Events
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and the Ambassadors of Peace are regularly undertaking interfaith and peace efforts in India and worldwide with the objective of showing Islam as a religion of peace. The Centre and its global partners are eradicating misconceptions about Islam to reveal its true teachings based on its original sources – the Quran, the word of God, and the Sunnah, the sayings and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad using the formula:
"Differentiate betwen Islam and Muslims. Judge Muslims on the basis of the original Islamic Scriptures and not vice versa"
The following are some of the recent events of the centre.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's Anti-Terror Solidarity Statement on the 26/11 Anniversary Eve
One year after the Novemner 26-29, 2008 terrorist attacks, the leaders of different faiths met in Mumbai on Tuesday, 17th November 2009 at an anti-terror solidarity meeting co-sponsored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Art of Living. The following is an excerpt from Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's statement:
"Islam gives great respect to all human beings. There is a verse in the Quran:Whoever killed a human being - except as a punishment for murder or for spreading corruption in the land - shall be regarded as having killed all mankind. (5:32). It means, according to Islam, killing of an innocent person is so bad that it is like killing all mankind..."
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Dialogue between Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The following is the transcript of a dialogue between Islamic scholar and peace advocate Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and Hindu spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Inter alia, they talk about jihad in the Qur'an and Kurukshetra in the Bhagwad Gita. The dialogue was moderated by Narayani Ganesh.
