14-16 December 2015 the 11th Muslim International Forum /MIF/ named ‘Religion, Identity and Politics in a World of Changing Values’ will be held in London, UK.
14-16 December 2015 the 11th Muslim International Forum /MIF/ named ‘Religion, Identity and Politics in a World of Changing Values’ will be held in London, UK.
Main events of MIF, including panel discussions, round tables and presentations, are to take place on the 15th of December in The Savoy Hotel (189 Strand, London).
Participants: Grand mufties, prominent Muslim scholars and leaders of Muslim communities from many European countries, Chairman of the Religious Board of Muslims of Russia and the Russia Muftis Council Sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin (Moscow, Russia), Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain Dr Shuja Shafi (London, Great Britain), President of Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe Abdullah ben Mansour (Brussels, Belgium), General Secretary of the European Council for Fatwa and Research Sheikh Hussein Halawa (Dublin, Ireland) among them. Special guests of MIF - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and a senior bishop in the Church of England and Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh, a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Topics:
- Qur'anic humanism as the basis of peaceful coexistence;
- Threats of terrorism (ISIS) and efforts to counter extremism;
- Problems of refugees and protection of Muslims’ and non-Muslims’ rights;
- Moral and ethical disorientation as a cause of modern Ummah’s intellectual crisis etc.
Organizers: the Religious Board of Muslims of Russia and the Secretariat of the Muslim International Forum. Event is also supported by the Muslim Council of Britain.
