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Training Workshop
Distortion of history erodes social harmony
Published: Aug 11, 2015
In today’s modern world we can’t rely upon religion to design the contours of societies during its make-up phase. Pakistan's history was interpretred in a distorted way. Had it not been so, we wouldn’t have been confronted with such a widened political cohesion gap.
These views were expressed during a workshop organized by Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) in Lahore.
More than fifty renown religious academics and learned scholars of the country participated in the workshop, including Dr. Qibla Ayaz, former Vice Chancellor, University of Peshawar; Romana Bashir, Executive Director, Peace and Development Foundation; Khursheed Ahmad Nadeem, anchorperson and columnist; Ammar Khan Nasir, Al-Sharia Academy, Gujranwala; Sahibzada Amanat Rasool, Principal Idarra Fiqare-e-Jadeed and Muhammad Amir Rana, Director, PIPS.
“The existing narratives of state have made not only the inter-religious harmony a distant dream but inter-racial issues too pose incalculable challenges”, said Romana Bashir.
She further added that we can resolve the grievances of minorities in an amicable method, if we resort to Medina Accord as our benchmark. This way, not only will we alleviate other sects’ grievances but will also pave way for bringing inter-religious harmony in the country.
Prominent television anchor Khursheed Nadeem said that we might be having differences over shariah implementation but not over common values of humanities. “They are all the same”, he said.
“In contemporary world, we can’t design frontiers of a state with religion, and if a state tries doing so, then inter-religious harmony would always remain a dream to be fulfilled”, he argued. He urged the ulemas to bring religious harmony in areas where they are in majority.
- See more at: Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), Independent Think Tank in Pakistan