Rev. Dr. Majid Abel, Pastor In charge of Naulakha Presbyterian Church and General Secretary Interfaith Peace Council and an esteemed friend of Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, organized and hosted a graceful Peace Seminar to honor Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri on his 58th birthday.  Mr. Mathew D Lowe (American Political Officer), Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi (Secretary General MQI), Dr Kanwal Feroz (well know poet, scholar), Syed Peer Usman Noori, Chairman Interfaith peace council, Noushairwan Dastoor (Zoroastrian leader), Dr. Munwar Chand (Hindu leader), Mr. Anthony Ijaz Lamuel, Mr. Qaiser Julius (Director OTS), Mr. Muhammad Mustafa (G.M. Malik) (Personal Secretary to Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri and director foreign Affairs), Sister Shakeela (Principal Don Basco High School), Ahmad Nawaz Anjum, Mian Zahid Islam, Jawad Hamid and Sohail Ahmad Raza. This seminar represented leaders of almost all communities who paid rich tribute to Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri for his services in different fields including promotion of peace, love, integration and interfaith dialogue.

Rev. Dr. Majid Abel expressed in his opening speech that “Naulakha Presbyterian Church, One of the Largest Churches in Pakistan, is proud of its strong relationship with Minhaj-ul-Quran. I don’t hesitate to confess that the first step toward this friendship was taken by most respectful and generous Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri. And this program is being arranged to celebrate the life and achievements of Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri as an emissary of peace and as our esteemed friend. Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri is a man of his words and has made practical demonstrations of his love and friendship toward other communities in Pakistan. Every year he invites Christian community at MQI to celebrate Christmas and he even declared, addressing the media that his mosque was open for Christians to worship anytime.” 

Following his speech Dr. Abel invited all of the honored guests to join him to cut a birthday cake for Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri.

Addressing the seminar, American Political Officer, Mathew D Lowe, said that the dialogue between Islam and other religions should continue. Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri