An International Conference on 'Sufism and Peace' is being organised under the auspices of the International Sufi Council in Lahore by the end of next month. The International Sufi Council was established at the end of the first International Conference on Sufism and Peace, which was held in Islamabad in March last year under the auspices of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on an initiative of its Chairman, well-known writer and intellectual Fakhar Zaman.
But this time, it is being organised by the newly-established International Sufi Council. The moot was attended by 90 high profile literary figures from 40 countries, as delegates who had decided to form the International Sufi Conference and Fakhar Zaman was elected unanimously as its Chairman.
Chairman of the International Sufi Council Fakhar Zaman told a group of journalists at his Model Town residence here on Thursday that large number of international literary and cultural personalities including those who are reputed internationally for their expertise on mysticism from all over the world will be attending the moot.
He said that more than 150 such eminent figures have been invited from all over the world adding that most of them are likely to participate in the conference and exchange their views with national and international delegates to the conference.
Fakhar Zaman said that the Conference would deliberate on different aspects of Sufism, highlight of the message of love, brotherhood, tolerance and fraternity, which all Sufis have been giving over the centuries. He said in the face of extremism, it is the dire need of the hour that we revert to Sufism and the moot will help the people understand and appreciate what Sufism is all about and how it can usher in peace in the world by adhering to the teachings of the Sufis, which they have been giving in prose and poetry.
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