Whither Islam? | January 18, 2009
Conference discusses critical Muslim issues
The two-day conference titled Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT) is being organised jointly by the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) and the Cordoba Initiative. The event is sponsored by the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue.
The sessions yesterday were marked with a lively exchange of divergent and even contradicting views by the participants representing different schools of thought and ideological backgrounds. A session titled “new ideas and competing values,” featured an opinion poll among the participants. To a question, “are the Islamic values in conflict with western values?” 61 percent said “yes” while the remaining 39 percent said “no”. The voting was followed by an enlightening debate on the issue.
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