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Thousands of Muslims are attending a peace conference in London which is condemning terrorism.Thousands of Muslims are attending a peace conference in London which is condemning terrorism.
About 12,000 Muslims are understood to have gathered at Wembley Arena for Islamic group Minhaj-ul-Quran's Peace for Humanity Conference.About 12,000 Muslims are understood to have gathered at Wembley Arena for Islamic group Minhaj-ul-Quran's Peace for Humanity Conference.
The conference is launching a campaign to get one million people to sign an online declaration of peace by 2012.The conference is launching 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 is 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 is 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."
Normally it's pop stars who attract the big crowds at Wembley Arena. Today it is the renowned Islamic scholar Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri.
You can even see posters of him on the buses travelling through the streets near the stadium.
But his message is a serious one. He preaches that there are no conditions under which extremism and the violence it endorses can be excused.
It's a message that has found a big audience here at Wembley but one which has ironically made him the subject of death threats from those who don't believe in peace.
Minhaj-ul-Quran says Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri's declaration for peace will call for tolerance, respect and justice. The cleric also condemns terrorism.Minhaj-ul-Quran says Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri's declaration for peace will call for tolerance, respect and justice. The cleric also condemns 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 said."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 said.
Other speakers due to appear included London's Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes; Dr Joel Hayward, the dean of the RAF College Dr Joel Hayward, Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim and Muslim scholar Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad.Other speakers due to appear included London's Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes; Dr Joel Hayward, the dean of the RAF College 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 were also due to be played along with a collective multi-faith prayer.Video messages of support from politicians, including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, opposition leader Ed Miliband and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles were also due to be played along with a collective multi-faith prayer.
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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