MWL Chief Meets Islamic Leaders, Figures at Hajj

Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa with Muslim leaders (SPA)
Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa with Muslim leaders (SPA)
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MWL Chief Meets Islamic Leaders, Figures at Hajj

Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa with Muslim leaders (SPA)
Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa with Muslim leaders (SPA)

Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa held a series of friendly meetings at the League’s building in Mina and its headquarters in Makkah with several senior scholars, muftis, and religious leaders in various countries of the Islamic world.

Issa also received calls from senior Islamic figures, including muftis, heads of Islamic centers, and members of the Council of Senior Scholars in Saudi Arabia and the Islamic world.

The guests commended the excellent services provided to the pilgrims, commending the success of the Hajj season.

They applauded Sheikh Issa’s sermon on Arafa Day, which focused on the nation’s creed, unity, and values. The speech was viewed live by more than six hundred million via Manarat al-Haramain website and translated into fourteen languages.

Sheikh Issa’s met with the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, Sec-Gen of the Council of Senior Scholars Fahd al-Majed, Sec-Gen of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) Moustapha Sano, Malaysian Minister of Religious AffairsDatuk Idris Ahmad, Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Khalil Qumas, and President of the Nahdlatul Ulama Yahya Khalil in Makkah.

He also met with the Iraqi Minister of Hajj Sami al-Masoudi, the head of the Iraqi Sunni Endowment Sheikh Abdul-Khaliq al-Azzawi, members of the Iraqi Fiqh Council, Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs Abdul Shakur Sardar Khan, the Jordanian Minister of Awqaf Mohammad al-Khalayleh, Mauritanian Minister of Islamic Affairs and Original Education Dah Ould Amar Talib, and the Chairman of the Pakistan Scholars Council Sheikh Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi.



Saudi, Brazilian Foreign Ministers Sign MoU to Establish Coordination Council

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira. SPA
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira. SPA
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Saudi, Brazilian Foreign Ministers Sign MoU to Establish Coordination Council

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira. SPA
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira. SPA

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira in Rio de Janeiro on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

The two officials reviewed relations and discussed regional and international developments.

During Tuesday’s meeting, the ministers signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a Saudi-Brazilian Coordination Council, building on the agreement reached between the two countries' leaders during Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's visit to Saudi Arabia on November 30, 2023.

Director-General of the Office of the Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Aldawood and Saudi Ambassador to Brazil Dr. Faisal bin Ibrahim Ghulam were in attendance.