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On 24 September 2011,

Minhaj-ul-Quran Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) () is a global non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan. With its headquarters located in Lahore, MQI has expanded its operations to over 100 countries ...

organised a major "Peace for Humanity Conference" at

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at which, under the auspices of

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i Islamic scholar

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, its 12,000 attendees announced a global declaration denouncing

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intolerance,

extremism Extremism is "the quality or state of being extreme" or "the advocacy of extreme measures or views". The term is primarily used in a political or religious sense to refer to an ideology that is considered (by the speaker or by some implied sha ...

and

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...

. "Thousands of Muslims Rally against Extremism in London", The Times of India, 24 September 2011
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wrote the declaration text for Qadri and was its second formal signatory after Qadri himself. Senior

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leaders and dignitaries then signed it before Minhaj-ul-Quran opened it up via the internet for public signing. They aim to get one million signatures within a year. The London Declaration for Global Peace and Resistance against Extremism is intended as an

document which unequivocally condemns all extremism and terrorism, "because at the heart of all religions is a belief in the sanctity of the lives of the innocent." The Declaration adds: "The indiscriminate nature of terrorism, which has in recent years killed far more civilians and other non-combatants than it has combatants, is un-Islamic, un-Judaic, un-Christian and it is indeed incompatible with the true teachings of all faiths." The London Declaration also "unequivocally condemn anti-Semitism (including when sometimes it is disingenuously clothed as anti-Zionism), Islamophobia (including when it is sometimes disingenuously dressed up as patriotism) and all other forms of racism and xenophobia."

Muslim extremist Islamic extremism refers to extremist beliefs, behaviors and ideologies adhered to by some Muslims within Islam. The term 'Islamic extremism' is contentious, encompassing a spectrum of definitions, ranging from academic interpretations of Is ...

s tried to prevent the success of the Declaration via cyber-attacks on the website hosting it.Extremists block Muslim website just hours after it appears online, Metro, 26 September 2011
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BBC News:Muslim peace conference to condemn terrorismOfficial Website of The London Declaration for Global Peace & Resistance against Extremism 2011
*http://www.facebook.com/TheLondonDeclaration Official Facebook Page of London Declaration Islam and politics Islamism Islam in the United Kingdom Islamic fundamentalism Minhaj-ul-Quran Anti-racism in the United Kingdom Politics of Pakistan 2011 documents

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