Minhaj-ul-Quran Austria is engaged in the struggle for promotion of peace, inter-faith dialogue, harmony under the auspicious leadership of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri not only in Vienna but in other cities of Austria as well. A visit to Graz city on June 19, 2010 was arranged by MQI Austria with co-operation of MQI Graz city. A 7-member delegation of MQI Austria, which included Khawaja M. Nasim (President MQI Austria), M. Hafeezullah Qadri (Ameer), Malik M. Shafi (vice president), Sheikh Mehboob Alam (Secretary Welfare), Haji Nasim Malik (Secretary Events), Sayyid Rameez Naqvi (Scholar for PhD & Na’at Khawan) and M. Naeem Raza (General Secretary), left for Graz city on the scheduled time. The guests were warmly welcomed by members of MQI Graz at the Graz City Railway Station.

A spiritual Mehfil was arranged attended by Pakistani & Afghan community in a local mosque. The Mehfil started with the Quranic recitation followed by Qaseeda Burda Sharif and Durood-o-Salam recited by M. Hafeezullah Qadri. He briefly talked about the importance of the Holy Quran & its teachings. Well-known Na’at Khawan Sayyid Rameez Naqvi moved the audience with his melody of Naat. M. Naeem Raza also recited a beautiful Nasheed. A very impressive lecture of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri was shown to the participants of Mehfil which brought tears to everybody’s eyes. Durood-o-Salam and Dua was the ending point of Mehfil & a dinner was served to the participants.

MQI Austria’s guests were then conducted to the residence of Chaudhry Asghar and many organizational issues were discussed with local members namely Ch. Asghar, M. Hanif Mughal, Ch. M. Sarwar and Sayyid Faiz-ul-Hassan. Khawaja Nasim and M. Hafeezullah gave guidelines to local members in order to spread the message of mission among the local community. A brief summary of Sahibzada Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri’s recent lecture to “Peace Conference” in Vienna was read out by Mr. Hanif Mughal.