Syeda Amtul
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — A seminar was held on the modern techniques of dawa by Socio Reforms Society last week at a local restaurant. It was hosted by the society’s president Aleem Khan Falaki.
Dr. Arshad Basheer Madani and Waseem Razvi were the key speakers on the occasion.
Madani, who completed the scholar’s course in Hadith and Fiqh from Madina University and founded “AskIslampedia portal, said that the contemporary dawah work’s are entirely different from the traditional ways of dawah.
He shed light on the last 100 years of history and elaborated on the conspiracy of labeling the Muslims as terrorists.
He said WhatsApp, Skype, YouTube and mails are the latest technologies which every dawah worker must use extensively
According to Madni, the portal “AskIslampedia” will be he first reliable source of information to the Muslims around the world.
It will be in 15 languages initially and other languages will be added soon. Over 100 translators have already been employed for the job, and who are working day and night to bring the whole Islamic encyclopedia on the net. He warned that there other powerful portals like Islampedia and other fake websites are spitting venom and misleading people against Islam.
Indian born Razvi, an engineer who is presently working in Australia, said: “The West is thirsty of peace and knowledge. As a result of enormous dawah work carried by the young college and university students, many misunderstandings from the minds of the West are getting removed fast.
“Tens of people embrace Islam in Australia and Europe daily. The biggest problem today is that the fascist and communal forces of India and Europe have maligned the image of Islam.
“The common innocent people do not go deeper to study and find the truth and as a result, they view Islam as the enemy. But through debates, street dawah, visit to churches and temples, several men and women are coming to know what Islam is exactly.
“Many are confessing about how they were fed with wrong information about Islam through their academic syllabus, TV and religious preachers.”
He stressed on the Islamic training of the children at home and requested men to take their families and children to such religious seminars.
Falaki paid tribute to Sheikh Ahmed Deedat and Dr. Zakir Naik. He said: “Youths like Basheer Madani and Waseem Razvi are products who brought a revolution in dawah work. The dawah work was considered to be the duty of only Ulema with certain qualifications. But these people have changed the concept and enabled the young generation to go to other communities and present Islam in an attractive way.”
He added: “The world needs peace, justice and honesty, and only Islam can provide these. This is the time Muslims should stick to the original teachings of Islam instead of quarreling in groups and cults.”
