CMPJ - Calgary

CMPJ Objective

CMPJ shall strive to achieve the following objectives:

• To enlighten Canadian Muslims, particularly youth on the universal message of Islam that all forms of human diversity, including diverse religions, are according to the Divine Will. Also that the Creator (Al-Khaliq in Arabic) enjoins universal peaceful coexistence among humankind on His earth.
• Educate and inform fellow Canadian Muslims and other Canadians about Islam’s universal humanistic and social values of Peace and Justice for all.
• To support and promote Canadian Muslim integration into the mainstream Canadian society while maintaining Muslim identity.
• Interact with other communities and organizations to create better understanding and develop harmonious relationships between Canadian Muslims and other citizens of Canada.
• Serve as a bridge to create understanding about the Canadian Muslim affairs amongst the mainstream Canadian society.
• Educate and inform the public about the Canadian Muslim perspective on peace and justice issues and on Canadian public affairs important to the Muslim community.
• Enhance and protect Canadian national security.
• Conduct and or enable research, education, training, and information exchange on the following:
• Need of PEACE as a prerequisite condition for human development and economic prosperity.
  Cost of VIOLENT ideological global & regional geopolitics to the national and international human, social and economic capital.
  Evolution of meaning and achievement of JUSTICE in human civilizations.
  Interrelationships between JUSTICE and human development and prosperity.
  Counter all social, political and or religious narratives justifying violence.
  Limits of military power in a world with Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).
  Evolution of pluralism in human civilizations.
  Dialogue of civilizations in pursuit of peace.
  Counter all social, cultural and religious basis for misogyny.
  Transformation of socio-economic conditions and human rights of women in early and contemporary Judeo-Christian-Islamic civilizations.
  Prevalence of fear and hate of the “other” and how it is addressed in different civilizations.
  

Research and study findings on the above will be disseminated through conferences, seminars and scholarly publications.