Terrorism Has Noting To Do With Islam: Sardar Yousaf

Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Yousaf on Friday underlined the need to spread the message that Pakistan was a peaceful country and Islam had nothing to do with terrorism.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Mar, 2018 ) :Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Yousaf on Friday underlined the need to spread the message that Pakistan was a peaceful country and islam had nothing to do with terrorism.

He said Paigham-i-Pakistan was, in fact, the message of Islam. He appreciated the Islamic Research Institute and Islamic University for building a unanimous narrative emphasizing the peaceful nature of Islam.

"There is a need to spread this message all over the world so that everybody could be told that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam." He was speaking as a chief guest at an international conference organized by Islamic Research Institute and Dawah academy here at International Islamic University.

The conference, which was held to highlight the message emanating from Pakistan, was chaired by Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam. The minister said 1800 ulema from various schools of thought signed the "Paigham-i-Pakistan" (decree) to tell the world that there was consensus in Pakistan that Islam negated all kinds of terrorism and militancy.

"This is our unanimous Islamic narrative which was spread by Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) 1400 years back.

Imam Kaaba also endorsed the Paigham-i-Pakistan narrative." He said a joint statement from such a large number of prominent Pakistanis was a great success.

He thanked the Grant Mufti of Egypt as he had assured that the declaration "Paigham-i-Pakistan" would be published in Arabic in Egypt. He said the government had fulfilled its responsibility and Islamic Research Institute published "Paigham-i-Pakistan" in shape of a book.

Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam, in his address, said Islam was a peaceful religion and through such a narrative a message should be sent that terrorism has no place in terrorism and acts of terrorism should not be linked with Islam.

A terrorist had no religion and he was an enemy of humanity, he said adding, "We should work together for complete eradication of the menace of terrorism." Vice Chancellor of Bahauddin Zikria University Prof Tahir Amin, Dr Usman Mustafa, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change Romina Alam, Allama Tahir Ashrafi, Mansoor Qazi and other speakers also adressed the conference.