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THIRD ICIS'S "JAKARTA MESSAGE" HAS 13 POINTS
Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA) - The "Jakarta Message" issued by the Third International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) is a 13-point document containing the results of parallel discussions held since Wednesday (July 30, the chairman of the ICIS's organizing committee, Masykuri Abdillah, said.
The discussions were participated in by olemas, Islamic scholars and thinkers on the issues of peace building and conflict prevention in the Muslim world, he said.
The participants also agreed to raise the level of social welfare of the Muslim communities throughout the world bearing in mind that social welfare problems were at the root of most conflicts.
The Jakarta Message was a contribution from all participants despite problems of linguistic weaknesses and Arabic terminologies as explained by Maqsood Ahmed, an adviser in the Department of Communities and Local Government from the UK as the representative of participants.
The invitation from the committee to hear any proposal of changes after reading the document in the last plenary session of the conference received some responses from participants including Santanina Tillah-Rasul, the head of Magbassa Kita Foundation Inc. in the Philippines which launched its peace advocacy program in 2001 training women from the areas of conflict as peace advocates and agents of change.
She proposed the inclusion of the empowerment of Muslim women in the Jakarta Message because women were natural peace makers with natural peace-making culture as defense against common misconceptions about Islam related to the inferior role given to women.
The discussions were participated in by olemas, Islamic scholars and thinkers on the issues of peace building and conflict prevention in the Muslim world, he said.
The participants also agreed to raise the level of social welfare of the Muslim communities throughout the world bearing in mind that social welfare problems were at the root of most conflicts.
The Jakarta Message was a contribution from all participants despite problems of linguistic weaknesses and Arabic terminologies as explained by Maqsood Ahmed, an adviser in the Department of Communities and Local Government from the UK as the representative of participants.
The invitation from the committee to hear any proposal of changes after reading the document in the last plenary session of the conference received some responses from participants including Santanina Tillah-Rasul, the head of Magbassa Kita Foundation Inc. in the Philippines which launched its peace advocacy program in 2001 training women from the areas of conflict as peace advocates and agents of change.
She proposed the inclusion of the empowerment of Muslim women in the Jakarta Message because women were natural peace makers with natural peace-making culture as defense against common misconceptions about Islam related to the inferior role given to women.
