The Muslim World League (MWL) has postponed the 3-day International Islamic Conference for Dialogue, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday. The conference under the patronage of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, was scheduled for June 4-6 in Makkah. Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki, MWL Secretary General, said in a press statement that his organization has received requests from scholars, muftis and heads of Islamic centers in countries having Muslim minorities and those living in remote countries to take part in the conference. They all cited the great importance of the conference as the topic was related to their projects, activities and programs, Al-Turki said in a statement. Given the difficulties they faced in travel reservation, the MWL has decided to postpone the conference till the time all logistics are taken care of, Al-Turki explained. He added that the Islamic nation's scholars and thinkers emphasized the importance of dialogue with non-Muslims and considered it an important means of responding to those continuing to call for conflict of civilizations adopted by some thinkers driven by factors of hatred, pessimism, selfishness and arrogance. Al-Turki said this underscores the importance of the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on the need of a dialogue. King Abdullah's call is for identifying areas of common factors with other societies and for establishing ideal relations in the world on the basis of mutual respect in the current era characterized by conflicts and crises, Al
