LESS than a year after he was locked up in Brisbane as a suspected terrorist, Mohamed Haneef has shared a podium with the Dalai Lama at an anti-terrorism conference in India.

The Indian doctor, who was arrested and then cleared of terrorism charges last July, told young Muslims across the world to beware, because they have been typecast as terrorists.

"I am a living example of how the menace of terrorism has affected innocent lives and the phenomenon of how Muslims are stereotyped as being terrorists or sympathisers of terrorists whether they are guilty or not," he said.

Dr Haneef was a guest at a conference in New Delhi on Sunday organised by the Jama Masjid United Forum, an Islamic organisation in India that aims to "eradicate the root cause" of terrorism.

It was also addressed by Islamic leaders and Indian ministers and MPs.

Dr Haneef told the conference that the "entire world" was watching Muslim youths. "I am here not as an individual but as a representative of innocents who are victims of terrorism," he said.

Being branded a terrorist in Australia had taken a big toll on his personal life. "Everything changed - my career, my personal life, my family members."

Dr Haneef urged Indian authorities to be cautious about arresting terrorism suspects without substantial proof.

He had been seized at Brisbane Airport on July 2 on suspicion that he had been involved in a terrorist attack at Glasgow airport in Scotland. Charges against him were eventually dropped and his case is the subject of a judicial inquiry.

The Dalai Lama used his speech to strongly condemn terrorism, but called for "unbiased initiatives" to combat it.

He said it was wrong to malign any one religion because of terrorist acts. The Tibetan spiritual leader also said India's tradition of religious tolerance was a role model for the world.

However, that tolerance has been tested by a devastating terrorist bomb attack in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan state, three weeks ago.

The series of blasts, which killed 60 people and injured about 200, have been blamed on Muslim extremists.

After the attack an influential conservative Muslim seminary in India, the Darool Uloom Deoband and its political arm, Jamiat-i-Hind, issued a "fatwa" against terrorism.

The 150-year-old institution, which influences thousands of smaller Islamic schools across the subcontinent, issued the fatwa at a meeting attended by thousands of clerics and students in Delhi.