‘Prophet Mohammed revolutionized world order’

The Prophet of Islam brought about revolutionary changes to the social system, establishing human dignity and honour, said Urban Affairs Senior Minister AHM Fowzie issuing a message to mark Prophet Mohammed’s birthday.

The message: “The proper manner of celebrating the birth of the messenger of Allah is to uphold the message brought by him and to practice it in our daily life.

“The essence of his teachings is peace and peaceful co- existence. His teachings were aimed at liberating the masses from their sufferings and to guide them to lead peaceful life. It is therefore, a duty of every Muslim to do his best to establish peace among people of our country. The birth of Prophet Mohammed brought about a change in social structure, establishing human dignity and honour.

“His teachings were aimed at liberating the masses from their sufferings and guiding them to lead peaceful life.

“At a time countries are faced with economical and political crisis, leading to war situations, massacring of people, the message of peace as emphasized in the teachings of the Prophet become relevant.

“We must be happy that we in Sri Lanka have been able to maintain social harmony with our brother communities overcoming trivial friction by adopting tolerance, human love and brotherhood.

“We, as a community ever inclined to seek peace and prosperity for our country, should be happy that President Mahinda Rajapaksa has taken measures to end the half a century old discords among different communities and to carry forward the country to attain lasting peace and prosperity.”