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Pakistan: Scholars adopt charter of peace, support coexistence
an article by Daily Times, Pakistan
Lahore: Representatives of Islam, Christianity,
Hinduism, Sikhs and Baha’is unanimously adopted
the charter of peace during an interfaith
consultative conference, in which they urged
clerics of all religions to include the message of
peace and social harmony, brotherhood, acceptance
and coexistence during prayer sessions, especially
in Friday prayers and Sunday mass.
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“We call upon all people to restore interfaith
harmony as ignorance is at its peak today. To end
duality and adopt values from different religions
so that we may be able to create an atmosphere
where everyone might have religious freedom, the
religion must be use to end differences among
different religious communities,” according to the
charter.
Punjab Parliamentary Secretary for Human Rights and
Minorities Affairs MPA Tariq Masih Gill also
addressed the conference.
The speakers stressed the need for adopting value
education for students of seminaries, and said that
peace education must be an essential part of the
curriculum of educational institutions at all
levels.
Through the charter of peace, scholars asked the
people to restore compassion, respect and
tolerance to the centre of morality and religion,
to teach each other that any interpretation of
scripture that breeds violence or hatred is
illegitimate, to ensure that youth are given
accurate and respectful information about other
religions, traditions and cultures.
“All religions and sects should cooperate with
each other to create peace, and to promote values
of coexistence in society. We will have to give
all respects to each and every person without any
religious, sectarian or ethnic discrimination for
economically stronger and prosperous Pakistan,”
the charter stated.
(Thank you to the Newsletter of the Global Campaign
for Peace Education for pointing out this article.)
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