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TRIPOLI, November 28 (Mercy for Mankind) – The
first evening session of the third day of the seventh general
conference of the World Islamic Call Society (WICS) went underway
Sunday afternoon with the fourth working paper as a main topic.
The paper is a report entitled; "An Evaluative
follow-up of the WICS Action in Three Decades of Contribution",
prepared and presented by the Mufti of Uzbekistan and member of the
World Islamic Call Council, Prof. Muhammad As-Sadiq Yusuf.
Recalling the establishment of the WICS over three
decades ago, Yusuf paid tribute to the efforts made by the Libyan
leader Colonel Muammar Al-Qaddafi that led to the creation of the
WICS. Back then, all that looked like a dream.
"Righteous deeds draw their greatness from their solid bases,
lofty goals and sound programs, and from their clear means which
enable them to achieve their humanitarian objectives. Their
contributions prosper and their dream comes true when they are
realistic and practical.
"It was from this base that the World Islamic
Call Society sprang since it was just a cherished dream of its
Muslim revolutionary founder Muammar Al-Qaddafi whose moral values
emanate from a deep understanding of the message of Prophet Mohammed
(SAW)."
He further added that the state of Muslims worldwide
urged the Libyan leader to promptly invite a group of the `ulamaa'
(scholars) of the Islamic Ummah from all over the world to a general
conference held in Tripoli in the period from 13-18 Shawwal
corresponding to 11-16 December 1970 (AD).
"The founding leader participated in person in
the proceedings of the conference that was characterized by a
transparent and genuine dialogue.
He drew the attention of the `ulamaa' to the need
for the Muslims to assume their responsibilities in compliance with
God’s commands which require that the message of the seal of the
prophets be delivered and that people be invited to it through
wisdom and beautiful preaching, after purifying the message from all
the fallacies that have befallen it from worldly designs emanating
from the events of political, social and historical conflicts, and
bringing it back to its original purity.
"The Leader wished that the participants would
reach not just theoretical results or mere decisions similar to
those emanating from conventional conferences.
"He wanted their conference to produce
practical results that can be applied in real life. It became clear
to every one that they were facing a new long and difficult stage,
but one that was characterized by lofty goals and a clear
vision."
Yusuf then added that "Since the publication of
the closing statement of the first meeting of the World Islamic Call
Society, a number of experts drew up a charter that defines the
bases of a world body for Islamic Call. This would guarantee the
WICS its total financial and administrative autonomy on solid bases
which would enable the society to shoulder its responsibility,
realizing its goals and spreading Islam as a mercy to the
worlds."
He touched on the different goals and targets the
WICS has been established to accomplish.
He further presented a brief account of the huge
contributions and achievements the WICS has accomplished during the
past three decades, reaching its seventh general conference,
currently underway.
After finishing the presentation of this report, the
session was recessed for an interval of half an hour to allow
participants to get ready for the Maghrib prayer. |
