RIYADH: Muslim World League Secretary-General Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa met with India’s minister of external affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in New Delhi on Thursday.
The two officials reviewed several topics of mutual interest.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa delivers a lecture at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi. (MWL)
Al-Issa also delivered a lecture at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi, during which he highlighted Islamic values that call for the common good of humanity as well as the importance of an alliance between civilizations for international peace and harmony.
The MWL chief also met with Indian Muslim scholar Mahmood Madani, the president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa meets with Indian Muslim scholar Mahmood Madani, the president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. (MWL)
Madani welcomed Al-Issa on his visit to India and expressed his appreciation for the MWL’s efforts to clarify the true message of Islam and to combat hate speech and extremism.
The head of the MWL also met with the president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa meets with the president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe. (MWL)
The meeting focused on Islamic values as well as the importance of interaction between different cultures.
Al-Issa talked about the MWL global initiative “Building Bridges between East and West,” which was launched at the UN headquarters in New York last month.
Al-Issa is on a five-day trip to the country at the invitation of the Indian government.
