TIMETURK / NEWS CENTER

World congress of Muslim philanthropists that aims to strenghten the charity in the Islamic world and to establish a bridge among the charitables will start tomorrow. The congress that will start in Swiss Hotel lasts till March 24th.
Turkey took an active role to organize this congress which will start with the opening speeches of the secretary general of OIC and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Hail of stars in the congress

The congress that it expected to draw the attention of the national and international platform, will also welcome the Turkish president Abdullah Gul, Turki bin Talal bin Abdul among the Saudi princes, the founder of Kaddafi WAQF, the brother of Libya leader Saif El Islam Muammar Al Gaddafi, the chairman of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Imran Khan, the princess of Jordan Raina, Yusuf Islam and many other important names.
Some of the other names who join the congress are:

-Mohideen Abdul Kader- Earth Friends, Malaysia, Member of boads Nihad Awad - General Director of American- Islamic Relations Council
-Prof. Cherif Bassiouni- Law Proffessor at DePaul University and the chairman of the Human Rights Justice Institute
-Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson- The Founder of Zeytuna Institute,USA
-Wadah Khanfar-Al- Jazeera Network General Director
-Abdulkadir Konukoglu - Sanko Holding Chairman of the Board, Turkey
-Honorable Shahid Malik- MP International Development Minister of Britain
-Peter O'Driscoll –Chairman , Actionaid International, USA
-A. R. Rahman- The Founder of Rahman Waqf, India
-Honorable Ebrahim Rasool - Western Cape State Premier,South Africa
-Dr. Khalid Riaz – One of the founders of Humanitarian Development Waqf
-Dr. Nafis Sadik – Special advisor for secretary general of UN and special representator of Asia and Pasific HIV/AIDS
-Ahsan Saleem – The Chairman of Citizen Waqf
-Sheikha Aisha bint Faleh Al Thani- The Founder of Doha Academy
-Dr. William Vendley – Secretary General of peace supporting religions
-Mark Ward - Assistant Administrative Deputy, USAID
-Ahmed Younis - Analist, Islamic Study Gallup Center, USA
-Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al-Madani
President, Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

The aim of the congress

The aim of the congress is declared as; “ World congress of Muslim philanthropists aims of a world where a peaceful, fair and maintainable development is seen. A moral, responsible, active and including charity will contribute on this. We aim an atmosphere where we bring the charitables with the efficient apply techniques can share ideas, make the use of their financial power in order to increase the life standart of the people and a permanent engagement. Our aim is to enable the Muslim charitables from all around the world to share ideas with each other and establish a platform that will be a strong part of the international charity community.”