MWL, WCRL Sign Cooperation Agreement

MWL, WCRL Sign Cooperation Agreement
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MWL, WCRL Sign Cooperation Agreement

MWL, WCRL Sign Cooperation Agreement

The Muslim World League (MWL) has signed a cooperation agreement with the World Council of Religious Leaders (WCRL), which aims to organize an international conference at the United Nations in the presence of a number of religious, intellectual and political leaders.

Secretary-general of MWL Dr. Mohammed al-Issa signed the agreement with Secretary-general of WCRL Bawa Jain on Wednesday.

Jain said the MWL has become a global and influential entity and the world has become attentive to it.

“The coexistence theories that MWL introduces has clearly become of great interest and influence,” he said.

Jain also described the MWL as the inspiration that spreads positive energy and its call for coexistence, tolerance and peace holds incredible, beautiful and influential meanings.

In this context, Adviser for international relations at the MWL Adel al-Harbi said the step constitutes a key shift in the framework of enhancing the global programs of the MWL.

The MWL has become one of the leading cultural and religious foundations around the globe in its capacity as an umbrella of the Islamic nations and its strong and influential relations, said Harbi.

He added that MWL has represented the Islamic World at a number of global forums and presented a civilized message that has maintained Islamic identity while positively coping with modernity.

The proposed conference is expected to be attended by international figures with special emphasis on environmental peacebuilding and purifying atmospheres from all materialistic and spiritual defects, including the confrontation of the extremist and terrorist ideologies that have affected intellectual moderation contexts.

This is in addition to the healthy environment that should be provided with requirements for healthy living free of any pollutants, especially the intellectual ones that unfortunately have produced extremism and terrorism that take hold of some Muslim youth from around the world, Harbi noted.



France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
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France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)

Paris declined to comment on Algeria’s “strong condemnation” of the French government’s decision to recognize Morocco’s claim over the Sahara.

The office of the French Foreign Ministry refused to respond to an AFP request for a comment on the Algeria’s stance.

It did say that further comments could impact the trip Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is set to make to France in late September or early October.

The visit has been postponed on numerous occasions over disagreements between the two countries.

France had explicitly expressed its constant and clear support for the autonomy rule proposal over the Sahara during Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne’s visit to Morocco in February, reported AFP.

The position has helped improve ties between Rabat and Paris.

On Thursday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry expressed “great regret and strong denunciation" about the French government's decision to recognize an autonomy plan for the Western Sahara region "within Moroccan sovereignty”.

Algeria was informed of the decision by France in recent days, an Algerian foreign ministry statement added.

The ministry also said Algeria would draw all the consequences from the decision and hold the French government alone completely responsible.