Al-Mustafa IECC is a a proud supporter of the March against Racism on 21st March 2015 in Dublin City Centre. This March is organised on the UN Anti Racism Day to highlight the importance of a plural society. The message is very clear on this day. NO to Racism and YES to Diversity !
Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri will be among the speakers in the March. We ask all Muslim brothers and sisters to participate in huge numbers this march.

Shaykh Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri was invited by the Holocaust Education Trust Ireland to attend the memorial service on the 21st of January 2015 in Mansion House.
Shaykh Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri accepted the invitation and said that in the light of the Quran the unlawful killing of an innocent person is equal to the killing of whole mankind. Holocaust denial is tantamount to denying Muslim scripture. Just as Muslims believe in Hadith literature because of the solid reports (mutawatir) confirming events in seventh century Arabia, we are obliged to believe in the Holocaust by virtue of eyewitness accounts, extant documents, and the presence of Auschwitz and other sites.

During the memorial service the Muslims in Paris that during the world war saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis were acknowledged. Among the attendees of the memorial service were holocaust survivors, President of Ireland Mr. Michael Higgins, State Ministers and other political & religious leaders.

Shaykh Dr Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri, of the Al Mustafa Islamic Centre in Dublin, spoke about ‘Islam, Jihad and Terrorism’ to a packed auditorium in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) yesterday (22 Jan) in an event organised by the Religious Studies and Theology Research Group in the School of Humanities.

He also took the opportunity to launch a new anti-radicalisation website aimed at promoting the true values of Islam and encouraging people to report extremism.

The discussion was particularly timely in light of recent events in France. Dr Al-Qadri said terrorists who kill in the name of their religion are adhering to a radical interpretation of Islam and spreading this interpretation, particularly among young Muslims in western countries.

He went on to talk about the challenges radicalism poses for Islam and society generally and whether free speech has its limits in a multicultural, pluralistic world.

Dr Al-Qadri  has lived in Ireland for 14 years having previously lived in Pakistan and The Netherlands.

“In Ireland, the Muslim youth has been exposed to a number of radical and extreme preachers. Young Muslims are vulnerable to radicalisation due to their anger and frustration concerning dual standards of Western countries’ policies in the Muslim world.

“Some members of the Irish Muslim youth have travelled to Iraq and Syria,” he continues. “These youngsters were radicalised by extremist preachers in person and through social media.”

The anti-radicalistion website

The jihad.info website will contain articles and lectures from Muslim scholars on the authentic teachings of Islam and will also give people a platform to report extremist activities.

Source :  http://www.wit.ie/news/humanities/islamic-leader-launches-anti-radicalisation-website-in-wit

Complete Lecture & Launch : 

Interviews to TV and Radio: 

Media Coverage of the Launch www.jihad.info :

http://utv.ie/News/2015/01/22/Muslim-leader-launches-anti-radicalisation-website-27186

http://www.thejournal.ie/jihad-irish-1898635-Jan2015/

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/social-media-and-preachers-radicalise-irish-muslims-scholar-1.2076105

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/site-to-help-young-irish-muslims-avoid-radicalisation-30930431.html

http://5pillarsuk.com/2015/01/20/muslim-scholar-in-ireland-launches-anti-radicalisation-website/

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/islamic-community-to-fight-against-radicalisation-of-irish-muslims-30932137.html