Muslim Youth Meet In Doha

Adam Fatah From January 16 to 18, 2009, 300 young Muslim leaders from 75 countries will converge on the Qatari capital, Doha, to push for positive changes from within the global Islamic community.

These young Muslims will also propose innovative solutions to challenges facing Muslims globally such as crisis of religious authority, religious extremism, competing values and strained relations between the Islamic community and the West.

A three-man delegation from Ghana will leave Accra today for the conference. It comprises Adam Abdul Fatah, president of the Federation of Youth Club; Nurudeen Alhassan of the Ghana Muslim Academy; and Abbas Muhammed, GMSA president.

At the conference, the Muslim youth, who go by the name, Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT), will send an open letter with policy recommendations to both Muslim and non-Muslim leaders to be distributed to media houses globally.

According to organizers of the event, “this new generation of community-based forward-thinking Muslim leaders will share a wide range of strategies and leadership styles to make tomorrow a day when Muslims are known around the world as people of peace.

“The Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT) are answering a global call for change and will communicate their shared message of tolerance and forward-thinking to today's global leadership.”

Launched in 2004, the MLT is a network of young dynamic Muslims committed to creating positive social change. The MLT conferences provide an avenue for the Muslim youth to propose and debate solutions to problems facing their societies.

It is the largest programme of its kind in convening a generation of civic-minded Muslims from across the globe.

The Doha Conference is being organized by the American Society For Muslim Advancement (ASMA) in collaboration with the Corboda Initiative and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (AoC).  

By Mohammed Muniru Kassim