The President of Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO), Mohd. Azharuddin participated at the 6th International Muslim Youth Cultural Cooperation Meeting organised by International Youth Forum (IYFO) at Istanbul, Turkey recently.
SIO President, in his Protocol Speech, said, “The modern era is the era of changes. But these are partial and at micro level. Islam has a great potential and competency to provide a peaceful and just society”. He further elaborated, “In this age of Information Technology, every individual has to play the role of media in the form of Social Networking sites and influence the system through a constructive agenda. Human Resource and Skill & Talent Development is an immense need of Islamic Movements. They need to work on a long term agenda”.
The theme of the conference was ‘Recent Developments in the World and Role of Youth Community’. Topics discussed during the conference comprised, ‘Reasons and Birth of Uprising in Muslim Countries and Its Nature,’ ‘Effects of Uprising on the Global Level,’ ‘Future of Uprising, New World and Role of Media.’
IYFO is based on the principles of “Not war, but peace; Not conflict, but dialogue; Not double standards, but Justice; Not arrogance, but equality; Not exploitation, but cooperation; Not oppression and hegemony, but human rights and freedom.” IYFO is a common platform for worldwide different students’ organisations which are striving for “A New World” where peace and justice is dominant against the existing world order of hatred and exploitation. It aims at building cooperation and harmony between youth and student organisations. Representatives of around 35 Islamic Movements and Muslim Youth Organisations from different countries participated.