Dubai, April 12 -- Imam M Tawhidi, Senior Imam of the Global Imams Council, said that extremism and violence are not the solution of the wise.

Tawhidi, while talking to ANI about the Waqf Board in the UAE, said that some extremists tarnish the image of the people practising the religion.

"So for example, the leaders in the UAE are not just political rulers and state leaders, leaders of emirates, they're also Muslim leaders. Also leaders for the religion and the region, right, so the President, yes, he's the head of state, but he's also a representative of the religion because he's a Muslim role model who runs a Muslim majority country, so we should learn from him how Muslims should behave, how we should have a positive outlook to the fu...