Chinese scholar praises King's efforts to promote a tolerant Islam

A Chinese religious scholar has praised efforts by Morocco's King Mohammed VI to promote a tolerant Islam in the world.

Pr El Haj Hilal Eddine Chen Guangyan, member of Chinese Islamic Association and also permanent member of the Chinese Political Congress, was speaking at a religious ceremony chaired, here Tuesday night, by the monarch to mark the "Leylat El Kadr" (Night of Destiny), the 26th night of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which celebrates Mohammed's receipt of God's revelation and transformation into the Prophet.

Chen Guangyan who was adressing the monarch on behalf of the foreign "Ulemas" (religious scholars) who were invited to give lectures during this holy month, underlined the king's efforts to "achieve peace, security, entente, equity, tolerance, justice, freedom, equality, progress, and to strenghten Islamic principles and values." All these efforts, he said, show the monarch's concern to give a "right and shining" image of a tolerant Islam respectflul of social justice.