Noteworthy Events
In 2006, Qadri was a keynote speaker at the Muslims of Europe Conference in Istanbul, Turkey to discuss identity, citizenship, and challenges and opportunities for European Muslims.
On 31 August 2008, Qadri delivered a lecture entitled "Islam on Peace, Integration and Human Rights" hosted by Farghana Institute Manchester.
In March 2010 he gained media attention for the launch of his unconditional Fatwa on Terrorism and appeared on various international media outlets including Sky News, BBC News, ITV, EuroNews, Al-Jazeera, CNN and CNN's Amanpour, CBC News, Russia Today, Al Arabiya and various other outlets. He appeared on Frost Over The World and interviewed by David Frost in which Qadri stated that the "purpose of his life is to bring peace and harmony in the world". Furthermore, the US State Department declared the Fatwa to be a significant publication which takes back Islam from terrorists.
Qadri was quoted in the American Foreign Policy magazine stating: "I am trying to bring back towards humanism. This is a jihad against brutality, to bring them back towards normality. This is an intellectual jihad."
In August 2010 Qadri held the first anti-terrorism camp for Muslim youth at the University of Warwick with the aim of tackling extremism in the UK. The camp was organised by his organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran UK which has established 572 schools, a number of colleges and a chartered university.
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