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An important ceremony was held under the banner of the MQI Directorate of Interfaith Relations and the Centre for Human Rights Education to mark the National Day of the Minorities on August 11. The faith leaders belonging to various communities and religion spoke at the ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion, Sohail Ahmad Raza, Director of Interfaith Relations, said that the Muslim and Christian youth will have to get together and create unity in their ranks on the shared agenda of establishment of peace, promotion of love, and harmony and elimination of hatred. He said that PAT and MQI are struggling for promotion of interfaith harmony and dialogue, respect for one another’s religious teachings and rights of each community. He said that all of us are equal citizens of this country and have equality of rights under the Constitution. He said that together we can help eliminate terrorism and extremism in our midst.

Islam Studies Association (ISA) and Interfaith Relations Minhaj-ul-Quran International (India Chapter) jointly organized an interfaith program "Together We Build Peace" on April 26, 2015 at Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School, Old Delhi. The program was aimed at bringing together some of the practitioners of dialogue so that they can know one another, learn from one another; so that they can work together for Peace, Reconciliation and Justice.

An Interfaith Harmony Week (February 03 to February 09) is being celebrated under the banner of United Nations at a time when 1.5 billion Muslims are incensed over the publication of blasphemous caricatures in a French magazine and taking out rallies to protest these sacrilegious sketches. No Muslim has condoned or supported the attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo and killing of the magazine’s staff there because Islam is against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. The taking of law into one’s hands paves the way for terrorism and extremism.

LAHORE (Daily Dunya) – In an unprecedented event in history of the subcontinent, Bishop House Catholic Church in Lahore on Friday observed Milad-e-Nabi (PBUH) event together with Minhajul Quran Interfaith Relations. Members of various faiths attended this special event. Dr Raheeq Abbasi, Arch Bishop Sebastian Francis Sha, Sardar Ramesh Sindh, Dr James Chinon, Father Francis Nadeem, Kashif Nawab, Pandit Bhagat, Yousaf Binjori, Faizur Rehman Durani, G.M. Malik, Raja Zahid, Ghulam Murtaza Alvi, Qazi Faiz, Raja Nadeem and Sohail Ahmed Raza addressed the gathering.

A three-member Norwegian delegation of Menigheten Kristen Tjeneste led by senior Pastor Mr. Trygve Brekke visited the central secretariat of Minhaj-ul-Quran International on the invitation of MQI’s Directorate of Interfaith Relations. Reverend Dr Marqus Fida, Chairman Gospel Mission, also accompanied the delegation.

PAT leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has strongly condemned the suicide attack on a church in Peshawar in which 80 innocent people lost their lives while over 150 were injured. Describing the incident as a national tragedy, he expressed his sympathy with the bereaved families. He said that solid action was required to deal with terrorism. He said that the terrorism was a blot on the face of Pakistan, which required stringent surgical operation.

Shaykh-Ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir Ul Qadri’s Muharram Special Interviews on ARY News, Dunya News & Dawan News. In these interviews, Dr Tahir Ul Qadri, in detail, discussed Falsfa e Shahadat e Imam e Hussain (A.S) and highlighted that solution to existing problems is following footsteps of Hazrat Imam e Hussain A.S.

Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has demanded of the government of Pakistan to move a case in the International Court of Justice for a legal action against the blasphemous, anti-Islam film. He said that if the government did so, he was ready to plead the case on behalf of 1.5 billion Muslims and the government of Pakistan in accordance with the Charter of UN, human rights and international laws.