Al-Issa meets with American evangelical leaders and confirms the rejection and criminalization of hate speech

Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, affirmed that everyone participates in building a world in which there is no room for fanaticism, discrimination and injustice among them, “seeking with our common values ​​and our strong determination to promote a more inclusive and just world,” calling for the rejection of the discourse of Hatred and its criminalization in all legislations, with no leniency in its pretexts, stressing that it is the forerunner of the causes of division and violence.
These affirmations came within the working paper presented by Muhammad Al-Issa, at an official invitation from evangelical leaders in Texas who represent the center of the evangelical community before the “International Forum of Religions 2022” hosted by three American states, under the slogan: “Unusual allies build together prosperous societies.” In his capacity as a guest of honor for the forum, which received official participation from the US government, leaders of American religious diversity, leaders in a number of international organizations, representatives of the Muslim community in America, and a group of influential religious, community, intellectual and academic events inside and outside the United States, and the attendance of thousands of audiences in The three historical stations of the event “Texas, Kansas and Maryland”, during which Al-Issa praised the human values ​​of the evangelical community and his happiness with the friendship of the Muslim World League for this community, “which we consider a reliable ally.”
While the forum witnessed an introduction to the “Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document”, where Dr. Muhammad Al-Issa touched on the important contents of the “Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document”, which was ratified in Makkah by more than 1,200 Muslim religious figures, among a prominent mufti and scholar. It had more than 4,500 Islamic thinkers who attended its historic conference, from 139 countries, representing 27 Islamic sects and sects.
He pointed out that the document is the most important Islamic document in modern Islamic history, as it deals with comprehensive treatments of the most important contemporary issues and problems, and it enjoys an unprecedented Islamic consensus of its kind, as well as the official support for it by Islamic countries, and was adopted by the meeting of foreign ministers of Islamic countries as a reference. In religious, cultural and educational institutions.
Sheikh Dr. Al-Issa presented the main working paper at the opening session of the forum, which was the focus of discussion for the sessions of the first day of the forum, explaining that real progress occurs only when work and courage are combined with a strong determination to create a better world for all people, regardless of religious, ethnic or other differences. He added that striving for change for the better “is not easy, neither in its acceptance at first, nor in the speed of response to it after that, and it may sometimes require a long time cycle, and all of this requires him to have a sound and ambitious vision.”
On making change towards common human values, Dr. Al-Issa noted the importance of fruitful meetings with their effective dialogues, in addition to the importance of intra-familial meetings between followers of different religions and cultures, and the need to create a safe space for better understanding and respect among all, adding in this context, saying: “We must make it clear For everyone, our common concepts call for coexistence, but rather for alliance.”
Al-Issa said: “I am happy that our dialogue today has resulted in a strong alliance to support our common values.”
In his introductory speech to the Forum’s guest of honor, the Secretary-General, Evangelical Leader Bob Robert said: “We are pleased that Dr. Al-Issa is hosted by the General Forum, and he is the most famous international religious figure in the Islamic world, with his leadership of an organization representing all Islamic peoples, based in Makkah Al-Mukarramah.
He added: “We are proud of our strong partnership with the Muslim World League in its recent distinguished march to establish community coexistence and global peace, and to work together, side by side, to bridge the negative gaps between followers of religions and cultures, especially hate speech, racism and intolerance, promoted by extremists, fanatics and advocates of conflict.” . He praised the “Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document”, stressing that it provided a different model in conveying the civilized image of Islam to the world, and its provisions laying the foundations for justice, human rights and comprehensive human dignity.
While the former ambassador for religious freedom in the US administration, Sam Brownback, expressed his belief that peace in the world will be achieved if the followers of the three religions can communicate with each other, and agree to commit to dialogue and reject violence. He stressed that “the values ​​adhered to by the followers of the three religions renounce violence and call for peace.”
As for the former ambassador for religious freedom in the US administration, David Saberstein, he called for circulating the working paper delivered by Dr. Al-Issa and publishing it around the world.
While the Executive Director of the World Food Program David Beasley, who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize for his organization, stressed that the hotbeds of conflict in the world teach us something important, which is that the lack of communication between followers of religions causes a lot of pain to all of them.
“When we look at the religious backgrounds of victims of human trafficking, we find that they come from all the world’s religions,” said Kristen Kane, a human rights activist, stressing that joint action among followers of all faiths is the only way to end human trafficking and modern slavery.
The meetings of the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League of Evangelical Leaders included three cities in three American states, during which his leaders met in large celebrations attended by thousands of evangelicals, in a scene that everyone considered exceptional and unprecedented with a non-evangelical religious leadership, and in their final statement, these leaders confirmed that the World League The Islamic represented in their discourse the Islamic religious reference, and it is a strong and reliable ally to work on common values.