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India determined to fight terrorism: Mahajan
Cairo, Jan 12: Cautioning against equating Islam with terrorism, India has said it was determined to fight the menace globally in all its forms.
Cairo, Jan 12: Cautioning against equating Islam with terrorism, India has said it was determined to fight the menace globally in all its forms.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan, who is leading a delegation of MPs to Egypt, said Islam was a religion of peace and should never be confused with terrorism which had nothing to do with religion.
However, he said several innocents in India had lost their lives to terrorism and the country would fight the menace globally.
He conveyed this to chairman of the Shura Council Mustafa Kamal Helmi, who said though terrorism posed a challenge the world over, it was unfair to label it with Islam, according to the sources.
The delegation also had meetings with Minister of State for People's Assembly Kamal Mohammad Shazly and Dr Fathi Sou Rour, Speaker of the People's Assembly in which the Egyptian side expressed awe of the working of Indian democracy and parliamentary system, the sources said.
Taking a cue from a Parliament museum it visited here, the delegation decided to put up a proposal to the Lok Sabha Speaker to set up such a museum in New Delhi displaying rare Parliament manuscripts.
The museum here displayed the first question in the Egyptian parliament besides other documents and manuscripts.
Shazly, the official host of the delegation, specifically mentioned India's role in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) while the Speaker said he was impressed with the way elections were held in India.
The Speaker also said that during his recent visit to Delhi, he saw the kind of prerogatives enjoyed by the Speaker in conducting the House and took a cue from them when he returned to Cairo.
Mahajan was honoured with a Shura model as a token of appreciation.
Mustafa Al Fikki, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of People's Assembly, said Egypt has never opposed India on local, regional and international issues.
Both Shazly and Fikki will be attending celebrations of 50 years of Indian Parliament in Delhi later this month.
The Egyptian leaders talked about changes in Egypt while Mahajan gave them an account of developments in India, particularly in communications and information technology, and said trade and commerce and the Non-Aligned Movement had strengthened ties between the two countries. Bureau Report
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan, who is leading a delegation of MPs to Egypt, said Islam was a religion of peace and should never be confused with terrorism which had nothing to do with religion.
However, he said several innocents in India had lost their lives to terrorism and the country would fight the menace globally.
He conveyed this to chairman of the Shura Council Mustafa Kamal Helmi, who said though terrorism posed a challenge the world over, it was unfair to label it with Islam, according to the sources.
The delegation also had meetings with Minister of State for People's Assembly Kamal Mohammad Shazly and Dr Fathi Sou Rour, Speaker of the People's Assembly in which the Egyptian side expressed awe of the working of Indian democracy and parliamentary system, the sources said.
Taking a cue from a Parliament museum it visited here, the delegation decided to put up a proposal to the Lok Sabha Speaker to set up such a museum in New Delhi displaying rare Parliament manuscripts.
The museum here displayed the first question in the Egyptian parliament besides other documents and manuscripts.
Shazly, the official host of the delegation, specifically mentioned India's role in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) while the Speaker said he was impressed with the way elections were held in India.
The Speaker also said that during his recent visit to Delhi, he saw the kind of prerogatives enjoyed by the Speaker in conducting the House and took a cue from them when he returned to Cairo.
Mahajan was honoured with a Shura model as a token of appreciation.
Mustafa Al Fikki, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of People's Assembly, said Egypt has never opposed India on local, regional and international issues.
Both Shazly and Fikki will be attending celebrations of 50 years of Indian Parliament in Delhi later this month.
The Egyptian leaders talked about changes in Egypt while Mahajan gave them an account of developments in India, particularly in communications and information technology, and said trade and commerce and the Non-Aligned Movement had strengthened ties between the two countries. Bureau Report