(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Trajaya malaysia may 27 (qna) - malaysian prime minister najib tun razak has urged muslims to offer to non-muslims a clearer picture of islam and its teaching.
in a written message addressed to participants of the putrajaya premier lecturer series here tuesday najib said "in today's society islam is largely misunderstood. some fear it. others have formed stereotypes about it.
it is up to us to change these perceptions and offer a clearer picture of what islam is all about." the prime minister also attended the lecture entitled "past achievements and present challenges in the muslim world" by dr. farhan ahmad nizami at the putrajaya international convention centre (picc) a bernama news agency report said today.
farhan is the founder director of the oxford centre for islamic studies a prince of wales fellow at magdalen college and an emeritus fellow of st cross college oxford.
najib said the role muslims played in reaching out to non-muslims should be seen as part of their responsibility to bring back the glorious days of islam while repairing the relationships that had been significantly frayed or altogether destroyed over the past decades.
"our endeavour should be less about influencing people and more about changing perceptions by offering the truth" he said in the message. (qna)
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