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Naulakha Church and Directorate of Interfaith Relations of MQI jointly organized a seminar to denounce the blasphemous sketches of the Holy prophet (pbuh), which was presided over by Revered Pastor Dr Majid Abel, while prominent religious leaders from Muslim and Christian communities were also present on the occasion.

High profile figures of the Pakistani government and interfaith leaders spoke at an International Conference held at the Minhaj ul Quran centre in Newham on Wednesday 17th March 2010. Shaykh Sadiq Qurayshi presented a 600 page Fatwa (edict) authored by Shaykh ul Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri.

It was a lovely Sunday morning, the sky clear blue, the sun shining and it’s the month of ‘Rabi’al-Awwal - the first spring’ in which the birth of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) took place. In celebrating this blessed occasion, Farghana Institute (FI) was invited by the ‘Trinity Community Church’ (TCC) to participate in ‘Peace in the Mix – celebrating Peace Week 2010’ at the Amani Centre, Manchester.

The special Milad ceremony was held in February 2010 in a local Church for the first time in the history of Pakistan. Hosted by Reverend Chaman Sardar, chairman of Mother Teresa Welfare Society and the Christian community in the Baptist Church in Shahadrah Lahore, the ceremony was named as Mawlid-un-Nabi Conference. For centuries on end, the Muslims have been celebrating the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him), which has now become a symbol of cross-cultural and inter-religious harmony and call towards establishing durable peace in the world.

The 59th birthday of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri was celebrated across the world including Pakistan with traditional fervour and utmost reverence on February 19, 2010. In addition to workers and associates of MQI, the members of Christian community also organized a birthday ceremony of Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri as a mark of tribute for his services rendered for the promotion of peace, interfaith dialogue, protection of minorities’ rights and harmony.

Minhaj Reconciliation Council, a sub-branch of Minhaj-ul-Quran International (Greece), has started functioning regularly. "Peace Conference" was held in October 2009 to formally inaugurate the Council, which was attended by a large number of people, representatives of different social, religious and political organizations of Greece. Ijaz Ahmad Warriach, president of Minhaj Reconciliation Council (Europe) was the chief guest on the occasion.

At the invitation of the chairman of International Gospel Mission, Reverend Dr Marqas, a delegation of Minhaj-ul-Quran Intrernational participated in the programme. Muhammad Mustafa (G M Malik); director foreign affairs MQI, Sohail Ahmad Raza; director interfaith relations of MQI, Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Chishti and Muhammad Aleen Khan represented the movement. The delegation – on behalf of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, the founder of MQI – presented a wreath of flowers to Reverend Dr Marqas who was the host at the programme.

Directorate of Interfaith Relations of Minhaj-ul-Quran International organized a splendid Happy Christmas ceremony in the Suffa Hall of the central secretariat, which was presided over by Sahibzada Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri, chairman of Federal Council of MQI.

Directorate of Interfaith Relations of Minhaj-ul-Quran International wishes the Christian community across the globe and in Pakistan a very warm and happy Christmas.