Mutahhida Quami Movement (MQM) has established a body of religious scholars for promoting sectarian harmony called Muttahida Bainul Muslimeen Forum on the instructions of party chief Altaf Hussain. The forum, it is leanrt, will promote peace and brotherhood with a view to containing terrorism.
Maulana Tanvirul Haque Thanvi, Allama Abbas Kumaili, Allama Haider Alvi, Allama Mufti Mahmood Rizvi, Mirza Yousuf Husain, Allama Qari Jameel Rathore, Qari Abdur Rehman, Allama Syed Hashim Musavi, Ameer Abdulla Farooqi, Agha Sajjad Karbalai, Allama Zuhair Abidi, Allama Ferozeuddin Rehmani, Mufti Muhammad Arif Saeedi, Waqar Muhammad and Mufti Abdulla Naqvi have been named members of the forum.