“Learned men and government establishments in Muslim countries should jointly strive to solve the issues of the people and bring about reforms to improve their conditions,” King Abdullah said in an opening speech read out by Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal in the conference organized by the Muslim World League (MWL).
The conference, called “Issues and challenges of the Muslim world,” took place at the MWL conference hall in Makkah.
On behalf of the king, Prince Khaled opened the three-day conference.
Attributing the current issues in the Muslim world to attempts at destroying the unity of Muslims, the king said solutions to problems could be found in “familiarizing the right approach of Islam in every walks of life, implementing Islamic moderation and laying out practical measures to achieve Islamic unity."
The king added that rapid changes and developments accompanying globalization have impressed on the Kingdom the need to protect the Muslim community from deviating to terrorism.
“The Kingdom has countered the terrorist menace with determination and destroyed terror cells, subdued its perpetrators and countered the deviant ideology with moderate ideology. Consequently, we have achieved peace and security in the country for citizens, expatriates and pilgrims,” the king said.
Speaking in the opening session, Secretary-General of MWL Abdullah Al-Turki said the conference has been convened to discuss solutions to the issues that have caused disturbances in many parts of the Muslim world.
Over 500 international Islamic scholars and thinkers specialized in studying the problems and crises of the Ummah are participating in the conference.
The various sessions of the conference are to be chaired by Chairman of Supreme Judiciary Council Saleh Al-Humaid, Legal Supervisor of Dubai Islamic Bank Hassan Hamad Hassan, Jerusalem Grand Mufti Muhammad Hussien, Chairman of Sudan’s Board of Senior Scholars Muhammad Saleh and Chief Judge of Jordan Ahmad Hualail.
Al-Turki earlier announced an MWL plan to send delegations to Muslim countries to meet with prominent Islamic figures and exchange views on how issues can be tackled based on the right Islamic approach.
