28/9/2019
PUNE:
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community organizes Peace Symposium in Pune. The event was
graced by various delegates and religious gurus, who came under one roof to
express and endorsed the idea of Universal Brotherhood and Peace. Tahir Ahmad
Arif, Head of Peace Symposium Committee Pune, personally welcomed the
distinguished guests.
Speakers Mohammad Vaseem Ahmad, Head, Youth Wing of
Community Pune addressed the audience. Team of volunteers managed all
arrangements to ensure the smooth flow of program. After the traditional
recitation of the Holy Quran, the stage was open for our honored guests
and religious representative to express their ideas of Peace and its need in
the world today, when the world is moving towards increase in conflicts.
Dr. Shabnam Asthana, Director of Empowered Solutions
and Ex-Professor of NDA spoke on the occasion and shared her thoughts. She said
that “When Good Afternoon, As-SalamoAllaikum, Namaste, Satsriakal, Om Shanti
different greetings send the same message of wishing Wellbeing, Happiness and
Peace.” She also said that “The world is a canvas, we can paint it with the
colours of Love, Kindness and Affection. We should remove the Negativity with
the paint brush and so we should have no phobia of any religion.” She also
emphasized “Forums like this will help to give a deeper understanding of
various religions and this will help us to dispel the bias and
miscommunication”
Bhanu Pratap Barge ACP Crime Branch (Retd.) spoke
about real life problems in attaining peace and how we can tackle this. He said
“We are an Instrument in the hands of power holders” he gave real life examples
from his experience as a police officer. He said the solution to abolish this
and come out of the hands of power holders is to “Acquire the knowledge of
religion and needs to know the true essence of his or her religion.” He said,
“There is a need to come out of Temples, Mosques, Churches and Gurdwara’s and
teach what the basics of religion are.”
Dr. Sindhutai Sapkal, Social Worker spoke on the
topic of having brotherhood and love. She said, “Have brotherhood and learn to
love, go where ever you see a problem, Feed people who are starving and go
where there is sorrow and solve it.” She also said, “If people started living
for the need of others, the world would change soon.” She emphasized on
spreading the message of peace at your homes which would automatically
translate in attaining peace across the globe.
Various Religious Gurus from different sects spoke
about attaining peace and universal brotherhood. The speakers from the
religious communities included Dr. Rajesh Jalenkar from ISKON, Bramha Kumari
Shamal from the Braamha Kumari Mission, Dr. Amar Amit Agarwal from the Ananda
Sangha, Gyani Amarjeet Singh from the Sikh Community, Dhammachari Gynanraja
from the Buddhist Community and Brother M Raja from the Christian Community.
The speakers lauded the efforts of Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community for the remarkable initiative of bringing scholars and religious
heads on one platform through this Peace Symposium and appreciated our efforts
in trying our best to remind the world about the dire need for Peace.
Haleem Khan Shahid, Missionary In-Charge of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Pune spoke at length on the True Islamic Teachings.
He quoted verses from the Holy Quran that conveys the message of attaining
peace, harmony and universal brotherhood by being diverse but inclusive.
Concluding the Symposium, Ashfaq Ahmad Tahir,
Representing Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Pune, spoke on understanding Human
Values and need to spread the message of "Love For All Hatred For
None" from the perspective of Islam.
He reflected the teachings of the
Holy Quran and the sayings of the Holy Prophet of Islam and from the writings
of the founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He made mention how Hazrat Mirza
Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, is
spearheading a campaign for peace in the world and how the Community is engaged
in serving the humanity.
