Mangaluru, Jan 05: Uttarpradesh Kanpur's thinker, orator Lakshmi Shankaracharya Swamiji has stated that Islam is the religion which prpopagates peace and humanity to the world.

The Swamiji, who delivered a lecture on 'Jihad and Islam' at a programme on Prophet Mohammed's life sketch organised by Highland Islamic Forum (HIF) at the town hall in the city, he said Islam is not a religion that supports violence. Instead, Islam is the religion that propagates peace.

"Prophet Muhammad's struggle against injustice and evil is called as Jihad. It is not okay to interpret it otherwise," he added.

Highland Islamic Forum's Chairman Najim SS presided over the programme. Convener of the Programme Sajid AK of the Highland Islamic Forum and others were present.

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Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.

“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.

Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”

Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”

“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.

When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”

The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.