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Role of Ulema in Promotion of Peace and Harmony in Society 21-23 JUNE 2011

Role of Ulema in Promotion of Peace

and Harmony in Society

Organized by

Pak Institute For Peace Studies (PIPS)

Islamabad Hotel, Islamabad

21-23 JUNE

2011

National Seminar

on

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21 June, 2011

Tuesday

Arrival of Guests

Till 19:00 hrs Arrival and Registration of Participants

(Islamabad Hotel)

20:00-22:00 hrs Dinner at Islamabad Hotel

22 June, 2011

Wednesday

INAUGURAL SESSION

09:30-11:00 hrs

Chairperson: Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani

Chairman Islamic Ideology Council

Opening Remarks: Muhammad Amir Rana

Director, Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS),

Islamabad

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SESSION-I

FEATURES OF A PEACEFUL AND HARMONIOUS SOCIETY

11:30-13:15 hrs

Chairperson: Maulana Muhammad Hanif Jalindhari

Secretary General, Wafaqul Madaris Al Arabia &

Principal Jamia Khir-ul-Madaris, Multan

Speakers:

International and Regional Perspective

Dr. Fareed Paracha

Director Ulema Academy, Lahore

Socio-Economic Perspective

Dr. Syed Muhammad Najafi

Administrator and Professor Jamia Al-Muntazar, Lahore

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Sectarian Harmony

Maulana Attaullah Sahab

Member Gilgit-Baltistan Council, Principal Darul Uloom

Gilgit

Intellectual Perspective

Dr. Khalid Zaheer

Al-Mawrid Organization, Lahore

Questions and Comments

Remarks by Chairperson

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SESSION-II

CHALLENGES TO CREATION OF PEACEFUL AND HARMONIOUS SOCIETY

14:30-16:40 hrs

Chairperson: Allama Syed Farhat Hussain Shah

Head Minhajul Quran Ulema Council, Lahore

Speakers:

Punjab Perspective

Maulana Raghib Naeemi

Principal Jamia Naeemia, Garhi Shau Lahore

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Perspective

Dr. Qibla Ayaz

Director Institute for Islamic Studies, Peshawar

Sindh Perspective

Qari Zameer Akhtar Mansoori

Principal Jamia Al-Falah, North Nazimabad Karachi

Balochistan Perspective

Allama Akbar Hussain Zahidi

Vice-Principle, Jamia Sadiq, Quetta

Kashmir Perspective

Qazi Mahmud ul Hasan Ashraf

Principal Jamia Muhammadia Muzaffarabad

Questions and Comments

Remarks by Chairperson

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23 June, 2011

Thursday

SESSION-III

ROLE OF ULEMAS IN PROMOTION OF PEACE AND HARMONY IN SOCIETY

09:30-11:00 hrs

Chairperson: Dr. Khalid Masood

Former Chairman Islamic Ideology Council

Speakers:

Dr. Maulana Yasin Zafar

Nazim-e- Aala, Wafaqul Madaris Salafia

Dr. Abu Al-Hasan Shah

Vice Principal, Darul Uloom Muhammadia Ghosia Bhera

Allama Syed Jawad Hadi

Principal Madrassa Ariful Hussaini Peshawar

Allama Aamar Nasir

Vice-Principal, Al-Sharia Academy Gujranwala

Questions and Comments

Remarks by Chairperson

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11:30-13:30 hrs WORKING GROUPS

BREAKUP OF GROUPS

GROUP-I

ROLE OF ULEMAS IN PROMOTION OF SECTARIAN HARMONY IN SOCIETY

Moderator: Allama Syed Farhat Hussain Shah

Head Minhajul Quran Ulema Council, Lahore

Initiator: Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali

Al-Marka Islami Hadeeqatul Uloom, Peshawar

Participants: 1) Maulana Masood Baig

Jamia Banoria, Karachi

2) Allama Akbar Hussain Zahidi

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Vice-Principle, Jamia Sadiq, Quetta

3) Mr. Abdul Qadoos Mohammadi

Columnist/Religious Scholar

4) Maulana Atta ullah Shahab

Member Gilgit-Baltistan Council, Principal Darul

Uloom Gilgit

GROUP-II

ROLE OF ULEMA IN COUNTERING EXTREMISM IN SOCIETY

Moderator: Khursheed Nadeem

Religious Scholar

Initiator: Mufti Muhammad Zahid

Principal Jamia Imdadia, Faisalabad

Participants:

1) Pir Syed Muddasir Shah

Director Islamic Research Center

2) Maulana Fazal ur Rehman Madni

Principal Jamia Islamia Noshehra

3) Dr. Khalid Masood

Former Chairman Islamic Ideology Council

4) Allama Mohammad Hayyat Qadri

Vice President Tanzeemul Madaris Balochistan

5) Allama Anis ul Hasnain Khan

Principal Jamia Madina Al-Elm Islamabad

GROUP-III

SUGGESTIONS TO COUNTER POLITICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS OF EXTREMISM IN SOCIETY

Moderator: Dr. Abdal Nasir Latif

Madrassa Islamia Ziaul Uloom, Mardan

Initiator: Maulana Mufti Muhammad Rafiq

Jamia Islamia Banuri Town Karachi

Participants:

1) Qari Zameer Akhtar Mansoori

Principal Jamia Al-Falah, North Nazimabad Karachi

2) Maulana Ali Bakhsh Sajjadi

Principal Madrassa Waliul Asr Sakhar

3) Maulana Mohammad Younis Qasmi

Editor monthly Khilafat-e-Rashida

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4) Maulana Khalid Zia

Jamia Muhammadia Muzaffarabad

GROUP-IV

HOW TO PROMOTE A CULTURE OF PEACE AND HARMONY IN SOCIETY?

Moderator: Maulana Babir Hussain Babir

Darul Uloom Muhammadia Ghausi, Lahore

Initiator: Allama Aamar Nasir

Vice-Principal, Al-Sharia Academy Kingi Wala,

Gujranwala

Participants:

1) Maulana Yaseen Zafar

Nazim-e- Aala, Wafaqul Madaris Salafia

2) Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi

President Rabita tul Madaris Balochistan

3) Maulana Mumtaz Nizami

Principal Darul Uloom Muhammadia Ghosia Islamabad

4) Allama Dr. Seyd Mohammad Najfi

Professor Jamia Al-Sadiq Quetta Balochistan

5) Maulana Abdul Salam

Religious Scholars

6) Allama Hasan Askari

Principal Jamia Al-Raza Islamabad

GROUP-V

BALANCED ROLE OF MADDARIS IN PROMOTING BALANCED VIEWS IN SOCIETY

Moderator: Dr. Abu Al-Hassan Shah

Vice Principal, Darul Uloom Muhammadia Ghausia

Bhera, Sargodha

Initiator: Maulana Zikria Zakir

Jamia Dawat-ul-Haq Salafia, Quetta

Participants:

1) Maulana Zia Naqshabandi

Religious Scholars, Lahore

2) Alalma Syed Jawad Hadi

Principal Madrassa Ariful Hussaini, Peshawar

3) Maulana Anwar ul Haq Haqqani

Religious Scholar, Jamia Masjid Quetta

4) Maulana Shamshad Ahmed

Religious Scholar, Islamabad

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CONCLUDING SESSION

14:30-16:00 hrs

Chairperson: Maulana Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman

Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, President Tanzeemul

Madaris

Chief Guest: Mr. Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar

Advisor to Prime Minister

Presentations of Group Findings

Concluding Remarks

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