Leading the initiative is Islamic scholar and director-general of Wisdom Foundation Dr Zeenat Shaukat Ali. Ali is engaging around 40 senior clerics, preachers and imams for a roundtable discussion. "We want the ulemas (religious scholars) to lead the community in establishing peace. Muslims cannot be agents of peace till they demolish their own wall of sectarian divide," says Ali, a resident of Bandra (W).
A few years ago, a bloody conflict during Moharram in Mumbai's Dongri area was prevented by the timely intervention of elders from both the sects. "We never protest when Sunnis celebrate their festivals. We expect them to allow us to express our grief over Karbala's tragedy the way we want," says Safdar Karmali, president of Khoja Shia Asna Ashari Jamaat. Some are even trying to bridge the gap through audio-visual medium. Mohsin Ali Khan, producer of soon-to-be-released film Ya Rab (O God) has recorded interviews of nine prominent Shia and Sunni scholars and is advocating unity among the followers of the two sects.
Senior Sunni cleric Maulana Athar Ali suggests that one way to prevent a Shia-Sunni conflict is through eschewing use of foul language for the religious figures of the two sects.
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