Janab Mehlum Bhaisaheb Hakimuddin attends U.S. Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar

Posted on February 20, 2010 by DBNet Editor (ap)

(13th – 15th Feb 2010)

For the past seven years, the Brookings Institution in cooperation with the State of Qatar, has hosted the annual U.S. Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar. Leading policy officials, opinion makers, thinkers and activists were invited to join three days of thoughtful and critical discussion on issues of mutual importance. Featured keynote speakers for this year’s forum included Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister for Qatar, HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chairman of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former presidential candidate John Kerry, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Muslim Communities Farah Pandith, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and numerous other dignitaries from the region. In addition, U.S. President Barak Obama delivered a special video message for the forum and named the long anticipated Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference, Rashad Hussain, also a participant at the forum.

Janab Mehlum Bhaisaheb Hakimuddin attended the forum as a featured participant for the working group “The Role of Religious Leaders and Religious Communities in Diplomacy,” where he was able to deepen awareness about the many facets of Aqa Moula’s leadership and vision including the construction and building of Saifee Hospital, the importance of the Upliftment Scheme and the widespread emphasis on education.

Please feel free to read more about the 2010 U.S. Islamic World Forum at www.dohanetwork.org, where you will be able to read the entire text of remarks, view the video message from President Barack Obama and review the 2010 printed program featuring detailed biographies of all of the participants and the sessions throughout the forum.

Durriya Shk. Huzefah Badani
Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World
The Brookings Institution

Janab Mehum Bhaisaheb conversing with Rabbi David SapersteinJohn Kerry with Vice-President for Foreign Policy of Brookings Institution, Martin Indyk (Left) and HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-ThaniMehum Bhaisaheb listening to the first full plenary session for the forum, “Towards a More Robust Muslim Engagement: From Concept to Concrete Outcomes” featuring Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the Department of State, Farah PandithMehlum Bhaisaheb Hakimuddin with Norm Neureiter of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceSaeb Erakat voicing his opinion in the plenary discussion, “A Fresh Start: Assessing President Obama’s New Beginning with the Muslim World” flanked by Shibley Telhami, Pradeep Ramamurthy and Nabil FahmyMehlum Bhaisaheb Hakimuddin seated next to newly appointed special envoy to the OIC Rashad Hussain and Imam Yahya HendiDurriya Badani addressing the participants of the forum.Vice-President for Foreign Policy, Martin Indyk in a serious discussion with Malaysian leader Anwar IbrahimMehlum Bhaisaheb Hakimuddin spending a few moments with Alan KeiswetterThe participants of the working group, “The Role of Religious Leaders and Religious Communities in Diplomacy,” at the close of the U.S. Islamic World ForumJanab Mehlum Bhaisaheb Hakumuddin during the closing remarks and farewell reception for the forum

Photos provided courtesy of Durriya ben Shk. Huzefah Badani

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