I am pleased to send greetings to the Minhaj-ul-Quran International Peace for Humanity Conference.

Your activities are also relevant to global efforts to respond to the threat posed by terrorism. Muslims have been among those hardest-hit by this scourge. At the same time, a very small minority of Muslims have perverted their faith to justify heinous acts, prompting calls for Muslims to condemn terrorism and suicide bombings. These calls have been answered in part by your founder, Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri, through his historic Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings. This and other works of Islamic scholarship can help counter those who twist the tenets of Islam to justify criminal and inhumane acts.

I hope you will join these efforts, using your consultative status at the United Nations to participate in our work.

Ban Ki-Moon Secretary General United Nations

Peace for Humanity is the most urgent and dire need of our time. No nation or community can fulfil the requirements of this huge task alone. It requires a community or global organisations working for peace, together. The grand institution of Al-Azhar and its graduates all over the world (World Association for Azhar Graduates) have always advocated and promoted the policy of “Peace for All”. I and Al-Azhar University are fully versed with the works of Minhaj-ul-Quran International and its leader and founder Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. We have supported and will continue to support and work with them to promote peace, counter extremism and build international bridges between the nations, faiths and communities.

This Peace for Humanity Conference is pivotal at this moment in time and we support the cause and efforts of Minhaj-ul-Quran International and Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri whole heartedly. We pray to Allah Almighty for the success of this conference and our cooperation will remain available to all who work for Harmony until the Message of Mercy, Love and Peace of our Beloved Prophet ( peace be upon Him) is reached to every one effusively.

Shaykh al Azhar, Professor Dr. Muhammad Ahmed al-Tayyib
(Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University)

“It gives me great pleasure to learn that the Minhaj-ul-Quran International UK will be hosting its first international conference under the theme “Peace for Humanity” on September 24, 2011.It is encouraging to note that the Conference would be deliberating on promoting peace, tolerance and religious moderation with the British Islamic Community. This is in confirmity with the guiding princples of moderation and modernization followed by the OIC.

I would like to congratulate the Minhaj-ul-Quran International UK for taking this timely and praiseworthy initiative. I am confident that the Peace for Humanity Conference will be successful in coming up with concrete and contructive recommendations towards this end.”

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Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of OIC

Faith communities have important role in striving for the public good and creating the Big Society – a society in which people come together, and work collaboratively to improve their communities and neighbourhoods. I commend Minhaj-ul-Quran’s active engagement with communities, including with so many young people. Championing the values of peaceful coexistence, tolerance and equality has seldom been more important and Minhaj-ul-Quran can be proud of its efforts in promoting and fostering good relations. I wish your Conference every success.

David Cameron, British Prime Minister

Conference, Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. I am delighted to have the opportunity to send this message to you today. We’re not living in easy times, troubles in the economy, over the summer riots on our streets, continued upheaval across the Arab world. Events that history shows can lead to tensions within our own society. That can create fertile ground for those wishing to spread hate and extremism.

So your conference today is even more important than usual. Coming together to talk openly and candidly about the issues that can divide people but crucially the values that unite us too, tolerance, human rights, peace, and belief in opportunity for all, a faith in young people and their potential to learn from our mistakes, from the mistakes of the past, to help tackle discrimination and prejudice, building communities that are strong, where we take on our problems together.

I want to congratulate you on being granted special consultative status by the United Nations, it’s a huge honour, one you richly deserve and one that gives an even louder voice in the world. Today I hope you take time to celebrate that success and I wish you all the best not just for the conference but for the future too. Thank you.

Nick Clegg, British Deputy Prime Minister

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