Kabul hosts Muslim scholars Meeting of scholars from two dozen countries viewed as latest bid towards restoring peace in Central Asian nation. Kabul, Afghanistan- Hundreds of Islamic scholars from across the Muslim-majority world gathered in Kabul on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. The International Conference of Islamic Scholars and Peace is being viewed by many as the latest in a series of steps towards peace in the Central Asian nation. “Their wisdom, guidance and experience will be extremely useful in having a dialogue to change the narrative of violence to one of peace”, Massoom Stanikzai of the High Peace Council, the meeting’s organising body, said of the more than 200 Islamic scholars gathered at Kabul’s Intercontinental hotel. The gathering of scholars from more than two dozen countries came days after Pakistan released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban’s number two, in an effort to aid the peace process. But several scholars told Al Jazeera that the Taliban were operating in reverse.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:58:40 +0000
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