Abu Dhabi's Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies Forum Sets Theme for Third Edition

Organisers have announced that this year's two-day conference will be centralised around the notion of nation state and its relationship with Islam's ontological principles that aim to sustain peace. The third annual Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies forum, which will be held in Abu Dhabi on December 18^th – 19^th, will draw the world's leading Islamic scholars, academics and leaders to explicate the problems facing the Muslim world and how we can collectively address them.

HE Sheikh Abdallah Bin Bayyah, President of the Forum for Peace highlighted that the most pressing need for scholars, intellects and politicians is to collaborate & address the need for peace. “There is no other option whilst we see the ongoing spread of destruction, death and sectarianism' he added. The world is facing a wave of extremism, sectarianism and violence as a direct result of our failure to promote Islam's culture of peace and mercy. ...

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