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The Age of Peace

At an international conference held in Abu Dhabi under the
aegis of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies,
from April 28 – 30, 2015, I delivered an address in which I made
the point that if we want to change the minds of the Muslim
youth, we shall have to give them a peaceful alternative. The
best alternative is the global distribution of the Quran.
This goal for Muslims was set by the Prophet of Islam himself
in the seventh century, as according to a tradition, he said that
in future the word of God would reach every individual and
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every household of the globe. At that time, this saying did not
go beyond being a prediction. But, today modern technology
and means of communication have made it possible to fulfil
this prediction to the ultimate degree. Furthermore, in present
times news of “Islamic violence” finds a place daily in the
world media.

Young Muslims have to arise and disseminate the message
of the Quran worldwide. This mission is a billion times more
attractive for Muslim youths than terrorism.

This situation has led to the Quran becoming a subject
of discussion and has increased people’s curiosity about the
message of the Quran. People are eager to study it. Today we
would do well to give Muslim youths the goal of conveying
the Quran to those who are keen to know about it.
Young Muslims have to arise and disseminate the message
of the Quran worldwide. This mission is a billion times more
attractive for Muslim youths than terrorism. The only problem
is that Muslim youths have not been made aware of this mission.
If they have the importance of this task explained to them in
a language which they understand, they will certainly give up
violence and rally to the mission of the global dissemination
of the Quran.

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