Mehbooba Mufti to address Doha World Islamic Forum

New Delhi, Jan 24 (UNI) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has been invited to address global leaders' conference at the prestigious US-Islamic World Forum in Qatar.

Hosted by the Brookings Project on US relations with the Islamic World in collaboration with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, the conference, themed 'Confronting what divides us', would commence on February 17, in Doha.

Policymakers, key political figures, NGO leaders, cultural icons and opinion-shapers from the United States and Muslim states and communities from around the world will engage in three days of meetings to share their ideas on various issues confronting the Muslim world.

The objective of the conference is to discuss the ''dangerous tension'' that has built up between the United States and the world's Muslim states and communities today, a statement said.

This annual dialogue has become the premiere convening body for American and Muslim world leaders in the fields of politics, business, media, academia, science, arts and civil society.

The conference serves as a platform to ''convene and catalyze'' positive action towards the challenges facing the Muslim world, it added.

The past speakers who have addressed the forum include, former US President Bill Clinton, Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, prominent Muslim cleric Sheikh Yousuf Al Qardawai, Prince Hassan of Jordan, Foreign Minister of Bahrain Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmad and Director US Project on US Policy towards Islamic World Peter Singer.

The first meeting of the Forum was held in January 2004.

UNI