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The MWL Journal 2019 May Issue.Pdf Letter From the Editor Beyond the shocking crime in New Zealand Dozens of innocent people were killed and ist catastrophes. It will also provoke violence wounded in a hate-filled terror attack target- and counter-violence, in light of the failure ing two mosques during Juma’ah prayer in to enact such legislation a nd allowing gen- New Zealand. The authorities, there, arrest- erations to cultivate their human and moral ed four people and disassembled explosive values. bombs in that attack, which seems it has been The Muslim World League has made it well-planned. its duty to address the Muslim minorities to This terrorist operation, which resulted in avoid the desire for revenge and incitement many deaths and injuries of innocent wor- based on emotional temper. It aims also to shipers, reflects an image of the most heinous prevent any offensive behaviors resulting in a hatred forms. This is as a result of adopting a negative impact on peaceful coexistence and hatred doctrine of others and the persistence positive national integration. This does not of religious and ethnic contempt. mean that legitimate rights are not claimed It was a terrible shock for the whole world, and reserving the cultural and the religious denounced and condemned by all. Although, specificities. As a legitimate right here in in there must be more to be done; and great ef- this criminal incident, is to bring the perpetra- forts should be pleaded to protect security tors to justice, to hold them accountable and and peace. to compensate the families of those killed and The civilized, peace-loving world must injured. stand with all strength and courage to con- Muslims in New Zealand, as other Muslim front such atrocities. The least of what should minorities, have to seek mutual understand- be done is enacting legislation criminalizing ing, coexistence and sharing of fundamental contempt for religious sanctities and orga- values to achieve comprehensive citizenship nizing freedoms. This legislation should also requirements at all legal, religious and moral prevent freedoms from slipping to thoughts levels. Regarding that, New Zealand Prime resulting such terrible incident. It is a dare Minister’s statement referred to the protec- and brutal crime challenges and disregards all tion of cultural and religious specificities of the meanings, the values and​​ innocent lives. Muslim immigrants.. Those who value and justify such actions There is no doubt that the Muslims need should be criminalized. Among those, there for safety and security in those countries that are members of parties and bodies; there are they immigrated to is more than elsewhere. also politicians and parliamentarians. This in That will make them seek for more mutual fact indicates that the problem is inherent and understanding, coexistence and sharing of requires considerable attention. fundamental values. This requires more un- Therefore, the Muslim World League has derstanding and cooperation, and overcoming repeatedly stressed that the escalating rheto- the bitterness, no matter how terrible these ric of racism and hatred leads to such terror- adventitious incidents. PB lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 1 8 MWL launches its global 4 conference in Moscow Sha’ban 1440/ May 2019 1440/ May Sha’ban Chairwoman of the Russian Council meets 15 Sheikh Dr. Al-Issa 2 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 3 Muslims urged to address religious misconceptions 8 ‘10 percent’ of similarities enough for world peace, says MWL chief 26 2 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 3 MWL launches its global conference in Moscow Moscow - MWL first of its kind in Russia, on the concepts of mercy and peace in religious values. The Muslim World League (MWL) The conference lasted three days and took launched its international conference, the place the Russian capital Moscow and the 4 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 5 MWL gathered at its conference an elite of religious, intellectual and political leaders representing 43 countries Chechen capital of Grozny and was spon- government. sored by the Government of the Russian Participants attended the conference from Federation, with high representation from 43 countries, invited by the Muslim World the office of Russian President Vladimir Pu- League and in cooperation with the reli- tin. gious administration of the Chechen Repub- The highly representations were also on lic. These participants were senior thinkers, behalf of the Presidency of the Senate, the scholars, opinion leaders, intellectuals, poli- Duma Presidency, the Chechen Republic ticians, religious leaders and representatives Presidency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of various parts of the Russian government. and the Ministry of National Affairs and The conference aims to achieve the mis- Northern Caucasus Affairs of the Russian sion of the Muslim World League, which 4 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 5 is to promote the values of coexistence and peace, and to emphasize the importance of human and national partnership. Russia has been chosen to hold such a conference, be- cause in recent years it represented a model of harmony and religious and ethnic coexis- tence. The conference included six main ses- sions, the first of which was “The Elements of Coexistence”. Its themes discuss the hu- manitarian aims of the Prophet’s mission, the Muslims and the community of compassion, human relations in multi-religious societ- ies, religious values and religious and ethnic conflicts. The title of the second session was “Mus- lims of Russia and the Society of Peace”, with its themes: the Islamic presence in Rus- sia, history and present, the future of reli- gious coexistence in Russia, and the efforts of the muftis and religious administrations to discussion by the Center for Arab-Russian establish peace and coexistence. Studies on the role of social and religious or- The third session was entitled “Terror- ganizations in spreading moderation, Saudi ism and Extremism”, and its theme was the Arabia’s efforts to combat terrorism, and relationship between religions and terror- the targeting of youth terrorist organizations ism, terrorism and the message of Islam, the through social media. phenomenon of violence in the name of re- The fifth session was held in the city of ligion. The fourth session included a panel Grozny under the title “Muslims and Civi- A high-quality attendance at the two stations in Moscow and Grozny 6 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 7 Participants from various countries lizational Communication”, with its themes: counter-violence. The sixth and final session humanitarian common and mutual interests, witnessed a speech by the President of the the foundations of religious and ethnic re- Chechen Republic, a speech by the Secretary lations in Russia, relations between Russia General of the Muslim World League and the and the Islamic world, Islamophobia and Grand Mufti of Chechnya. The conference was officially sponsored by Russia through high-level government representation 6 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 7 Muslims urged to address religious misconceptions Chechen President presents Dr. Muhammad Al-Issa to deliver Friday sermon GROZNY: The Islamic nation has endured the negative and dangerous impact of classification and exclusion, including takfir, said Seikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary- General of the Muslim World League (MWL), during the Friday sermon at the Grand Mosque in Grozny, Chechnya. 8 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 9 Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in Grozny In a first in the history of Russia, tarian and national circle.” the Muslim World League (MWL) The sermon delivered by the launched an international confer- MWL Secretary General was at- ence in Moscow on religious peace tended by the President of Chech- and coexistence. nya, Ramzan Kadyrov, senior The MWL conference promoted muftis and scholars, and a large values of coexistence and peace, gathering of worshipers. and emphasized the importance of Sheikh Dr. Al-Issa highlighted “working in the common humani- that “there are young men who, in 8 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 9 The presence of a group of scholars from different Islamic countries their diversion, got caught up in the il- Sheikh Dr. Al-Issa pointed out that lusion of their superficial knowledge, monopolizing righteousness in the which is neither firm nor based on the place of discretion is a systematic error teachings of scholars and, thus, had and an intellectual danger that jeopar- the nerve to declare other believers as dizes the harmony and unity of the (Is- non-believers (takfir), fueling great se- lamic) nation. dition.” “The problem is not limited to the He added: “Every time one sedition narrative of this tragedy, which has dies, another rises, revealing its horns damaged the reputation of the Islamic in the name of Islam. It believes no one nation, but extends to every person is right except its prodigal followers. who was privileged with extensive Not only that, but it took upon itself to knowledge in Islamic sciences yet fight all others after having declared all did not fulfill his duty in combating the people on Earth as non-believers.” the wrongful ideology, especially in “And similar to those are the peo- dismantling its structure,” he contin- ple who monopolized righteousness ued. “This ideology was not based on in place of discretion and claimed that a military or political entity, as you people were denied access to the truth know, but on misguided concepts that except through them.” exploited the passion for religion in 10 lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l lSha’ban 1440/May 2019 l 11 Monopolizing righteousness an intellec- tual danger, says Sheikh Dr.
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