Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi Receives Hubert Walter Award at Lambeth Palace
Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally praised Pakistani religious leader Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi’s decades-long services for peace, reconciliation, interfaith cooperation, and combating extremism and terrorism.
LONDON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 12th Sep, 2026) Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council and Coordinator of the National Paigham-e-Peace Committee, received the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation 2026 at a prestigious ceremony held on Friday in the Great Hall of historic Lambeth Palace.
The award was presented to Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi by Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in recognition of his continued, decades-long role in promoting peace, reconciliation, moderation, interfaith and intra-faith harmony, minority rights, and peaceful coexistence, while opposing extremism, terrorism, and sectarian violence.
The Hubert Walter Award is one of the Lambeth Awards. Presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury, it recognizes outstanding services to reconciliation and interfaith cooperation.
According to details issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi was among the prominent figures selected this year for recognition across five different categories of the Lambeth Awards. He was presented with the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation.
The award signifies significant international recognition of Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi‘s long-standing services in peacebuilding, religious diplomacy, and dialogue. For decades, he has worked to bring religious and sectarian communities closer, promote mutual respect, defend the rights of minorities and vulnerable groups, support peaceful coexistence, and play an active role in these efforts while remaining firmly committed to his religious affiliation and Islamic identity.
Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi has previously received the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Global Peace Award for his services for peace, harmony, and cooperation. The OIC Global Peace Award and the Hubert Walter Award are two distinct international awards highlighting his contributions within the Muslim world and globally.
Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi‘s journey extends from Pakistan to Makkah and from Makkah to the wider world, where he has continued to promote the message of peace, moderation, brotherhood, tolerance, and dialogue. He has raised his voice for the oppressed and taken a strong stand against religious hatred, extremism, terrorism, and sectarian violence.
These international awards are also a source of pride for Pakistan and the entire Muslim world as they highlight the message of religious harmony, moderation, and understanding.
