A group promoting global peace and “how to achieve it within” found a willing and ready audience when they came to Bolton . Hammaad Shafiq and Abdul Samad set up their Seek2Change stall at Bolton Town Hall recently when many townspeople were celebrating Eid Al-Adha. There they found hundreds of interested people, including Mayor of Bolton Cllr Andy Morgan and many other leading representatives.
Abdul said: “We alternated between ourselves if and when it was required as we wanted to show our utmost respect to those that took an interest in our stand. “Our teachings are universal and apply to all, those of faith and those that are not of any faith.” Hammaad Shafiq and Abdul Samad with Cllr Rabiya Jiva (Image: Seek2Change) He added: “The approach was all about peace and how to achieve it within.
“These teachings were presented, and the vision of global peace was set out to them of how they could play their role in establishing global peace, by starting with themselves.” He added: “The message of peace was kept the same with everyone, to establish within yourself first, your family, your community which will then in turn have a snowball effect that will help the whole world. Hammaad Shafiq and Abdul Samad of Seek2Change (Image: Seek2Change) “The people understood this component and we were able to talk about the secret to change based upon psychological and scientific research.
“We received tremendous interest, and we received positive feedback from our brot.