjeel Ahsan attended the conference from MQI’s
side in addition to Shaykh-ul-Islam and Sahibzada Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri.
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| Holland Taylor (Chairman & CEO of LibForAll Foundation)
meeting with Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri |
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| Senior Jewish leader speaking to Mr Hasan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri during gala
dinner |
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| Shahid Mursaleen (Spokesman of Minhaj-ul-Quran) presenting
Fatwa on Terrorism of Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri to Margaret Warner (Senior
Correspondent, PBS NewsHour) |
Shahid Mursaleen (Spokesman of Minhaj-ul-Quran) presenting
Fatwa on Terrorism of Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri to U.S. Senator John McCain
(Former U.S. presidential candidate) |
