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Conferences and conventions 3
Recurring conferences, conventions, summits and ijtemas, with their editions.
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كلمة الأزهر في مجلس الأمن عن استراتيجيته في مواجهة الفكر المتطرف 2016 Conference
Muhyi al-Din Afifi Ahmad, speaking for al-Azhar, addressed the UN Security Council in New York on al-Azhar's strategy against extremist thought; the session was chaired by Egypt's foreign minister while Egypt chaired the council's counter-terrorism committee (p. 95). The author holds that extremism stays in the realm of thought, and becomes terrorism when it is tied to physical violence, takfir or the threat of violence (p. 99). He lists al-Azhar's work: online rebuttal of extremist ideas, training courses for preachers, an online observatory answering Daesh's posts, and joint initiatives with the Council of Muslim Elders (p. 100-102).
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Bishwa Ijtema 2001 Gathering
The annual gathering held by the Bangladeshi branch of the Tablighi Jamaat on the bank of the Turag at Tongi, north of Dhaka, since 1967: three days of prayer and talks closing with the final supplication (Akheri Munajat); attendance was estimated at 2 million in 2001 and 4 million in 2023, and it has been held in two phases since 2010 because of the crowds.
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Fez Festival of World Sacred Music 1994 Gathering
Fez's annual festival convening Sufi chant, qawwali and nasheed alongside the sacred music of other faiths; since 1994.