Delivering his keynote address at the concluding session of four-day World Sufi Forum held in New Delhi on March 20, 2016, the founding leader and patron-in-chief of Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that India and Pakistan are two realities. He said that they should not consider each other as enemies. He said that both countries fought four wars but still had to come to the negotiating table. He said that real enemy of both countries is IS. He said that resources should be spent on extinguishing the fire of poverty for durable peace, stability and development. He said that regional disputes should be resolved and the political use of the terrorist groups be stopped.

Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that terrorists can be stopped from becoming part of the terrorist and militant groups by eliminating ignorance and poverty. He said that Islam is a faith of peace and love and it has nothing to do with those slitting throats of innocent people. He suggested that peace curriculum should be taught in the educational institutions to promote tolerance, and moderation. He said that no Sufi ever issued the Fatwa of Kufr in 1400 year old Islamic history, adding that message of the Sufis revolves around love and respect for humanity. He said that the Sufis included people in the fold of Islam and the Takfiri groups have been throwing them out of the pale of Islam.