CNN - Issues facing Muslim Youth (Understanding Islam)

www.minhaj.org Tayyibah Taylor, editor of Azizah Magazine, and Shaykh Jihad Brown of Tabah Foundation talk about the role of Islam. Muslims are taking part in the UK’s first anti-terrorism summer camp as part of a "spiritual war" against Al Qaeda recruiters. The three-day conference in Coventry is expected to attract around 1300 young Muslims for sessions teaching religious arguments against extremists. The event has been organised by the Pakistan-based Minhaj ul-Quran organisation whose leader, Dr Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, has launched a fatwa - or religious ruling - against terrorism. His fatwa is described as a "resolute theological position, based on Islam's primary sources, on the necessity of eliminating terrorism". During the summer camp, held at Warwick University, the document will be studied and a series of debates and talks about its content will be heard. "I have announced an intellectual and spiritual war against extremism and terrorism," said Dr ul-Qadri. "I believe this is the time for moderate Islamic scholars who believe in peace to stand up. "I feel it is my duty to save the younger generation from radicalisation and wave of terroristic recruitment in the West." Journalist Andrew Gilligan has told Sky News on the government's approach in dealing with extremism in the UK. "We have been liberal where we should have been harsh - we have tolerated preachers of hate and we have engaged with people who believe in things, that if brought to pass, would ...

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