London (UNA) - The British capital, London, hosted the first conference of Islamic religious leaders in Europe, with the participation of more than 300 figures, including muftis and religious leaders, headed by the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, Chairman of the Muslim Scholars Association, His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, and in the presence of parliamentarians and representatives of followers of religions.
The conference represents a qualitative shift in supporting the harmony and compatibility of European Islamic religious leaders, and contributes to unifying opinion on the major issues of the European Muslim community, and addressing its most pressing issues.
In its first edition, the conference achieved great success, which was embodied in its exceptional and extremely important outputs, the most prominent of which was: the announcement of the establishment of an independent body for European Muslim communities, based in London, that includes a committee for fatwa and religious guidance, in addition to adopting the “Makkah Document” to train imams in the continent. Europe, and warning against reducing religion to narrow political goals.
His Eminence Dr. Al-Issa began his opening speech to the conference by welcoming the leaders of the Islamic communities in Europe, stressing that the Muslim World League is playing its global role in order to achieve the aspired goals of this meeting and others like it, without interfering in any religious matter pertaining to any country, but rather presenting the initiative and being honored to serve, especially working on Good endeavors in order to collect the word and find solutions.
He noted the exceptionalness of this global event hosted by the British capital. Due to the distinction of his presence, and the importance of his goals focused on unifying the word on major issues, adding: “This conference is exceptional; Given that it brought together all Islamic sects, and did not exclude anyone, it is an inclusive and incubating conference that celebrates Islamic diversity, but seeks to rationalize it with the rational wisdom of Islam, so that diversity is more sound, and then more giving and cooperation to serve Islam, Muslims and humanity as a whole.
He explained that the religion of Islam is a religion of mercy, giving, and charity, with all the meanings that these values carry, and there is no distinction in this; Everyone is covered by this Islamic moral principle, whose standards do not double according to different religions, races and colors.
Dr. Al-Issa noted the vastness of the Islamic arena, stressing that the difference in ijtihad is wide in religion and miraculous in legislation. We find his example in our encyclopedias of jurisprudence. If we restricted this Islamic diversity to a specific jurisprudence, Islamic jurisprudence would be in one booklet that does not exceed it.
And His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Al-Issa indicated that the diversity in jurisprudential jurisprudence took place during the era of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and he permitted every diligent on his own diligence, and none of them made a mistake. Facilitation and removal of embarrassment, and then it became during his reign, peace and blessings be upon him, a following text and fixed legislation.
And he added: “Islamic law came to lift the embarrassment from the nation; However, extremism did not comprehend this divine mercy and did not accept it, and that is why the true scholar, the well-established scholar, was one of the happiest people with the opinions of his fellow scholars. It is not possible for a true scholar to be narrowed by the ijtihad of others, and whoever is narrowed by that is out of the characteristics of the well-established, divine scholar, either because of his scientific arrogance, or his implicit claim of his infallibility, or because of his narrow perceptions of understanding the vastness of Islamic law and its mercy for the two worlds.
His Eminence addressed the evils that arise from division and rivalry, stressing that it offended Islam from beginning to end, and also offended its owners, in addition to its deteriorating results, indicating that Islam is too lofty for its great and comprehensive message to be reduced to political goals and material aspirations, and the resulting risks if it were not If the consequences of some of them were only the sharp debates within our Islamic world, it would have been enough to cause the troubles of the Islamic nation and undermine its reputation in the worlds.
He warned His Eminence against this false endeavor to distort Islam, and that it is unfair to it, whatever its pretexts are, for what counts is the outcome, and what counts is the results, and a person is held accountable for the end that his matter has reached, and he added: That approach is a loser from its beginning, a loser in its attempts to rise, a loser in its isolation, a loser in Unfortunately, he is the one who tried to ignite the fuse of disharmony and division within the Islamic interior, and also the one who sought to mobilize some Muslim youth with extremely dangerous ideas that led to developments that sometimes reached the level of violence and terrorism.
Dr. Al-Essa said: “Attempts to justify this systemic defect will not work. The results speak, and the reputation of Islam in areas of chaos and intellectual insanity is at stake. What is the best wisdom, what is the best of good intentions, what is the best of jurisprudence in religion, what is the best of correct thinking, and what is the best of kindness in analysis, decision, and broad and comprehensive consideration, which balances between interests and harms and blocks pretexts. evil,” pointing out that Islamic awareness was highly insightful, as the jurists of the Islamic nation decided that fatwas and legal rulings differ according to time, place, and circumstances.
His Eminence stressed that the well-established Sharia scholar and Islamic thinker is truly an advocate of peace, love and harmony. He comprehends the Sunnah of God Almighty in the difference and diversity among human beings, and he is keen on the reputation of his religion and his reputation as a scholar, and the reputation of the religious component that shares - through it - with other followers of religions, sects and ideas, adding: “We must affirm - in this gathering - that we are a nation that calls For the love of good for all, and that we are a nation that respects its covenants and covenants, and every Muslim who lives on any land respects its constitution and laws, and respects the duty of optimal coexistence with everyone, as he feels his duty to reconcile hearts and strengthen the cohesion of the society in which he lives, no matter how he differs with them in religion, thought or the culture".
Dr. Al-Issa also indicated that the Islamic awareness understands that religious identity does not conflict with national identity, and that all constitutions of civilized countries do not interfere in religious privacy, but rather secure and protect their practices, and that they do not affect the origin of the religious belief of any religion.
His Excellency concluded his speech by reaffirming that the "Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document", which is the most important Islamic document in the modern era, carried in its contents messages of awareness for the entire Islamic nation, indicating that the Islamic countries approved it unanimously, and called for benefiting from it in religious, cultural and educational institutions.
After that, the speakers delivered speeches at the conference, the most prominent of which was the speech of His Excellency the British Member of Parliament, Minister and Special Envoy for Freedom of Religions in the United Kingdom, Mr. Rahman Chishti, in which he praised - first - the efforts made by the Muslim World League to clarify the true picture of Islam and Muslims; To reach the whole world the true Islam that calls for justice and respect for man, praising what the “Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document” carried, as it concerned with coexistence, refuted injustice, and rejected the violation of human rights and other elements that were borrowed from true Islam.
Rahman stressed that the “Makkah Document” was keen to clarify the fact that the difference of cultures between the world should not be a cause of conflicts, but rather it should bring them together and strengthen their unity and their word. , male or female.
Meanwhile, the Dean of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Mr. Shams El-Din Hafeez, stressed the great importance of the “Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document”, as it talks about our role at the heart of confronting the challenges of our world today, revealing that all the provisions of the document will be used in the Great Mosque of Paris.
Shams al-Din also confirmed that the discourse of the Great Mosque in Paris itself since its inauguration in 1926 AD, and its different mayors, revolves around spreading Islam, brotherhood, humanity, cohesion and dialogue between religions. God Almighty commands us to do so.
His Eminence indicated that people in Europe have good values and respect Islam, adding: “We want to ensure that it is far from violence committed in the name of religion. It is our responsibility together to ensure that Islam is separated from negative interpretations and manipulations of politics, and to ensure that there is no blind loyalty to extremist ideas.” .
For her part, Mrs. Naz Shah of Britain - classified as one of the most influential Islamic personalities in the world - delivered a speech in which she explained that the "Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document" represents the truth of Islam, as the scholars of the nation agreed that it be a document of peace, harmony and love among all human beings, and this is the message Our true true religion, stressing that this document drew its contents from the Medina Document issued by the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and it is the first document in history to affirm the basic rights of all human beings without discrimination.
She said: “We live today in an era in which theses appear on the clash of civilizations that target - in whom it targets - Muslims who suffer from Islamophobia and hatred, and are subjected to various types of violence and persecution.” Therefore, the Makkah Document fights the ideas of extremism and hatred, and calls for a word of equality between all human beings; To end these successive waves of violence, and to promote all the values and principles that we wish to see in our world today, but this does not excuse us from hard work, to make the provisions of that document a reality in our societies.
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