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‘Salvation’ exhibition to dispel myths on Islam

KOCHI: With a view to projecting the “real face of Islam” at a time of increasing Islamophobia worldwide, a massive 10-day exhibition organised by the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen opened at the international stadium here on Friday evening.

The exhibition, titled “Salvation,” traces the history, faith traditions and myriad cultural expressions of Islamic communities, and tries to highlight the pacifist and humanistic face of the second largest religion in the world. The show seeks to counter the “western-media created terrorist image of Islam” in the post-9/11 period and dispel the misconceptions about Islamic practices.

Waleed Khalid Al-Ammar, a senior official in the Kuwait Government, who opened “Salvation,” said terrorism and superstitions were absolutely alien to the Islamic faith. It was these two issues that had been the chief causes for Islam being misunderstood now. He urged Muslims in India, which gave its citizens the freedom of religion and worship, to create a harmonious social atmosphere.

Speakers at the seminar pointed out the need to present the real spirit and character of Islam against the relentless western campaign to dub all Muslims as terrorists and promoters of violence. They regretted that for the mistakes of a minuscule minority, which professed violence to get even with perceived injustice to Muslims, the entire global Islamic community was being dubbed as terrorists. MLAs K.V. Thomas, K. Babu and V.K. Ibrahim Kunju were among the large number of speakers.

As part of the exhibition, a series of seminars and discussions will be held. Among them are “Women in Islam: criticism and facts” and “Muslims in a secular country”.

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