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Mawlid Festival 2011: A struggle of peace, love and knowledge

The Hague – On Sunday March 27th, Mawlid Festival took place for the fourth time: the biggest multicultural event in The Netherlands entirely focused on Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) . This year’s theme of the festival was “A struggle of peace, love and knowledge”. Minhaj-ul-Quran Youth League NL wanted to dispel the numerous misconceptions regarding Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and show his true character. Mawlid Festival was held this year for the fourth time in a row and it was a unique opportunity to convey the teachings and message of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

Minhaj-ul-Quran Youth League NL attempted to counterbalance the spiral of negativity concerning Islam, Muslims and the Prophet (peace be upon him) through lectures, discussions, photo slideshows, seminars and performances in order to show who Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) really was. The programme consisted of two sections: in the afternoon there were parallel side events such as lectures, nasheed recitals, presentations and the Mawlid market. In the evening the main programme took place in the theater’s biggest hall. The chief guests of the festival were Shaykh Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri (son of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri), Shaykh Abdulaziz Fredericks from Glasgow, Peter Sanders from London and Shaykh Ramadan Qadri (Farghana Institute Manchester).