Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General (DG) of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), received Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the International Body of Muslim Scholars, who visited ICESCO Headquarters, in Rabat, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

The visit started with bilateral talks, during which the two parties explored the prospects of a partnership between ICESCO and MWL, and the potential cooperation programs in the next phase. The meeting also discussed the organizational arrangements of the Scientific Symposium on “Makkah Charter: Achievements and Perspectives,” due to be held on Friday, May 21, 2021, during which Dr. Al-Issa will deliver the main lecture, as well as the arrangements of the International Conference on Civilizational Values ​​in the Prophet’s Seerah, due to be held on May 27, 2021.

Dr. AlMalik and Dr. Al-Issa met afterward with the heads of sectors, departments and centers at ICESCO, together with the MWL delegation.

At the outset of the meeting, Dr. Al-Malik stressed the constructive cooperation and highlighted the common denominators between ICESCO and MWL as they both played key roles in supporting countries of the Islamic World during the COVID-19 pandemic and made many achievements.

For his part, Dr. Al-Issa expressed his happiness to visit ICESCO to continue the civilizational project between the Organization and the League, which represents their common values and aims to publicize the truth of Islam worldwide in its civilized dimension by ensuring interaction and correcting misconceptions.

In the same vein, the directors at ICESCO reviewed the most prominent axes of the Organization’s new vision as per each sector and department, and the programs and projects that ICESCO implements, in cooperation with the competent authorities in the Member States. They also suggested some practical proposals to develop a partnership between ICESCO and the MWL in the upcoming period.