Saudi Gazette report

MAKKAH — Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Ahmad Al-Muzani led a delegation of the assembly members to the headquarters of the Muslim World League (MWL) in Makkah. MWL Secretary General and Chairman of the Muslim Scholars Association Sheikh Muhammad Al-Issa received Al-Muzani and the accompanying delegation.

Al-Muzani conveyed to Sheikh Al-Issa the greetings of Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, and expressed appreciation for MWL's global efforts to promote Islam's message of peace and tolerance. He emphasized that the MWL, through its extensive outreach and dialogue initiatives across diverse cultures and religions, effectively conveys the true essence of Islam.

"MWL, with these efforts, meetings and visits that reached the East and West of the world, encompassing people of different religions and cultures, carry the sublime message of Islam with its moderate and tolerant nature. This is also enhancing the status of the Islamic vision and its presence and conveying its voice to the world, and spreading its values ​​that came for the good and benefit of humanity, and the preservation of its societies, and the prosperity of its peoples," he said while noting that MWL has confronted with these efforts the misinformation campaign against the sublime message of Islam.

Al-Muzani also conveyed the Indonesian President’s appreciation and his accolades for the great position that the MWL enjoys within and outside the Islamic world. He also extended Dr. Al-Issa an official invitation to visit Indonesia. The speaker pledged his full support for the MWL's efforts to establish a branch of the International Museum of the Prophet’s Biography and Islamic Civilization in Indonesia.

For his part, Sheikh Al-Issa emphasized that the MWL is honored to carry the noble message of Islam, guided by the principles of mercy and compassion for all humankind. "In our contemporary context Islam has been greatly misunderstood for many reasons including the wrong or extremist practices issued by some of those who are considered to be part of it," he said. The MWL chief highlighted Islam's pioneering role in combating hatred, racism, and the false notion of a clash of civilizations.

The meeting also discussed the significance of the Charter of Makkah, signed by senior muftis and scholars from various Islamic sects from the Islamic world. The charter, presented to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, has been endorsed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the 57-member pan Islamic organization.