Bahawalpur, July 06, 2023 (PPI-OT): Under the special direction of Engineer Professor Dr. Athar Mehboob, the Department of Religions, Scholars and Interfaith Harmony was established in Islamia University Bahawalpur in order to maintain social and diplomatic relations with other religions and state institutions at the national and international levels. should be improved, friendly relations with minorities should be established and self-made ideologies like Islamophobia should be eradicated. In order to strongly condemn the act of burning the Quran on the day of Eid al-Adha in Sweden, under the leadership of Professor Dr. Sheikh Shafiqur Rahman, Dr. Sujeela Kausar, President of the Department of Religions, Scholars and Interfaith Harmony, organized a peaceful walk with the aim of We had to register our protest against this heinous act on international forums. The special rally started from Abbasia campus and soon a large number of university employees and students took part in it.
On this occasion, while representing Vice Chancellor Islamia University Bahawalpur Engineer Professor Dr. Athar Mehboob, Prof. Dr. Sheikh Shafiqur Rahman, Dean Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies said that we as Muslims and institutions strongly condemn such incidents. Dr. Sajila Kausar said that Islam can undoubtedly be called the architect of knowledge and the Holy Quran the guarantor of peace. Desecration of religious books, whether they belong to any religion or religion, is prohibited in Islamic Sharia. Other religious communities including Christians, Hindus and Sikhs should also come forward and strongly condemn this incident. Prof. Dr. Moazzam Jameel, Registrar Islamia University Bahawalpur also termed the incident as sad and said that it is against the Freedom of Expression Act to allow this kind of practice.
Therefore, this illegal decision of the Swedish court should be strongly condemned. The President of Arabic Department, Dr. Raheela Khalid Qureshi said that Islam has always protected the rights of minorities. Islamic Sharia allows all minorities to perform their religious rituals. Therefore, when such incidents happen on the part of the people of the West, there is a wave of grief in all Islamic societies. On this occasion, Rizwan Majeed, the treasurer of the university, said that Islam teaches humanity. The incident of burning the Holy Quran in Sweden on the occasion of Eid al-Adha is a heart-wrenching act that cannot be condemned as much as it is.
In this special walk, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Amjad, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Muhammad Imran, Head of Department of Islamic Studies, Dr. Ziaur Rehman, Head of Department of Quranic Studies, Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, Head of Department of Jurisprudence and Sharia, Dr. Waqar Aslam, Head of Information Security Department, Jibran Jamshed, Head of Department Law, Dr. Ariba Khan, President of the Department of Islamic Banking and Finance, Dr. Syed Javed Iqbal, President of the Department of Leadership Management, Quranic Students Club, Department of Quranic Studies, teachers, students, administrative officers and employees of other departments of the university were also present.
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