Muslim community meet on 'Fight Against Terrorism'
Bangalore, March 11: Centre for Community Development, Karnataka, convened a state level representative conference of the Muslim community was held on 09th March 2008 at Bangalore, to deliberate on the “Fight Against Terrorism" and various issues related to it.
The
conference
was
attended
by
leading
Islamic
scholars,
political
luminaries,
NGOS,
women
NGO
groups
youth
organisations,eminent
intellectuals
etc.
Shri.
S.N.H.Razvi
President
welcomed
the
delegates.
Dr.Taha
Mateen
delivered
the
key
note
address.
Mrs.
Sheema
Mohsin
presented
a
paper
on
the
role
of
women.Mr.
Abduss
Salaam
puthige
presented
a
paper
on
the
role
of
media.
Mr.Aga
sultan
General
secretary
CCD
read
out
the
draft
resolutions
which
were
approved
unanimously.
He
also
proposed
a
Vote
of
thanks.
Resolutions
adopted
after
the
day
long
deliberations
marked
by
enthuastic
participation
of
all
delegates
are
as
follows:-
Resolution
no.1:
The
Muslims
of
Karnataka
extend
their
whole
hearted
support
to
the
ongoing
global
fight
against
terrorism
and
appeals
to
all
Communities
and
sections
of
society
to
join
this
struggle
which
is
imperative
for
establishing
global
peace
and
harmony.
Resolution
no.2:
This
conference
calls
upon
the
Muslims
of
Karnataka
to
condemn
terrorism
as
totally
unacceptable
to
Islam
as
it
is
opposed
to
the
basic
philosophy
of
Islam
.
It
further
calls
upon
the
students,
youths,
NGOS
and
social
activists
to
be
ever
vigilant
about
the
designs
of
any
extremist
elements
and
fully
co-operate
with
the
law
enforcing
agencies
in
their
genuine
efforts
to
defeat
such
designs.
Resolution
no.3:
This
conference
appeals
to
the
media
both
print
and
electronic
to
be
objective
and
fair
in
their
reporting
on
the
incidence
of
alleged
terrorism
without
targeting
any
particular
community.
Resolution
no.4:
This
conference
registers
its
strong
objection
to
the
usage
of
biased
and
prejudiced
terms
such
as
“Islamic
Terrorism"
“Muslim
terrorism" or
“Islamic
Jihad"
which
amounts
to
relating
terrorism
to
a
particular
community.
Resolution
no.5:
This
conference
calls
upon
all
concerened
to
ensure
that
the
ongoing
fight
against
terrorism
remains
objective
till
its
end
and
does
not
degenerate
into
a
campaign
against
any
particular
community.
Resolution
no.6:
This
conference
makes
a
strong
appeal
to
the
state
administration
to
ensure
justice
to
all
and
restrain
its
various
agencies
from
harasment
of
innocent
individuals
in
the
name
of
state
security.
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