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Muslim World League leader focuses on “spreading awareness of moderate Islam,” calls for interfaith partnerships

APR 1, 2020 3:00 PM BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS30 COMMENTS

“Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, considers interfaith partnerships a ‘religious and moral duty,’ a commitment that has only deepened as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic…..Issa and the Muslim World League have kept the focus on spreading awareness of moderate Islam…”

Al-Issa is also a Saudi politician. But is he being honest, given the mission of the Muslim World League (MWL) to stand as “a cornerstone of the Saudi effort to disseminate its version of Sunni Islam and claim leadership as a charitable benefactor to the Muslim world”?

Even while members of the MWL claim to shun violent jihad,  Wahhabism, which advocates violent jihad, is funded extensively by Saudi Arabia.

Five years ago, Saudi Arabia hosted a conference with the Muslim World League to find ways to curb “extremism.” But as even the New York Times noted:

Amid worthwhile talk of outreach to youth and fighting corruption, there was almost no mention of the Saudi monarchy’s decades-long role in aggressively spreading its strictly conservative religious ideology — a creed that itself has provided inspiration for leaders of the Islamic State, the militant group often referred to as ISIS, ISIL or by the Arabic acronym Daesh.

Instead of acknowledging the facts, Al-Issa states:

“The need for interfaith partnership will continue beyond this crisis…. that is why we continue to work hard to build more bridges of understanding and cooperation, and to remove the artificial fences created by detachment from each other, and exacerbated by the lack of substantive dialogue in the past.”

Although Al-Issa condemns “lack of substantive dialogue in the past,” he is contributing to the same lack of substance now, as he is likely not willing to engage in truthful discussion himself about human rights, and how the generally accepted understanding of human rights related to the inferiority of women in Islam, and to the guardianship program in Saudi Arabia. He will likely also not discuss the judgments routinely passed in Sharia courts which are abusive to women. Nor will he likely address real questions about the status of infidels and their freedom to worship openly in Islamic states and build churches, synagogues and temples with the same freedoms as Muslims, or the issue of barbaric Saudi beheadings, or the State of Israel’s right to exist and defend itself. He will also likely not engage in dialogue about Saudi Arabia’s funding to spread the Wahhabi ideology worldwide, either.

The dialogue and “interfaith partnerships” involving Islamic supremacists  is merely sophisticated appeasement on the part of the non-Muslim dialogue partner, and an effort by the Muslims involved to advance their quest for hegemony, with global dominance over the infidel as the long-term goal, as per the Quran.

“Saudi leader of Muslim World League: Interfaith partnerships during pandemic ‘religious, moral duty,’” Al-Monitor, March 29, 2020:

Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, considers interfaith partnerships a “religious and moral duty,” a commitment that has only deepened as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

“The need for interfaith partnership will continue beyond this crisis,” Issa wrote in an exclusive email interview with Al-Monitor. “And that is why we continue to work hard to build more bridges of understanding and cooperation, and to remove the artificial fences created by detachment from each other, and exacerbated by the lack of substantive dialogue in the past.”

Issa, who is Saudi and based in Mecca, has been a leader and champion of interfaith dialogue. In January, he headed the most senior Islamic delegation to visit Auschwitz to participate in the 75th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation. In 2017, he met with Pope Francis and forged the first cooperative agreement between the Muslim World League and the Vatican.

“Throughout this global health crisis, we in the Muslim World League have provided significant humanitarian assistance to Muslim and non-Muslim countries,” Issa said. “So we try to lead by example, and show that we are all in this together, and we should be extending the bridges of support and assistance to all in need.”

Issa, who also heads the Intellectual Warfare Center, which is affiliated with the Saudi Defense Ministry to combat extremism and terrorism, has been praised by the State Department and world leaders for his message of moderate Islam.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Issa and the Muslim World League have kept the focus on “spreading awareness of moderate Islam,” as well as the importance of “following health guidelines designed to maintain public safety.”

He said that “suspending umrah [pilgrimage to Mecca] was a difficult decision” but that “Muslims in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere have understood this decision and overwhelmingly backed it,” adding that Muslim community leaders and worshippers worldwide understand the “imperative to protect human life.”….