The 3rd Scholars Meeting, which organized by the Scholars and Madrasahs Union [Ittihad Al Ulama] in Turkiye’s Diyarbakır and participated by scholars from Turkiye, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, has ended.
After the meeting, which was held for 2 days and 4 sessions, the final declaration was read. The final declaration is as follows:
The third edition of the "Scholars Meeting", which we have organized with the help of Allah with the contributions of the valuable participants, has concluded safely. The final declarations of the previous Scholars Meetings were published and shared with the public. This is the final declaration of the “3rd Scholars Meeting” held on October 13-14, 2018.
These declarations are the commitment and witness of this organization to the public. We believe that each participant will continue his/her efforts with this awareness, and we present the results of the meeting to the press and the public that emerged after the presentation and negotiations:
1-The role of ulema in the correction of society has always been great. The effort of Mawlana Khalidi Shehrezori in this direction contain significant examples for the ulama who came after him. Scholars should try to perform this role based on Mawlana Khalid example.
2-Muslims must have true Islamic belief in order to perform righteous deeds, build up the world and lead others in this direction. The Islamic scholars must come together and spread the correct Islamic belief to the society within the framework of the Qur'an and Sunnah.
3-The end of division and internal conflict, which are the main cause of all troubles of the Ummah, depends on the alliance of ulema. Islamic scholars should act in this sense of responsibility and play a constructive and unifying role.
4-Disputes, sectarian and intellectual discrepancies within the Islamic Ummah should not cause divisions; rather, they should be seen as sources of wealth that we can use to ensure the unity of the ummah. With this sensitivity, as scholars, we see mainly Ahl al-Qiblah as brothers for the provision of Islamic Wahdat and declare that it is not permissible to persecute the brother.
5-The biggest reason of the emerge of non-Islamic trend, idea, and belief, also the exploitation of our people and our lands by the enemies of Islam, who infiltrating into us, is because the guidance and enlightenment works have been neglected by the ulema. The Islamic scholars should present mediocre Islam to the society with the consciousness that they are heirs of the Prophets and show the way out of this situation to save the ummah.
6-Throughout the history of Islam, the madrasas that meet the needs of the people in science, guidance, and model people have become unable to meet this need today. The institution that Ustat Bediuzzaman Said-i Nursi attempted to establish under the name of Medresetüzzehra was a project of bringing madrasahs to their true identities according to the conditions of that day. A commission will be formed at this meeting in order to establish a model Islamic madrasah by taking inspiration from this project to make madrasahs suitable that will meet today’s needs and make them attractive institutions. This commission will gather more frequently and try to bring out a project on this subject.
7-Fight against tekfirmism [declare someone an unbeliever], deny of Sunnah, racial bigotry, sectarianism, and ignorance are common goals of scholars and madrasahs. The fight should be done against those on the basis of the mediocre and Sahih lines of Islam. This organization will be in the field of struggle for a social awakening to achieve this goal.
8-Scholars and madrasahs should be leading the way in reconciling and resolving local conflicts within the society in accordance with the principle of Shariah. For this purpose, every scholar should be intensely intertwined with the people in order to end the local conflicts in his region.
9-In order to prevent global corruption and degeneration, an intensive mobilization of morality and chastity should be launched. In this respect, scholars and madrasas should be leading and they should enlighten the public by benefiting from all kinds of means of transportation with an intensive program.
10-The curriculum and the language of education in the madrasahs differ from each other according to the region and madrasa. This prevents the dialogue between the madrasas, the permutation of student/teacher and cultural integration, which should be alive. Although each region is educated in its own regional language, the common language of the madrasahs should be Arabic. Necessary works should be done in this regard and the obstacles in front of integration should be removed.
11- In the Islamic world, many Islamic meetings and organizations are led by scholars. Necessary initiatives will be taken to meet these organizations, to develop dialogues and to work together.
12- A website will be established in order to reflect the scholars meeting towards society and to provide healthy communication.
13- This organization strongly appreciates the importance of women's efforts in the study of religious sciences.
14- Allah willing, our fourth meeting will be held next year in Diyarbakır.
This organization, which has no purpose other than trying to win the consent of Allah, will continue its efforts to be instrumental in the unity and interest of the Islamic Ummah. Allah, hopefully, will not disappoint the efforts of the those who work.
The end of our cause is to praise Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
ILKHA