Seminar on Islam and Muslims in Non-Islamic countries

Syria's Minister of Awqaf or Islamic Trusts said on Wednesday that Muslims are considered an effective and a gathering element in their societies as well in their new motherlands because Islam is the religion of openness, freedom, mercy and unity.

Opening an international seminar of Muslims and Islam in non-Islamic Countries, the Minister Dr. Ziyad Ayoubi said we in Syria are working to make a comprehensive resurgence and development process a success in which all sons of Syria are taking part on the basis that every one has the ability of giving and to contribute to build this homeland.

"We have a role in this world because we have a human civilization which is cooperating with other civilizations in a transparent, clear and principled way," he added.

For his part, Director of the Kiftarou religious compound, Saladin Kiftarou, called to the need of understanding Islam because the Islamic society is but a spectrum of the big human society.

He rejected all "what is attached to Islam of false accusations" asserting the importance of cooperation with the other societies as well adopt the language of dialogue and spread peace.

Hasan Konatha from the Japanese University of Doshisha noted the Islamic message and the spread of Islamic culture in Japan are based on the constructive cooperation between the Islamic and non Islamic countries.

This tent is to deepen the Muslims role so as to make their message understandable in non-Islamic countries and develop ties between the Muslim and non-Muslim societies with the aim of spreading justice and peace in the world, he said.

The seminar was held by the Kiftaro compound in cooperation with Japanese University of Doshisha.