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Thousands of Muslims are expected at a peace conference in London, which will condemn terrorism, organisers say.Thousands of Muslims are expected at a peace conference in London, which will condemn terrorism, organisers say.
Islamic group Minhaj-ul-Quran predicts more than 12,000 Muslims will gather at Wembley Arena for its Peace for Humanity Conference.Islamic group Minhaj-ul-Quran predicts more than 12,000 Muslims will gather at Wembley Arena for its Peace for Humanity Conference.
The conference will launch a campaign to get one million people to sign an online declaration of peace by 2012.The conference will launch a campaign to get one million people to sign an online declaration of peace by 2012.
Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri says the conference will send a message that 10 years of extremist activity should end.Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri says the conference will send a message that 10 years of extremist activity should end.
'Love and smiles''Love and smiles'
Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri is the founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran and will be the lead speaker at the event. The cleric told BBC Radio 5 live the conference would also commemorate the recent 10th anniversary of 9/11 and send a message that mankind should unite against extremism.Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri is the founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran and will be the lead speaker at the event. The cleric told BBC Radio 5 live the conference would also commemorate the recent 10th anniversary of 9/11 and send a message that mankind should unite against extremism.
"We should strive together, to bring an end to the era of extremist terrorism so that the peace and love and fraternity - which is lost because of unfortunate extremistic activity in the last decade - should come to end and we may restore the peace, love and smiles on the faces of mankind.""We should strive together, to bring an end to the era of extremist terrorism so that the peace and love and fraternity - which is lost because of unfortunate extremistic activity in the last decade - should come to end and we may restore the peace, love and smiles on the faces of mankind."
Minhaj-ul-Quran says Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri's declaration for peace will call for tolerance, respect and justice. The cleric will also condemn terrorism.Minhaj-ul-Quran says Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri's declaration for peace will call for tolerance, respect and justice. The cleric will also condemn terrorism.
"We reject unequivocally all terrorism because at the heart of all religions is a belief in the sanctity of the lives of the innocent. The indiscriminate nature of terrorism, which has in recent years killed far more civilians and other non-combatants than it has combatants," he is expected to say."We reject unequivocally all terrorism because at the heart of all religions is a belief in the sanctity of the lives of the innocent. The indiscriminate nature of terrorism, which has in recent years killed far more civilians and other non-combatants than it has combatants," he is expected to say.
Other scheduled speakers include London's Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes; Dr Joel Hayward, the dean of the RAF College, the Dr Joel Hayward, Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim and Muslim scholar Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad.Other scheduled speakers include London's Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes; Dr Joel Hayward, the dean of the RAF College, the Dr Joel Hayward, Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim and Muslim scholar Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad.
Video messages of support from politicians, including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Opposition leader Ed Miliband and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles will also be played and a collective multi-faith prayer is planned.Video messages of support from politicians, including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Opposition leader Ed Miliband and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles will also be played and a collective multi-faith prayer is planned.
Last year in London, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri launched a fatwa - or religious ruling - against terrorism.Last year in London, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri launched a fatwa - or religious ruling - against terrorism.
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