06/29/13: At a glance- Muslim Leadership Summit

June 29, 2013: Muslim Leadership Summit Organized by the Imam Council of MMCC, hosted at the Islamic House of Wisdom.

Religious and community leaders and activists confirmed the Code of Honor signed in 2007 while rejecting the bloody sectarian conflict in the Middle East.

The leaders warned the Muslim community against any tensions based on different schools of thought or political perspectives.

American Muslims must inspire the rest of the Muslim world with a sense of unity, cooperation and continuous communication and dialogue.

Dr. Talal Turfe, Dr. Sayyed M. Saeed, the National Director of ISNA and Dr. Juan Cole a professor of Michigan University were the keynote speakers of the event. Imam Mustafa Elturk and Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, two Co-Chairmen of Council of Imams welcomed the participants.

Imam Elahi welcomed the imams, community leaders and keynote speakers to the Islamic House of Wisdom.

Imam reflected on reconfirmation of the Code of Honor that was signed at the IHW in 2007 and encouraged building bridges of confidence and trust among the intrafaith partners.
He emphasized on marching the road of moderation, standing for truth and justice and condemning evil and crime regardless of religious affiliations.
Continuing, he stated that this brutal bloodshed in the Middle East from Iraq to Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Egypt has nothing to do with the true teachings of Islam, it’s a political conspiracy for the sake of power, money and domination.

Imam Elahi called for the continuity of the path of peace and unity initiated in the last century by great scholars of both Shia and Sunni societies and praised the honorable position of Al-Azhar University on the martyrdom of Egyptian Sheikh Shahata and his friends.
Concluding, Imam Elahi said that the reason for the success of the sectarian conflict in the Middle East was the existence of ignorance and poverty among the masses. Living on a land where the Muslims have opportunity to have maximum education and prosperity, should leave no room for the sickness of sectarianism.