Praise be to Allah, and may His Salat (Graces, Honours, Mercy), Peace and Blessings be upon our prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions, and all who have followed him!
Under the generous patronage of His Royal Highness, Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, deputy prime minister and minister of defense ‒may Allah Protect him‒ the International Conference on the Efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Service of Islam and Muslims, and Consolidation of Moderation and Tolerance Values took place in the precincts of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh on Wednesday and Thursday 19- 20th Rajab 1442 H corresponding to 3-4th March, 2021.
The conference has been inaugurated by the Minister of Education, his Excellency Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh on behalf of his Royal Highness, the Crown prince and opened in the presence and participation of a group of their excellencies, and scholars from all over the world whose participations enriched the nine virtual sessions of the conference. Scientific research papers and worksheets were presented in light of the title of the conference and its sessions as follows:
Session one: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts in serving Qur'an and Sunnah, practicing Shariah and supporting Islamic knowledge and Muslim scholars.
Session Two: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts in Dawah (Call to Islam) and spreading pure Islamic faith.
Session Three: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts in serving the Two Holy Mosques and their visitors, supporting the Palestinian and the Aqsa Mosque Cause.
Session Four: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts in supporting Arab and Islamic issues and fostering Muslim minorities.
Session Five: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts in consolidating values of moderation and tolerance values and fending off extremism and excess.
Session Six: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts in fighting terrorism.
The conference concluded its schedule with extending thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and to his Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. The conference also values the great efforts of the Kingdom of Saud Arabia in serving Islam and Muslims. The patronage of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for this conference is just an assertion of the Kingdom's honorable, steady efforts in serving Islam and Muslims and fending off approaches of extremism and radicalism. It is also a unique approach for consolidating the values of moderation, communication among civilizations leading to peace and coexistence.
Those participating in the conference reached the following recommendations:
Extending two cables of thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Crown Prince for their Royal Approval on organizing this conference and extending thanks to His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince for his patronage of the conference.
Extending a cable of thanks and gratitude to the leadership of the Kingdom of Saud Arabia for their efforts in serving Islam and Muslims, supporting Islamic knowledge and Muslim scholars, and consolidating the values of moderation in the world.
The Conference highly values the Kingdom's efforts regarding the Holy Qur'an and the unrelenting efforts of King Fahd Complex for Printing the Holy Qur'an to serve Allah's Sacred Book, caring for it, interpreting and disseminating it as well as organizing international events and competitions for this purpose.
The Conference values the Kingdom's care for the Prophet's Sunnah and commends the establishment of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Complex for the Prophet's Hadith.
The Conference praises the Kingdom's upholding of the Islamic Shariah and the hudood and rulings derived from Allah's Book and the Prophet's Sunnah. It also stresses confidence in the independence of Kingdom's judicial system.
The Conference values the Kingdom's efforts in teaching Islamic Shariah and calling to the cause of Allah, the Almighty, in accordance with the moderate and temperate method of Ahlu Al-Sunnah wa Al-Jama'ah. It calls for the establishment of universities dedicated for Shariah sciences and able to compete with world universities in distinguished education and aimed at enhancing the values of moderation and temperateness.
The Conference participants reject and denounce the media campaigns and malicious politics against the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and all actions against it for unmistakably political purposes that can be realized by everyone of reason, in an attempt to undermine its position as a beacon of the Muslim World and humanitarian work in light of its efforts to combat extremism, fanaticism and militancy, and its constant call for peace, tolerance and coexistence with the other, and to reinforce the values of moderation and tolerance, in addition to its benevolent humanitarian efforts in various parts of the world.
The Conference participants support the precautionary measures taken by the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Two Holy Mosques in light of the Corona pandemic that has spread to the entire world, in order to preserve the safety of their pilgrims, and they value its utmost care for their safety and the performance of their rituals, and they highly appreciate the Kingdom's service to the Two Holy Mosques and their architecture, and praise the historic expansion projects of the Two Holy Mosques and the holy sites, and the generous support they received for the sake of the comfort of pilgrims, Umrah performers, and visitors.
The Conference values the Kingdom's unshakable historic stands vis-à-vis the Palestinian and the Aqsa Mosque Cause. It appreciates the Kingdom's efforts and initiatives aimed at fostering Muslim and Arab causes and values its good efforts in fostering Muslim minorities all over the world.
The Conference calls for the establishment of Al-Madina-based international communication center for Muslim minorities with a view to solidifying their relations with the Muslim World. The center will deal with information and educational support for Muslim minorities, provide students with scholarships to study in Muslim countries' universities, promote moderation and tolerance values and fend off extremism.
The Conference commends the efforts and pioneering programs of King Salman Center for Aid and Relief and lauds its humanitarian projects and programs all over the world.
The Conference calls for cooperation with the Kingdom and for concerted efforts in combating terrorism and its financiers. It backs the Kingdom's efforts to unify Muslim countries in combating terrorism; it also values the world efforts to counter terrorism and calls for the uprooting of extremism and radicalism, and contributes to the education and media institutions through supporting the approach of moderation and tolerance values as well as its programs and followers.
The conference appreciates the Kingdom's efforts in supporting dialogue inside and outside the Muslim world and its unwavering efforts and initiatives to adopt dialogue as a means of shedding off differences and unifying Muslim ranks on The Book and Sunnah and the history of the righteous predecessors (salaf). The Conference also stresses the use of dialogue in bringing to the fore the reality of Islam and showing that it is the religion of mercy, justice, and kindness – the religion that resists all kinds of oppression and criminality.
The Conference condemns the aggression perpetrated against the Kingdom by the Houthi terrorist militias and their violations of international and human laws. It backs all the measures taken by the Kingdom to fend off aggression and calls for a unified front of all Muslim countries, repudiating terrorist groups and parties.
The Conference calls on universities and research institutions to pursue their contribution to uproot extremist ideology and to expose its impact and that of other terrorist groups on citizens and states through intellectual studies, scientific research and documentaries that explain the origin of religious extremism and terrorist thought in human societies. The Conference calls for establishing a general secretariate based in Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University.
The Conference stresses the importance of expanding the media and documentary efforts using all possible tools and languages to show the Kingdom's efforts in serving Islam and Muslims, supporting scientists and humanitarian aids in all spheres of life.
The Conference recommends establishing an institution for documenting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts in serving Islam and Muslims for the purpose of benefiting from these efforts, taking them as a model, and preserving them for the generations to come. This includes academic and scientific chairs, research projects, a comprehensive encyclopedia which encompasses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Efforts' in serving Islam and Muslims and the Two Holy Mosques, spreading moderate and tolerance values through its rulers, princes, and scholars. This encyclopedia shall be translated into modern languages.
The Conference calls for benefiting from the Kingdom's dialogue strategy in protecting security, moderation, tolerance values and coexistence among all groups of society.
The conference appreciates the statement of Senior Ulema Council issued recently in Rabi' Al-Awwal 1442 (November 2020) wherein the council warns against the Muslim terrorist Brotherhood Organization. The Conference also invites the Arab and Islamic countries to increase the studies that shun off the Muslim Brotherhood's message to the Muslim youth.
The conference recommends that all fatwas that criminalize extremism, radicalism and terrorism be collected to be used as a scholarly reference.
Praise be to Allah by Whose Grace pious deeds are completed. May Allah send His Salat (Graces, Honours, Mercy), Peace and Blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all of his Companions!
May the Peace, Mercy and Blessings of Allah be bestowed upon you!
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
Riyadh
Thursday: 20 Rajab 1442 – March 4th, 2021