DOHA – Seeking to change the stereotyped face of the Islamic faith in the post 9/11 world, an Islamic center is introducing to the West the tolerant and peaceful teachings of Islam. “The main reason for establishing the Qaradawi Center is that we have been plagued by the danger of extremism and the defamation of Islam,” Muhammad Ahmad, Director of the Qaradawi Center for Islamic Moderation and Renewal, told Reuters.
“Not only in the West but the entire world, especially after Sept. 11.”
Qaradawi, a member of the center’s consultative committee, is the president of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS).
Based in Qatar, the center was officially inaugurated on September 6, 2009.
Set by Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser, the wife of the Qatari ruler, the center aims at introducing the true image of Islam to the West.
It plans to hold its first international conference on moderation in 2011 with the participation of scholars from various faiths.
“The atmosphere in Qatar is very positive as far as bridging the gap between the Muslim world and the West,” said Ahmad.
“The country is very open to the outside world.”
The center also works to defend women's rights and fight misconceptions about their status under Islam.
“We have to empower the role of the Muslim woman, to give her full political and democratic rights,” Ahmad added.
Moderate Islam
The Qaradawi center aims to spread the tolerant and moderate Islamic teachings in the post-9/11 world.
“Islamic revival and renewal of thought is a kind of reaction to the modern world,” said Ahmad.
“You have to rethink and remodel some Islamic ideas to make them fit into the modern world.”
Qaradawi, one of the most influential scholars in the world, is known for his moderate views and is widely respected around the world.
He is also the chairman of the European Council for Fatwa and Research and a trustee of the Oxford University Center for Islamic Studies.
He has published dozens of books, chiefly The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam.
He has vehemently condemned all terrorist attacks in the West, including 9/11, Madrid and London, as well as the Bali bombing that targeted foreign tourists in Indonesia.
Qaradawi has also denounced attacks in Arab countries, including the bombing that targeted UN offices in the Algerian capital.
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has described Qaradawi as a "leading progressive Muslim" and likened him to reformist Pope John XXIII.
He praised Qaradawi's staunch support to democracy and efforts to bridge the gap between Islam and the West.
Source: IslamOnline
“Not only in the West but the entire world, especially after Sept. 11.”
Qaradawi, a member of the center’s consultative committee, is the president of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS).
Based in Qatar, the center was officially inaugurated on September 6, 2009.
Set by Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser, the wife of the Qatari ruler, the center aims at introducing the true image of Islam to the West.
It plans to hold its first international conference on moderation in 2011 with the participation of scholars from various faiths.
“The atmosphere in Qatar is very positive as far as bridging the gap between the Muslim world and the West,” said Ahmad.
“The country is very open to the outside world.”
The center also works to defend women's rights and fight misconceptions about their status under Islam.
“We have to empower the role of the Muslim woman, to give her full political and democratic rights,” Ahmad added.
Moderate Islam
The Qaradawi center aims to spread the tolerant and moderate Islamic teachings in the post-9/11 world.
“Islamic revival and renewal of thought is a kind of reaction to the modern world,” said Ahmad.
“You have to rethink and remodel some Islamic ideas to make them fit into the modern world.”
Qaradawi, one of the most influential scholars in the world, is known for his moderate views and is widely respected around the world.
He is also the chairman of the European Council for Fatwa and Research and a trustee of the Oxford University Center for Islamic Studies.
He has published dozens of books, chiefly The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam.
He has vehemently condemned all terrorist attacks in the West, including 9/11, Madrid and London, as well as the Bali bombing that targeted foreign tourists in Indonesia.
Qaradawi has also denounced attacks in Arab countries, including the bombing that targeted UN offices in the Algerian capital.
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has described Qaradawi as a "leading progressive Muslim" and likened him to reformist Pope John XXIII.
He praised Qaradawi's staunch support to democracy and efforts to bridge the gap between Islam and the West.
Source: IslamOnline
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