4th Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies to Discuss World Peace and Islamophobia
Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Participation, the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies will convene its 4th annual Forum under the theme Global Peace and the fear of Islam on December 11, 2017 in Abu Dhabi. The event will be chaired by H.E Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah, President of the Forum for Encouraging Peace in Muslim Societies.
The theme of this year's forum was opted to analyze the common variables that potenially posture a threat to regional or global tranquility, examining hate speech and its societal and global influence on peace, with the frequency of hyper-fear of Islam, typically referred to as Islamophobia.
The Forum hope its fourth yearly assembly demands the intellectual and social foundation to make it possible for Muslims and individuals of other beliefs to coexist peacefully, which will certainly be done via a choose group of experts sharing their ideas and experiences. The Forums Executive Director, Zeshan Zafar mentioned 'this convergence is critical to immunize against deconstructive ideological ideas that intimidate protection and additional conflagration in Muslim Societies, fuelling a vicious cycle of common worry and uncertainty which promotes disgust, racism and exclusion'.
Discussions at this years forum will also examine exactly how religions could take up the challenge to advertise the spirit of peace via instances of finest method, such as the successful birth of a modern day 'Alliance of Virtue' observed in Abu Dhabi, through the Online forums 2017 flagship program, the American Tranquility Caravan. This effort for the first time brought Rabbis, Pastors and Imams in the USA to establish multi-religious grassroots based solutions, to link the department and combine spiritual areas based upon their shared worths.
The three-day Forum, which will certainly be kept in Abu Dhabi, will see the involvement of greater than 700 Arab and Muslim scholars, alongside an elite of top-level intellectual and religious very important people from worldwide, representing the various intellectual, religious and cultural patterns.
The illustrious gathering of scholars and pundits will deliberate on methods to get to relaxed intellectual outcomes to prevent potential dangers against neighborhoods, and prevent the effect of worsening dangers on various areas around the world. They will additionally discuss methods to create a global tranquil motion, similar to the pre-Islamic Alliance of Virtue, which opposes physical violence, radicalism and extremism with calm conjunction and conviviality.
The Forum for Supporting Tranquility in Muslim Societies was introduced in 2014 based upon the initiative of HE Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah and the generous support of the UAE. The Forum's various events drew in hundreds of scholars and pundits and achieved substantial success in regards to the distinguished presence and academic results to advertise the society of tranquility. It also amassed the interest of thinkers and decision-makers in the Islamic and Western globes, and made the recognition of many international entities and awards.
