- ICNA. 48th convention. “Faith, Family, Future: Success in the Divine Guidance.”
- In the convention, 190 scholars from the US as well as from across the world will present their thesis.
- World powers are granting impunity to the violator of human rights – India – in occupied Kashmi: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
- Says there is a phenomenon of unstopped & unpunished barbarities that is being witnessed in Kashmir
- Almighty Allah didn’t bestow upon anyone the quality of creating some creatures but a human being: Syed Shahid Hashmi
- Says basic relation among human relations is between a husband & his wife
- Says a woman & a man have to undertake different types of responsibilities which is why equality couldn’t be setup between them
BALTIMORE ( Web News )
An informative and educational session on “Countering and dismantling Islamophobia, locally & globally” was organized during 48th Annual ICNA-MAS Convention, held at Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
The topic included Kashmir, Palestine, and Islamophobia. Dr. Hatem Bazian, well-known scholar on globalization and international relations spoke on, ‘Palestine: Century of settler colonialism; Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum, spoke on the ‘Situation in Kashmir’ Joram Van laveren, Dutch politician and author of ‘Apostate: From Christianity to Islam in times of secularization and terror’ spoke on ‘The rise of the far right in Europe’ & Edward Mitchell, Deputy Director of ‘Council on American Islamic Relations’ spoke on ‘The ripple effect of Islamophobia.’
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai said that there is a phenomenon of unstopped and unpunished barbarities that is being witnessed in Kashmir. The irony is that the impunity that is thus being granted to the violator of human rights – India – is not in the context of a new dispute, or a civil war where the status, the positions and the actions of the parties remain obscure for some time and international response lags behind in the situation. It is being done in a territory known to be disputed for 76 years. There is no alibi for the international communities’ inaction except that India with its major power pretensions maintains violent occupation of the territory. Furthermore, the dispute is known to have the potential of large-scale international conflict with the possibility of nuclear confrontation. It has produced two wars between India and Pakistan and a third cannot be ruled out unless a resolution is sought to the satisfaction of all parties concerned.
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai said ending the suffering of the people of Kashmir was vital and urgent. He wondered why such actions were forthcoming in Namibia, East Timor, Southern Sudan, etc and not in Kashmir. Was the suffering of the people of Kashmir any less than that of East Timorese? He pointed out that Kashmir has been under military occupation for more than 76 years. The United States, he said, holds unique powers of moral suasion and it also has the capability of coming up with material and economic assistance to help Kashmir’s search for an enlightened solution. After all. the United Stats has made such efforts in other international conflict. How was Kashmir any different, he asked?
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai announced with immense pain and anguish the news that Modi administration is asking High Court for a death sentence of the most popular leader of Kashmiri political resistance movement in Indian Occupied Kashmir – Mohammad Yasin Malik. Ambassador Kuldip Nayyar, former High Commissioner of India to Great Britain has said that Yasin Malik has adopted the nonviolent movement and has become the follower of Mahatma Gandhi. As Shashi Tharoor, former minister of India has said that ‘For much of his political career, Narendra Modi has been trained to dislike Mahatma Gandhi.’ Given this frame of mind, how can Narendra Modi like Yasin Malik to be the follower of Gandhi.
“Global initiative in Kashmir will not only end the bloodshed and suffering in Kashmir, but also have a direct positive effect on international security by eliminating regional fighting, and national tensions. It is in everyone’s interest to settle the Kashmir conflict peacefully without further delay,” Fai added.
Central Shoora Member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and renowned scholar Syed Shahid Hashmi has said that basic relation among human relations is between a husband and his wife. A woman and a man have to undertake different types of responsibilities which is why equality couldn’t be setup between them. Almighty Allah didn’t bestow upon anyone the quality of creating some creatures but a human being and that survival of human civilization and culture depends on differences of types of responsibilities as well as dissimilarity between man and woman. A family is a basic molecule of human civilization. He said that civilization’s building block is not an individual but family.
Syed Shahid Hashmi expressed these views while addressing the 48th convention of Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) at Baltimore city in the US State of Maryland. The theme of the current year’s convention is “Faith, Family, Future: Success in the Divine Guidance.”
In the convention, 190 scholars from the US as well as from across the world will present their thesis. In the speakers, renowned scholars of Islamic world including Mohsin Ansari, Yasir Qadhi, Sheikh Omar Suleiman, Shaykh Nasir Janganda, Shaikh Yaser Birjas, Dr. Altaf Hussain, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan from Pakistan, Imam Suhaib Webb, Dr. Iqbal Nidvi, newly converted Muslim member of the Dutch Parliament Joram Van Klaveren, Abdool Rahman Khan, Zaynab Ansari, Majed Mahmoud, Zahid Bukhari, Suzy Ismail, Dalia Mogahed, Abdullah Oduro, Zahra Billoo, Dalia Mogahed, Afia Yunus, Hussain Kamani and Emir JI India Sadatullah Hussaini will address on the occasion through zoom.
Registration of 18,000 individuals in the biggest convention of Muslims in the US was completed while the organizers were expecting the participation of almost 30,000 individuals.
Well-known players of Pakistan cricket team including Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan will also participate in the convention and will hold meetings with the participants of the convention whereas delegations of Islamic movements from Australia, Canada, Norway and British will also participate in the convention.
While addressing the convention 2023 on the topic of family relations, Syed Shahid Hashmi said that if difference between a man and woman is comprehended the other minor issues could be easily understood and added Allah Almighty conferred upon the duty of creation as well as training of new generations to a woman alongside safeguarding future of humanity. He added it is a big duty which is why she was not given any other responsibility.
“Basic relation among human relations is between a husband and his wife. A man and woman were handed over different assignments that is why equality is absent between them. Allah Almighty made a man capable of creating some creature,” he concluded.